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![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 […] -
![Last week while I was out for a ride in my ’74 Firebird, I noticed a clunk beneath my feet in the driver’s floorboard. My first thought was that the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/111_0400a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Was Your Easiest Or Strangest Repair Job?")
QOTD: What Was Your Easiest Or Strangest Repair Job?
Posted on September 2, 2020 | 60 CommentsLast week while I was out for a ride in my ’74 Firebird, I noticed a clunk beneath my feet in the driver’s floorboard. My first thought was that the […] -
Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: Stacked Cars at Desert Valley Auto Parts
Posted on September 2, 2020 | 17 Commentsby Don Kincl -
![The 1977 Datsun King Cab pickup revolutionized the small truck market in the US, and pointed out a new direction for truck makers that still exists today. As archaeologists of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kc7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #16: 1978 Datsun King Cab – King of Space Mountain in the Small Truck Sandbox")
COAL #16: 1978 Datsun King Cab – King of Space Mountain in the Small Truck Sandbox
Posted on September 2, 2020 | 49 CommentsThe 1977 Datsun King Cab pickup revolutionized the small truck market in the US, and pointed out a new direction for truck makers that still exists today. As archaeologists of […] -
Car Carrier of the Day: Dead Brand Cars Hauled by Dead Brand Truck
Posted on September 1, 2020 | 20 CommentsThat’s a REO hauling “bathtub” Nashes. -
![(first posted 8/31/2014) Only one picture exists of this find by canadiancatgreen, but luckily it’s of its more visually interesting posterior aspect, showing off both its roll-down opera window […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/14462499676_200215017f_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: Mazda AP Cosmo – Rotary Relic")
Cohort Classic: Mazda AP Cosmo – Rotary Relic
Posted on September 1, 2020 | 36 Comments(first posted 8/31/2014) Only one picture exists of this find by canadiancatgreen, but luckily it’s of its more visually interesting posterior aspect, showing off both its roll-down opera window […] -
![As we’ve noted here a number of times, American cars were particularly more common in The Netherlands (and Switzerland) than in other European countries. Here’s a shot of three diverse […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Volks1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: VW’s and American Cars in Holland, 1950s")
Vintage Snapshots: VW’s and American Cars in Holland, 1950s
Posted on September 1, 2020 | 5 CommentsAs we’ve noted here a number of times, American cars were particularly more common in The Netherlands (and Switzerland) than in other European countries. Here’s a shot of three diverse […]
