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![I don’t know about you, but my fondness of looking for old cars that used to be common comes in different degrees — from the ones that I dearly miss […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1977_Toyota_Corona1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1978 Toyota Corona – Some Rash, But This Old Pal Is Still Rolling!")
Curbside Find: 1978 Toyota Corona – Some Rash, But This Old Pal Is Still Rolling!
Posted on August 2, 2025 | 10 CommentsI don’t know about you, but my fondness of looking for old cars that used to be common comes in different degrees — from the ones that I dearly miss […] -
![(Hopefully) this doesn’t happen often, but if you asked me to visualize a 1970-1971 Torino convertible, I would have pictured… a hardtop. I simply can’t remember ever seeing a convertible […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ford-Torino-1970-conv-fq.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible – So Rare I Forgot It Even Came As A Convertible")
1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible – So Rare I Forgot It Even Came As A Convertible
Posted on August 2, 2025 | 15 Comments(Hopefully) this doesn’t happen often, but if you asked me to visualize a 1970-1971 Torino convertible, I would have pictured… a hardtop. I simply can’t remember ever seeing a convertible […] -
![When my wife and I decided to return to the U.S. from our temporary stay in England, I began to think about what cars we might buy to replace […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/tercel4wd01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "My 1983 Toyota Tercel and 1985 Ford Escort: The Efficiently Pleasant & The Sufficiently Efficient – A Tale Of Two Small Wagons")
My 1983 Toyota Tercel and 1985 Ford Escort: The Efficiently Pleasant & The Sufficiently Efficient – A Tale Of Two Small Wagons
Posted on August 2, 2025 | 23 CommentsWhen my wife and I decided to return to the U.S. from our temporary stay in England, I began to think about what cars we might buy to replace […] -
![Between the development of Synchro-Mesh (launched for 1929) and Hydra-Matic (launched for 1940), General Motors also developed a four-speed semi-automatic transmission, sometimes called the Automatic Safety Transmission, which was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1938-Buick-Model-40C-Phaeton-Titian-Maroon-Patrick-Emzen-RM-Auctions-front-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Almost Automatic: SIA Drives A 1938 Buick With The Weird Semi-Automatic Ancestor of Hydra-Matic")
Almost Automatic: SIA Drives A 1938 Buick With The Weird Semi-Automatic Ancestor of Hydra-Matic
Posted on August 2, 2025 | 17 CommentsBetween the development of Synchro-Mesh (launched for 1929) and Hydra-Matic (launched for 1940), General Motors also developed a four-speed semi-automatic transmission, sometimes called the Automatic Safety Transmission, which was […] -
![(first posted 12/26/2012) Discovering the RWD Toyota Avanza in Mexico recently made me consider how relatively long Toyota hung on to RWD in their small cars. The last such car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CC-181-109-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 Toyota Starlet –The Last Of The Littlest RWD Toyotas")
Curbside Classic: 1981 Toyota Starlet –The Last Of The Littlest RWD Toyotas
Posted on August 1, 2025 | 57 Comments(first posted 12/26/2012) Discovering the RWD Toyota Avanza in Mexico recently made me consider how relatively long Toyota hung on to RWD in their small cars. The last such car […] -
![The spotless aqua paint and full wheel covers of this Checker Marathon make me think this wasn’t once a taxi cab, as so many of its brethren were. Which makes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/checker-marathon-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969-73 Checker Marathon – A Sensible Taxi Purchase, A Strange Private Purchase")
Curbside Classic: 1969-73 Checker Marathon – A Sensible Taxi Purchase, A Strange Private Purchase
Posted on August 1, 2025 | 27 CommentsThe spotless aqua paint and full wheel covers of this Checker Marathon make me think this wasn’t once a taxi cab, as so many of its brethren were. Which makes […] -
![I’m not sure why, I guess I don’t recall things as I used to, but I’ve never submitted a post on my El Camino. So I better do so now, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/EC1-e1753997084934.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "My 1974 Chevrolet El Camino – Meet Elky")
My 1974 Chevrolet El Camino – Meet Elky
Posted on August 1, 2025 | 9 CommentsI’m not sure why, I guess I don’t recall things as I used to, but I’ve never submitted a post on my El Camino. So I better do so now, […] -
![Every so often, a carmaker will try something a bit quirky, a bit out of the ordinary and hope that it catches on. Renault did so with the Espace and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DSC_2238_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 2011 Renault Kangoo Bebop – Answering A Question Nobody Asked")
