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![(first posted 9/6/2017) I imagine many CC readers are familiar with the “brown manual diesel rear-wheel drive station wagon” car enthusiast stereotype, but surely a V8 manual rear-wheel […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/MG-ZT-T-260-V8-wagon-rear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: MG ZT-T V8 – A Better Form Of Automotive Stereotype?")
Car Show Classic: MG ZT-T V8 – A Better Form Of Automotive Stereotype?
Posted on September 6, 2023 | 22 Comments(first posted 9/6/2017) I imagine many CC readers are familiar with the “brown manual diesel rear-wheel drive station wagon” car enthusiast stereotype, but surely a V8 manual rear-wheel […] -
![Apart from a couple short trips in 2020 and 2021, I hadn’t had a chance to spend any meaningful time in the old country in the last five years. So […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230808_174306_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-August 2023) – Part 3: European Vacation Special")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-August 2023) – Part 3: European Vacation Special
Posted on September 6, 2023 | 7 CommentsApart from a couple short trips in 2020 and 2021, I hadn’t had a chance to spend any meaningful time in the old country in the last five years. So […] -
![Here’s a rather evocative shot. This first-gen Chevy van was captured at Garner State Park, Texas, in 1972. Part of the US National Archives Documerica project. Image has been slightly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3704379498_8ac958448b_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshot: Van Life in the Early ’70s")
Vintage Snapshot: Van Life in the Early ’70s
Posted on September 6, 2023 | 22 CommentsHere’s a rather evocative shot. This first-gen Chevy van was captured at Garner State Park, Texas, in 1972. Part of the US National Archives Documerica project. Image has been slightly […] -
![I spend a lot of my spare time working on cars for my own enjoyment, and also because I could never own a large fleet of cars if I didn’t […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PXL_20230803_125650404a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Capsule/QOTD: Is There An Engineering Decision You Don’t Understand? (1974 Firebird Content)")
COAL Capsule/QOTD: Is There An Engineering Decision You Don’t Understand? (1974 Firebird Content)
Posted on September 6, 2023 | 81 CommentsI spend a lot of my spare time working on cars for my own enjoyment, and also because I could never own a large fleet of cars if I didn’t […] -
![As I near completion of my sixth decade on this planet I now completely believe that nothing good happens after 10:00 PM. Counting back through the decades I’m sure that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230902_0001.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL 9: Chariot of Fire Plus One")
COAL 9: Chariot of Fire Plus One
Posted on September 6, 2023 | 13 CommentsAs I near completion of my sixth decade on this planet I now completely believe that nothing good happens after 10:00 PM. Counting back through the decades I’m sure that […] -
![(first posted 9/5/2017) Ok, so I’m a little late here. Season 2 of Fargo aired during 2015, and I only just finished it this week. Set in 1979 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/shot-of-downtown-luverne-in-fargo.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CCTV: The Cars of Fargo, Season 2: Classics? You Betcha!")
CCTV: The Cars of Fargo, Season 2: Classics? You Betcha!
Posted on September 5, 2023 | 81 Comments(first posted 9/5/2017) Ok, so I’m a little late here. Season 2 of Fargo aired during 2015, and I only just finished it this week. Set in 1979 […] -
![(first posted 9/5/2017) GTi, a Grand Tourer with fuel injection. A comfortable and luxurious automobile with sublime handling, perfectly capable of high speed and long-distance driving. It seems […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_4679.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1982 Citroën CX 2400 GTi – Fuel Injected Flying Carpet")
Car Show Outtake: 1982 Citroën CX 2400 GTi – Fuel Injected Flying Carpet
Posted on September 5, 2023 | 39 Comments(first posted 9/5/2017) GTi, a Grand Tourer with fuel injection. A comfortable and luxurious automobile with sublime handling, perfectly capable of high speed and long-distance driving. It seems […] -
![Historians generally agree that the Spaniards’ search for the Fountain of Youth is nothing but a myth. I’m not quite so sure. Here is Hernando de Soto himself, blessing (or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot_20230808-143923.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Dealers: 1951 DeSoto – Hernando de Soto Gives His Blessing")
Vintage Dealers: 1951 DeSoto – Hernando de Soto Gives His Blessing
Posted on September 5, 2023 | 27 CommentsHistorians generally agree that the Spaniards’ search for the Fountain of Youth is nothing but a myth. I’m not quite so sure. Here is Hernando de Soto himself, blessing (or […] -
![We’re hitting the ground running with a race-ready E-Type for this second part, because we have a pretty extensive parade of imports to run through. Plenty of British, Italian and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230618_103640_1_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June-August 2023) – Part 2: Foreign Cars")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June-August 2023) – Part 2: Foreign Cars
Posted on September 5, 2023 | 22 CommentsWe’re hitting the ground running with a race-ready E-Type for this second part, because we have a pretty extensive parade of imports to run through. Plenty of British, Italian and […] -
![I’m still having fun with these old color pictures that I find on the web. Here are a few more to share, and this time I’ll concentrate on driveways and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot_20230804-130801.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: What’s On The Driveway?")
Vintage Snapshots: What’s On The Driveway?
Posted on September 5, 2023 | 28 CommentsI’m still having fun with these old color pictures that I find on the web. Here are a few more to share, and this time I’ll concentrate on driveways and […] -
![This Cougar was my second, notable Mercury find this summer, the first being an ’03 Marauder I had seen only a few blocks away from this silver coupe. I say […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230730_140205394-2000-Mercury-Cougar-2.5L-V6-Flat-Rock-MI-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2000 Mercury Cougar V6 – I Am Not What I Was")
Curbside Musings: 2000 Mercury Cougar V6 – I Am Not What I Was
Posted on September 5, 2023 | 76 CommentsThis Cougar was my second, notable Mercury find this summer, the first being an ’03 Marauder I had seen only a few blocks away from this silver coupe. I say […] -
![Lollipop Motel sign, Wildwood, New Jersey (2006) Earlier in this space we reviewed some of the work of photographer Carol Highsmith. Highsmith donated her life’s work of more than 100,000 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Highsmith-Lollipop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Roadside Classics: America Through the Lens of Carol Highsmith at the Library of Congress (Continued)")
Roadside Classics: America Through the Lens of Carol Highsmith at the Library of Congress (Continued)
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 36 CommentsLollipop Motel sign, Wildwood, New Jersey (2006) Earlier in this space we reviewed some of the work of photographer Carol Highsmith. Highsmith donated her life’s work of more than 100,000 […] -
![(first posted 9/4/2017) When Virgil Exner’s Forward Look burst onto the scene at dowdy, conservative old Chrysler Corporation in 1955, it marked a new era for the company […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1964Dodge880-01-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1964 Dodge Custom 880 – The Forward Look Goes Out With A Whimper")
Car Show Classic: 1964 Dodge Custom 880 – The Forward Look Goes Out With A Whimper
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 115 Comments(first posted 9/4/2017) When Virgil Exner’s Forward Look burst onto the scene at dowdy, conservative old Chrysler Corporation in 1955, it marked a new era for the company […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1967 Mercury Comet Caliente Hardtop – It’s Caliente Season Again
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 10 CommentsImages from the Cohort, by nifticus392. -
![Hey there, CCompadres, it’s been a while! T87 went on a looong (and long overdue) holiday back to ye olde Europe – a real holiday, sans laptop – hence the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20230702_091921_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June-August 2023) – Part 1: Japanese Cars")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (June-August 2023) – Part 1: Japanese Cars
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 21 CommentsHey there, CCompadres, it’s been a while! T87 went on a looong (and long overdue) holiday back to ye olde Europe – a real holiday, sans laptop – hence the […]
