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![(first posted 5/27/2019) There is was again. Once more, out of the corner of my eye, a black Benz flashed its distinctively pointy derriere as it turned around […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_20190211_141623-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Mercedes-Benz 200 (W110) – The Spy Who Lurked Me")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Mercedes-Benz 200 (W110) – The Spy Who Lurked Me
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 41 Comments(first posted 5/27/2019) There is was again. Once more, out of the corner of my eye, a black Benz flashed its distinctively pointy derriere as it turned around […] -
Vintage Postcards: Lincoln-Mercury Dealers – 1950s-1960s
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 18 CommentsLynch Motors, Lincoln-Mercury, Santa Monica, CA. -
![As someone whose formative auto years were in the 1960’s, I’ve always been a fan of hidden headlights. While they haven’t completely disappeared, with the focus on aerodynamics, light weight, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fd511eb8b995c46354970f99a5e7446ce1663edf.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "CC QOTD: What Make and Model Had the Most Attractive Hidden Headlights?")
CC QOTD: What Make and Model Had the Most Attractive Hidden Headlights?
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 39 CommentsAs someone whose formative auto years were in the 1960’s, I’ve always been a fan of hidden headlights. While they haven’t completely disappeared, with the focus on aerodynamics, light weight, […] -
![About what it would have looked like when I first saw it, though no tint and no wing. My wife bought her first new car in 2005, a Nissan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0219.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "My 2005 Sentra – Ups And Downs With Our Unlucky Black Beauty")
My 2005 Sentra – Ups And Downs With Our Unlucky Black Beauty
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 15 CommentsAbout what it would have looked like when I first saw it, though no tint and no wing. My wife bought her first new car in 2005, a Nissan […] -
![All hail the King! What you now see sitting triumphantly in front of you is the king of American cars from 1969. This Impala sprang forth during that historic year […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_0129.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Impala – All Hail The King!")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Impala – All Hail The King!
Posted on May 24, 2025 | 26 CommentsAll hail the King! What you now see sitting triumphantly in front of you is the king of American cars from 1969. This Impala sprang forth during that historic year […] -
![(first posted 6/25/2013) What’s that coming down the other side of 18th Avenue, playing that infernal tune ice cream trucks are notorious for? I have a rather deep loathing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-202-085-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Cushman Truckster Ice Cream Truck")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Cushman Truckster Ice Cream Truck
Posted on May 23, 2025 | 40 Comments(first posted 6/25/2013) What’s that coming down the other side of 18th Avenue, playing that infernal tune ice cream trucks are notorious for? I have a rather deep loathing […] -
![(first posted 10/1/2015) So how did this rusty and beat up Opel Admiral end up in the US? These were certainly never imported, and by 1973, it would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Opel-Admiral-1973-side.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Opel Admiral – This Could Have Been The Seville; Now Someone Should Turn It Into One")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Opel Admiral – This Could Have Been The Seville; Now Someone Should Turn It Into One
Posted on May 23, 2025 | 96 Comments(first posted 10/1/2015) So how did this rusty and beat up Opel Admiral end up in the US? These were certainly never imported, and by 1973, it would […] -
![I was going through my photo stream and found pictures I took of this Ford Thunderbird four-door early last spring. I completely forgot I took these, but remember the car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_1513-e1747978780546.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Landau Sedan – Are Four Doors Really Better Than Two?")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Landau Sedan – Are Four Doors Really Better Than Two?
Posted on May 23, 2025 | 26 CommentsI was going through my photo stream and found pictures I took of this Ford Thunderbird four-door early last spring. I completely forgot I took these, but remember the car […] -
![Browsing the “GM Deadly Sins” series on CC makes one thing pretty clear: GM started its slow-motion slide towards bankruptcy in the ‘70s, but it became a toboggan ride in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_20241213_092707_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser – One Of GM’s Greatest Hits")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser – One Of GM’s Greatest Hits
Posted on May 23, 2025 | 17 CommentsBrowsing the “GM Deadly Sins” series on CC makes one thing pretty clear: GM started its slow-motion slide towards bankruptcy in the ‘70s, but it became a toboggan ride in […] -
![Text by Patrick Bell. In addition to the arriving and leaving, we have a few stops along the way in today’s gallery. Most of these were vacationers, while some were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-05-17-02.21.16.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Traveling By Car In The ’50s-’70s")
Vintage Snapshots: Traveling By Car In The ’50s-’70s
Posted on May 23, 2025 | 31 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. In addition to the arriving and leaving, we have a few stops along the way in today’s gallery. Most of these were vacationers, while some were […] -
![It seems to me that these days the Great American Car is in fact the pickup. A bit contradictory, but such is the nature of life. The only American vehicles […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/66F100-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: Old American Pickups")
CC In Scale: Old American Pickups
Posted on May 23, 2025 | 37 CommentsIt seems to me that these days the Great American Car is in fact the pickup. A bit contradictory, but such is the nature of life. The only American vehicles […] -
![Any automaker can create performance models by discreetly offering its most powerful engines in the smallest, cheapest cars that will accommodate them, but to put those models (and their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1968-Plymouth-Road-Runner-coupe-Buffed-Silver-Mecum-Auctions-S103.1-front-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1968 Plymouth Road Runner 383 – As Hot As It’s Been Made Out To Be?")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1968 Plymouth Road Runner 383 – As Hot As It’s Been Made Out To Be?
Posted on May 23, 2025 | 33 CommentsAny automaker can create performance models by discreetly offering its most powerful engines in the smallest, cheapest cars that will accommodate them, but to put those models (and their […] -
![(first posted 7/2/2013) If you’re seeing a whole lot of similarity between the sheet metal (except the grille) of today’s ’62 Cutlass coupe and this ’62 Tempest, you’re not mistaken. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Pontiac-tempest-1962-fq.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "1962 Pontiac Tempest Coupe – Badge Engineering On A Very Different Scale")
1962 Pontiac Tempest Coupe – Badge Engineering On A Very Different Scale
Posted on May 22, 2025 | 46 Comments(first posted 7/2/2013) If you’re seeing a whole lot of similarity between the sheet metal (except the grille) of today’s ’62 Cutlass coupe and this ’62 Tempest, you’re not mistaken. […] -
![(first posted 5/23/2019) Jeep has been doing special editions since the 1960s and they’ve only gotten more prolific with time – there were at least a dozen distinct […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jeep-super-wagoneer-rear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Top 10 Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Jeep-Eagle Edition, Part II")
Top 10 Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Jeep-Eagle Edition, Part II
Posted on May 22, 2025 | 17 Comments(first posted 5/23/2019) Jeep has been doing special editions since the 1960s and they’ve only gotten more prolific with time – there were at least a dozen distinct […] -
![This picture violates CC’s protocol for top-of-post images that I have been pushing all our contributors to follow: The featured car must be prominent in the photo so as to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3101.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Trailside Classic: Yes, There’s A Car In This Photo – But How Did It Get Here?")
Trailside Classic: Yes, There’s A Car In This Photo – But How Did It Get Here?
Posted on May 22, 2025 | 18 CommentsThis picture violates CC’s protocol for top-of-post images that I have been pushing all our contributors to follow: The featured car must be prominent in the photo so as to […]
