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![Another fish face out of water! Yes, it was fun to meet this one in the centre of the Japanese megalopolis I currently call home. But then, I should have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210218_113045-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1997 Lancia Y – Well, I Don’t See Y Not")
CC Capsule: 1997 Lancia Y – Well, I Don’t See Y Not
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 16 CommentsAnother fish face out of water! Yes, it was fun to meet this one in the centre of the Japanese megalopolis I currently call home. But then, I should have […] -
![This ad’s headline caught my attention. Automatic Automobiles, in 1933? There weren’t even automatic transmissions then. But Studebaker was trumpeting cars “from which 61% of the physical effort and practically […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49029698077_b2bbd27b47_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: Automatic Automobiles! These Amazing New 1933 Studebakers All But Drive Themselves! 12 Mechanical Brains!")
Vintage Ad: Automatic Automobiles! These Amazing New 1933 Studebakers All But Drive Themselves! 12 Mechanical Brains!
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 54 CommentsThis ad’s headline caught my attention. Automatic Automobiles, in 1933? There weren’t even automatic transmissions then. But Studebaker was trumpeting cars “from which 61% of the physical effort and practically […] -
![It shouldn’t have been a big surprise, sooner or later a mainstream manufacturer was going to create a vehicle that could give Tesla a run for its money. The bigger […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_0261.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Review: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium AWD – Galloping At The Speed Of Silence")
Curbside Review: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium AWD – Galloping At The Speed Of Silence
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 158 CommentsIt shouldn’t have been a big surprise, sooner or later a mainstream manufacturer was going to create a vehicle that could give Tesla a run for its money. The bigger […] -
![(first posted 3/23/2015) In contrast to Gerardo’s entry last week on the Cimarron, which was perhaps the nadir of the Cadillac brand, I’d like to present an example of “Peak […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-cad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: 1965 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – Nothing Missing but the Garage Space")
Museum Classic: 1965 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – Nothing Missing but the Garage Space
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 83 Comments(first posted 3/23/2015) In contrast to Gerardo’s entry last week on the Cimarron, which was perhaps the nadir of the Cadillac brand, I’d like to present an example of “Peak […] -
![Only 8.40 m (27’7”) long, yet rated at a colossal gross weight of 34,500 kg (76,059 lbs). That’s the absolute road legal maximum for any chassis with just three axles. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_9462.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In Motion Outtake: 2012 Terberg 6×6 Dump Truck – BMI Calculator Says Obese")
In Motion Outtake: 2012 Terberg 6×6 Dump Truck – BMI Calculator Says Obese
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 12 CommentsOnly 8.40 m (27’7”) long, yet rated at a colossal gross weight of 34,500 kg (76,059 lbs). That’s the absolute road legal maximum for any chassis with just three axles. […] -
![It’s about time I found a Mazda worth writing up. I couldn’t, so this one will have to do. The few older representatives of the marque that are encountered on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210307_150156-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1991 Mazda Capella (GD) GLX Cargo Wagon – Outstandingly Unremarkable")
CC Capsule: 1991 Mazda Capella (GD) GLX Cargo Wagon – Outstandingly Unremarkable
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 9 CommentsIt’s about time I found a Mazda worth writing up. I couldn’t, so this one will have to do. The few older representatives of the marque that are encountered on […] -
![I continue to find evidence of obscure European brands having been sold during the Great Import Boom of the fifties that I hadn’t previously known to be imported.. The Wartburg, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49953212848_b80893be45_k-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: Willy Witkin Presents the Wartburg, “One Of (East) Germany’s Finest!”, Or A Maico, Perhaps? Some Signs of the Import Bubble of 1959")
Vintage Ad: Willy Witkin Presents the Wartburg, “One Of (East) Germany’s Finest!”, Or A Maico, Perhaps? Some Signs of the Import Bubble of 1959
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 32 CommentsI continue to find evidence of obscure European brands having been sold during the Great Import Boom of the fifties that I hadn’t previously known to be imported.. The Wartburg, […] -
![CC reader Ted M. sent me this incredible gallery of mostly old Chryslers he found at a “dealership” in Fredericksburg, Texas. Did they go out of business in 1964? Or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_0410.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Photo Gallery: Amazing Collection Of (Mainly) Old Chryslers – Mother Mopar’s Retirement Home")
Photo Gallery: Amazing Collection Of (Mainly) Old Chryslers – Mother Mopar’s Retirement Home
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 30 CommentsCC reader Ted M. sent me this incredible gallery of mostly old Chryslers he found at a “dealership” in Fredericksburg, Texas. Did they go out of business in 1964? Or […] -
![I recently returned to the office for one day last week, exactly a year and a day since I had last sat in the chair at my desk. My goal […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_9901-1985-Cadillac-Eldorado-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Cadillac Eldorado – What’s Under That Hat?")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Cadillac Eldorado – What’s Under That Hat?
