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![(first posted 4/25/2015) Datsun/Nissan’s missteps during the renaming era were many, from soft sports cars to shockingly conservative mainstream compacts, but the Maxima was a major success which captured the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Nissan-Maxima.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Datsun 810 Maxima – Maximum Mobility")
Curbside Classic: Datsun 810 Maxima – Maximum Mobility
Posted on April 25, 2021 | 33 Comments(first posted 4/25/2015) Datsun/Nissan’s missteps during the renaming era were many, from soft sports cars to shockingly conservative mainstream compacts, but the Maxima was a major success which captured the […] -
![(first posted 4/25/2015) Muscle Cars to Malaise Era – Part 4 The transition years, 1969-1974 After putting so many American cars through the transition trial, I think it’s time to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1974-Jaguar-XKE.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Muscle Cars To Malaise Era-Part 4")
Automotive History: Muscle Cars To Malaise Era-Part 4
Posted on April 25, 2021 | 53 Comments(first posted 4/25/2015) Muscle Cars to Malaise Era – Part 4 The transition years, 1969-1974 After putting so many American cars through the transition trial, I think it’s time to […] -
![How many cases are there of the same block being offered with completely different types of cylinder heads in the same car in the same model year? Examples that come […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Willys-1953-engines-br.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: How many cases are there of the same block being offered with completely different types of cylinder heads in the same car in the same model year?")
QOTD: How many cases are there of the same block being offered with completely different types of cylinder heads in the same car in the same model year?
Posted on April 25, 2021 | 80 CommentsHow many cases are there of the same block being offered with completely different types of cylinder heads in the same car in the same model year? Examples that come […] -
![How about we go to Europe for a vintage Car Carrier of the Day? And with a load of “dustbuster” Pontiac Trans Sports in Italy. But take a close look: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/43914800490_012043bcf0_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Carrier of the Day: European Pontiac Trans Sports Being Hauled by IVECO Truck – Silhouettes In Disguise")
Car Carrier of the Day: European Pontiac Trans Sports Being Hauled by IVECO Truck – Silhouettes In Disguise
Posted on April 25, 2021 | 25 CommentsHow about we go to Europe for a vintage Car Carrier of the Day? And with a load of “dustbuster” Pontiac Trans Sports in Italy. But take a close look: […] -
Vintage Snapshots: London in the Mid-1970s
Posted on April 25, 2021 | 30 CommentsAEC Routemasters vie with other traffic at the junction of Lower Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus on 19th April 1975. -
Vintage Ad: Motorize Your Boy’s Wagon For $18.70 – “TAKE THE WAGON AWAY FROM YOUR CHILDREN”
Posted on April 25, 2021 | 29 CommentsNow here’s something I would have died for as a kid. But that was never going to happen. “TAKE THE WAGON AWAY FROM YOUR CHILDREN” (Modern Mechanix, 1952) -
![(first posted 4/24/2015) It’s supposed to be station wagon week here at CC, but so far, most all I have seen is a bunch of long-roofed metal sedans. Why have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Packard-woodie-1940.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1940 Packard 110 Station Wagon – Lumbering Towards Extinction")
Curbside Classic: 1940 Packard 110 Station Wagon – Lumbering Towards Extinction
Posted on April 25, 2021 | 49 Comments(first posted 4/24/2015) It’s supposed to be station wagon week here at CC, but so far, most all I have seen is a bunch of long-roofed metal sedans. Why have […] -
![(first posted 4/24/2015) Fellow carspotter AVL sent me a pic of a rare Nissan he had captured in transit. I immediately got on the phone, ascertained its exact location, jumped […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cedwag3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic. 1965 Nissan Cedric Wagon.")
Curbside Classic. 1965 Nissan Cedric Wagon.
Posted on April 24, 2021 | 57 Comments(first posted 4/24/2015) Fellow carspotter AVL sent me a pic of a rare Nissan he had captured in transit. I immediately got on the phone, ascertained its exact location, jumped […] -
![(first posted in 2011) So just whose idea was that? Along with the business coupe and the Ranchero/El Camino utility pickups, the large two door station wagon ranks right up […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ply-2-door.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Short And Odd Life Of The Two Door Station Wagon")
Automotive History: The Short And Odd Life Of The Two Door Station Wagon
Posted on April 24, 2021 | 221 Comments(first posted in 2011) So just whose idea was that? Along with the business coupe and the Ranchero/El Camino utility pickups, the large two door station wagon ranks right up […] -
Vintage PR Photos: A Gallery of 1957 Chevy Wagons – Which One Is For You?
Posted on April 24, 2021 | 22 CommentsThe Thrifty One-Fifty Handyman? -
![This shot from the mid-late 1960’s shows a Peterbilt 350/351 from the late 1940’s in a quintessentially California shot: a rest area near Lebec, with towering bare California oak trees […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/46603796394_d49bcda6f7_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Truck of the Day: 1940s Peterbilt 350/351 – Already A Classic In The 1960s")
Vintage Truck of the Day: 1940s Peterbilt 350/351 – Already A Classic In The 1960s
Posted on April 24, 2021 | 12 CommentsThis shot from the mid-late 1960’s shows a Peterbilt 350/351 from the late 1940’s in a quintessentially California shot: a rest area near Lebec, with towering bare California oak trees […] -
![Model names are some of the most valuable assets that an automaker has: Companies spend millions of dollars per year on advertising in the hopes of building a durable brand […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Re446b9ad1b2a420f23b9944a65c51936.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: U.S. Model Name Debasement from the 1950s to 1970s – And The First Shall Be Last")
Automotive History: U.S. Model Name Debasement from the 1950s to 1970s – And The First Shall Be Last
Posted on April 24, 2021 | 39 CommentsModel names are some of the most valuable assets that an automaker has: Companies spend millions of dollars per year on advertising in the hopes of building a durable brand […] -
COAL: 1962 Valiant, 1964 & 1970 Dodge Darts – Hot Dogs and Mustard
Posted on April 24, 2021 | 29 CommentsOld cars and stashes of old car parts go together like Calvin and Hobbes or hot dogs and mustard: the one -
![(first posted 4/23/2015) Ignore the fact that this is a ’57 Chevy, a vehicle that has transcended the mere word ‘icon’, if that’s possible. Yes, those flamboyant grafted-on Cadillac-ish fins […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Chevrolet-1957-wagon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1957 Chevrolet 210 and Bel Air Station Wagons – Gilding The Lily")
Curbside Classics: 1957 Chevrolet 210 and Bel Air Station Wagons – Gilding The Lily
Posted on April 23, 2021 | 56 Comments(first posted 4/23/2015) Ignore the fact that this is a ’57 Chevy, a vehicle that has transcended the mere word ‘icon’, if that’s possible. Yes, those flamboyant grafted-on Cadillac-ish fins […] -
![The image of the Camry has been rather rehabilitated, thanks to the most recent generation’s excellent dynamics as well as the passage of time. But there was something stereotypical about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_5914.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "On The Go Outtake: Reinforcing Stereotypes, Once Again")
On The Go Outtake: Reinforcing Stereotypes, Once Again
Posted on April 23, 2021 | 18 CommentsThe image of the Camry has been rather rehabilitated, thanks to the most recent generation’s excellent dynamics as well as the passage of time. But there was something stereotypical about […]
