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![As you read in the previous installment, once I sold the E36 the plan really was to be sensible, stick with the everyday cars and cut back spending, since we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-07-at-2.35.20-PM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "COAL: My Search for the Next One – Meet the Contenders")
COAL: My Search for the Next One – Meet the Contenders
Posted on January 9, 2022 | 43 CommentsAs you read in the previous installment, once I sold the E36 the plan really was to be sensible, stick with the everyday cars and cut back spending, since we […] -
![(first posted 3/6/2013) Incredibly, it’s already been 17 years since you could last buy a brand-new Oldsmobile Ninety Eight. But those years of absence are dwarfed by the staggering 55 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/oool.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Regency – It’s a Bloated, Wallowy Feeling to Have an Olds Around You")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Regency – It’s a Bloated, Wallowy Feeling to Have an Olds Around You
Posted on January 8, 2022 | 93 Comments(first posted 3/6/2013) Incredibly, it’s already been 17 years since you could last buy a brand-new Oldsmobile Ninety Eight. But those years of absence are dwarfed by the staggering 55 […] -
![(first posted 1/8/2016) As George Washington once said, I cannot tell a lie. Saying I don’t have a certain, indescribable attraction to full-sized Mercury models between roughly 1963 and 1978 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/mmmmn.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic and CC Drive Report: 1969 Mercury Monterey Custom – Buy Yourself A Mercury And Cruise It Up And Down The Road")
Curbside Classic and CC Drive Report: 1969 Mercury Monterey Custom – Buy Yourself A Mercury And Cruise It Up And Down The Road
Posted on January 8, 2022 | 106 Comments(first posted 1/8/2016) As George Washington once said, I cannot tell a lie. Saying I don’t have a certain, indescribable attraction to full-sized Mercury models between roughly 1963 and 1978 […] -
Vintage Ad: 1964 Pontiac Taxi – “For Those Who Want The Finest” – I Guess There Weren’t Many Of Those
Posted on January 8, 2022 | 56 CommentsA big Pontiac taxi in the ’60s? Never saw one. Did any of you? Seems a bit odd , actually, given its standard 389 V8. -
![Gas prices are up, obviously, the highest in seven years, in nominal terms (not inflation adjusted). There doesn’t seem to be as much of a public reaction, in part because […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Gas-1963.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "US Historic Gas Prices: Gas Actually Wasn’t Cheap In The 1950s and Early 1960s – Did I Buy The Cheapest Gas Ever In 2001?")
US Historic Gas Prices: Gas Actually Wasn’t Cheap In The 1950s and Early 1960s – Did I Buy The Cheapest Gas Ever In 2001?
Posted on January 8, 2022 | 79 CommentsGas prices are up, obviously, the highest in seven years, in nominal terms (not inflation adjusted). There doesn’t seem to be as much of a public reaction, in part because […] -
![Louisville – home of the Kentucky Derby and the “Louisville Slugger” baseball bat…a beautiful city in a beautiful area. Here are just a few pics of the city during its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/vintage_tarc_02-e1639972692532.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: GM Old and New Look – Vintage Louisville Kentucky Buses")
Bus Stop Classics: GM Old and New Look – Vintage Louisville Kentucky Buses
Posted on January 8, 2022 | 16 CommentsLouisville – home of the Kentucky Derby and the “Louisville Slugger” baseball bat…a beautiful city in a beautiful area. Here are just a few pics of the city during its […] -
![Finding the precursor of the now ubiquitous front wheel drive-traverse engine layout is an exercise not too different from delving into biblical genealogy. For there are many to claim […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ffft.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Fiat 127 – A Tad Over The 50 Mark")
Curbside Classic: Fiat 127 – A Tad Over The 50 Mark
Posted on January 8, 2022 | 34 CommentsFinding the precursor of the now ubiquitous front wheel drive-traverse engine layout is an exercise not too different from delving into biblical genealogy. For there are many to claim […] -
![(first posted 1/7/2016) Now that the Ford Econoline van has finally gone the way of so many other automotive dinosaurs, we might want to give it a bit of rear-mirror […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ggh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1972 Ford Econoline 200 – Big White Generic Box")
