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Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1958 Cadillac Sixty Special in Prestwick Gray at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House
Posted on September 24, 2020 | 30 Commentsposted by Stephen Pellegrino (Poindexter). It’s a promotional shot for last year’s EyesOn Design fundraiser. -
![I’m old enough to remember the hubbub back when Mercedes introduced their “Baby-Benz”, the 190E (W201) in 1982, and the doubters that weren’t sure if it could be a “real” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_5270-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Review: 2020 Mercedes-Benz A220 4MATIC Sedan – Where There’s A Will, There’s An “A”")
Curbside Review: 2020 Mercedes-Benz A220 4MATIC Sedan – Where There’s A Will, There’s An “A”
Posted on September 24, 2020 | 77 CommentsI’m old enough to remember the hubbub back when Mercedes introduced their “Baby-Benz”, the 190E (W201) in 1982, and the doubters that weren’t sure if it could be a “real” […] -
![(first posted 9/23/2014) The Studebaker is the most Christ-like of all personal coupes. I’m not too sure that the end of production at South Bend fell on a Friday, or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a-avanti.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Studebaker Avanti – Fall Forward Onto The Sword, Rise Like The Phoenix")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Studebaker Avanti – Fall Forward Onto The Sword, Rise Like The Phoenix
Posted on September 23, 2020 | 61 Comments(first posted 9/23/2014) The Studebaker is the most Christ-like of all personal coupes. I’m not too sure that the end of production at South Bend fell on a Friday, or […] -
Vintage Truck of the Day: “Long-Nose” Chevrolet 90 Series
Posted on September 23, 2020 | 8 CommentsThe “long-nose” or “Western Conventional” GMC and Chevrolet heavy duty (and upper-medium) trucks arrived in 1966 along with the more common short-nosed ones. -
![We’ve had a lot of Volvos in our current Saturday COAL series, but how about a vintage review of the newly fuel injected 1972 164E? Like so many cars of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/scans0006.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Review: 1972 Volvo 164E – Now Fuel Injected, Depending On Where You Live")
Vintage R&T Review: 1972 Volvo 164E – Now Fuel Injected, Depending On Where You Live
Posted on September 23, 2020 | 10 CommentsWe’ve had a lot of Volvos in our current Saturday COAL series, but how about a vintage review of the newly fuel injected 1972 164E? Like so many cars of […] -
![It’s time to wrap up my recent obsession with GM’s ill-fated foray into IFS for big trucks. We covered the really big semi “crackerboxes” here, with their air-ride IFS, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CC-292-020-1200-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Chevrolet C80 Dump Truck With GM’s Deadly Sin Independent Front Suspension – Part 3 of GM’s IFS Saga")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Chevrolet C80 Dump Truck With GM’s Deadly Sin Independent Front Suspension – Part 3 of GM’s IFS Saga
Posted on September 23, 2020 | 45 CommentsIt’s time to wrap up my recent obsession with GM’s ill-fated foray into IFS for big trucks. We covered the really big semi “crackerboxes” here, with their air-ride IFS, and […] -
![When I’m on my way, I’m always on the lookout for heavy machinery scenery. Like this Volvo at work, owned by Klever Boor- en Perstechniek. The company -an experienced specialist […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_8932-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2012 Volvo FH Globetrotter – 510 Diesel Horses Working On a Floating Solar Project")
CC Global: 2012 Volvo FH Globetrotter – 510 Diesel Horses Working On a Floating Solar Project
Posted on September 23, 2020 | 17 CommentsWhen I’m on my way, I’m always on the lookout for heavy machinery scenery. Like this Volvo at work, owned by Klever Boor- en Perstechniek. The company -an experienced specialist […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Somebody Likes 1966 Barracudas
Posted on September 23, 2020 | 13 Commentsshot by Staxman -
![(first posted 9/22/2014) It is well documented that the last really new Studebaker was the 1953 model. The Starliner and Starlight Coupes got all of the glory, but the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a-stud.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Studebaker Sedan’s Last Decade of Styling – Magic with Leftovers")
Automotive History: The Studebaker Sedan’s Last Decade of Styling – Magic with Leftovers
Posted on September 22, 2020 | 131 Comments(first posted 9/22/2014) It is well documented that the last really new Studebaker was the 1953 model. The Starliner and Starlight Coupes got all of the glory, but the […] -
![My brother, who lives in West LA, noticed this car, which lives a couple of blocks away. He sent me this picture and asked, “What kind of car is this? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200909_215739.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Is This?")
QOTD: What Is This?
Posted on September 22, 2020 | 20 CommentsMy brother, who lives in West LA, noticed this car, which lives a couple of blocks away. He sent me this picture and asked, “What kind of car is this? […] -
Reader Outtake: One Of These Is Not Like The Others
Posted on September 22, 2020 | 13 Commentsshot in Norway by Vegard O Vegard reminded me that we’ve never done a proper CC on this generation Grand Marquis. Is that possible? Who’s going to take it on? -
![I’ve started scanning another box of the vintage R&T’s sent to me by CC reader Lee J., these going back further to 1972. I still have a loooong way to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/scans0001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Analysis (1972): Citroen GS – “‘Remarkable’ Would Be An Understatement”")
Vintage R&T Analysis (1972): Citroen GS – “‘Remarkable’ Would Be An Understatement”
Posted on September 22, 2020 | 34 CommentsI’ve started scanning another box of the vintage R&T’s sent to me by CC reader Lee J., these going back further to 1972. I still have a loooong way to […] -
![Another in a series of my reviews that appeared in the online version of African Americans On Wheels, a now defunct automotive magazine that was included as an insert in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/1999-Honda-CR-V-EX.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Classic CARmentary: 1999 Honda CR-V EX AWD")
Classic CARmentary: 1999 Honda CR-V EX AWD
Posted on September 22, 2020 | 18 CommentsAnother in a series of my reviews that appeared in the online version of African Americans On Wheels, a now defunct automotive magazine that was included as an insert in the […] -
![In case you’ve been asleep behind the wheel of your Autopilot-equipped Tesla, Cadillac plans to be a 100% EV brand. Smaller and rural Cadillac dealers are already shocked to find […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Electric-cadillac-image-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: Cadillac’s Transition To 100% EV’s May Be The End Of Some Dealers")
Curbside Newsstand: Cadillac’s Transition To 100% EV’s May Be The End Of Some Dealers
Posted on September 22, 2020 | 59 CommentsIn case you’ve been asleep behind the wheel of your Autopilot-equipped Tesla, Cadillac plans to be a 100% EV brand. Smaller and rural Cadillac dealers are already shocked to find […] -
![It took me until September, but I finally scheduled time off from work for the first time this entire year. One could say that I finally had an “Aha!” moment […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200910_123841-1969-Ford-Capri-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: 1971 Ford Capri – On Holiday In Capri")
Curbside Fiction: 1971 Ford Capri – On Holiday In Capri
Posted on September 22, 2020 | 25 CommentsIt took me until September, but I finally scheduled time off from work for the first time this entire year. One could say that I finally had an “Aha!” moment […]
