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![(first posted 9/1/2014) I’ve been to exactly three car shows since I got a cameraphone two years ago. All at the same place; beautiful Como Park nestled in a crook […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Fiat124c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: Indigestion Part 1 – The Fiats of Como Park")
Car Show Classics: Indigestion Part 1 – The Fiats of Como Park
Posted on September 4, 2020 | 81 Comments(first posted 9/1/2014) I’ve been to exactly three car shows since I got a cameraphone two years ago. All at the same place; beautiful Como Park nestled in a crook […] -
On the Go Outtake: Nissan 200SX (S-12) – It’s Been a While
Posted on September 4, 2020 | 10 CommentsI haven’t seen one of these in way too long. Refreshing for the eyes. But they’re going fast… Perry Shoar did a nice write up on them here. -
Car Carrier of the Day: GM X Bodies and One A Body Hauled By Another Chevy Titan
Posted on September 4, 2020 | 10 Comments -
![Tim Finn has found another gem from his hometown of Portlandia, whose motto is “Keep It Weird”. This time, it’s Rev. Bill’s Vacation Bible Camp-mobile, and based on a 1972 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/50298646441_7e8fd1d49d_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Rev. Bill’s Vacation Bible Camp Clamshell Wagon – “Remember Kids, Hell Is Hot!”")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Rev. Bill’s Vacation Bible Camp Clamshell Wagon – “Remember Kids, Hell Is Hot!”
Posted on September 4, 2020 | 21 CommentsTim Finn has found another gem from his hometown of Portlandia, whose motto is “Keep It Weird”. This time, it’s Rev. Bill’s Vacation Bible Camp-mobile, and based on a 1972 […] -
![By now, many of you are undoubtedly familiar with the automotive eccentricities of my dear departed father. Of course, that’s just the automotive ones; as Stephanie will attest, his many […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CC-415-028-f.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Dodge Dart GT – A Genuine GT For My Father")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Dodge Dart GT – A Genuine GT For My Father
Posted on September 4, 2020 | 65 CommentsBy now, many of you are undoubtedly familiar with the automotive eccentricities of my dear departed father. Of course, that’s just the automotive ones; as Stephanie will attest, his many […] -
![(first posted 6/6/2011) Mechanical perfection. Design excellence. The two have never combined so fortuitously and timelessly as in the Ford Model A. Why? Because Henry Ford, who demanded mechanical perfection, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CC-136-044.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1929 Ford Model A – The Best Ford Ever – Maybe Even The Best Car Ever")
Curbside Classic: 1929 Ford Model A – The Best Ford Ever – Maybe Even The Best Car Ever
Posted on September 3, 2020 | 93 Comments(first posted 6/6/2011) Mechanical perfection. Design excellence. The two have never combined so fortuitously and timelessly as in the Ford Model A. Why? Because Henry Ford, who demanded mechanical perfection, […] -
![Automakers around the globe are planning to embark on substantial electrification programs. As a result, a number of partnerships, alliances, tie-ups, and agreements have taken place recently between companies that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20180402_124752-tile.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: General Motors, Honda Announce North American Alliance")
Curbside Newsstand: General Motors, Honda Announce North American Alliance
Posted on September 3, 2020 | 26 CommentsAutomakers around the globe are planning to embark on substantial electrification programs. As a result, a number of partnerships, alliances, tie-ups, and agreements have taken place recently between companies that […] -
Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: Beaver River Erosion Control
Posted on September 3, 2020 | 6 CommentsBy Don Kincl -
![What are the odds? I happened to see this very same old London bus being towed in January of 2017. It looked like it hadn’t run in a long time. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CC-422-019.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Pumpside Classic: Old London Double Decker Bus Is Back On the Road – Can You ID The Exact Model?")
Pumpside Classic: Old London Double Decker Bus Is Back On the Road – Can You ID The Exact Model?
Posted on September 3, 2020 | 16 CommentsWhat are the odds? I happened to see this very same old London bus being towed in January of 2017. It looked like it hadn’t run in a long time. […] -
![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/2020/08/1999-Infiniti-Q45.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Classic CARmentary: 1999 Infiniti Q45")
Classic CARmentary: 1999 Infiniti Q45
Posted on September 3, 2020 | 12 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 […] -
![Overland transport from Northwestern Europe to far destinations like Iran (Persia), Pakistan and Afghanistan. Being away from home for three months, while driving around 20,000 km in harsh conditions (harsh […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/fiat-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Video: Middle East Trucking In The Seventies – Big Fiats On a Dusty Roll")
CC Video: Middle East Trucking In The Seventies – Big Fiats On a Dusty Roll
Posted on September 3, 2020 | 20 CommentsOverland transport from Northwestern Europe to far destinations like Iran (Persia), Pakistan and Afghanistan. Being away from home for three months, while driving around 20,000 km in harsh conditions (harsh […] -
![Lest one think all American branded four door sedans of the 1970s were so ornamented as to have a tackiness quotient comparable to a high quality rubber cement, let us […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_1267.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1974 Ford Torino – Life Ain’t Always Gran")
Curbside Recycling: 1974 Ford Torino – Life Ain’t Always Gran
Posted on September 3, 2020 | 37 CommentsLest one think all American branded four door sedans of the 1970s were so ornamented as to have a tackiness quotient comparable to a high quality rubber cement, let us […] -
![(first posted 9/1/2014) Today, Lincoln automobiles are vastly different from the ones of my youth. For most of my childhood and early adulthood, there were three Lincoln models: The Continental, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/5-06-2014-018-1024x682-e1405466897311.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Lincoln Mark VII – Aero Luxury")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Lincoln Mark VII – Aero Luxury
Posted on September 2, 2020 | 91 Comments(first posted 9/1/2014) Today, Lincoln automobiles are vastly different from the ones of my youth. For most of my childhood and early adulthood, there were three Lincoln models: The Continental, […] -
Car Carrier of the Day: Chevy Titan Hauling Chevy Police Cars
Posted on September 2, 2020 | 17 Comments -
![Two weeks ago, CC’s Joseph Dennis wrote about a Mercedes-Benz 380SL in a piece titled The Art of Aging Gracefully. Joe’s featured SL was battered, but still exuded the classiness […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Mercedes-450SL-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In Motion Capsule: Mercedes-Benz 450SL – The Art Of Aging Gracefully, Part 2")
In Motion Capsule: Mercedes-Benz 450SL – The Art Of Aging Gracefully, Part 2
Posted on September 2, 2020 | 12 CommentsTwo weeks ago, CC’s Joseph Dennis wrote about a Mercedes-Benz 380SL in a piece titled The Art of Aging Gracefully. Joe’s featured SL was battered, but still exuded the classiness […]
