Curbside Classic Archives
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American Brands: GM 
American Brands: Ford 
American Brands: Chrysler 
American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
Automotive Histories and Misc. 
Asian Brands 
UK Brands 
Australian Brands 
European Brands 
Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
Buses 
Trucks, Pickups and Vans 
Design 
Trains, Planes & Ships 
Motorcycles, Trikes, Bicycles 
Engines, Transmissions and other Tech 
Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment 
RVs, Motorhomes, Trailers, Campers Privacy
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Junkyard Classic: 1998 Land Rover Discovery V8i 4×4 LWB – It’d Be A Stretch To Say I Love This Thing
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 35 Comments(first posted 7/21/2019) As a generally ardent supporter of the five-second rule I’m not a germaphobe by any stretch of the imagination but I do approach stretch limos […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990-1993 Chrysler Imperial – The Last Imperial; The Last Iacocca-mobile
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 25 CommentsIn 1992, Lee Iacocca practically had to be dragged out of his office at Chrysler. Presumably he got shoved into his Imperial, and told never to come back, although he […] -
Vintage Snapshot: ’77-’78 Plymouth Fury Fleet As Taxi Service In The Arabian Peninsula
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 7 CommentsHere’s an image that should be both familiar and different for those who remember the days when these were around. Familiar, as many of these Furys often served as fleet […] -
Curbside Find: 2008 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti – The Last Good-Looking Ferrari?
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 13 CommentsLet’s stipulate a couple of things from the get-go: I’m no Ferrarista, and most modern cars – by which I mean most designs made from 1980 onwards – fail to […] -
Driving the Original Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 16 Comments(I’m happy to announce that Aaron65 has returned to CC and will be a regular writer here. PN) Watkins Glen, New York, is a village that takes its […] -
Vintage Car Life Review: 1965 Oldsmobile Delta 88 — “The View Through GM-Colored Glasses”
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 20 CommentsThe full-size Oldsmobile line was all-new for 1965, with crisp new styling, a new engine, a new transmission, and a new mid-level trim series called Delta 88. Car Life […] -
Curbside Classic: Mazda F800/F1000 – Expresso Bongo.
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 47 Comments(First posted 12/18/2014) We got a lot of Japanese vehicles in Australia, but we missed a lot of cool oddballs. There was one we did get; the Mazda Bongo – […] -
Road Trip: 1964 Dodge Dart (Grüne Hölle) Goes Camping
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 9 CommentsImages of cars, camping, and people doing things away from the city with their vintage people movers and ordinary postwar to 1970ss American vehicles seem to be a popular theme […] -
Curbside Find: 1980 AMC Concord Wagon – From The Department Of Last Rides
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 17 CommentsLast month I took a large figure-eight roadtrip involving going to Minnesota and back home and then continuing (after one day’s rest) to the West Coast without backtracking on any […] -
Curbside Finds: The Curious World of Collector License Plates
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 45 CommentsFirst let me acknowledge that we are talking about automotive license plates here, not some painted ceramic wall hanging by Franklin Mint. We are also not talking about “vanity” […] -
CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Dodewaard – The Drivers Are Taking a Load Off
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 8 CommentsThe other day, a group of truckers from the Dutch river delta held their annual party and camping weekend in a local industrial area. ‘Enjoying nature’ was rather low on […] -
My 1979 Buick Regal: Finally, Something That Runs!
