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Curbside Classic: 1965(ish) Envoy Special – Don’t Mention the Vauxhall!
Posted on June 24, 2021 | 36 CommentsThis is a circa-1965 Envoy Special. That is: a 1963 -
![I could not quite make this one fit into the Convertible Week we just had, but I’m hoping there’s still room for one more. There should be, when it’s this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_20210606_171013-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta (101) Spider PininFarina – Stepping Into The Modern Age")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Alfa Romeo Giulietta (101) Spider PininFarina – Stepping Into The Modern Age
Posted on June 24, 2021 | 8 CommentsI could not quite make this one fit into the Convertible Week we just had, but I’m hoping there’s still room for one more. There should be, when it’s this […] -
![(first posted 6/23/2015) The 1958 Chevrolet Impala has become an icon in its own regard, but when inevitably conjures up an image of the hardtop coupe with its distinctive roof. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Chevrolet-1958-Impala-conv-ffq.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1958 Chevrolet Impala Convertible – Not Just A Coupe")
Cohort Classic: 1958 Chevrolet Impala Convertible – Not Just A Coupe
Posted on June 23, 2021 | 46 Comments(first posted 6/23/2015) The 1958 Chevrolet Impala has become an icon in its own regard, but when inevitably conjures up an image of the hardtop coupe with its distinctive roof. […] -
![(first posted 6/23/2015) Every year, I go to the Mecum Spring Classic car auction in Indianapolis to photograph the cars. I always take my digital camera and a pocketful of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BW.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Classic Cars on Black-and-White Film")
Classic Cars on Black-and-White Film
Posted on June 23, 2021 | 75 Comments(first posted 6/23/2015) Every year, I go to the Mecum Spring Classic car auction in Indianapolis to photograph the cars. I always take my digital camera and a pocketful of […] -
![(first posted 6/23/2015) The best things in life come well aged, such as fine wine, classical music… and the Jaguar XJ6. By the time this featured Jaguar was sold in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/EXT-RF-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas – The Cat That Saved Jaguar")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas – The Cat That Saved Jaguar
Posted on June 23, 2021 | 89 Comments(first posted 6/23/2015) The best things in life come well aged, such as fine wine, classical music… and the Jaguar XJ6. By the time this featured Jaguar was sold in […] -
CC Outtake: 1965 Pontiac Parisienne – Sitar Not Included
Posted on June 23, 2021 | 21 CommentsThis 1965 Parisienne (or Paris Enne, as the missing letter would have it) is a blend of -
![Full disclosure, this COAL is going to feature pictures of a lot of cars that were not my specific cars. The reason has something to do with the fact that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/wwhsfiat.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "COAL: 1974 Fiat 128 — Finally Behind the Wheel")
COAL: 1974 Fiat 128 — Finally Behind the Wheel
Posted on June 23, 2021 | 44 CommentsFull disclosure, this COAL is going to feature pictures of a lot of cars that were not my specific cars. The reason has something to do with the fact that […] -
Paul’s Update From the Hinterlands
Posted on June 22, 2021 | 18 CommentsPaul and the brigade are making a grand time of it on their –road– trip. We were briefly in contact this morning when they -
![(first posted 6/22/2015) Badge engineering took many forms over the years. It is still widely associated, in Europe at least, with British Leyland and its predecessor BMC, but perhaps the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1955-sunbeam-mk-3-convertible.5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic – 1955 Sunbeam Mk3 Convertible – Yearning For A Lost Age")
Carshow Classic – 1955 Sunbeam Mk3 Convertible – Yearning For A Lost Age
Posted on June 22, 2021 | 41 Comments(first posted 6/22/2015) Badge engineering took many forms over the years. It is still widely associated, in Europe at least, with British Leyland and its predecessor BMC, but perhaps the […] -
![(first posted 6/22/2015) Typically, when a car is arriving to the end of its commercial life, its maker doesn’t try to do significant changes to it; perhaps a “special edition” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DSC00599-Custom-Custom.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Volvo 740 Turbo 16 Valve – The Unusual Flying Brick")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Volvo 740 Turbo 16 Valve – The Unusual Flying Brick
Posted on June 22, 2021 | 44 Comments(first posted 6/22/2015) Typically, when a car is arriving to the end of its commercial life, its maker doesn’t try to do significant changes to it; perhaps a “special edition” […] -
![(first posted 6/22/2015) There’s an election coming up in Canada on October 19, 2015. Unlike some other parts of North America, “Liberal” is not the other “L” word. In fact, one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pontiac-1976-LeMans-CDN.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1976 Pontiac LeMans – A Liberal Heap of Liberal")
CC Capsule: 1976 Pontiac LeMans – A Liberal Heap of Liberal
Posted on June 22, 2021 | 92 Comments(first posted 6/22/2015) There’s an election coming up in Canada on October 19, 2015. Unlike some other parts of North America, “Liberal” is not the other “L” word. In fact, one […] -
![(Great?) grandpa and grandma stopped driving oh, gosh, who knows how long ago! These cars look to have not moved in quite awhile; that’s substantially more than just moss growing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Imperial-Edsel_7735.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1968 Imperial & 1958 Edsel – Anyone home?")
CC Outtake: 1968 Imperial & 1958 Edsel – Anyone home?
Posted on June 22, 2021 | 32 Comments(Great?) grandpa and grandma stopped driving oh, gosh, who knows how long ago! These cars look to have not moved in quite awhile; that’s substantially more than just moss growing […] -
![Mere days before Christmas of last year, I stumbled across this sad specimen of a Chevrolet Citation while on one of my long, meditative walks. To see any Citation anymore, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/038-1980-Chevrolet-Citation-CC-USE.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – Murphy’s Law")
Curbside Classic: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – Murphy’s Law
Posted on June 22, 2021 | 102 CommentsMere days before Christmas of last year, I stumbled across this sad specimen of a Chevrolet Citation while on one of my long, meditative walks. To see any Citation anymore, […] -
![(first posted 6/21/2015) There are a number of chapters of the Niedermeyer Auto-Biography still unwritten. Some of you might greet that news with yawns, groans, or worse. But I consider […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Dodge-Dart-1968-gold.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: 1968 Dodge Dart 170 Two-Door Sedan – The Neurologist’s Car Of Choice")
Auto-Biography: 1968 Dodge Dart 170 Two-Door Sedan – The Neurologist’s Car Of Choice
Posted on June 21, 2021 | 87 Comments(first posted 6/21/2015) There are a number of chapters of the Niedermeyer Auto-Biography still unwritten. Some of you might greet that news with yawns, groans, or worse. But I consider […] -
![The shape is distinctive, at least here in the US, but it was probably the color that caught my eye as I was walking down the main street in our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_3781.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: A Bright Yellow British Roadster")
CC Outtake: A Bright Yellow British Roadster
Posted on June 21, 2021 | 11 CommentsThe shape is distinctive, at least here in the US, but it was probably the color that caught my eye as I was walking down the main street in our […]
