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  • Text and photos by Steve Lenius. When I was younger, I had an elementary school principal who owned two Model A Fords, one a car and one a Model AA […]

    Curbside Classic: 1925 Ford Model T – A Short Encounter With A Century-Old Legend

    Posted on June 30, 2025 | 16 Comments
    Text and photos by Steve Lenius. When I was younger, I had an elementary school principal who owned two Model A Fords, one a car and one a Model AA […]

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  •   For 1970, GM senior management finally rescinded the corporate policy that limited intermediate-size cars to engines no bigger than 400 cubic inches. Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac wasted no time […]

    Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1970 Pontiac GTO 455 And 400 Ram Air – There IS A Substitute For Cubic Inches

    Posted on June 30, 2025 | 19 Comments
      For 1970, GM senior management finally rescinded the corporate policy that limited intermediate-size cars to engines no bigger than 400 cubic inches. Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac wasted no time […]

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  • (first posted 4/7/2013)    We’ve just seen a diesel powered Corolla so how about a more conventional diesel powered Toyota? While still rare, this diesel-powered third-generation pickup is probably a less […]

    Curbside Classic: 1982 Toyota Diesel Pickup

    Posted on June 29, 2025 | 49 Comments
    (first posted 4/7/2013)    We’ve just seen a diesel powered Corolla so how about a more conventional diesel powered Toyota? While still rare, this diesel-powered third-generation pickup is probably a less […]

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  • This was the first real Mercedes sports car of the 1960s. Without doubt, M-B had designed some fine postwar cars, and the Fintail was quite modern (well, except for the…fins). […]

    Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercedes-Benz 230SL – Big Shoes To Fill

    Posted on June 29, 2025 | 6 Comments
    This was the first real Mercedes sports car of the 1960s. Without doubt, M-B had designed some fine postwar cars, and the Fintail was quite modern (well, except for the…fins). […]

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  • Text by Patrick Bell. Our gallery today is a small collection of transit photos from a known source.  These are part of a much larger collection (1,656 images) that is […]

    Vintage Photos: 1961 Chryslers, Plymouths And Dodges, Loading Up For Delivery By Train

    Posted on June 29, 2025 | 17 Comments
    Text by Patrick Bell. Our gallery today is a small collection of transit photos from a known source.  These are part of a much larger collection (1,656 images) that is […]

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  • It’s not that easy to take a clear side view picture of an entire ‘ecocombi’, a combination vehicle with a maximum overall length of 25.25 m (82’10”). Someone or something […]

    CC Global: Van den Broek’s B-Double – B2B Logistics

    Posted on June 29, 2025 | 10 Comments
    It’s not that easy to take a clear side view picture of an entire ‘ecocombi’, a combination vehicle with a maximum overall length of 25.25 m (82’10”). Someone or something […]

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  •   One of the biggest factors in how well cars sell in a given market is how many dealer franchises the automaker has at a given time. Here’s a breakdown […]

    How Many Dealers Did U.S. Automakers Have In The Late 1960s?

    Posted on June 29, 2025 | 31 Comments
      One of the biggest factors in how well cars sell in a given market is how many dealer franchises the automaker has at a given time. Here’s a breakdown […]

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  • When I was a teen, almost everyone I knew caught a case of “Fox Body Fever,” or FBF. While my first Fox car was a ‘79 Capri, I blame my […]

    My 1979 Mercury Capri: Lessons from The Red-Fox-Crap-Box

    Posted on June 29, 2025 | 33 Comments
    When I was a teen, almost everyone I knew caught a case of “Fox Body Fever,” or FBF. While my first Fox car was a ‘79 Capri, I blame my […]

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  • (first posted 12/8/2013)    While not nearly as popular as a few years back, there is still a steady stream of 15+ year-old Japanese market vehicles that make their way into […]

    Curbside Find: Toyota Crown – Japanese Import Royalty

    Posted on June 28, 2025 | 73 Comments
    (first posted 12/8/2013)    While not nearly as popular as a few years back, there is still a steady stream of 15+ year-old Japanese market vehicles that make their way into […]

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  • If you’ve been around CC for a while, you know I have a thing for old pickup campers and motorhomes. Especially so this time of year, as thoughts of boondocking […]

    Curbside Classic 1964 Chevrolet C30 Chinook Class C Motorhome – Let’s Hit The Road

    Posted on June 28, 2025 | 6 Comments
    If you’ve been around CC for a while, you know I have a thing for old pickup campers and motorhomes. Especially so this time of year, as thoughts of boondocking […]

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    Vintage Postcards: Chevrolet Dealers In The 1960s

    Posted on June 28, 2025 | 21 Comments
    Battjes Chevrolet, Elkhart, IN.

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  • Sometimes, all it takes is a specific kind of car in the “right” type of condition to bring about full flashback. A beater condition seventies Volvo? With mange-like paint condition, […]

    Riding A 1970s Volvo Beater – Or What’s The Worst Car Interior You Ever Sat In?

    Posted on June 28, 2025 | 13 Comments
    Sometimes, all it takes is a specific kind of car in the “right” type of condition to bring about full flashback. A beater condition seventies Volvo? With mange-like paint condition, […]

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  • Text submitted by Victor Van Tress. In August 1970, I bought, for $1,150, a five-year-old MGB. It was a 1965 Olde English white Tourer with matching factory hardtop, red leather […]

    My 1965 MGB: One Owner Since 1970 – Or 55 Years Of B’in Good

    Posted on June 28, 2025 | 23 Comments
    Text submitted by Victor Van Tress. In August 1970, I bought, for $1,150, a five-year-old MGB. It was a 1965 Olde English white Tourer with matching factory hardtop, red leather […]

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  • Recently, I said some not-nice things about the full-size Cadillacs of the ’70s, which I’ve never liked, and which I’ve previously likened to a fire sale on Cadillac prestige. After […]

    1974 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham D’Elegance And Talisman – Go Brougham Or Go Home

    Posted on June 28, 2025 | 38 Comments
    Recently, I said some not-nice things about the full-size Cadillacs of the ’70s, which I’ve never liked, and which I’ve previously likened to a fire sale on Cadillac prestige. After […]

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  • (first posted 4/27/2019)       This mid-1970s Nissan Caravan has been roaming our suburban Tokyo neighborhood for several years. The owner had parked it in different locations but appears to […]

    Curbside Outtake: 1973 – 80 Nissan Caravan (E20) – The Box the Toaster Came In

    Posted on June 27, 2025 | 13 Comments
    (first posted 4/27/2019)       This mid-1970s Nissan Caravan has been roaming our suburban Tokyo neighborhood for several years. The owner had parked it in different locations but appears to […]

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