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![(first posted 2/3/2014) Mack’s legendary R-Series had a well-deserved rep for toughness. We praised them effusively here. But if one needed an ever tougher Mack, to take on all sorts […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mack-DM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Mack RM-Series 4×4 – The Really Tough Mack")
Curbside Classic: Mack RM-Series 4×4 – The Really Tough Mack
Posted on May 30, 2021 | 27 Comments(first posted 2/3/2014) Mack’s legendary R-Series had a well-deserved rep for toughness. We praised them effusively here. But if one needed an ever tougher Mack, to take on all sorts […] -
![(first posted 1/13/2014) Your 2050 Honda i600 solar-electric personal transportation pod automatically glides into the Biodynamic-Vegan Taco Loco lot and parks itself. On the way inside, you pass the static […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Honda-600.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Honda N600: From Rolling Acorns Mighty Hondas Grow")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Honda N600: From Rolling Acorns Mighty Hondas Grow
Posted on May 30, 2021 | 44 Comments(first posted 1/13/2014) Your 2050 Honda i600 solar-electric personal transportation pod automatically glides into the Biodynamic-Vegan Taco Loco lot and parks itself. On the way inside, you pass the static […] -
![This looks familiar, as it was taken by Don Kincl the same year I arrived in San Diego. And although it’s just one shot, there’s a bit of good car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/51210341380_ffbaeba05e_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: At Char-Burger, San Diego, 1976")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: At Char-Burger, San Diego, 1976
Posted on May 30, 2021 | 22 CommentsThis looks familiar, as it was taken by Don Kincl the same year I arrived in San Diego. And although it’s just one shot, there’s a bit of good car […] -
Vintage Ad: The 1978 Lincoln Versailles – An Investment In (Badge) Engineering
Posted on May 30, 2021 | 50 CommentsNo comment. I said it all here: CC 1977 Lincoln Versailles: Pig In A Poke -
![There I was shooting an increasingly rare Sable of this vintage in front of Harbor Freight and what comes rolling along to photobomb it? An Olds Ciera of similar vintage, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_6207.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: Mercury Sable Getting Photobombed By Some Vintage Competition")
Curbside Outtake: Mercury Sable Getting Photobombed By Some Vintage Competition
Posted on May 30, 2021 | 13 CommentsThere I was shooting an increasingly rare Sable of this vintage in front of Harbor Freight and what comes rolling along to photobomb it? An Olds Ciera of similar vintage, […] -
![I was having a serious case of buyer’s remorse with regards to my spur of the moment purchase of the 1968 Spitfire. Beautiful car, but I knew enough to know […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/coal-vw.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "COAL: 1969 Beetle – Redux")
COAL: 1969 Beetle – Redux
Posted on May 30, 2021 | 24 CommentsI was having a serious case of buyer’s remorse with regards to my spur of the moment purchase of the 1968 Spitfire. Beautiful car, but I knew enough to know […] -
![(first posted 3/5/2011. I saw it just the other day again, in 2021.) Now that’s a very comforting and reassuring face. Something about these International Loadstar trucks evokes those feelings, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Gertie.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 IH Loadstar Bookmobile (And Trucks) – Is There A Book On IH History Aboard?")
Curbside Classic: 1968 IH Loadstar Bookmobile (And Trucks) – Is There A Book On IH History Aboard?
Posted on May 29, 2021 | 53 Comments(first posted 3/5/2011. I saw it just the other day again, in 2021.) Now that’s a very comforting and reassuring face. Something about these International Loadstar trucks evokes those feelings, […] -
![Curbivores like Alfas, especially older Alfas. That is a fact. You will probably have opinions about aspects of more recent examples; you will certainly have opinions about the engines of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DSC05863.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic – 1991 Alfa Romeo 75 3.0 V6 (Milano): The Last Fling Of The Real Alfa?")
Curbside Classic – 1991 Alfa Romeo 75 3.0 V6 (Milano): The Last Fling Of The Real Alfa?
