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![When I began working for my current employer almost ten years ago (that milestone will occur in April), I was assigned to a cubicle next to a colleague with whom […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_7901-1981-DeLorean-DMC-12-crop-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 – Living The Dream")
Curbside Capsule: 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 – Living The Dream
Posted on January 12, 2021 | 17 CommentsWhen I began working for my current employer almost ten years ago (that milestone will occur in April), I was assigned to a cubicle next to a colleague with whom […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: The Half-Timbered Estate
Posted on January 12, 2021 | 12 Commentsposted by William Rubano -
![Possibly one of a person’s more telling character traits is their willingness to be challenged. Some enjoy it; some need prodding; some need neither. An unwillingness to be challenged, in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_0176.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Camaro – Rising To The Challenge")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Camaro – Rising To The Challenge
Posted on January 12, 2021 | 26 CommentsPossibly one of a person’s more telling character traits is their willingness to be challenged. Some enjoy it; some need prodding; some need neither. An unwillingness to be challenged, in […] -
![(first posted 4/3/2011) I’d been admiring this Plymouth’s blocky solidity for ten years, whenever its owner and I happen to work out at the Y simultaneously. I can count on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CC-14-030.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook – Automotive Immortality")
Curbside Classic: 1951 Plymouth Cranbrook – Automotive Immortality
Posted on January 11, 2021 | 81 Comments(first posted 4/3/2011) I’d been admiring this Plymouth’s blocky solidity for ten years, whenever its owner and I happen to work out at the Y simultaneously. I can count on […] -
On The Go Outtake: Reinforcing Stereotypes, Once Again
Posted on January 11, 2021 | 22 Comments -
![shot and posted by by William Rubano I’ve been wondering when we’d see this; it was just a matter of time. But then it probbaly isn’t the first either. And […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50808970112_5ff641945c_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #2: Slammed Honda Odyssey – It Was Just A Matter Of Time, But Where’s The Fart Can?")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day #2: Slammed Honda Odyssey – It Was Just A Matter Of Time, But Where’s The Fart Can?
Posted on January 11, 2021 | 21 Commentsshot and posted by by William Rubano I’ve been wondering when we’d see this; it was just a matter of time. But then it probbaly isn’t the first either. And […] -
![If someone with no prior knowledge of General Motors were dropped into their Warren Tech Center somewhere between 1960 and 1964, in the manner of Hertz dropping a guy into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-v6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Advertising Classics: The GMC 60 Degree V6 – An Almost Forgotten Entry From GM’s Most Creative Period")
Advertising Classics: The GMC 60 Degree V6 – An Almost Forgotten Entry From GM’s Most Creative Period
Posted on January 11, 2021 | 56 CommentsIf someone with no prior knowledge of General Motors were dropped into their Warren Tech Center somewhere between 1960 and 1964, in the manner of Hertz dropping a guy into […] -
![Fuselages catch my eye anyway, but this one titled “Dodge Phoenix” threw me for a minute, or two. Another Canadian Plodge? Then I saw it was posted by Peter Wilding, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50822758402_66825debb1_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1971 Dodge Phoenix DG – Plymouth Fury, Australian Style")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1971 Dodge Phoenix DG – Plymouth Fury, Australian Style
Posted on January 11, 2021 | 8 CommentsFuselages catch my eye anyway, but this one titled “Dodge Phoenix” threw me for a minute, or two. Another Canadian Plodge? Then I saw it was posted by Peter Wilding, […] -
![I’m not sure this really still exists, but there used to be a time when a car could be typically French – or indeed, typically British, American or Japanese. It’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_20201227_103408-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Simca 1501 – The Least Gallic Of All Sixties French Cars")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Simca 1501 – The Least Gallic Of All Sixties French Cars
Posted on January 11, 2021 | 22 CommentsI’m not sure this really still exists, but there used to be a time when a car could be typically French – or indeed, typically British, American or Japanese. It’s […] -
![(first posted 9/2/2011) This is the second installment of an occasional series called How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan? What do you do when you are the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1995FordAerostar09-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Ford Aerostar – How Hard Can It Be to Make a Minivan? (Part 2)")
Curbside Classic: 1995 Ford Aerostar – How Hard Can It Be to Make a Minivan? (Part 2)
Posted on January 10, 2021 | 131 Comments(first posted 9/2/2011) This is the second installment of an occasional series called How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan? What do you do when you are the […] -
![The junkyard is akin to a candy store, mounds and mounds of delicious treats and morsels to look at and perhaps inspect closer before deciding on something to sample (and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5401-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva SL – The Cinnamon Lollipop")
Curbside Recycling: 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva SL – The Cinnamon Lollipop
Posted on January 10, 2021 | 25 CommentsThe junkyard is akin to a candy store, mounds and mounds of delicious treats and morsels to look at and perhaps inspect closer before deciding on something to sample (and […] -
![Nathan Williams posted this shot of a BMW 3.0Si wagon he found at a wrecking yard/storage lot in Swansea, assuming it was homemade. It’s easy to see why anyone would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/50815578491_4c9de2c2e9_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1974 BMW 3.0Si (E3) Station Wagon – It Only Looks Homemade")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1974 BMW 3.0Si (E3) Station Wagon – It Only Looks Homemade
Posted on January 10, 2021 | 38 CommentsNathan Williams posted this shot of a BMW 3.0Si wagon he found at a wrecking yard/storage lot in Swansea, assuming it was homemade. It’s easy to see why anyone would […] -
![I needed to smell life again. Not the stale stench of grease, cigarettes and weak coffee at the Hamburg Inn, the musty-sour smell of my rumpled sheets, the rotting vegetables […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/a-snow-horz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: A Two-Month $125 Hitchhiking Tour of the West in 1972 – An Epic Adventure And A Preview Of Coming Attractions")
Auto-Biography: A Two-Month $125 Hitchhiking Tour of the West in 1972 – An Epic Adventure And A Preview Of Coming Attractions
Posted on January 10, 2021 | 47 CommentsI needed to smell life again. Not the stale stench of grease, cigarettes and weak coffee at the Hamburg Inn, the musty-sour smell of my rumpled sheets, the rotting vegetables […] -
![It’s my last COAL and the car I’m driving these days. Thank you all for sticking with me. In 2017 we decided to sell my wife’s aging 2001 Jetta. Since […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/accord3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2013 Honda Accord EX-L – The Appliance")
COAL: 2013 Honda Accord EX-L – The Appliance
Posted on January 10, 2021 | 37 CommentsIt’s my last COAL and the car I’m driving these days. Thank you all for sticking with me. In 2017 we decided to sell my wife’s aging 2001 Jetta. Since […] -
![(first posted 1/9/2015) October 5, 1960 Dear Harald, I’m sorry I haven’t written to you sooner. Our trip to America was very exciting, on one of the new DC-8 jets. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CC-220-011-1200-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevrolet El Camino – I Have Seen Many Strange And Amazing Things In America")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevrolet El Camino – I Have Seen Many Strange And Amazing Things In America
Posted on January 9, 2021 | 79 Comments(first posted 1/9/2015) October 5, 1960 Dear Harald, I’m sorry I haven’t written to you sooner. Our trip to America was very exciting, on one of the new DC-8 jets. […]
