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![(first posted 12/13/2015) This may look like a Fiat 500, but it’s almost completely different in every respect, except for the basic body panels. At the risk of sounding chauvinistic, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sp.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Steyr-Puch 500 – A Small But Grand Finale To Austria’s Automobile Industry")
Curbside Classic: Steyr-Puch 500 – A Small But Grand Finale To Austria’s Automobile Industry
Posted on December 13, 2021 | 70 Comments(first posted 12/13/2015) This may look like a Fiat 500, but it’s almost completely different in every respect, except for the basic body panels. At the risk of sounding chauvinistic, […] -
![How is it that we’ve never given the Powell its 15 minutes of CC fame? It was ahead of its time, offering an SUV-like wagon and a pickup, and really […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/5155396596_5b143893f1_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1956 Powell Sport Wagon Pickup – A Proto-SUV/Pickup On A Recycled Plymouth Chassis")
Vintage Ad: 1956 Powell Sport Wagon Pickup – A Proto-SUV/Pickup On A Recycled Plymouth Chassis
Posted on December 13, 2021 | 14 CommentsHow is it that we’ve never given the Powell its 15 minutes of CC fame? It was ahead of its time, offering an SUV-like wagon and a pickup, and really […] -
![Update: This was previously identified as a Federal truck, but in reality it was a Sterling. And according to one source, the engine was substantially derated, to some 500 hp. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Sterling-allison-1710-V12-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Truck: Home Built 1950 Sterling Truck With 1400 HP Allison V12 – Hot Rod Semi")
Vintage Truck: Home Built 1950 Sterling Truck With 1400 HP Allison V12 – Hot Rod Semi
Posted on December 13, 2021 | 33 CommentsUpdate: This was previously identified as a Federal truck, but in reality it was a Sterling. And according to one source, the engine was substantially derated, to some 500 hp. […] -
![Like many people around the world, I’ve been watching Peter Jackson’s 9-hour-long Get Back documentary. I highly recommend it. It casts a new light on the Beatles’ difficult final year, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_20210920_124806-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1969 Volkswagen 1300 (Type 1) – Get Black")
CC Capsule: 1969 Volkswagen 1300 (Type 1) – Get Black
Posted on December 13, 2021 | 17 CommentsLike many people around the world, I’ve been watching Peter Jackson’s 9-hour-long Get Back documentary. I highly recommend it. It casts a new light on the Beatles’ difficult final year, […] -
![1964 Dodge 880 (bottom) remodeled into 1959 Dodge Custom Royal (top) For me, CC has been a vehicle for self-education, to bust long-held myths that seemed ripe for doing so, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/dodge-1959-conv-vert-nice.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Secrets Of The 1960 Chrysler Unibodies Revealed, Thanks To This “Remodel” Of A 1964 Dodge 880 Into A 1959 Dodge Custom Royal")
Automotive History: The Secrets Of The 1960 Chrysler Unibodies Revealed, Thanks To This “Remodel” Of A 1964 Dodge 880 Into A 1959 Dodge Custom Royal
Posted on December 13, 2021 | 46 Comments1964 Dodge 880 (bottom) remodeled into 1959 Dodge Custom Royal (top) For me, CC has been a vehicle for self-education, to bust long-held myths that seemed ripe for doing so, […] -
![(first posted 12/12/2015) Let me start with a confession. In 2012, I very nearly bought a 1980 Triumph TR7 roadster (or Drop Head Coupe as it was officially labelled). It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1976TriumphTR7-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1976 Triumph TR7 Fixed Head Coupe – The Case For The Defence")
Carshow Classic: 1976 Triumph TR7 Fixed Head Coupe – The Case For The Defence
Posted on December 12, 2021 | 56 Comments(first posted 12/12/2015) Let me start with a confession. In 2012, I very nearly bought a 1980 Triumph TR7 roadster (or Drop Head Coupe as it was officially labelled). It […] -
![(first posted 12/11/2015) I’m throwing a lot at you today, but CC Commenter SomeOneInTheWildWest posted a link to this M/T review of the new 1965.5 Caprice and its equally-new 396 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/65396.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1965 Chevrolet Caprice 396 Tested By Motor Trend – Fast And Soft")
Vintage Review: 1965 Chevrolet Caprice 396 Tested By Motor Trend – Fast And Soft