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 35 CommentsI recently returned to the office for one day last week, exactly a year and a day since I had last sat in the chair at my desk. My goal […] -
![(first posted 7/22/2011) Dodge has been the perennial distant number three in the pickup market seemingly forever. Nothing like being the underdog to stimulate some fresh thinking. Especially when you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-141-086-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truckstop Classic: 1967 Dodge D-200 Camper Special – We’re Number Three So We Try Harder, Dude!")
Truckstop Classic: 1967 Dodge D-200 Camper Special – We’re Number Three So We Try Harder, Dude!
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 7/22/2011) Dodge has been the perennial distant number three in the pickup market seemingly forever. Nothing like being the underdog to stimulate some fresh thinking. Especially when you […] -
![Here’s one that snuck by me in 1980, and just as well. Wow; who wouldn’t have lusted after this. Especially at $61,000 ($176k adjusted). No wonder less than a hundred […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49232213117_6c09d87612_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1981 Evolution 1 by Pierre Cardin – “Undoubtedly Cadillac, Unquestionably Cardin, Incredibly Now”")
Vintage Ad: 1981 Evolution 1 by Pierre Cardin – “Undoubtedly Cadillac, Unquestionably Cardin, Incredibly Now”
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 69 CommentsHere’s one that snuck by me in 1980, and just as well. Wow; who wouldn’t have lusted after this. Especially at $61,000 ($176k adjusted). No wonder less than a hundred […] -
![Details are everything. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the distinctive outline of an El Camino in the distance and thought: pay dirt. As I got closer, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210122_092418-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Chevrolet El Camino Conquista – Deez Nutz")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Chevrolet El Camino Conquista – Deez Nutz
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 28 CommentsDetails are everything. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the distinctive outline of an El Camino in the distance and thought: pay dirt. As I got closer, […] -
![396. Say it aloud. It’s an easy number to like, an easy number to sell; its intonation suggests malignity. John Milton eulogized William Shakespeare in 1630 by lauding the way […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/111_0486.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Racetrack Capsule: 1965 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport – Jukebox Hero?")
Racetrack Capsule: 1965 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport – Jukebox Hero?
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 54 Comments396. Say it aloud. It’s an easy number to like, an easy number to sell; its intonation suggests malignity. John Milton eulogized William Shakespeare in 1630 by lauding the way […] -
![That stretched Olds yesterday was just sad; but finding this really perked me up. Wow; never seen anything quite like this before. Sure, plenty of Chevy sedans were stretched in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49346835672_452d5fe0ce_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1950 Chevrolet Fleetline Fastback Limo-Airport Bus – Now That’s More Like It")
Vintage Ad: 1950 Chevrolet Fleetline Fastback Limo-Airport Bus – Now That’s More Like It
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 31 CommentsThat stretched Olds yesterday was just sad; but finding this really perked me up. Wow; never seen anything quite like this before. Sure, plenty of Chevy sedans were stretched in […] -
![Italy and art go together, like England and cricket, France and wine, Germany and sausages, Sweden and pickled herring, Spain and bull fighting. And art is an endlessly varied thing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSC07244.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Lancia Fulvia Berlina Series II – The State Of The Art")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Lancia Fulvia Berlina Series II – The State Of The Art
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 19 CommentsItaly and art go together, like England and cricket, France and wine, Germany and sausages, Sweden and pickled herring, Spain and bull fighting. And art is an endlessly varied thing […]
