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Auction Classics: Arizona 2023 – How Low [Mileage] Can You Go? part 2 of 2
Posted on April 12, 2023 | 31 CommentsToday’s and yesterday’s articles asked the question: How low can you go? The answer: pretty darned low. Today’s cars are once again presented in descending order of […] -
Vintage PR Shot: My Yellow Frigidaire Has Arrived!
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COAL: Buicks Aplenty; a Fiat, and a Pontiac • The Early Years
Posted on April 12, 2023 | 32 CommentsGreeting Curbophiles! My name is Steve Crutchfield, and I’m starting a new Cars of a Lifetime series. By way of introduction, I’m a 70 year old retiree living in Seattle. […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Me and My Car, Part 3
Posted on April 11, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 4/11/2017) Part 1 and Part 2 of this series from Dave Gelinas’ collection of vintage slides were popular, so let’s do another gallery. This one is of a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1983 Camaro Berlinetta – The Last One Of Its Kind Left With Its Original 14″ Wheels?
Posted on April 11, 2023 | 82 Comments(first posted 4/11/2017) Stare at this picture for a minute or so, and you’re going to swear someone put some undersized wheels and tires from a Toyota Tercel on this […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Lots Of Junk In The Driveway
Posted on April 11, 2023 | 24 Commentsshot and posted by plonguem Not the ’58 Cadillac, of course. And it’s not the only one in the driveway. -
Auction Classics: Arizona 2023 – How Low [Mileage] Can You Go? part 1 of 2
Posted on April 11, 2023 | 28 CommentsContinuing my series on cars mined from my visit to Arizona Auction Week in and around Scottsdale in January, I’ll profile the best low mileage cars I found […] -
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 6-7, Berlin With Wolfsburg Day Trip
Posted on April 11, 2023 | 65 CommentsWe left Copenhagen in the late morning of Day 6, and our next destination was Berlin, Germany. We’d been to Berlin once before back in the late ’90s and only […] -
Curbside Musings: 1964 Buick Riviera – Emulating One’s Heroes
Posted on April 11, 2023 | 47 CommentsMy personification of cars stretches back to early childhood. Even before I could read and understand the nuances of the printed ad copy in my parents’ National Geographic magazines, I […] -
CC Outtake: Nate Finds A ’77 Pontiac Bonneville with Rare Valencia Interior
Posted on April 10, 2023 | 70 Comments(sent to me by CC reader Nate. First posted 4/10/2017) I was in a gas station yesterday morning when this car pulled in behind me and I chatted up the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Honda Civic CRX Si – A Little Zip On The Commute
Posted on April 10, 2023 | 51 Comments(first posted 4/10/2017) I want a fun little car just to drive to work. Especially now: I just started a new job, as Director of Engineering for a software startup, […] -
CC Caption Contest: What’s He Telling Her?
Posted on April 10, 2023 | 48 CommentsTwo 1965 Studebakers in the same place? What are the odds? Something fishy is going on here… -
CC Capsule: 1968 Jaguar E-Type – The Pride Of An Ethos
Posted on April 10, 2023 | 27 CommentsCountless gearheads contend that the Jaguar E-Type is the most beautiful car ever made, particularly the models produced from 1961-1968, and especially the coupes. Whether you agree with that assertion […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
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CC Charts: Domestic Compacts, 1958-1970 — No, The Corvair Was Not A Flop; It Had A Higher Market Share Than The F-Series Does Today
Posted on April 10, 2023 | 45 CommentsOne of the more common myths that I’ve heard over the years is that the Corvair was essentially a failure, a sales and commercial flop. Far from it! In 1962 […]