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![(first posted 5/24/2013) One of the more unique chapters in the colorful history of the Indy 500 was written by Clessie Cummins, the irrepressible founder and promoter of his pioneering […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cummins-diesels-assaulted-indy-inline-4-photo-448621-s-original.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Big Cummins Diesels Come To The Indianapolis 500")
Big Cummins Diesels Come To The Indianapolis 500
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 24 Comments(first posted 5/24/2013) One of the more unique chapters in the colorful history of the Indy 500 was written by Clessie Cummins, the irrepressible founder and promoter of his pioneering […] -
Wordless Outtake: El Camino All Set For Ranchero Jobs
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 7 Comments -
![I serendipitously stumbled upon this eight-car cache hidden away behind a commercial building after making a wrong turn, which ended up being oh-so-right. Whoever owns this collection clearly has very […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_4088.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: A Collection of 1950s Mopars and 1990s Mercedes SL500s. Wait, What?")
Curbside Find: A Collection of 1950s Mopars and 1990s Mercedes SL500s. Wait, What?
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 21 CommentsI serendipitously stumbled upon this eight-car cache hidden away behind a commercial building after making a wrong turn, which ended up being oh-so-right. Whoever owns this collection clearly has very […] -
![It was the late ’90s in San Francisco, and my then Puerto Rican girlfriend got a new part time job; one more of many menial chores she engaged in to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/38653603215_302f088bbb_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Jaguar X-Type – What’s In A Badge?")
Curbside Classic: Jaguar X-Type – What’s In A Badge?
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 23 CommentsIt was the late ’90s in San Francisco, and my then Puerto Rican girlfriend got a new part time job; one more of many menial chores she engaged in to […] -
![We’re now up to January, 2017. We’d been in Seattle for six months, and we were loving life. We had a beautiful home across the street from Lake Washington, in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2017-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: The Mercedes Years")
COAL: The Mercedes Years
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 26 CommentsWe’re now up to January, 2017. We’d been in Seattle for six months, and we were loving life. We had a beautiful home across the street from Lake Washington, in […] -
![(first posted 9/23/2014) In this day of nine-speed automatics and CVTs, a two-speed automatic transmission may seem downright antediluvian. Not infrequently, comments here express shock, surprise or disdain for the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Powerglode-shifter-crop-horz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Two-Speed Automatics vs. Three-Speed Manuals – When 2 = 3, More Or Less")
Automotive History: Two-Speed Automatics vs. Three-Speed Manuals – When 2 = 3, More Or Less
Posted on June 13, 2023 | 136 Comments(first posted 9/23/2014) In this day of nine-speed automatics and CVTs, a two-speed automatic transmission may seem downright antediluvian. Not infrequently, comments here express shock, surprise or disdain for the […] -
![(first posted 6/13/2017) Quantity vs. quality: the eternal dilemma. I spotted both of these cars in nearly the same spot on the same April weekend, last year. For 20% […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Toro-CDV-collage-REDO-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Conundrum: 1977 Oldsmobile Toronado Brougham & ’77 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Quantity Vs. Quality?")
CC Conundrum: 1977 Oldsmobile Toronado Brougham & ’77 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Quantity Vs. Quality?
Posted on June 13, 2023 | 126 Comments(first posted 6/13/2017) Quantity vs. quality: the eternal dilemma. I spotted both of these cars in nearly the same spot on the same April weekend, last year. For 20% […] -
![EVs have come a very long way in just 15 years. In case you need reminding, in 2008, the Zap Xebra was just about the only EV a regular person […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_0743-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: Long-Dead Zap Xebras – EVs Have Come A Long Way In 15 Years")
Curbside Outtake: Long-Dead Zap Xebras – EVs Have Come A Long Way In 15 Years
Posted on June 13, 2023 | 21 CommentsEVs have come a very long way in just 15 years. In case you need reminding, in 2008, the Zap Xebra was just about the only EV a regular person […] -
![As mentioned in my previous post, I had my first Japanese car show experience back in April, and the overwhelming majority of the cars I saw there (admittedly in Central […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230402_142650-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: 1936 Datsun Type 15 Roadster – JDM Archeological Artefact")
Car Show Capsule: 1936 Datsun Type 15 Roadster – JDM Archeological Artefact
Posted on June 13, 2023 | 12 CommentsAs mentioned in my previous post, I had my first Japanese car show experience back in April, and the overwhelming majority of the cars I saw there (admittedly in Central […] -
![A sanitary Beetle—a real Beetle, parked up at the curb, just as regular as you please: a sight that was so common as to be invisible, all round the world, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/68_Beetle_LF34_7524.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC’s Best of 2023: 1968 Volkswagen Beetle With Roof Rack – Speaking of Chewing Gum…")
CC’s Best of 2023: 1968 Volkswagen Beetle With Roof Rack – Speaking of Chewing Gum…
Posted on June 13, 2023 | 80 CommentsA sanitary Beetle—a real Beetle, parked up at the curb, just as regular as you please: a sight that was so common as to be invisible, all round the world, […] -
![I hadn’t originally set out to write two, consecutive weekly essays about B-body Chevrolet Impalas, examples from polar opposite ends of this platform’s twenty-year production run. Last Tuesday’s piece was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1978-Chevrolet-Impala-for-CC-4-REDO.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1978 Chevrolet Impala – Very Wrigley")
Curbside Musings: 1978 Chevrolet Impala – Very Wrigley
Posted on June 13, 2023 | 69 CommentsI hadn’t originally set out to write two, consecutive weekly essays about B-body Chevrolet Impalas, examples from polar opposite ends of this platform’s twenty-year production run. Last Tuesday’s piece was […] -
![(first posted 3/30/2012. Revised 6/11/2017) Or some of both? All depends…among other things, whether we’re talking 1950 or 1973. Powerglide was the first automatic transmission available on a low-priced car. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Powerglide-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Powerglide: A GM’s Greatest Hit Or Deadly Sin?")
Powerglide: A GM’s Greatest Hit Or Deadly Sin?
Posted on June 12, 2023 | 186 Comments(first posted 3/30/2012. Revised 6/11/2017) Or some of both? All depends…among other things, whether we’re talking 1950 or 1973. Powerglide was the first automatic transmission available on a low-priced car. […] -
![(first posted 6/12/2017) I was recently down in London, Ontario for business. I had some free time in the evenings, so I decided to check out a few […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_20170606_200918.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – Just the Right Amount of Patina – Or Maybe Not")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – Just the Right Amount of Patina – Or Maybe Not
Posted on June 12, 2023 | 42 Comments(first posted 6/12/2017) I was recently down in London, Ontario for business. I had some free time in the evenings, so I decided to check out a few […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1959 Buick LeChemin
Posted on June 12, 2023 | 24 Comments -
![I took my usual stroll on the first Sunday in April this year – always keeping an eye out for the odd automotive encounter, which happen fairly regularly in Tokyo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230402_142332-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: Nihonbashi Bridge Spring Festival, April 2023")
Car Show Classics: Nihonbashi Bridge Spring Festival, April 2023
Posted on June 12, 2023 | 17 CommentsI took my usual stroll on the first Sunday in April this year – always keeping an eye out for the odd automotive encounter, which happen fairly regularly in Tokyo […]
