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![[all photos by the author] The Prius had given me great service over the past 3 years. It was fun to play with all the whizbangery, and 50MPG is nice […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/header.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Update: Goodbye Prius, Hello Absolutely-Not-A-Prius!")
COAL Update: Goodbye Prius, Hello Absolutely-Not-A-Prius!
Posted on February 22, 2021 | 32 Comments[all photos by the author] The Prius had given me great service over the past 3 years. It was fun to play with all the whizbangery, and 50MPG is nice […] -
![I’ve seen a few ‘60s Italian gems about my far-eastern metropolis – everything from Ferrari GTs to Alfa rally cars. Fiat 500s are plentiful here, due to their being cute […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_20201118_092454-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1968 Fiat-Abarth 595 – Small Scorpion, Potent Sting")
CC Capsule: 1968 Fiat-Abarth 595 – Small Scorpion, Potent Sting
Posted on February 22, 2021 | 7 CommentsI’ve seen a few ‘60s Italian gems about my far-eastern metropolis – everything from Ferrari GTs to Alfa rally cars. Fiat 500s are plentiful here, due to their being cute […] -
![Update: apparently P&H either sold or possibly manufactured the Cerlist diesel under its name at some time, so the engine in this car may well be a P&H branded engine, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Cadillac-1950-diesel-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1950 Cadillac Diesel – Supposedly It Has A Rare P&H Diesel But It’s Actually Got An Ultra-Rare Cerlist Diesel")
CC For Sale: 1950 Cadillac Diesel – Supposedly It Has A Rare P&H Diesel But It’s Actually Got An Ultra-Rare Cerlist Diesel
Posted on February 22, 2021 | 41 CommentsUpdate: apparently P&H either sold or possibly manufactured the Cerlist diesel under its name at some time, so the engine in this car may well be a P&H branded engine, […] -
![You could be forgiven for not realizing that there’s a new Rogue available from Nissan for this year, due to the “current situation” it seems like the rollout is a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_9524-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Review: 2021 Nissan Rogue SL AWD – Stalking From The Rear")
Curbside Review: 2021 Nissan Rogue SL AWD – Stalking From The Rear
Posted on February 22, 2021 | 25 CommentsYou could be forgiven for not realizing that there’s a new Rogue available from Nissan for this year, due to the “current situation” it seems like the rollout is a […] -
![(first posted 2/21/2015) Two men, both of Irish descent, both christened Henry at birth and both raised by a mother named Mary. Each fathered a single child. Raised in rural, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/whenharrymethenry.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Ag History: Ford N Series Tractors And The Handshake That Changed Farming Forever")
Ag History: Ford N Series Tractors And The Handshake That Changed Farming Forever
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 107 Comments(first posted 2/21/2015) Two men, both of Irish descent, both christened Henry at birth and both raised by a mother named Mary. Each fathered a single child. Raised in rural, […] -
![As long as I have had my truck this radius bushing has always been as pictured. Heard many a story on replacing them from easy to somewhat difficult but after […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/a-radius.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Tech: 1965 F100 Front Suspension Rebuild")
CC Tech: 1965 F100 Front Suspension Rebuild
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 22 CommentsAs long as I have had my truck this radius bushing has always been as pictured. Heard many a story on replacing them from easy to somewhat difficult but after […] -
![The time was late September, 1990. I was an indoor vendor at one of the country’s largest collector car flea markets, located in Carlisle, PA. I had been vending at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Corvette-1963-ad-crop-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Story: A Different Split Window")
Curbside Story: A Different Split Window
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 12 CommentsThe time was late September, 1990. I was an indoor vendor at one of the country’s largest collector car flea markets, located in Carlisle, PA. I had been vending at […] -
![Ford’s F-series trucks got their literal start for the 1948 model year with the F-1 being the standard bearer of the line-up and then the F-2, 3, 4, and all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5548.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1948-1950 Ford F-2 Pickup")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1948-1950 Ford F-2 Pickup
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 13 CommentsFord’s F-series trucks got their literal start for the 1948 model year with the F-1 being the standard bearer of the line-up and then the F-2, 3, 4, and all […] -
![I mentioned Gomer Pyle in yesterday’s COAL, so now habbout I pour us some good, stiff shots of Televisionland to wash that fetid Town Car taste out from our mouths, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gomer_Pyle-Hitcar.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC TV Two-Fer: Gomer, Wally, Eddie, and Many Mopars")
CC TV Two-Fer: Gomer, Wally, Eddie, and Many Mopars
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 78 CommentsI mentioned Gomer Pyle in yesterday’s COAL, so now habbout I pour us some good, stiff shots of Televisionland to wash that fetid Town Car taste out from our mouths, […] -
![From the prologue of Duke Ellington’s wonderful and whimsical sort of memoir, “Music is my Mistress.” “The first thing I did was to run out into the front yard, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/guinness-greatest-the-keeper-of-world-records-once-rate-joe-girard-as-picture-id502340591.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Brief Respite From the COAL Mine: Some of the People Behind the Cars")
A Brief Respite From the COAL Mine: Some of the People Behind the Cars
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 14 CommentsFrom the prologue of Duke Ellington’s wonderful and whimsical sort of memoir, “Music is my Mistress.” “The first thing I did was to run out into the front yard, and […] -
![(first posted 2/20/2015) There it was, gleaming in the sun, the magnificent the queen bee of the Mopar fleet. Seeing a brand new Diplomat on the dealer’s lot was a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/a-mit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Dodge Diplomat – Darting Around The Aspens")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Dodge Diplomat – Darting Around The Aspens
Posted on February 20, 2021 | 86 Comments(first posted 2/20/2015) There it was, gleaming in the sun, the magnificent the queen bee of the Mopar fleet. Seeing a brand new Diplomat on the dealer’s lot was a […] -
![The seventies had a number of creative and innovative design trends in addition to Brougham half-vinyl tops and stand up grilles. One of the more colorful ones was the lavish […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/a-gl.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1978 Jeep Gladiator 10-4 – How Many Are Left?")
CC Outtake: 1978 Jeep Gladiator 10-4 – How Many Are Left?
Posted on February 20, 2021 | 20 CommentsThe seventies had a number of creative and innovative design trends in addition to Brougham half-vinyl tops and stand up grilles. One of the more colorful ones was the lavish […] -
![(First published in 2007)[The previous chapter] My first glimpse of America: looking down on a freeway at night, with glow-worm toy cars. It was just like the picture of GM’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Corvette-1957-white-small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: High Speed Assimilation")
Auto-Biography: High Speed Assimilation
Posted on February 20, 2021 | 19 Comments(First published in 2007)[The previous chapter] My first glimpse of America: looking down on a freeway at night, with glow-worm toy cars. It was just like the picture of GM’s […] -
Vintage Photos: Hong Kong 1970
Posted on February 20, 2021 | 34 CommentsDon Kincl uploaded some vintage photos to the Cohort that a relative took in Hong Kong in 1970. -
![I’ll never forget the day I first saw these. About 35 years ago, I was at one of those “whole house” garage sales (the kind where the owner has died […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/6a00d83542d51e69e20148c6c3a1d6970c-800wi1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Grotesque Vehicles of Popular Science, 1930-1940")
The Grotesque Vehicles of Popular Science, 1930-1940
Posted on February 20, 2021 | 36 CommentsI’ll never forget the day I first saw these. About 35 years ago, I was at one of those “whole house” garage sales (the kind where the owner has died […]
