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![It’s the summer and vintage cars are showing up in healthy numbers at the CC Cohort; out in regular outings, or at car shows. Of the many, this ’72 Buick […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-14-23.03.42.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1972 Buick GS Sports Coupe; And Other Recent Classic Finds From The CC Cohort")
1972 Buick GS Sports Coupe; And Other Recent Classic Finds From The CC Cohort
Posted on July 16, 2025 | 13 CommentsIt’s the summer and vintage cars are showing up in healthy numbers at the CC Cohort; out in regular outings, or at car shows. Of the many, this ’72 Buick […] -
![It’s morning on a bright summer day in Iowa City in 1962. I may have fallen asleep with a Corvette brochure, but now they’re lost somewhere in the folds of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/a-CC-47-082-900.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic Cross Country Wagon – The Non-Sexy Mom-Mobile")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic Cross Country Wagon – The Non-Sexy Mom-Mobile
Posted on July 16, 2025 | 13 CommentsIt’s morning on a bright summer day in Iowa City in 1962. I may have fallen asleep with a Corvette brochure, but now they’re lost somewhere in the folds of […] -
![There are hot hatches, red hot hatches and then there are Renault’s mad mid-engined monster hatches. The all-time legend of those was the R5 Turbo (1980-85), i.e. the one that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_20241208_114844_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2005 Renault Clio V6 – The Hatchback Of Notre-Dayum!")
Curbside Classic: 2005 Renault Clio V6 – The Hatchback Of Notre-Dayum!
Posted on July 16, 2025 | 9 CommentsThere are hot hatches, red hot hatches and then there are Renault’s mad mid-engined monster hatches. The all-time legend of those was the R5 Turbo (1980-85), i.e. the one that […] -
![(first posted 6/15/2019) Quite the contrast with the DAF commercial vehicles I usually post, this little DAF 33 van with an air-cooled 746 cc flat-twin engine. In 1967, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_7910.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1973 DAF 33 Variomatic Van – Basic Trucking")
Car Show Outtake: 1973 DAF 33 Variomatic Van – Basic Trucking
Posted on July 15, 2025 | 17 Comments(first posted 6/15/2019) Quite the contrast with the DAF commercial vehicles I usually post, this little DAF 33 van with an air-cooled 746 cc flat-twin engine. In 1967, […] -
![As you were growing up, you likely heard the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover” to the point of tedium. It’s sound advice that’s applicable to so many […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/PA310101.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1979 Ford Mustang Indianapolis 500 Pace-Car Replica – The Painted Lady")
1979 Ford Mustang Indianapolis 500 Pace-Car Replica – The Painted Lady
Posted on July 15, 2025 | 18 CommentsAs you were growing up, you likely heard the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover” to the point of tedium. It’s sound advice that’s applicable to so many […] -
![Ford Motor Company enjoyed a good year for 1957. The Ford Division introduced thoroughly revamped cars throughout its line-up, and even offered supercharging for the first time ever as an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/32893411947_8fb364e6f7_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: Motor Trend’s 1957 New Car Issue – Ford Motor Company")
Vintage Review: Motor Trend’s 1957 New Car Issue – Ford Motor Company
Posted on July 15, 2025 | 15 CommentsFord Motor Company enjoyed a good year for 1957. The Ford Division introduced thoroughly revamped cars throughout its line-up, and even offered supercharging for the first time ever as an […] -
![Text by Patrick Bell. Vans and van life is our subject today, with a good variety of images to view. These were all over the place back in the day, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-03-03-19.32.11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Vans, Their People And Lifestyles In The ’60s & ’70s")
Vintage Snapshots: Vans, Their People And Lifestyles In The ’60s & ’70s
Posted on July 15, 2025 | 17 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Vans and van life is our subject today, with a good variety of images to view. These were all over the place back in the day, […] -
![You have to hand it to Toyota. When they start thinking outside the box, they can really let their creativity run wild. It doesn’t happen too often – they’re no […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_20221117_084004_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2004 Toyota WiLL Cypha – The Curious WiLL’s Curious Ways")
Curbside Classic: 2004 Toyota WiLL Cypha – The Curious WiLL’s Curious Ways
Posted on July 15, 2025 | 8 CommentsYou have to hand it to Toyota. When they start thinking outside the box, they can really let their creativity run wild. It doesn’t happen too often – they’re no […] -
![Which is more universally and instantly recognizable: A VW Beetle or a Jeep CJ? Hard to say; they’re both iconic. But unlike the Beetle, whose body shape (except for windows […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_3569.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Willys Jeep CJ-5 (1955-1963) – The Making Of An Icon")
Curbside Classic: Willys Jeep CJ-5 (1955-1963) – The Making Of An Icon
Posted on July 15, 2025 | 25 CommentsWhich is more universally and instantly recognizable: A VW Beetle or a Jeep CJ? Hard to say; they’re both iconic. But unlike the Beetle, whose body shape (except for windows […] -
![Some cars have had longer lives–the Volkswagen beetle comes to mind–but not very many, certainly not in the U.S. From its introduction in late 1962 as a 1963 model, until […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1991JeepGrandWagoneer041.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer – Dorian Gray Goes to Horse Country")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Jeep Grand Wagoneer – Dorian Gray Goes to Horse Country
Posted on July 14, 2025 | 10 CommentsSome cars have had longer lives–the Volkswagen beetle comes to mind–but not very many, certainly not in the U.S. From its introduction in late 1962 as a 1963 model, until […] -
![That could be me sitting in that barber chair, for two reasons. Well, that is the exact chair I sit in when I get my hair cut. And I could […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CC-51-042-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Falcon – How To Build A Winning Compact")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Falcon – How To Build A Winning Compact
Posted on July 14, 2025 | 18 CommentsThat could be me sitting in that barber chair, for two reasons. Well, that is the exact chair I sit in when I get my hair cut. And I could […] -
Vintage Postcards: Dodge Dealers Of The ’50s, ’60s & ’70s
Posted on July 14, 2025 | 14 CommentsEd Van Ness Motors Inc., Wayne, NJ. -
![About two years ago, I came across a fairly well kept early second generation Civic near our theater rehearsal studio in San Salvador. If anything, these Hondas, along with vehicles […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_20221031_154507879.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Finds: Honda Civics From The ’80s Around Town")
Curbside Finds: Honda Civics From The ’80s Around Town
Posted on July 14, 2025 | 7 CommentsAbout two years ago, I came across a fairly well kept early second generation Civic near our theater rehearsal studio in San Salvador. If anything, these Hondas, along with vehicles […] -
![Look at that, a coelacanth out of water! The venerable Panther-based Town Car has now been out of production for a decade and a half, yet its final iteration has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_20220821_130857_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature L – Giant Living Fossil")
Curbside Classic: 2006 Lincoln Town Car Signature L – Giant Living Fossil
Posted on July 14, 2025 | 15 CommentsLook at that, a coelacanth out of water! The venerable Panther-based Town Car has now been out of production for a decade and a half, yet its final iteration has […] -
![So yesterday I was on my way to get a pizza slice, and out of the corner of my eye I happened to see . . . Yes! The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250711_124850-EDIT.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible: Dreams and Fantasies . . .")
1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible: Dreams and Fantasies . . .
Posted on July 14, 2025 | 18 CommentsSo yesterday I was on my way to get a pizza slice, and out of the corner of my eye I happened to see . . . Yes! The […]
