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![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 […] -
![(first posted 4/7/2013) I recently rented a little three-yard dump truck and used it to pay several visits to one of the local quarries–partly to haul gravel, but also as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CC-194-080-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Quarryside Classics: Mack R-Series – Rock Solid Since 1966")
Quarryside Classics: Mack R-Series – Rock Solid Since 1966
Posted on April 13, 2024 | 61 Comments(first posted 4/7/2013) I recently rented a little three-yard dump truck and used it to pay several visits to one of the local quarries–partly to haul gravel, but also as […] -
![(first posted 4/12/2018) The Japanese automakers were rapidly growing in the late 1960s, and one of the key secrets to their success was continuous improvement. In 1968, Datsun […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CD0468-Datsun-PL510-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1968 Datsun PL510 – April 1968 Car and Driver Road Test")
Vintage Review: 1968 Datsun PL510 – April 1968 Car and Driver Road Test
Posted on April 13, 2024 | 23 Comments(first posted 4/12/2018) The Japanese automakers were rapidly growing in the late 1960s, and one of the key secrets to their success was continuous improvement. In 1968, Datsun […] -
![Some of these images take me back to the age when I was a child and my family used to visit the mall; the 1970s. Or better said, my mother […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/5976029359_e581889871_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: At The Mall! – Parking Lots In The ’50s-’70s")
Vintage Snapshots: At The Mall! – Parking Lots In The ’50s-’70s
Posted on April 13, 2024 | 52 CommentsSome of these images take me back to the age when I was a child and my family used to visit the mall; the 1970s. Or better said, my mother […] -
![We’ve been in Port Orford this week and I decided to actually pull out my phone and shoot a few more of the natives. As in any small (tiny) PNW […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_0095.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Port Orford Outtake: 1973 Ford F600 Tow Truck – Rustic")
Port Orford Outtake: 1973 Ford F600 Tow Truck – Rustic
Posted on April 13, 2024 | 18 CommentsWe’ve been in Port Orford this week and I decided to actually pull out my phone and shoot a few more of the natives. As in any small (tiny) PNW […] -
Bus Stop Classics Obscurity: 1948 – 1953 Ford/Wayne/Marmon-Herrington 8MB; Ford Folds On Its Transit Bus Business
Posted on April 13, 2024 | 11 CommentsIn our previous post on Checker Motors, we talked a little about the Ford Transit Bus. Let’s take a closer look at the final evolution of that model, the 8MB. -
![This was my first classic car. And it spawned a lifetime of my love for classic cars. I had made friends with a girl who went to my school; Kim […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/6be6bbd08c4dc953224035197d08d450.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Ford Thunderbird — My First Classic!")
COAL: 1965 Ford Thunderbird — My First Classic!
Posted on April 13, 2024 | 12 CommentsThis was my first classic car. And it spawned a lifetime of my love for classic cars. I had made friends with a girl who went to my school; Kim […] -
![(first posted 5/30/2013) In the early sixties, the vast majority of pickups were wimpy, low-riding, six cylinder-powered things; downright effeminate, one might almost say (with a bit of tongue in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Jeep-Gladiator01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Jeep Gladiator J3000 – The Truck Of The Future")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Jeep Gladiator J3000 – The Truck Of The Future
Posted on April 12, 2024 | 112 Comments(first posted 5/30/2013) In the early sixties, the vast majority of pickups were wimpy, low-riding, six cylinder-powered things; downright effeminate, one might almost say (with a bit of tongue in […] -
![(first posted 4/10/2018) Unless one subscribes to a data service, getting US historical auto sales statistics is not so easy; Wikipedia only lists US manufacturers. But I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Market-share-Brits-1961-2016.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Chartside Classics: US Market Share by Manufacturer – 1961-2016")
Chartside Classics: US Market Share by Manufacturer – 1961-2016
Posted on April 12, 2024 | 70 Comments(first posted 4/10/2018) Unless one subscribes to a data service, getting US historical auto sales statistics is not so easy; Wikipedia only lists US manufacturers. But I […] -
![(first posted 4/11/2018) David E. Davis Jr. penned this tribute to the BMW 2002 in the April 1968 issue of Car and Driver, allowing him to accomplish […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CD0468-BMW2002-Main-Image.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1968 BMW 2002 – Car and Driver’s David E. Davis Picks Favorites")
Vintage Review: 1968 BMW 2002 – Car and Driver’s David E. Davis Picks Favorites
Posted on April 12, 2024 | 37 Comments(first posted 4/11/2018) David E. Davis Jr. penned this tribute to the BMW 2002 in the April 1968 issue of Car and Driver, allowing him to accomplish […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: ’75-’76 GMC Sierra – Stepside Looking Nice In Canada
Posted on April 12, 2024 | 10 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by William Oliver. -
![A few weeks ago I posted a series of vintage images of Florida. On that occasion, the shots covered many of the state’s locations as they looked in the ’50s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/48483988926_e1b21d2fcc_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Traffic Around Miami Beach In The Early ’50s")
Vintage Snapshots: Traffic Around Miami Beach In The Early ’50s
Posted on April 12, 2024 | 27 CommentsA few weeks ago I posted a series of vintage images of Florida. On that occasion, the shots covered many of the state’s locations as they looked in the ’50s […] -
![Additional photos by Simón Varela. We had a number of T40/T50 Coronas at CC throughout the years, covering most of that fate-defining Toyota range. Clearly the 4-door sedan was the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-02-09-23.22.26.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1967 Toyota Corona Wagon – The Utilitarian Corona")
CC Capsule: 1967 Toyota Corona Wagon – The Utilitarian Corona
Posted on April 12, 2024 | 10 CommentsAdditional photos by Simón Varela. We had a number of T40/T50 Coronas at CC throughout the years, covering most of that fate-defining Toyota range. Clearly the 4-door sedan was the […]
