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![If I’ve learned anything in my sixty-plus trips around the sun, it’s that the only constant in life is change. And as I moved on from the early 80s into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/listing_photo_131474586213459731.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "COAL: Cars and Life In Transition")
COAL: Cars and Life In Transition
Posted on March 21, 2021 | 11 CommentsIf I’ve learned anything in my sixty-plus trips around the sun, it’s that the only constant in life is change. And as I moved on from the early 80s into […] -
![(first posted 10/1/2011) Once upon a long time ago, when men didn’t spend all their spare time on the web, facebook, yoga classes or sharing household chores, they had the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-rv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Museumside Classic: The Homebuilt FWD RV – An Old Spartan Trailer Mated With A Chevy Tilt Cab And Toronado Drive Train")
Museumside Classic: The Homebuilt FWD RV – An Old Spartan Trailer Mated With A Chevy Tilt Cab And Toronado Drive Train
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 73 Comments(first posted 10/1/2011) Once upon a long time ago, when men didn’t spend all their spare time on the web, facebook, yoga classes or sharing household chores, they had the […] -
![(first posted 3/20/2015) The Austin-Healey 3000, produced from 1952 to 1968, has gone down in history as one of the seminal British roadsters. It has a reputation and image as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1960Austin-Healey_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Austin-Healey 3000 – The Most Classic British Roadster?")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Austin-Healey 3000 – The Most Classic British Roadster?
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 39 Comments(first posted 3/20/2015) The Austin-Healey 3000, produced from 1952 to 1968, has gone down in history as one of the seminal British roadsters. It has a reputation and image as […] -
Curbside Outtake: Two Caravans
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 4 CommentsSadly one is not hitched to the other. -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: A Contrasting Couple of Coupes
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 16 Commentsby Don Kincl -
![(first published in 2007) The University of Iowa’s reputation for intellectual excellence lured my family away from Innsbruck (it sure as hell wasn’t the skiing). Despite the fact that my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-UI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Autology – Advanced Studies In Automotive Obsession")
Auto-Biography: Autology – Advanced Studies In Automotive Obsession
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 55 Comments(first published in 2007) The University of Iowa’s reputation for intellectual excellence lured my family away from Innsbruck (it sure as hell wasn’t the skiing). Despite the fact that my […] -
![The strictly two/three passenger coupe/business coupe style petered out in the late forties and early fifties, depending on the brand. It was no longer was worth the investment in body […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50410557492_501331f2f7_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage PR Photos: 1956 Chevrolet 150 Utility Sedan – And A Brief History Of Chevrolet Business Coupes/Utility Sedans – Who Needs A Back Seat Anyway?")
Vintage PR Photos: 1956 Chevrolet 150 Utility Sedan – And A Brief History Of Chevrolet Business Coupes/Utility Sedans – Who Needs A Back Seat Anyway?
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 49 CommentsThe strictly two/three passenger coupe/business coupe style petered out in the late forties and early fifties, depending on the brand. It was no longer was worth the investment in body […] -
COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part I – A Start
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 66 CommentsIn the middle of November 1990 two things happened almost simultaneously: -
![(first posted 10/13/2011) Vintage parking lots are always a worthwhile place to hang out, so I spent breakfast looking for some vintage shots to share with you. This one is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-park.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: A Concours Of Vintage Parking Lots")
Vintage Photos: A Concours Of Vintage Parking Lots
Posted on March 19, 2021 | 127 Comments(first posted 10/13/2011) Vintage parking lots are always a worthwhile place to hang out, so I spent breakfast looking for some vintage shots to share with you. This one is […] -
![I started looking on Craigslist for a Schwinn Super Sport as I was working on the other two bikes. Located one 60 miles north but was unable to get there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-bl.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "BOAL: 1973 Schwinn Sports Tourer")
BOAL: 1973 Schwinn Sports Tourer
Posted on March 19, 2021 | 35 CommentsI started looking on Craigslist for a Schwinn Super Sport as I was working on the other two bikes. Located one 60 miles north but was unable to get there […] -
![Seems as if someone likes his ‘90s Toyota coupés to be on the scarlet side of the spectrum. The thing is, they’re both built by the same carmaker, both in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210304_093258-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Twofer: 1992 Toyota MR2 (W20) G-Limited & 1996 Toyota Corolla Levin (AE110) BZ-G – Well-Red Or Just Overripe?")
CC Twofer: 1992 Toyota MR2 (W20) G-Limited & 1996 Toyota Corolla Levin (AE110) BZ-G – Well-Red Or Just Overripe?
Posted on March 19, 2021 | 9 CommentsSeems as if someone likes his ‘90s Toyota coupés to be on the scarlet side of the spectrum. The thing is, they’re both built by the same carmaker, both in […] -
![Here’s a genuine Curbside Classic for you. This car has probably not moved from its place since the early 1980s, maybe earlier. Think of that–every day for 40 years, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/00J0J_6xXFIWqjCkFz_0lM0t2_1200x9001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1946 Chevrolet Fleetmaster Coupe – Sitting Since ?????")
CC For Sale: 1946 Chevrolet Fleetmaster Coupe – Sitting Since ?????
Posted on March 19, 2021 | 21 CommentsHere’s a genuine Curbside Classic for you. This car has probably not moved from its place since the early 1980s, maybe earlier. Think of that–every day for 40 years, the […] -
![Those big finned Buick drum brakes with little airscoops on the backing plates on the ’32 Coupe here yesterday are a testament that Buick was noted for its cultivation of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50421341771_04cd8d94c4_k-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage PR Photo: 1954 Buick Wildcat – With Stationary Front Wheel Air Intake Scoops For The Brakes")
Vintage PR Photo: 1954 Buick Wildcat – With Stationary Front Wheel Air Intake Scoops For The Brakes
Posted on March 19, 2021 | 31 CommentsThose big finned Buick drum brakes with little airscoops on the backing plates on the ’32 Coupe here yesterday are a testament that Buick was noted for its cultivation of […] -
![I’d gotten wind that goddesses had arrived in Eugene. There was a comment left here, and then Stephanie caught a glimpse of them. I assumed maybe two at most; I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_5666.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: Citroën DS’s and ID Breaks – Four Goddesses Descend On Eugene")
Curbside Classics: Citroën DS’s and ID Breaks – Four Goddesses Descend On Eugene
Posted on March 19, 2021 | 51 CommentsI’d gotten wind that goddesses had arrived in Eugene. There was a comment left here, and then Stephanie caught a glimpse of them. I assumed maybe two at most; I […] -
![This caught my attention on the local news yesterday: a pickup towing a trailer wiped out or crashed on I-84 right over the Malad Gorge in Western Idaho. That left […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Bridge-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: Trailer Safety Chains Keep Truck From Plunging Off Bridge Into Deep Gorge")
Curbside Newsstand: Trailer Safety Chains Keep Truck From Plunging Off Bridge Into Deep Gorge
Posted on March 18, 2021 | 56 CommentsThis caught my attention on the local news yesterday: a pickup towing a trailer wiped out or crashed on I-84 right over the Malad Gorge in Western Idaho. That left […]
