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![(first posted 6/1/2017) I’ve never really seen a good, comprehensive history of Automotive Air Conditioning, so I decided to take it upon myself to write one, being somewhat […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/3604083691_bef5fcfaa1_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cold Comfort: History of Automotive Air Conditioning, Part 1 – Pre-World War II")
Cold Comfort: History of Automotive Air Conditioning, Part 1 – Pre-World War II
Posted on June 1, 2023 | 94 Comments(first posted 6/1/2017) I’ve never really seen a good, comprehensive history of Automotive Air Conditioning, so I decided to take it upon myself to write one, being somewhat […] -
![(Originally published 25 May 2017) Welcome to the Mercury Edition of this ongoing series exploring low volume production cars. As usual, we are looking at those models built between 1946 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1946-Mercury.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Mercury Edition")
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Mercury Edition
Posted on June 1, 2023 | 80 Comments(Originally published 25 May 2017) Welcome to the Mercury Edition of this ongoing series exploring low volume production cars. As usual, we are looking at those models built between 1946 […] -
![Here’s a rare sighting, captured in motion by Guillaume Vauchey at the Cohort. A bit camera shy I may add, as we only get to see its rear quarters. Still, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/52935029075_e24cca27f9_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: ’77-’84 Matra Rancho – Early CUV In The Open?")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: ’77-’84 Matra Rancho – Early CUV In The Open?
Posted on June 1, 2023 | 18 CommentsHere’s a rare sighting, captured in motion by Guillaume Vauchey at the Cohort. A bit camera shy I may add, as we only get to see its rear quarters. Still, […] -
![Five months of brief encounters is a lot in this town, but I think I should be able to make it all fit in three roughly equal 100-plus-pic posts. Why […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20230205_122915-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (January-May 2023) – Part 1: Japanese Cars")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (January-May 2023) – Part 1: Japanese Cars
Posted on June 1, 2023 | 21 CommentsFive months of brief encounters is a lot in this town, but I think I should be able to make it all fit in three roughly equal 100-plus-pic posts. Why […] -
![An Exner design is a sure way to get me to stop and pay attention. And these ’59s are at the tail end of Exner’s peak, still fully under his […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/52886586318_edf948dbaa_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Carriers: A Few ’59 Dodges Arriving – Suddenly It’s Almost 1960!")
Vintage Car Carriers: A Few ’59 Dodges Arriving – Suddenly It’s Almost 1960!
Posted on June 1, 2023 | 40 CommentsAn Exner design is a sure way to get me to stop and pay attention. And these ’59s are at the tail end of Exner’s peak, still fully under his […] -
![There are some cars you wouldn’t expect to encounter parked next to a vacant commercial building in Virginia. A Rolls-Royce hearse is one of them. Before coming across this vehicle, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1991-Rolls-Royce-Hearse-RR-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur II Hearse – One Foot In The Grave")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur II Hearse – One Foot In The Grave
Posted on June 1, 2023 | 29 CommentsThere are some cars you wouldn’t expect to encounter parked next to a vacant commercial building in Virginia. A Rolls-Royce hearse is one of them. Before coming across this vehicle, […] -
![(first posted 5/31/2017) It’s time once again for our ongoing exploration of low volume regular production cars. Today, we look at Oldsmobile, one of the few car brands […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1970-Oldsmobile-Full-Line-Prestige-10-69-08-09.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Oldsmobile Edition")
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Oldsmobile Edition
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 5/31/2017) It’s time once again for our ongoing exploration of low volume regular production cars. Today, we look at Oldsmobile, one of the few car brands […] -
![(first posted 5/31/2017) Thank you for your patience: I realize this is the moment some of you were waiting for, our final chapter, the death of NSU. Unlike […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/GermanDS2_NSU.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Neckarsulm Chronicles, Part 3) – The NSU Ro 80, Todsünde Durch Technik")
Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Neckarsulm Chronicles, Part 3) – The NSU Ro 80, Todsünde Durch Technik
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 87 Comments(first posted 5/31/2017) Thank you for your patience: I realize this is the moment some of you were waiting for, our final chapter, the death of NSU. Unlike […] -
Vintage Snapshot: Kaiser ‘Carabela’ (Manhattan) Limousine
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 27 CommentsFor those who wish their Kaiser Manhattan to have a bit more presence, IKA (Kaiser Industries Argentina) built just the ticket for you; the ‘Carabela’ Limousine. -
![The thoughtless; the selfish, and the attention-starved tampered with their vehicles in unsafe, antisocial ways seventy-one years ago, as they still do now. In that foreign country known as The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Salinas-Californian-1952-Mufflers-and-Lights_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clipping: Illegal Mufflers and Lights in 1952")
CC Clipping: Illegal Mufflers and Lights in 1952
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 48 CommentsThe thoughtless; the selfish, and the attention-starved tampered with their vehicles in unsafe, antisocial ways seventy-one years ago, as they still do now. In that foreign country known as The […] -
1999-2005 Mitsuoka Galue II – Alien Craft
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 42 CommentsI was having an evening walk round the block, as one does, when I saw this Mitsuoka, as one doesn’t. -
![It’s now the mid-1990s, and we are living in Washington, DC and driving a 1993 LHS and a 1994 Miata. For a few years now we had been making long […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Cabin-in-Wintoer.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1987 Jeep Cherokee and ’96 Grand Cherokee • Entering the SUV Era")
COAL: 1987 Jeep Cherokee and ’96 Grand Cherokee • Entering the SUV Era
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 26 CommentsIt’s now the mid-1990s, and we are living in Washington, DC and driving a 1993 LHS and a 1994 Miata. For a few years now we had been making long […] -
![(first posted 5/30/2017) Many CC followers will be aware that in the 50s and 60s, Chrysler sold many cars in Canada as Dodges, when in fact they were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1956-dodge-custom-royal-IMG_0485.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Dodge Custom Royal – Canadian, Eh?")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Dodge Custom Royal – Canadian, Eh?
Posted on May 30, 2023 | 40 Comments(first posted 5/30/2017) Many CC followers will be aware that in the 50s and 60s, Chrysler sold many cars in Canada as Dodges, when in fact they were […] -
![(first posted 5/30/2017) The Neckarsulm Chronicles will be making a pit stop (via Saxony) in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. After all, whatever is left of NSU is now called […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/GermanDS2_DKW.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Neckarsulm Chronicles, Part 2) – DKW: Two-Strokes And You’re Out")
Automotive History: German Deadly Sins (The Neckarsulm Chronicles, Part 2) – DKW: Two-Strokes And You’re Out
Posted on May 30, 2023 | 55 Comments(first posted 5/30/2017) The Neckarsulm Chronicles will be making a pit stop (via Saxony) in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. After all, whatever is left of NSU is now called […] -
Curbside Classic: 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged – Dangerous M.E.SS
Posted on May 30, 2023 | 57 Comments(first posted 5/30/23) They called it Cobalt because it’s dangerous. They didn’t intend it to mean the car was dangerous to drive, of course. More like lock-up-your-daughters dangerous. Don’t-bet-
