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  • (first posted 6/15/2017)       Chances are you’ve never seen one of these Mazda Jeeps: these were only built in Burma and never exported, as far as I know. There […]

    Curbside Find: 198x Mazda XV-1 (MJ-1) Pathfinder – Burma’s Only Claim To Automotive Fame

    Posted on August 9, 2025 | 29 Comments
    (first posted 6/15/2017)       Chances are you’ve never seen one of these Mazda Jeeps: these were only built in Burma and never exported, as far as I know. There […]

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  • (first posted 8/9/2019)     It’s been a while since we’ve featured anything with a landau top and I’m sure some of you are suffering from serious withdrawal symptoms.  Well, suffer […]

    Junkyard Classic: 1984 Dodge 600 Coupe – Marooned For Good

    Posted on August 9, 2025 | 56 Comments
    (first posted 8/9/2019)     It’s been a while since we’ve featured anything with a landau top and I’m sure some of you are suffering from serious withdrawal symptoms.  Well, suffer […]

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  • Today, we’ll pay a visit to America’s premier luxury carmaker during its peak era of the ’50s and ’60s, all seen through period postcards around that era. A nice way […]

    Picture Perfect Luxury: ’50s-’60s Cadillac Dealer Postcards

    Posted on August 9, 2025 | 15 Comments
    Today, we’ll pay a visit to America’s premier luxury carmaker during its peak era of the ’50s and ’60s, all seen through period postcards around that era. A nice way […]

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  • We’ve all gone through those awkward adolescent years when we didn’t quite look like kids, nor adults, but instead appeared to be a random collection of physical characteristics from both.  […]

    1981 Eagle SX/4: AMC’s Awkward 4WD Curiosity – Oddity Ahead Of Its Time?

    Posted on August 9, 2025 | 5 Comments
    We’ve all gone through those awkward adolescent years when we didn’t quite look like kids, nor adults, but instead appeared to be a random collection of physical characteristics from both.  […]

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  •   Good ‘ole Flxible Clipper – intercity bus, entertainer traveling coach, mobile television studio control room, postal bus, civil defense vehicle, roadside diner … and we can’t forget mobile airship […]

    Bus Stop Classics:  1947 Flxible Clipper Mobile Airship Mast – Blimp Catcher

    Posted on August 9, 2025 | 13 Comments
      Good ‘ole Flxible Clipper – intercity bus, entertainer traveling coach, mobile television studio control room, postal bus, civil defense vehicle, roadside diner … and we can’t forget mobile airship […]

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  • As a strict observer of the Tenth Commandment, I’ve never once coveted my neighbor’s ox; however there’ve been times I’ve admired a neighbor’s car or truck and thought I’d like […]

    My 1988 Isuzu Trooper II – The Virtues And Flaws Of Driving A Tall and Narrow Box

    Posted on August 9, 2025 | 20 Comments
    As a strict observer of the Tenth Commandment, I’ve never once coveted my neighbor’s ox; however there’ve been times I’ve admired a neighbor’s car or truck and thought I’d like […]

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  • (first posted 6/28/2017)        Swiss-American socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein continued to have facelifts so she would look more like a cat. The Saab 9-5 continued to have them so […]

    Curbside Find: 2006-08 Saab 9-5 – Bad Plastic Surgery

    Posted on August 8, 2025 | 29 Comments
    (first posted 6/28/2017)        Swiss-American socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein continued to have facelifts so she would look more like a cat. The Saab 9-5 continued to have them so […]

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  • The 1985 GMC lineup.    Last week I posted about my Elky, and how that 1974 El Camino influenced my user name here at Curbside Classic. In that post, I […]

    My 1985 GMC Sierra Classic 1500 – What I Traded For My Elky

    Posted on August 8, 2025 | 16 Comments
    The 1985 GMC lineup.    Last week I posted about my Elky, and how that 1974 El Camino influenced my user name here at Curbside Classic. In that post, I […]

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  • The Rockford Files ran between September of 1974 and January 1980. Jim Rockford ran his private detective business from his house trailer on the beach in Malibu, California, and pursued […]

    The Cars Of TV’s “The Rockford Files” – The Man With The Golden Firebird

    Posted on August 8, 2025 | 35 Comments
    The Rockford Files ran between September of 1974 and January 1980. Jim Rockford ran his private detective business from his house trailer on the beach in Malibu, California, and pursued […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. School starts next week in my part of the world, so it seems like a good time to take another look at station wagons and their […]

    Vintage Snapshots: Life With The Station Wagon – Pure ’50s & ’60s Nostalgia

    Posted on August 8, 2025 | 23 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. School starts next week in my part of the world, so it seems like a good time to take another look at station wagons and their […]

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  • One of the great joys of hoarding collecting a wide variety of old cars is that you invariably learn their quirks, whether you want to or not. Early on, I […]

    Shouldn’t A Buick Be Quiet? Silencing The Wind Noise By Replacing The Vent Windows In A 1963 Riviera

    Posted on August 8, 2025 | 28 Comments
    One of the great joys of hoarding collecting a wide variety of old cars is that you invariably learn their quirks, whether you want to or not. Early on, I […]

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  • In many ways, the 1990s were the peak era for Japanese sporty-car offerings, from hot GTs to specialized sports cars to affordable compacts. The variety at the time was astounding. […]

    Small, Fun And Forgotten: Japanese FWD Sports Compacts Of The ’90s

    Posted on August 8, 2025 | 16 Comments
    In many ways, the 1990s were the peak era for Japanese sporty-car offerings, from hot GTs to specialized sports cars to affordable compacts. The variety at the time was astounding. […]

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  • (first posted 8/5/2019)         When is the last time you saw a real legend out on the street? When I encountered this little critter in Bangkok the other […]

    Curbside Classic: 1968 Fiat 124 – Ain’t Seen A Lada Those Round Here

    Posted on August 7, 2025 | 29 Comments
    (first posted 8/5/2019)         When is the last time you saw a real legend out on the street? When I encountered this little critter in Bangkok the other […]

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  • Here’s a little secret: Back when I was in my second year of college, I wanted one of these and tried (in vain) to figure out a way to afford […]

    Junkyard Classic: 1988 Toyota Tercel Coupe – Oh, What A Feeling (Seeing This Here)!

    Posted on August 7, 2025 | 22 Comments
    Here’s a little secret: Back when I was in my second year of college, I wanted one of these and tried (in vain) to figure out a way to afford […]

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  • Deep in the human heart is a need for belonging. Historians or sociologists might link this back to prehistoric times, when belonging to the tribe in a hunter/gatherer society meant […]

    CC In Scale: The Camaro Tribe!

    Posted on August 7, 2025 | 24 Comments
    Deep in the human heart is a need for belonging. Historians or sociologists might link this back to prehistoric times, when belonging to the tribe in a hunter/gatherer society meant […]

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