Posted on May 29, 2021 | 26 CommentsCurbivores like Alfas, especially older Alfas. That is a fact. You will probably have opinions about aspects of more recent examples; you will certainly have opinions about the engines of […] -
![(first posted 5/29/2015) Back in October of 2013, I posted “The El Caminos of Los Angeles.” That article included 20 different El Caminos photographed over a two week span, demonstrating that the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/59-Elky-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevy El Camino- Unrestrained Exuberance")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevy El Camino- Unrestrained Exuberance
Posted on May 29, 2021 | 63 Comments(first posted 5/29/2015) Back in October of 2013, I posted “The El Caminos of Los Angeles.” That article included 20 different El Caminos photographed over a two week span, demonstrating that the […] -
![The Toyota Aygo is a budget car if ever there was one. The minicar (many of you would call it a nanocar) was introduced in 2005, together with the identical […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_9563.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Comparison: 2005 Mini One vs 2009 Toyota Aygo – Doubling Your Money")
CC Comparison: 2005 Mini One vs 2009 Toyota Aygo – Doubling Your Money
Posted on May 29, 2021 | 9 CommentsThe Toyota Aygo is a budget car if ever there was one. The minicar (many of you would call it a nanocar) was introduced in 2005, together with the identical […] -
![Spring break ’96 came round, and I was booked on a flight home to Denver leaving Eugene at 6:29 AM on Thursday, so Wednesday afternoon I packed my two carry-on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DValiant-LF34A.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part IV – Self-Own Service and Naming Names")
COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part IV – Self-Own Service and Naming Names
Posted on May 29, 2021 | 53 CommentsSpring break ’96 came round, and I was booked on a flight home to Denver leaving Eugene at 6:29 AM on Thursday, so Wednesday afternoon I packed my two carry-on […] -
![(first posted 8/31/2011) One of the more…um, unavoidable cars at the Cottage Grove Concours was this very colorful 1955 Studebaker President Speedster. Now I just don’t have the time to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CC-145-077-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Concours Classic: 1955 Studebaker President Speedster – Look What They’ve Done To The Starliner")
Concours Classic: 1955 Studebaker President Speedster – Look What They’ve Done To The Starliner
Posted on May 28, 2021 | 62 Comments(first posted 8/31/2011) One of the more…um, unavoidable cars at the Cottage Grove Concours was this very colorful 1955 Studebaker President Speedster. Now I just don’t have the time to […] -
![(first posted 5/28/2015) I read all the comments here, and sometimes one will grab me and I just can’t let it go. About a week or so ago, at the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Countach-and-Camry.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Which Is Faster: A Lamborghini Countach LP400S Or a Toyota Camry V6?")
Which Is Faster: A Lamborghini Countach LP400S Or a Toyota Camry V6?
Posted on May 28, 2021 | 143 Comments(first posted 5/28/2015) I read all the comments here, and sometimes one will grab me and I just can’t let it go. About a week or so ago, at the […] -
![I’ve been taking the xB EXBRO5 Edition on a number of local back road shakedown outings to get a sense of how the changes I’ve made are working in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/videsnip.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "xB EXBRO5 Preparation Update: How Steep Can It Climb? (With Video); How Much Gas Does The Roof Rack Suck? – And a Few Remote Waterfalls For Good Measure")
xB EXBRO5 Preparation Update: How Steep Can It Climb? (With Video); How Much Gas Does The Roof Rack Suck? – And a Few Remote Waterfalls For Good Measure
Posted on May 28, 2021 | 20 CommentsI’ve been taking the xB EXBRO5 Edition on a number of local back road shakedown outings to get a sense of how the changes I’ve made are working in the […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: A (Predictable) American In Budapest
Posted on May 28, 2021 | 22 CommentsThis shot by Roshake 77 in Budapest instantly reminded me of a very similar shot I took as we were arriving in Paris by taxicab:
