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![(first posted 11/5/2015) Louis Broderick had been born in the back of a clapped out Dodge station wagon and things had not improved much since. Twenty-eight years later, as Louis […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/pjhg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: The Passenger – Part 1")
Curbside Fiction: The Passenger – Part 1
Posted on November 6, 2021 | 38 Comments(first posted 11/5/2015) Louis Broderick had been born in the back of a clapped out Dodge station wagon and things had not improved much since. Twenty-eight years later, as Louis […] -
![(first posted 11/6/2015) By 1977, America’s long-running love affair with strippers was starting to peter out. The economy was strong during the last years of that decade, and the eighties […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/CC-267-007-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Omega F-85 – The Fully Clothed Stripper")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Omega F-85 – The Fully Clothed Stripper
Posted on November 6, 2021 | 89 Comments(first posted 11/6/2015) By 1977, America’s long-running love affair with strippers was starting to peter out. The economy was strong during the last years of that decade, and the eighties […] -
![About a century before notorious blowhard Elon Musk put out the Model S and took to mouthing around on Twitter, notorious blowhard Henry Ford put out the Model T and, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Ford-Model-T-Battery-Switch.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1911 Ford Model T – Any Colour They Want")
Curbside Classic: 1911 Ford Model T – Any Colour They Want
Posted on November 6, 2021 | 59 CommentsAbout a century before notorious blowhard Elon Musk put out the Model S and took to mouthing around on Twitter, notorious blowhard Henry Ford put out the Model T and, […] -
CC History: “Midnight Motoring” – the Dawn of Driving (and Dazzle) in the Dark
Posted on November 6, 2021 | 28 CommentsOver a hundred years ago, the big innovation in vehicular lighting was its very existence. -
![If you survey my COAL history most of the vehicles I have owned that been on the more “affordable” side. Affordable is, of course, a very relative term according to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2017-Mazda-MX-5-RF-GT.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2017 Mazda MX-5 RF GT – Affordable Exotic")
COAL: 2017 Mazda MX-5 RF GT – Affordable Exotic
Posted on November 6, 2021 | 22 CommentsIf you survey my COAL history most of the vehicles I have owned that been on the more “affordable” side. Affordable is, of course, a very relative term according to […] -
![There’s nothing new about flashy big rims with custom paint; Disteel (Detroit Pressed Steel Company) was offering them starting in 1917, as a stronger and visually more alluring alternative to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/7028867517_d19d4c0246_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ads: Disteel Wheels – Flashy Rims With Customized Paint Were Already A Big Thing In 1920")
Vintage Ads: Disteel Wheels – Flashy Rims With Customized Paint Were Already A Big Thing In 1920
Posted on November 5, 2021 | 7 CommentsThere’s nothing new about flashy big rims with custom paint; Disteel (Detroit Pressed Steel Company) was offering them starting in 1917, as a stronger and visually more alluring alternative to […] -
![(first posted 6/17/2013) We all have cars in our lives that are fondly recalled. Sometimes it’s one of our parent’s cars, or an uncle’s, or maybe just the neighbor’s next […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/5-24-2013-031-800x533-e1370799439754.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Lincoln Continental – The Rose Quartz-Colored Linchpin Of My Formative Years")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Lincoln Continental – The Rose Quartz-Colored Linchpin Of My Formative Years
Posted on November 5, 2021 | 91 Comments(first posted 6/17/2013) We all have cars in our lives that are fondly recalled. Sometimes it’s one of our parent’s cars, or an uncle’s, or maybe just the neighbor’s next […] -
![The British Motor Museum at Gaydon can trace its own history to the collections held by the various branches of British Leyland and one consequence of that is the cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20210821_151656.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Photo Report – The British Motor Museum Gaydon – Part 2 – Possibly, Perhaps Or Best Not To?")
Museum Photo Report – The British Motor Museum Gaydon – Part 2 – Possibly, Perhaps Or Best Not To?
Posted on November 5, 2021 | 19 CommentsThe British Motor Museum at Gaydon can trace its own history to the collections held by the various branches of British Leyland and one consequence of that is the cars […] -
![3,000 lbs/hp As befits the subject matter, my journey to identify to most under-powered American car has been a long, slow and torturous one. There have been several false endings, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/horse-drawn-car-circa-wwii11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Top Ten Most Under-Powered American Cars Of The Malaise Era – Who’s The Feeblest Of Them All?")
The Top Ten Most Under-Powered American Cars Of The Malaise Era – Who’s The Feeblest Of Them All?
Posted on November 5, 2021 | 115 Comments3,000 lbs/hp As befits the subject matter, my journey to identify to most under-powered American car has been a long, slow and torturous one. There have been several false endings, […] -
![Here’s another new one for me: the 1973 Sportswagon. It’s a bit hard to put this in proper context, but it’s something of a cross between a regular full-size American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/7054961787_afcfd9d89f_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad 1973 Sportswagon – Ur-#VanLife")
Vintage Ad 1973 Sportswagon – Ur-#VanLife
Posted on November 5, 2021 | 20 CommentsHere’s another new one for me: the 1973 Sportswagon. It’s a bit hard to put this in proper context, but it’s something of a cross between a regular full-size American […] -
![When I first saw these shots posted by xiao car at the Cohort, I assumed it was a Polski Fiat 126p, as that’s where the majority of 126s were built […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/51643115815_6851296876_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Fiat 126 – The Italian People’s Car Becomes The Polish People’s Car")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Fiat 126 – The Italian People’s Car Becomes The Polish People’s Car
Posted on November 5, 2021 | 20 CommentsWhen I first saw these shots posted by xiao car at the Cohort, I assumed it was a Polski Fiat 126p, as that’s where the majority of 126s were built […] -
![The Mustang Mach E is inevitably a polarizing subject,as the idea of a Mustang being anything other than a two door coupe/convertible is apparently heresy in the minds of many. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Mustang-four-door.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: 1965 Mustang Four Door Sedan Concept – How Would History Have Been Changed If It Had Been Built?")
QOTD: 1965 Mustang Four Door Sedan Concept – How Would History Have Been Changed If It Had Been Built?
Posted on November 4, 2021 | 54 CommentsThe Mustang Mach E is inevitably a polarizing subject,as the idea of a Mustang being anything other than a two door coupe/convertible is apparently heresy in the minds of many. […] -
![(first posted in 2009) What are the odds of still being married to your first sweetheart from high school? And of still owning your other first sweetheart, the car you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/pjj.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1950 Hot Rod Ford – A True Love Story")
Curbside Classic: 1950 Hot Rod Ford – A True Love Story
Posted on November 4, 2021 | 31 Comments(first posted in 2009) What are the odds of still being married to your first sweetheart from high school? And of still owning your other first sweetheart, the car you […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test: 1979 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II
Posted on November 4, 2021 | 73 Comments(first posted 11/4/2015) Not your everyday Sedan… -
![Picking up hay bales with a pitchfork and loading them on a flatbed trailer. Hard manual work that went out of the farmhouse window. That job has been taken over […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG_9844.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: John Deere and Krone Round Baler – Wrap It Up")
CC Global: John Deere and Krone Round Baler – Wrap It Up
Posted on November 4, 2021 | 11 CommentsPicking up hay bales with a pitchfork and loading them on a flatbed trailer. Hard manual work that went out of the farmhouse window. That job has been taken over […]
