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![Reality is stranger than fiction, and Volkswagen’s history certainly fits that assessment. The unlikeliest automotive powerhouse, that rose on the unexpected success of the curious and offbeat VW Beetle. The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot_20230825-035341.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Volkswagen People In The ’60s & ’70s")
Vintage Snapshots: Volkswagen People In The ’60s & ’70s
Posted on April 16, 2024 | 31 CommentsReality is stranger than fiction, and Volkswagen’s history certainly fits that assessment. The unlikeliest automotive powerhouse, that rose on the unexpected success of the curious and offbeat VW Beetle. The […] -
![Just a short post for this second installment of “JDM Rarities Week,” but it’s one that really took me by surprise. I assume some of you might have heard about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20231103_112018_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1998 Tommykaira ZZ – Gone In (Almost) 60 Seconds")
CC Capsule: 1998 Tommykaira ZZ – Gone In (Almost) 60 Seconds
Posted on April 16, 2024 | 11 CommentsJust a short post for this second installment of “JDM Rarities Week,” but it’s one that really took me by surprise. I assume some of you might have heard about […] -
![This past March marked the first month since August of 2012 in which I had returned to my hometown of Flint, Michigan twice. Last month was bookended by two trips, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20240211_110207805-1959-Ford-Fairlane-500-Galaxie-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1959 Ford Galaxie – On Becoming Stanley Roper")
Curbside Musings: 1959 Ford Galaxie – On Becoming Stanley Roper
Posted on April 16, 2024 | 42 CommentsThis past March marked the first month since August of 2012 in which I had returned to my hometown of Flint, Michigan twice. Last month was bookended by two trips, […] -
![(first posted 5/23/2013, as a follow-up to yesterday’s Grosse Pointe Myopians) This is the kind of stuff I inhaled as a fifteen year-old: Brock Yates analyzing the British Car industry, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/UK-006-2-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Editorial: “Reflections from an English Country Inn” (Brock Yates, C&D 1968)")
Vintage Editorial: “Reflections from an English Country Inn” (Brock Yates, C&D 1968)
Posted on April 15, 2024 | 69 Comments(first posted 5/23/2013, as a follow-up to yesterday’s Grosse Pointe Myopians) This is the kind of stuff I inhaled as a fifteen year-old: Brock Yates analyzing the British Car industry, […] -
![(first posted 4/11/2018) I love visiting Las Vegas as much for enjoyment of some of its many excesses as for cultural observation. It has also occurred to me that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1970-Ford-F-250-Sport-Custom-Camper-Special-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1970 Ford F-250 Sport Custom Camper Special – Workhorse")
In-Motion Classic: 1970 Ford F-250 Sport Custom Camper Special – Workhorse
Posted on April 15, 2024 | 29 Comments(first posted 4/11/2018) I love visiting Las Vegas as much for enjoyment of some of its many excesses as for cultural observation. It has also occurred to me that […] -
Vintage Dealer Snapshots: Cadillacs On Display In Texas, 1956
Posted on April 15, 2024 | 13 Comments -
![Let’s take a brief look at this Cohort find by nifticus392; a 1973 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser, from the first year the wagon appeared modeling GM’s new colonnade body. Also, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/53650505792_51e7c11818_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1973 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser — Lots Of Cruising, Fewer Vistas")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1973 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser — Lots Of Cruising, Fewer Vistas
Posted on April 15, 2024 | 28 CommentsLet’s take a brief look at this Cohort find by nifticus392; a 1973 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser, from the first year the wagon appeared modeling GM’s new colonnade body. Also, the […] -
![I love museums. Etymologically, “museum” is Latin by way of the Ancient Greeks; you may notice that the root is “muse,” as in “to inspire.” Therefore, the museum is a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20220726_133937a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Outtake: 1963 Studebaker Truck Prototype – In Search Of Quiet Places")
Museum Outtake: 1963 Studebaker Truck Prototype – In Search Of Quiet Places
Posted on April 15, 2024 | 28 CommentsI love museums. Etymologically, “museum” is Latin by way of the Ancient Greeks; you may notice that the root is “muse,” as in “to inspire.” Therefore, the museum is a […] -
![This week, we are going back to the weird and wonderful world of JDM – the twist here being that the cars we’re going to examine are genuine rarities, even […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20240310_121242_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classic / Automotive History: 1947 Tama E4S-47 – Arch-EV-ological Artefact")
Museum Classic / Automotive History: 1947 Tama E4S-47 – Arch-EV-ological Artefact
Posted on April 15, 2024 | 11 CommentsThis week, we are going back to the weird and wonderful world of JDM – the twist here being that the cars we’re going to examine are genuine rarities, even […] -
![(first posted 5/31/2013) I come here neither to praise nor to bury the Pontiac Trans Sport. The market did the latter quite some time ago, not only with this model, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1994-Pontiac-Trans-sport-01-Front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 Pontiac Trans Sport SE – Can U Get A Witness?")