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 24 CommentsChoices, Choices . . . If I called the shots on my car ownership journey, I would have started not with a janky ‘79 Capri, but instead a ‘64-‘72 GM […] -
Curbside Finds: The Golden Era Of GM Design – 1963-64 Buick Riviera and 1969 Cadillac Eldorado
Posted on July 19, 2025 | 17 CommentsWilliam Oliver continues to impress with his Cohort contributions. In this series of photographs, taken in Toronto, he’s captured two of the most beautiful GM products of the 1960s: first-generation […] -
Curbside Find: 1981 Ford Fairmont Electric – EVs Sure Have Come A Long Way
Posted on July 19, 2025 | 14 CommentsIt’s easy to forget just what a huge leap EVs made starting in the first few years of the 21st century, with the groundbreaking AC Propulsion T-Zero and some other […] -
Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet El Camino – Designed To Be Effective At Certain Tasks
Posted on July 19, 2025 | 9 CommentsUnlike Ford, which had an uninterrupted stream of Rancheros starting with the very first in 1957 (CC here), Chevrolet took a break during 1961-1963. Perhaps they considered the El Corvair […]
![Junkyard Classic: 1998 Land Rover Discovery V8i 4×4 LWB – It’d Be A Stretch To Say I Love This Thing (first posted 7/21/2019) As a generally ardent supporter of the five-second rule I’m not a germaphobe by any stretch of the imagination but I do approach stretch limos […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_4203.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1990-1993 Chrysler Imperial – The Last Imperial; The Last Iacocca-mobile In 1992, Lee Iacocca practically had to be dragged out of his office at Chrysler. Presumably he got shoved into his Imperial, and told never to come back, although he […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/CC-155-099-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Vintage Snapshot: ’77-’78 Plymouth Fury Fleet As Taxi Service In The Arabian Peninsula Here’s an image that should be both familiar and different for those who remember the days when these were around. Familiar, as many of these Furys often served as fleet […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/54462100229_e6979de045_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Find: 2008 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti – The Last Good-Looking Ferrari? Let’s stipulate a couple of things from the get-go: I’m no Ferrarista, and most modern cars – by which I mean most designs made from 1980 onwards – fail to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG20250629082732_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Driving the Original Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit (I’m happy to announce that Aaron65 has returned to CC and will be a regular writer here. PN) Watkins Glen, New York, is a village that takes its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-21-8.07.43-AM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Vintage Car Life Review: 1965 Oldsmobile Delta 88 — “The View Through GM-Colored Glasses” The full-size Oldsmobile line was all-new for 1965, with crisp new styling, a new engine, a new transmission, and a new mid-level trim series called Delta 88. Car Life […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1965-Oldsmobile-Dynamic-88-Delta-2HT-Lucerne-Mist-RD-Classics-CCA-front-3q-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: Mazda F800/F1000 – Expresso Bongo. (First posted 12/18/2014) We got a lot of Japanese vehicles in Australia, but we missed a lot of cool oddballs. There was one we did get; the Mazda Bongo – […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bongo1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Road Trip: 1964 Dodge Dart (Grüne Hölle) Goes Camping Images of cars, camping, and people doing things away from the city with their vintage people movers and ordinary postwar to 1970ss American vehicles seem to be a popular theme […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Find: 1980 AMC Concord Wagon – From The Department Of Last Rides Last month I took a large figure-eight roadtrip involving going to Minnesota and back home and then continuing (after one day’s rest) to the West Coast without backtracking on any […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_3538.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Finds: The Curious World of Collector License Plates First let me acknowledge that we are talking about automotive license plates here, not some painted ceramic wall hanging by Franklin Mint. We are also not talking about “vanity” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_1023-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Global: 2025 Truck Show Dodewaard – The Drivers Are Taking a Load Off The other day, a group of truckers from the Dutch river delta held their annual party and camping weekend in a local industrial area. ‘Enjoying nature’ was rather low on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_4238.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![My 1979 Buick Regal: Finally, Something That Runs! Choices, Choices . . . If I called the shots on my car ownership journey, I would have started not with a janky ‘79 Capri, but instead a ‘64-‘72 GM […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-13-14.50.07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Finds: The Golden Era Of GM Design – 1963-64 Buick Riviera and 1969 Cadillac Eldorado William Oliver continues to impress with his Cohort contributions. In this series of photographs, taken in Toronto, he’s captured two of the most beautiful GM products of the 1960s: first-generation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/william-oliver-buick-riviera-cadillac-eldorado-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Find: 1981 Ford Fairmont Electric – EVs Sure Have Come A Long Way It’s easy to forget just what a huge leap EVs made starting in the first few years of the 21st century, with the groundbreaking AC Propulsion T-Zero and some other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CC-394-030.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet El Camino – Designed To Be Effective At Certain Tasks Unlike Ford, which had an uninterrupted stream of Rancheros starting with the very first in 1957 (CC here), Chevrolet took a break during 1961-1963. Perhaps they considered the El Corvair […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-14-14.47.57.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


