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![The rear engine Corvair wasn’t exactly GM’s first foray into the mysteries of rear engine cars. There were a number of experiments, and the 1949 Corsair concept, although only a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/GM-Corsair-top.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "GM’s 1949 Corsair – A Tatra-Style Rear Engine Streamliner Ten Years Before The Corvair")
GM’s 1949 Corsair – A Tatra-Style Rear Engine Streamliner Ten Years Before The Corvair
Posted on April 26, 2021 | 8 CommentsThe rear engine Corvair wasn’t exactly GM’s first foray into the mysteries of rear engine cars. There were a number of experiments, and the 1949 Corsair concept, although only a […] -
![If there is some sort of pantheon of ultimate (and unlikely) CC unicorns, Bristol would be among the most revered deities – about the same gilded level as Delage, Cord, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_20210410_123410-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Bristol 406 – Blue Moon Rising")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Bristol 406 – Blue Moon Rising
Posted on April 26, 2021 | 15 CommentsIf there is some sort of pantheon of ultimate (and unlikely) CC unicorns, Bristol would be among the most revered deities – about the same gilded level as Delage, Cord, […] -
![The genesis of one man’s love for the big American automobile started on a cool spring day in 2007. Approaching from behind, on the rain-spackled streets, the big American automobile […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/crownvic1fc4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "One Man’s Love for the Big American Car: Miss Vicky and Me – The Beginning")
One Man’s Love for the Big American Car: Miss Vicky and Me – The Beginning
Posted on April 26, 2021 | 31 CommentsThe genesis of one man’s love for the big American automobile started on a cool spring day in 2007. Approaching from behind, on the rain-spackled streets, the big American automobile […] -
![Ten years before the VW bus was conceived, White was a building a delivery van with a rear aircooled boxer four, built by Franklin, and based on one of their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/26464723837_9a5608403a_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1940 White “White Horse” Delivery Van – Air Cooled Rear Boxer Four, But No Swing Axles")
Vintage Ad: 1940 White “White Horse” Delivery Van – Air Cooled Rear Boxer Four, But No Swing Axles
Posted on April 26, 2021 | 30 CommentsTen years before the VW bus was conceived, White was a building a delivery van with a rear aircooled boxer four, built by Franklin, and based on one of their […] -
![Entering its third decade, Lexus’ IS series has never made any bones about its mission. Of course that was to battle the entry-level luxury entries from the Germans and other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_1383-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Review: 2021 Lexus IS 350 AWD F Sport – Caught In The Middle")
Curbside Review: 2021 Lexus IS 350 AWD F Sport – Caught In The Middle
Posted on April 26, 2021 | 24 CommentsEntering its third decade, Lexus’ IS series has never made any bones about its mission. Of course that was to battle the entry-level luxury entries from the Germans and other […] -
![(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&quality=89&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&quality=89&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&quality=89&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&quality=89&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&quality=89&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&quality=89&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&quality=89&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?
