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![Last Wednesday the postie delivered a letter for the previous owners of our house. They didn’t move very far away, and after supper I walked it over to them. As […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/95-Caravan-Headlamp.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: The Morning After The Night Before")
Curbside Classics: The Morning After The Night Before
Posted on January 14, 2021 | 50 CommentsLast Wednesday the postie delivered a letter for the previous owners of our house. They didn’t move very far away, and after supper I walked it over to them. As […] -
![We here at Curbside are the world’s arbiters of good taste and appropriateness. So whenever a car like this Mercury (or other car from this era) is shown sporting such […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/s-l16001-8.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1957 Mercury Monterey Phaeton Coupe – No Skirts, No Kit, Original Paint")
CC For Sale: 1957 Mercury Monterey Phaeton Coupe – No Skirts, No Kit, Original Paint
Posted on January 14, 2021 | 21 CommentsWe here at Curbside are the world’s arbiters of good taste and appropriateness. So whenever a car like this Mercury (or other car from this era) is shown sporting such […] -
![(click on images for full size) (first posted 1/13/2015) Having stumbled into a trove of vintage photographs of my birth city Innsbruck, Austria, I’ve decided share the ones that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Innsbruck-1971.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Innsbruck’s Maria Theresien Strasse 1840 – 2015: From Pedestrians To Cars To Pedestrians")
Innsbruck’s Maria Theresien Strasse 1840 – 2015: From Pedestrians To Cars To Pedestrians
Posted on January 13, 2021 | 89 Comments(click on images for full size) (first posted 1/13/2015) Having stumbled into a trove of vintage photographs of my birth city Innsbruck, Austria, I’ve decided share the ones that […] -
![(first posted 1/13/2015) While GM was in the midst of downsizing in the US, there was some downsizing occurring elsewhere in their empire. The HZ Holden sedans and wagons, […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/800px-1980_HDT_Commodore_VC_sedan_01-Mark-Brown.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978-81 Holden VB/VC Commodore – The Beginning of a New Era")
Curbside Classic: 1978-81 Holden VB/VC Commodore – The Beginning of a New Era
Posted on January 13, 2021 | 84 Comments(first posted 1/13/2015) While GM was in the midst of downsizing in the US, there was some downsizing occurring elsewhere in their empire. The HZ Holden sedans and wagons, […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: The Grand, Grand Wagoneer
Posted on January 13, 2021 | 16 Commentsposted by Corey Behrens -
![Corey Behrens’ contributions to the CC Cohort are something to be savoured and shared by all. Just what we needed at the end of 2020 and the start of 2021. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50739451613_1d8f2e5954_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1977 NSU Ro80 – Stands the Test Of Time")
Cohort Outtake: 1977 NSU Ro80 – Stands the Test Of Time
Posted on January 13, 2021 | 33 CommentsCorey Behrens’ contributions to the CC Cohort are something to be savoured and shared by all. Just what we needed at the end of 2020 and the start of 2021. […] -
![Ever wonder just why a big four cylinder almost invariably has more punch down low, and less need to rev than a similar-sized six or V8? There’s a very simple […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-honda-horz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Engine Tech 101: How Displacement Per Cylinder Affects Torque and Horsepower")
Engine Tech 101: How Displacement Per Cylinder Affects Torque and Horsepower
Posted on January 13, 2021 | 67 CommentsEver wonder just why a big four cylinder almost invariably has more punch down low, and less need to rev than a similar-sized six or V8? There’s a very simple […] -
![I’m no fan of the XJ40, but when this one showed up, on an highway service area in France about three weeks ago, I perked up. For one thing, it […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20201220_132525-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Daimler Six (XJ40) – Dead Cat Bounce")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Daimler Six (XJ40) – Dead Cat Bounce
Posted on January 13, 2021 | 30 CommentsI’m no fan of the XJ40, but when this one showed up, on an highway service area in France about three weeks ago, I perked up. For one thing, it […] -
![(first posted 1/12/2015) Here we go again. You know the drill. If there’s a Cadillac out there in that classic light yellow paint and matching Sierra grain leather, I will […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/aa-Cad-Yellow-2-e1417297855863.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Cadillac Sedan de Ville – Resplendent In Sunburst Yellow!")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Cadillac Sedan de Ville – Resplendent In Sunburst Yellow!
Posted on January 12, 2021 | 99 Comments(first posted 1/12/2015) Here we go again. You know the drill. If there’s a Cadillac out there in that classic light yellow paint and matching Sierra grain leather, I will […] -
![I’ve been predicting it for a while, and here it is: GM’s new EV delivery van, the EV600, is to be sold under a new logistics-oriented brand “BrightDrop”. And the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GM-BrightDrrop-van.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Delivery News: GM Unveils EV Van Under New “BrightDrop” Brand – FedEx Gets First 500 This Year")
Curbside Delivery News: GM Unveils EV Van Under New “BrightDrop” Brand – FedEx Gets First 500 This Year
Posted on January 12, 2021 | 36 CommentsI’ve been predicting it for a while, and here it is: GM’s new EV delivery van, the EV600, is to be sold under a new logistics-oriented brand “BrightDrop”. And the […] -
![Here’s a car I totally forgot existed, never knew existed, or purposely deleted from my memory banks. But then it’s no wonder: exactly 2,326 of these 1978 Monza ‘S’ Coupes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Chevrolet-Monza-S-1978-br.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Brochure Classic: 1978 Chevrolet Monza ‘S’ Coupe – The Best Vega Ever, And Some Other Rare Monzas")
Brochure Classic: 1978 Chevrolet Monza ‘S’ Coupe – The Best Vega Ever, And Some Other Rare Monzas
Posted on January 12, 2021 | 89 CommentsHere’s a car I totally forgot existed, never knew existed, or purposely deleted from my memory banks. But then it’s no wonder: exactly 2,326 of these 1978 Monza ‘S’ Coupes […] -
![When I began working for my current employer almost ten years ago (that milestone will occur in April), I was assigned to a cubicle next to a colleague with whom […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_7901-1981-DeLorean-DMC-12-crop-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 – Living The Dream")
Curbside Capsule: 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 – Living The Dream
Posted on January 12, 2021 | 17 CommentsWhen I began working for my current employer almost ten years ago (that milestone will occur in April), I was assigned to a cubicle next to a colleague with whom […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: The Half-Timbered Estate
Posted on January 12, 2021 | 12 Commentsposted by William Rubano -
![Possibly one of a person’s more telling character traits is their willingness to be challenged. Some enjoy it; some need prodding; some need neither. An unwillingness to be challenged, in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_0176.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Camaro – Rising To The Challenge")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Camaro – Rising To The Challenge
Posted on January 12, 2021 | 25 CommentsPossibly one of a person’s more telling character traits is their willingness to be challenged. Some enjoy it; some need prodding; some need neither. An unwillingness to be challenged, in […] -
![(first posted 4/3/2011) I’d been admiring this Plymouth’s blocky solidity for ten years, whenever its owner and I happen to work out at the Y simultaneously. I can count on […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CC-14-030.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook – Automotive Immortality")
Curbside Classic: 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook – Automotive Immortality
Posted on January 11, 2021 | 78 Comments(first posted 4/3/2011) I’d been admiring this Plymouth’s blocky solidity for ten years, whenever its owner and I happen to work out at the Y simultaneously. I can count on […]