CC Outtake: 1972 Ford Econoline 200 – Big White Generic Box
Posted on January 7, 2022 | 52 Comments(first posted 1/7/2016) Now that the Ford Econoline van has finally gone the way of so many other automotive dinosaurs, we might want to give it a bit of rear-mirror […] -
![(first posted 1/7/2016) The Oldsmobile Intrigue was a volley lobbed right at the heart of the American car market. The best-selling cars in America during the 1990s were the Ford […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/oldsmobile-intrigue-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1998-2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue – Oldsmobile’s Last Best Hope")
Curbside Classic: 1998-2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue – Oldsmobile’s Last Best Hope
Posted on January 7, 2022 | 107 Comments(first posted 1/7/2016) The Oldsmobile Intrigue was a volley lobbed right at the heart of the American car market. The best-selling cars in America during the 1990s were the Ford […] -
![Exactly 35 years ago, Bavarian truck maker MAN unveiled a 4×2 on-highway tractor with a massive V10 underneath its tilt cab. Their F90 19.462 was born, at that point the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/MAN-D-2840-LF-460.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Truck History: The MAN 18.3 Liter V10 – The Last On-Highway Turbodiesel Behemoth In Europe")
Truck History: The MAN 18.3 Liter V10 – The Last On-Highway Turbodiesel Behemoth In Europe
Posted on January 7, 2022 | 33 CommentsExactly 35 years ago, Bavarian truck maker MAN unveiled a 4×2 on-highway tractor with a massive V10 underneath its tilt cab. Their F90 19.462 was born, at that point the […] -
![The myths that the 1959 Austin Mini had the first transverse FWD engine and that the 1962 Autobianchi Primula had the first transverse FWD power train with its transmission inline […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Austin-1959-mini-2-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The 1959 Mini Did Not Have The First Transverse FWD Engine, And The Autobianchi Primula Did Not Have The First Inline Transverse FWD Transmission")
Automotive History: The 1959 Mini Did Not Have The First Transverse FWD Engine, And The Autobianchi Primula Did Not Have The First Inline Transverse FWD Transmission
Posted on January 7, 2022 | 17 CommentsThe myths that the 1959 Austin Mini had the first transverse FWD engine and that the 1962 Autobianchi Primula had the first transverse FWD power train with its transmission inline […] -
Wordless Outtake: Curbside Diversity Under Cover (Mostly)
Posted on January 7, 2022 | 22 Comments -
![The BMW 2002 is another one of those cars that CC had covered extensively since the beginning. Just look at the list of related posts I tagged on to the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_20210603_090014-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 BMW 2002 – Freshly Squeezed")
Curbside Classic: 1975 BMW 2002 – Freshly Squeezed
Posted on January 7, 2022 | 25 CommentsThe BMW 2002 is another one of those cars that CC had covered extensively since the beginning. Just look at the list of related posts I tagged on to the […] -
![We drove up to Lillooet, in the rainshadow mountain desert north of Vancouver, for a few days over Thanksgiving this past October. Just before we departed for home, taking our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/c91_Acclaim_2216.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Another Plymouth Acclaim – I Met a Metaghost in Lillooet")
CC Capsule: Another Plymouth Acclaim – I Met a Metaghost in Lillooet
Posted on January 6, 2022 | 31 CommentsWe drove up to Lillooet, in the rainshadow mountain desert north of Vancouver, for a few days over Thanksgiving this past October. Just before we departed for home, taking our […] -
![(first posted 1/6/2016) Chrysler’s radical Cab-Forward LH sedans were nothing short of a sheer breakthrough for the smallest Big Three automaker, bringing it out of the dark ages, and for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_3666.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2003 Chrysler Concorde Limited – A Last Hurrah For The LH")
Curbside Classic: 2003 Chrysler Concorde Limited – A Last Hurrah For The LH
Posted on January 6, 2022 | 107 Comments(first posted 1/6/2016) Chrysler’s radical Cab-Forward LH sedans were nothing short of a sheer breakthrough for the smallest Big Three automaker, bringing it out of the dark ages, and for […]