Curbside Find: 2011 Renault Kangoo Bebop – Answering A Question Nobody Asked
Posted on August 1, 2025 | 12 CommentsEvery so often, a carmaker will try something a bit quirky, a bit out of the ordinary and hope that it catches on. Renault did so with the Espace and […] -
![“Falcon is the U.S.A’s best-selling compact wagon for a whole wagonful of reasons,” Ford proclaimed in the 1962 Falcon brochure. It went on to explain that while “folks came […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1962_FALCON_TUDOR_SIDE2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "1962 Ford Falcon Tudor (2-Door) Wagon – Practical Transport Early ’60s Style, Still Doing The Same Job Today")
1962 Ford Falcon Tudor (2-Door) Wagon – Practical Transport Early ’60s Style, Still Doing The Same Job Today
Posted on August 1, 2025 | 12 Comments“Falcon is the U.S.A’s best-selling compact wagon for a whole wagonful of reasons,” Ford proclaimed in the 1962 Falcon brochure. It went on to explain that while “folks came […] -
![When the Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon debuted for 1973, Oldsmobile proclaimed it “A new Olds in the grand touring tradition,” complete with a plaque full of national flags to signify […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1974-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Salon-4SD-press-right.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Vintage AMS Review: 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon – “Could Be Taken Around Bends Remarkably Quickly”")
Vintage AMS Review: 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon – “Could Be Taken Around Bends Remarkably Quickly”
Posted on August 1, 2025 | 39 CommentsWhen the Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon debuted for 1973, Oldsmobile proclaimed it “A new Olds in the grand touring tradition,” complete with a plaque full of national flags to signify […] -
![(first posted 2/21/2012) The irrepressible Bryce found this Monaro GTS 350 slaking its thirst the other day. Given the cost of fuel down under, that’s going to hurt a bit. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Holden-Monara-GTS-rear-by-Bryce.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Holden Monaro GTS 350 (HT) – Australia’s Chevelle SS Or GTO")
Holden Monaro GTS 350 (HT) – Australia’s Chevelle SS Or GTO
Posted on July 31, 2025 | 76 Comments(first posted 2/21/2012) The irrepressible Bryce found this Monaro GTS 350 slaking its thirst the other day. Given the cost of fuel down under, that’s going to hurt a bit. […] -
![The sun was shining brightly, the new restaurant Mrs. Jason and I had just tried was a success, and we were taking a nice stroll around the downtown area. With […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_0276.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 to 1980 Dodge Omni – The Formative Years")
Curbside Classic: 1978 to 1980 Dodge Omni – The Formative Years
Posted on July 31, 2025 | 17 CommentsThe sun was shining brightly, the new restaurant Mrs. Jason and I had just tried was a success, and we were taking a nice stroll around the downtown area. With […] -
![Last time we looked at muscle cars, we finished up in 1970. Good year, that. Intermediate coupes seemed to be changing focus; the highlight of the range was increasingly becoming […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/71Charger8.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC In Scale: A Collection Of Muscle Cars – Part 3")
CC In Scale: A Collection Of Muscle Cars – Part 3
Posted on July 31, 2025 | 21 CommentsLast time we looked at muscle cars, we finished up in 1970. Good year, that. Intermediate coupes seemed to be changing focus; the highlight of the range was increasingly becoming […] -
![Sitting in the same Opel room of the Visscher Classique car museum in the Netherlands, the Opel Rekord and Opel Commodore GS/E couldn’t be further apart. In their day, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_2575.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: Opel Rekord A Coupé And Opel Commodore B GS/E – (Not) Your Grandpa’s Opel!")
Museum Classics: Opel Rekord A Coupé And Opel Commodore B GS/E – (Not) Your Grandpa’s Opel!
Posted on July 31, 2025 | 3 CommentsSitting in the same Opel room of the Visscher Classique car museum in the Netherlands, the Opel Rekord and Opel Commodore GS/E couldn’t be further apart. In their day, the […] -
![It is generally accepted that General Motors was the long-reigning king of automotive styling. Names like Harley Earl and Bill Mitchell are well known for the long stream of attractive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1957FordThunderbird08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Thunderbird – The Most Perfectly Styled American Car Of The 1950s?")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Thunderbird – The Most Perfectly Styled American Car Of The 1950s?
Posted on July 31, 2025 | 12 CommentsIt is generally accepted that General Motors was the long-reigning king of automotive styling. Names like Harley Earl and Bill Mitchell are well known for the long stream of attractive […]