Curbside Classic: 1994 Pontiac Trans Sport SE – Can U Get A Witness?
Posted on April 14, 2024 | 100 Comments(first posted 5/31/2013) I come here neither to praise nor to bury the Pontiac Trans Sport. The market did the latter quite some time ago, not only with this model, […] -
![(first posted 4/13/2018) This week’s Curbside Classic has been filled with posts packed full of data and thoughtful perspectives on the decline of Motown’s fortunes through the years. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CD0468-Myopians-p1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Article: The Grosse Pointe Myopians – Car and Driver’s Brock Yates Nails Motown")
Vintage Article: The Grosse Pointe Myopians – Car and Driver’s Brock Yates Nails Motown
Posted on April 14, 2024 | 124 Comments(first posted 4/13/2018) This week’s Curbside Classic has been filled with posts packed full of data and thoughtful perspectives on the decline of Motown’s fortunes through the years. […] -
![Let’s revisit trucks and their people with this vintage image gallery. While the images are rather varied, it’s clear they come from an age when all trucks served as workhorses. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/tumblr_n2k1jzEltx1snaq79o1_1280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Truck People In The ’50s & ’60s")
Vintage Snapshots: Truck People In The ’50s & ’60s
Posted on April 14, 2024 | 26 CommentsLet’s revisit trucks and their people with this vintage image gallery. While the images are rather varied, it’s clear they come from an age when all trucks served as workhorses. […] -
![Photos from the Cohort by canadiancatgreen. Whenever I went to a junkyard and came across really vintage iron, I inevitably always wondered: From what barn/remote field did they drag this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/53485463378_19434f46d2_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k)s Of The Day: Old Iron At The Junkyard")
Cohort Pic(k)s Of The Day: Old Iron At The Junkyard
Posted on April 14, 2024 | 11 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by canadiancatgreen. Whenever I went to a junkyard and came across really vintage iron, I inevitably always wondered: From what barn/remote field did they drag this […] -
![There are three ways to pick a large dumpster or truck body up from the ground and put it on the back of a straight truck: with a hooklift hoist, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1802.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global (And Video): Scania And Volvo Dually Pickup Trucks – Lively Demo By a DAF Driver")
CC Global (And Video): Scania And Volvo Dually Pickup Trucks – Lively Demo By a DAF Driver
Posted on April 14, 2024 | 5 CommentsThere are three ways to pick a large dumpster or truck body up from the ground and put it on the back of a straight truck: with a hooklift hoist, […] -
![Man, I really hit a nerve with my Audi Fox recollections. Who would have thought that a simple, square-rigged, German two-door would have elicited such emotion? There are more foxy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-04-11-16.59.07.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Thinking Small in Syracuse — The PTV (Personal Transportation Vehicle) Project")
Auto-Biography: Thinking Small in Syracuse — The PTV (Personal Transportation Vehicle) Project
Posted on April 14, 2024 | 14 CommentsMan, I really hit a nerve with my Audi Fox recollections. Who would have thought that a simple, square-rigged, German two-door would have elicited such emotion? There are more foxy […]
