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![(our new COAL didn’t quite get ready to start for today, so if you’re desperate for something to read, I offer you this one first posted 9/27/2014.) The Second Annual […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CC-230-003-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1971 Mercury Marquis Brougham – I’m Off To The CC Meet-Up, And I’ve Found The Perfect Car For The Trip")
Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1971 Mercury Marquis Brougham – I’m Off To The CC Meet-Up, And I’ve Found The Perfect Car For The Trip
Posted on April 26, 2020 | 92 Comments(our new COAL didn’t quite get ready to start for today, so if you’re desperate for something to read, I offer you this one first posted 9/27/2014.) The Second Annual […] -
![(first posted 5/17/2014) A failure to display the requisite amount of respect cost Seinfeld’s famously neurotic Elaine to lose attention from the famed Soup Nazi. American consumers, whose finicky habits […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-04-14-11.18.43.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Isuzu Pickup – No Soup For You!")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Isuzu Pickup – No Soup For You!
Posted on April 25, 2020 | 40 Comments(first posted 5/17/2014) A failure to display the requisite amount of respect cost Seinfeld’s famously neurotic Elaine to lose attention from the famed Soup Nazi. American consumers, whose finicky habits […] -
QOTD: Do You Still Play Tapes in Your Curbside Classic?
Posted on April 25, 2020 | 80 CommentsHey Curbsiders of all ages – I have a question for you: Do you still play tapes in your car? -
![For all of you stuck at home, I made this short video of Muscle Car Day, shot last August at Portland Cars & Coffee. I don’t know about you, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CC-Video.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Video: Muscle Car Day at Portland Cars & Coffee")
CC Video: Muscle Car Day at Portland Cars & Coffee
Posted on April 25, 2020 | 16 CommentsFor all of you stuck at home, I made this short video of Muscle Car Day, shot last August at Portland Cars & Coffee. I don’t know about you, […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Chevrolet 4100
Posted on April 25, 2020 | 9 CommentsMy favorite truck, in a splendid shot by Simon White. I’m still trying to figure out the reflection in the window, but no matter. -
![A few posts back I wrote about some of the rolling wrecks I owned in the “deadly decade” of the 1980’s; the “flammable” 1981 Buick Skylark and the “napkin-munching” 1986 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/chrysler-lhs-1999-chrysler-lhs-white_7434808385-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1999 Chrysler LHS – A Car That Renewed My Faith in the US Auto Industry…Almost")
COAL: 1999 Chrysler LHS – A Car That Renewed My Faith in the US Auto Industry…Almost
Posted on April 25, 2020 | 27 CommentsA few posts back I wrote about some of the rolling wrecks I owned in the “deadly decade” of the 1980’s; the “flammable” 1981 Buick Skylark and the “napkin-munching” 1986 […] -
![By now it was 2015 and I was a sophomore at the University of Arkansas. I had just released the yellow peril 145 wagon from my hands, and let it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_9073.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: #10 1972 Volvo 1800ES – A Volvo Shooting Brake?")
COAL: #10 1972 Volvo 1800ES – A Volvo Shooting Brake?
Posted on April 25, 2020 | 14 CommentsBy now it was 2015 and I was a sophomore at the University of Arkansas. I had just released the yellow peril 145 wagon from my hands, and let it […] -
![So I guess this was Peak Car Carrier. Or were there any that topped this? Oh, and that’s a Dodge L-series tractor. Update: Shortly after I wrote this up, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/8151550313_57de7971a0_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Carrier: You Can’t Fit 13 of Today’s Cars – And How About 18?")
Vintage Car Carrier: You Can’t Fit 13 of Today’s Cars – And How About 18?
Posted on April 24, 2020 | 56 CommentsSo I guess this was Peak Car Carrier. Or were there any that topped this? Oh, and that’s a Dodge L-series tractor. Update: Shortly after I wrote this up, I […] -
![(first posted 5/16/2014) Here’s a rather rare find, a 1961 Falcon Sedan Delivery found near the harbor in Eureka, CA, basking in the evening light. Oddly, the last time […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CC-226-403-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon Sedan Delivery – Delivering Lots of Hipness")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon Sedan Delivery – Delivering Lots of Hipness
Posted on April 24, 2020 | 58 Comments(first posted 5/16/2014) Here’s a rather rare find, a 1961 Falcon Sedan Delivery found near the harbor in Eureka, CA, basking in the evening light. Oddly, the last time […] -
![This car has a brown velour interior. Checkerboard, between deep pile and shallow. And the driver’s side is still intact. It is a very clean example, except it’s covered in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rx7brown3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Driveway Outtake: Brown On Brown Under Brown RX-7")
Driveway Outtake: Brown On Brown Under Brown RX-7
Posted on April 24, 2020 | 13 CommentsThis car has a brown velour interior. Checkerboard, between deep pile and shallow. And the driver’s side is still intact. It is a very clean example, except it’s covered in […] -
Curtis Perry Outtake/QOTD: Why Would Someone Do This?
Posted on April 24, 2020 | 13 CommentsThis is almost the exact opposite as what I showed you yesterday. The question is why? To repair another damaged old Dodge van? -
![Pity the poor Toronado. It tried to be a groundbreaker in 1966, what with its front wheel drive and bold styling. Yeah, I was impressed as a twelve year old. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CC-409-024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1979 -1985(?) Oldsmobile Toronado – Can Someone Muster Some Enthusiasm, Please?")
Curbside Outtake: 1979 -1985(?) Oldsmobile Toronado – Can Someone Muster Some Enthusiasm, Please?
Posted on April 24, 2020 | 56 CommentsPity the poor Toronado. It tried to be a groundbreaker in 1966, what with its front wheel drive and bold styling. Yeah, I was impressed as a twelve year old. […] -
![Have you ever felt, when re-experiencing something you thought you knew, that it was somehow nowhere near as good as you remembered it? Could be anything – a work of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_20200318_103609-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL (W113) – A Fish In The Percolator")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL (W113) – A Fish In The Percolator
Posted on April 24, 2020 | 31 CommentsHave you ever felt, when re-experiencing something you thought you knew, that it was somehow nowhere near as good as you remembered it? Could be anything – a work of […] -
![(first posted 5/16/2014) In my piece on the W201 190-series, I attempted to give an honest account of that car’s shortcomings to balance the praise I heaped upon it. In […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-05-12.19.20.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Mercedes W202 C-Class – What Are You Good For?")
Curbside Classic: Mercedes W202 C-Class – What Are You Good For?
Posted on April 23, 2020 | 63 Comments(first posted 5/16/2014) In my piece on the W201 190-series, I attempted to give an honest account of that car’s shortcomings to balance the praise I heaped upon it. In […] -
![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/2020/04/1998-Ford-Escort-SE.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Classic CARmentary: 1998 Ford Escort SE Sedan")
Classic CARmentary: 1998 Ford Escort SE Sedan
Posted on April 23, 2020 | 30 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 […]