Posted on December 12, 2021 | 84 Comments(first posted 12/11/2015) I’m throwing a lot at you today, but CC Commenter SomeOneInTheWildWest posted a link to this M/T review of the new 1965.5 Caprice and its equally-new 396 […] -
Wordless Outtake: Sprinters In Transit
Posted on December 12, 2021 | 22 Comments -
![I almost forgot about this fine old Dodge pickup we found on Skinner Butte at sunset one day this past summer. I have a serious soft spot for these early […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_7166.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Skinner Butte Outtake: 1964 Dodge D100 Sweptside – Caramel And Butterscotch")
Skinner Butte Outtake: 1964 Dodge D100 Sweptside – Caramel And Butterscotch
Posted on December 12, 2021 | 24 CommentsI almost forgot about this fine old Dodge pickup we found on Skinner Butte at sunset one day this past summer. I have a serious soft spot for these early […] -
![This is one of my better finds in Port Orford: A Toyota Echo (Yaris) apparently converted into a very compact motor home. As it was presently occupied, I unfortunately was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_7176.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Port Orford Outtake: Toyota Echo Motor Home")
Port Orford Outtake: Toyota Echo Motor Home
Posted on December 12, 2021 | 11 CommentsThis is one of my better finds in Port Orford: A Toyota Echo (Yaris) apparently converted into a very compact motor home. As it was presently occupied, I unfortunately was […] -
![As you read two weeks ago, by 2017 I had decided to move my XK8 on because although I enjoyed the wind in the hair driving aspect, the car itself […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot_20211211-221745_Facebook.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "COAL: 2015 Mazda Roadster – Miata is Always The Answer")
COAL: 2015 Mazda Roadster – Miata is Always The Answer
Posted on December 12, 2021 | 24 CommentsAs you read two weeks ago, by 2017 I had decided to move my XK8 on because although I enjoyed the wind in the hair driving aspect, the car itself […] -
![posted at the Cohort by Chris (first posted 12/11/2015) Some days I feel like all I’m doing is stamping out internet bugs; you know the little inane critters that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ghhbv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Caprice – The LTD Reaction")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Caprice – The LTD Reaction
Posted on December 11, 2021 | 162 Commentsposted at the Cohort by Chris (first posted 12/11/2015) Some days I feel like all I’m doing is stamping out internet bugs; you know the little inane critters that […] -
![(first posted 3/16/2011). Headline superlatives are a slippery slope, but I’m standing on pretty solid ground here: This is the car that completely changed the marketplace, the car that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ltd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford LTD – It Launched The Great Brougham Epoch")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford LTD – It Launched The Great Brougham Epoch
Posted on December 11, 2021 | 115 Comments(first posted 3/16/2011). Headline superlatives are a slippery slope, but I’m standing on pretty solid ground here: This is the car that completely changed the marketplace, the car that […] -
![Renderings by Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman – click images for full impact (first posted 12/11/2015) Having coined the term The Great Brougham Epoch™, I then gave the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/brrg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Automotive History/Curbside Classic: 1964 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – The True Father Of The Great Brougham Epoch?")
Automotive History/Curbside Classic: 1964 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – The True Father Of The Great Brougham Epoch?
Posted on December 11, 2021 | 102 CommentsRenderings by Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman – click images for full impact (first posted 12/11/2015) Having coined the term The Great Brougham Epoch™, I then gave the […] -
![The “purists” will scream–not because of the color choice; you could order a 1960 Dart with a Pewter Iridescent body and a white roof. But because I used . . […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211208_145313-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "1960 Dart Update: I Painted The Roof Myself–It’s a Two-Tone Now!")
1960 Dart Update: I Painted The Roof Myself–It’s a Two-Tone Now!
Posted on December 11, 2021 | 46 CommentsThe “purists” will scream–not because of the color choice; you could order a 1960 Dart with a Pewter Iridescent body and a white roof. But because I used . . […]
