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![Big diesel machinery, I can’t get enough of it. But you already knew that, of course. I walked by a construction site the other day, where the NederFund company was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_8703.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Lebotec Concrete Screw Piling Equipment – And The Scania Delivery Service")
CC Global: Lebotec Concrete Screw Piling Equipment – And The Scania Delivery Service
Posted on May 8, 2020 | 8 CommentsBig diesel machinery, I can’t get enough of it. But you already knew that, of course. I walked by a construction site the other day, where the NederFund company was […] -
![(first posted 6/6/2014, amended 8 May 2020) Today is the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, known as VE Day in the UK. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Traction-Avant_2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtakes: Remembering The Liberation Of Europe, June 1944, and VE Day, 8 May 1945")
Car Show Outtakes: Remembering The Liberation Of Europe, June 1944, and VE Day, 8 May 1945
Posted on May 8, 2020 | 26 Comments(first posted 6/6/2014, amended 8 May 2020) Today is the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, known as VE Day in the UK. […] -
On The Go Outtake: Civic Chasing a Rabbit
Posted on May 8, 2020 | 15 CommentsIf street life were imitating history, the Civic would have beaten the Rabbit and be far out ahead. But it didn’t, in this case. -
![Dean Edwards has been serving up a Cadillac feast on the pages of the CC Cohort. I took a peek and was stopped in my tracks with these pictures of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/49831636182_1a466efa7b_k-Reduced.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pick Of The Day: 1963 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special – A Lump Of COAL")
Cohort Pick Of The Day: 1963 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special – A Lump Of COAL
Posted on May 8, 2020 | 45 CommentsDean Edwards has been serving up a Cadillac feast on the pages of the CC Cohort. I took a peek and was stopped in my tracks with these pictures of […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1978 Toyota Celica GT Liftback
Posted on May 7, 2020 | 19 CommentsFrom the Cohort by William Oliver -
![(first posted 5/25/2014) Popularity is a strange thing. For those who have it, all the attention and adoration seems to come naturally. For those who don’t, attempts to emulate the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Polara1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1967 Dodge Polara – Substance Over Style")
Cohort Classic: 1967 Dodge Polara – Substance Over Style
Posted on May 7, 2020 | 44 Comments(first posted 5/25/2014) Popularity is a strange thing. For those who have it, all the attention and adoration seems to come naturally. For those who don’t, attempts to emulate the […] -
![Unlike out West, where extra long rigs were common or even longer ones could be specially licensed, like that 105′ long 18 unit car carrier a little while back, in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/4508968024_ab49c80b0a_h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Carrier: A Double Load of Studebaker Larks – Pioneering Compacts and Double Trailers")
Vintage Car Carrier: A Double Load of Studebaker Larks – Pioneering Compacts and Double Trailers
Posted on May 7, 2020 | 25 CommentsUnlike out West, where extra long rigs were common or even longer ones could be specially licensed, like that 105′ long 18 unit car carrier a little while back, in […] -
![In my last published COAL post over 2 years ago (here), I made a brief introduction to the newest member of our fleet; a 2016 Ram 1500 with the 3.0L […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/RamPalmSprings-3-XL.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2016 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel – The Bitter Taste of Limone")
COAL: 2016 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel – The Bitter Taste of Limone
Posted on May 7, 2020 | 60 CommentsIn my last published COAL post over 2 years ago (here), I made a brief introduction to the newest member of our fleet; a 2016 Ram 1500 with the 3.0L […] -
![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/2020/05/1998-Audi-A6-Quattro.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Classic CARmentary: 1998 Audi A6 Quattro Sedan")
Classic CARmentary: 1998 Audi A6 Quattro Sedan
Posted on May 7, 2020 | 8 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 […] -
![Thank you Dean Edwards for jogging my memory of a car that had slipped into the dusty back shelves of my internal library. The 1969 Pontiac Farago CF 428 was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Farago-sea.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1969 Pontiac Farago CF 428 – John DeLorean Asks For An Exciting Car And Gets One")
Cohort Classic: 1969 Pontiac Farago CF 428 – John DeLorean Asks For An Exciting Car And Gets One
Posted on May 7, 2020 | 54 CommentsThank you Dean Edwards for jogging my memory of a car that had slipped into the dusty back shelves of my internal library. The 1969 Pontiac Farago CF 428 was […] -
![Owning a certified Curbside Classic comes with its own set of risks and rewards. There’s nothing like hearing a neighbor utter “That thing’s a time capsule!” to his partner in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/vlcsnap-2020-04-16-11h45m08s812.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: How Much Would You Pay For An Exact Replica Of Your Car?")
QOTD: How Much Would You Pay For An Exact Replica Of Your Car?
Posted on May 6, 2020 | 50 CommentsOwning a certified Curbside Classic comes with its own set of risks and rewards. There’s nothing like hearing a neighbor utter “That thing’s a time capsule!” to his partner in […] -
![After our recent sojourn in Utah, ccognoscento jim has shared some of his own somewhere finds. This time that somewhere is the older outer suburbs of Melbourne, now sitting within […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/yard1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Somewhere in Victoria")
CC Capsule: Somewhere in Victoria
Posted on May 6, 2020 | 29 CommentsAfter our recent sojourn in Utah, ccognoscento jim has shared some of his own somewhere finds. This time that somewhere is the older outer suburbs of Melbourne, now sitting within […] -
![A brief dive into sales figures for compact SUVs (or CUVs, depending upon your viewpoint) are an intriguing endeavor. Few would likely be surprised Toyota’s RAV4 is the king of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_0962.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future CC Drive Report: 2018 Chevrolet Equinox – The Result Of Vern And Autumn Going To Work For General Motors")
Future CC Drive Report: 2018 Chevrolet Equinox – The Result Of Vern And Autumn Going To Work For General Motors
Posted on May 6, 2020 | 46 CommentsA brief dive into sales figures for compact SUVs (or CUVs, depending upon your viewpoint) are an intriguing endeavor. Few would likely be surprised Toyota’s RAV4 is the king of […] -
![Imagine, if you will, you’re in your 2004 Toyota Matrix heading back home from getting a pack of smokes or whatever at the Gas’N’Sip and as you run the red […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_9924.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Outtake: When You Just Can’t Find That Roll Of Duct Tape…")
Junkyard Outtake: When You Just Can’t Find That Roll Of Duct Tape…
Posted on May 6, 2020 | 16 CommentsImagine, if you will, you’re in your 2004 Toyota Matrix heading back home from getting a pack of smokes or whatever at the Gas’N’Sip and as you run the red […] -
![Chevrolet utterly dominated pickup and light truck sales for decades, probably ever since the 1920s, along with GMC trucks, which tried not to compete with its sister division in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CC-351-034-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Chevrolet C10 Pickup – GM’s Deadly Sin #33 – Where’s the Damn Extended Cab?")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Chevrolet C10 Pickup – GM’s Deadly Sin #33 – Where’s the Damn Extended Cab?
Posted on May 6, 2020 | 82 CommentsChevrolet utterly dominated pickup and light truck sales for decades, probably ever since the 1920s, along with GMC trucks, which tried not to compete with its sister division in the […]
