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![For some reason, this year in New England, Spring is struggling to arrive. We probably say that every year. But in 2025 we’re nearly to June while temperatures have rarely […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4345.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Ford Ranger XLT Regular Cab – An Honest Little Truck")
Curbside Classic: Ford Ranger XLT Regular Cab – An Honest Little Truck
Posted on May 26, 2025 | 50 CommentsFor some reason, this year in New England, Spring is struggling to arrive. We probably say that every year. But in 2025 we’re nearly to June while temperatures have rarely […] -
![What is it about the spooky, mysterious, and unknown that attracts us so? I’ve always been an explorer. But the places I like to explore are the kinds of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/6911-12001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1957 DeSoto Fireflite Sportsman Hardtop – Like The One I Found In A Desolate Location 40 Years Ago")
1957 DeSoto Fireflite Sportsman Hardtop – Like The One I Found In A Desolate Location 40 Years Ago
Posted on May 26, 2025 | 21 CommentsWhat is it about the spooky, mysterious, and unknown that attracts us so? I’ve always been an explorer. But the places I like to explore are the kinds of […] -
![(first posted 7/11/2014) The late ’80s and early ’90s might be my favorite automotive era; my idea of the good ol’ days. Chassis were light and able to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-3-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Audi 200 Avant – Doing It Right")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Audi 200 Avant – Doing It Right
Posted on May 25, 2025 | 51 Comments(first posted 7/11/2014) The late ’80s and early ’90s might be my favorite automotive era; my idea of the good ol’ days. Chassis were light and able to […] -
![Scion iQ that I spotted on a car lot. The Scion iQ. A car that got a lot of press when it was introduced for the 2012 model year. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Scion-iQ-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Scion iQ, The Modern Subaru 360?")
Scion iQ, The Modern Subaru 360?
Posted on May 25, 2025 | 22 CommentsScion iQ that I spotted on a car lot. The Scion iQ. A car that got a lot of press when it was introduced for the 2012 model year. […] -
![“There are eight million stories in the naked city,” the narrator solemnly intoned at the end of the famous 1948 film noir and the 1958-63 television series. There aren’t that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Cad-55-807-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Cadillac Eldorado – If Only It Could Talk")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Cadillac Eldorado – If Only It Could Talk
Posted on May 25, 2025 | 9 Comments“There are eight million stories in the naked city,” the narrator solemnly intoned at the end of the famous 1948 film noir and the 1958-63 television series. There aren’t that […] -
![In the early seventies, truck makers DAF, Magirus-Deutz, Saviem, and Volvo joined forces to develop a new tilt cab for their light and medium-duty vehicles. The all-steel ‘Club of Four’ […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4115.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classic: 1982 Volvo F720 4×2 Tractor – Volvo-Worthy ‘Club of Four’ Cabover")
Truck Stop Classic: 1982 Volvo F720 4×2 Tractor – Volvo-Worthy ‘Club of Four’ Cabover
Posted on May 25, 2025 | 25 CommentsIn the early seventies, truck makers DAF, Magirus-Deutz, Saviem, and Volvo joined forces to develop a new tilt cab for their light and medium-duty vehicles. The all-steel ‘Club of Four’ […] -
![I was feeling a bit unmotivated so I turned around to my bookshelf and grabbed for some inspiration…the July 1953 Popular Science that’s been gathering dust there for some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/neck-crop-horz-top.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Better Living Through Science: Highlights From The July 1953 Issue Of Popular Science")
Better Living Through Science: Highlights From The July 1953 Issue Of Popular Science
Posted on May 25, 2025 | 17 CommentsI was feeling a bit unmotivated so I turned around to my bookshelf and grabbed for some inspiration…the July 1953 Popular Science that’s been gathering dust there for some […] -
![It only took Ford until 1967 to stuff a big block engine in the Mustang, but the 390 Mustang didn’t offer the performance to make up for its clumsier […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1969-Ford-Mustang-Mach-I-Candyapple-Red-Mecum-Auctions-F248.1-side-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Ford Mustang 428 Mach 1 – Faster Than A Hemi")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Ford Mustang 428 Mach 1 – Faster Than A Hemi
Posted on May 25, 2025 | 27 CommentsIt only took Ford until 1967 to stuff a big block engine in the Mustang, but the 390 Mustang didn’t offer the performance to make up for its clumsier […] -
![(first posted 6/24/2013. Updated 5/25/19) The big Opels always looked the most like their Detroit cousins, and this 1954 Kapitän certainly doesn’t belie its stylistic origins. In Germany at the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/BL-Opel-Kapitan.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rampside Classics: The Stratocruiser Captain’s Kapitän – Updated With Two Videos")
Rampside Classics: The Stratocruiser Captain’s Kapitän – Updated With Two Videos
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 84 Comments(first posted 6/24/2013. Updated 5/25/19) The big Opels always looked the most like their Detroit cousins, and this 1954 Kapitän certainly doesn’t belie its stylistic origins. In Germany at the […] -
![(first posted 5/27/2019) There is was again. Once more, out of the corner of my eye, a black Benz flashed its distinctively pointy derriere as it turned around […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_20190211_141623-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Mercedes-Benz 200 (W110) – The Spy Who Lurked Me")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Mercedes-Benz 200 (W110) – The Spy Who Lurked Me
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 41 Comments(first posted 5/27/2019) There is was again. Once more, out of the corner of my eye, a black Benz flashed its distinctively pointy derriere as it turned around […] -
Vintage Postcards: Lincoln-Mercury Dealers – 1950s-1960s
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 18 CommentsLynch Motors, Lincoln-Mercury, Santa Monica, CA. -
![As someone whose formative auto years were in the 1960’s, I’ve always been a fan of hidden headlights. While they haven’t completely disappeared, with the focus on aerodynamics, light weight, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fd511eb8b995c46354970f99a5e7446ce1663edf.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC QOTD: What Make and Model Had the Most Attractive Hidden Headlights?")
CC QOTD: What Make and Model Had the Most Attractive Hidden Headlights?
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 39 CommentsAs someone whose formative auto years were in the 1960’s, I’ve always been a fan of hidden headlights. While they haven’t completely disappeared, with the focus on aerodynamics, light weight, […] -
![About what it would have looked like when I first saw it, though no tint and no wing. My wife bought her first new car in 2005, a Nissan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0219.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My 2005 Sentra – Ups And Downs With Our Unlucky Black Beauty")
My 2005 Sentra – Ups And Downs With Our Unlucky Black Beauty
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 15 CommentsAbout what it would have looked like when I first saw it, though no tint and no wing. My wife bought her first new car in 2005, a Nissan […] -
![All hail the King! What you now see sitting triumphantly in front of you is the king of American cars from 1969. This Impala sprang forth during that historic year […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_0129.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Impala – All Hail The King!")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Impala – All Hail The King!
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 26 CommentsAll hail the King! What you now see sitting triumphantly in front of you is the king of American cars from 1969. This Impala sprang forth during that historic year […] -
![(first posted 6/25/2013) What’s that coming down the other side of 18th Avenue, playing that infernal tune ice cream trucks are notorious for? I have a rather deep loathing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-202-085-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Cushman Truckster Ice Cream Truck")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Cushman Truckster Ice Cream Truck
Posted on May 23, 2025 | 40 Comments(first posted 6/25/2013) What’s that coming down the other side of 18th Avenue, playing that infernal tune ice cream trucks are notorious for? I have a rather deep loathing […]
