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![Once an Air Force base, now an event venue. The old buildings still scattered alongside the runway and a few military vehicles from bygone times are just sitting there as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_9775.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC History: DAF YA 328 Artillery Tractor And Some Other Cold War Relics")
CC History: DAF YA 328 Artillery Tractor And Some Other Cold War Relics
Posted on October 1, 2021 | 15 CommentsOnce an Air Force base, now an event venue. The old buildings still scattered alongside the runway and a few military vehicles from bygone times are just sitting there as […] -
![You are, as a Curbivore, familiar with the BMC ADO16 (Austin America in North America, or Austin, Morris, Riley, Wolseley and MG 1100 and 1300 back home). Benoit clearly is, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/49820141428_4acf8c1399_6k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1966 Vanden Plas Princess 1100 – Peak Issigonis, With Added Contradictions")
Cohort Classic: 1966 Vanden Plas Princess 1100 – Peak Issigonis, With Added Contradictions
Posted on October 1, 2021 | 28 CommentsYou are, as a Curbivore, familiar with the BMC ADO16 (Austin America in North America, or Austin, Morris, Riley, Wolseley and MG 1100 and 1300 back home). Benoit clearly is, […] -
![Why has it taken over ten years for an early (1970 – 1973) gen2 Firebird to make its first appearance in a CC? The answer is simple: they sold poorly, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CC-395-066.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac Firebird Esprit – From Pony Car To Chicken Car")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac Firebird Esprit – From Pony Car To Chicken Car
Posted on October 1, 2021 | 49 CommentsWhy has it taken over ten years for an early (1970 – 1973) gen2 Firebird to make its first appearance in a CC? The answer is simple: they sold poorly, […] -
![(first posted 9/30/2015) I don’t care what anyone else says. Toy cars in 1:64 scale (Matchbox, Johnny Lightning, etc.), or any other scale, for that matter, are not exclusively for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/AMC-Javelin-Bridge-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Miniature CCs: Matchbox Cars – The Gateway Drug")
Miniature CCs: Matchbox Cars – The Gateway Drug
Posted on September 30, 2021 | 128 Comments(first posted 9/30/2015) I don’t care what anyone else says. Toy cars in 1:64 scale (Matchbox, Johnny Lightning, etc.), or any other scale, for that matter, are not exclusively for […] -
![(first posted 9/30/2015) Last Sunday, we looked at some rare and forgotten models from Kenosha, Wisconsin. With their perennial underdog status, American Motors was bound to have a treasure trove […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/kfg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Buick Edition, Part I")
Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Buick Edition, Part I
Posted on September 30, 2021 | 57 Comments(first posted 9/30/2015) Last Sunday, we looked at some rare and forgotten models from Kenosha, Wisconsin. With their perennial underdog status, American Motors was bound to have a treasure trove […] -
![If you have stuck with it this far then you will know that despite a climax in the last installment there is more excitement to be had. Read ahead to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/51477310059_f6f86a91c6_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – Heading to the finish line on Day 2 Part 2")
The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – Heading to the finish line on Day 2 Part 2
Posted on September 30, 2021 | 17 CommentsIf you have stuck with it this far then you will know that despite a climax in the last installment there is more excitement to be had. Read ahead to […] -
Wordless Outtake: 1963 Studebaker Lark
Posted on September 30, 2021 | 23 Comments -
![This comparison by Road and Track of the three new 1967 pony cars is a bit different. Instead of a breathless and hyperbolic test of the biggest engine versions, R&T […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/pony-top-2-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Comparison: 1967 Mustang, Barracuda and Camaro – The Pony Car Shootout")
Vintage R&T Comparison: 1967 Mustang, Barracuda and Camaro – The Pony Car Shootout
Posted on September 30, 2021 | 72 CommentsThis comparison by Road and Track of the three new 1967 pony cars is a bit different. Instead of a breathless and hyperbolic test of the biggest engine versions, R&T […] -
![It’s not easy to follow a legend, especially by trying to repeat the recipe for its success. Keeping it within the automotive realm, just look at the Ford Model A, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_20210816_104302-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980 Citroën Dyane 6 – The Uglier Duckling")
Curbside Classic: 1980 Citroën Dyane 6 – The Uglier Duckling
Posted on September 30, 2021 | 17 CommentsIt’s not easy to follow a legend, especially by trying to repeat the recipe for its success. Keeping it within the automotive realm, just look at the Ford Model A, […] -
![(first posted 5/27/2013) It seems like CC has had B-body after B-body over the past few months–or is that years? Delta 88s, Caprices, Bonneville Broughams, over and over. Well, CC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aa-3-30-2013-001-1024x682.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock…")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock…
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 5/27/2013) It seems like CC has had B-body after B-body over the past few months–or is that years? Delta 88s, Caprices, Bonneville Broughams, over and over. Well, CC […] -
![(first posted 9/29/2015) The 1983 Executive limousine and the 1990 Imperial are krazy enough, but no k-car kan more klearly demonstrate just how krazed Khrysler’s kompulsive k-car konundrum was during […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_9941.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Chrysler’s TC by Maserati – The Chairman Has Gone Krazy")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Chrysler’s TC by Maserati – The Chairman Has Gone Krazy
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 82 Comments(first posted 9/29/2015) The 1983 Executive limousine and the 1990 Imperial are krazy enough, but no k-car kan more klearly demonstrate just how krazed Khrysler’s kompulsive k-car konundrum was during […] -
![I knew a guy in Iowa City in 1973 who found an Isetta in someone’s garage or barn. The engine was frozen, so he replaced it with a big Briggs […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BMW-Isetta-ad-1957.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1957 BMW Isetta 300 – “The Hottest Profit Item Since Henry F. Backed The Model T”")
Vintage Ad: 1957 BMW Isetta 300 – “The Hottest Profit Item Since Henry F. Backed The Model T”
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 73 CommentsI knew a guy in Iowa City in 1973 who found an Isetta in someone’s garage or barn. The engine was frozen, so he replaced it with a big Briggs […] -
Classics On Parade: Watching The Classics At Monterey Roll By – Finale
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 7 Comments1931 Marmon Sixteen LeBaron Coupe (all photos by JC) -
![As we start the second day our initial goal is to drive through what was promised to be a long construction zone and then on to the very rough road […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/51457815604_7099f6b583_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – Climax on Day 2 Part 1")
The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – Climax on Day 2 Part 1
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 9 CommentsAs we start the second day our initial goal is to drive through what was promised to be a long construction zone and then on to the very rough road […] -
![I liked this car enough to keep it for seven years, but I was not crazy about it. In retrospect, it ended up being a mild disappointment. I guess […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/xt-mazda-miata-road-atlanta.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: The Blue-Grey 3rd Gen Miata (2007)")
COAL: The Blue-Grey 3rd Gen Miata (2007)
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 8 CommentsI liked this car enough to keep it for seven years, but I was not crazy about it. In retrospect, it ended up being a mild disappointment. I guess […]
