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![The performance market wasn’t the only one Studebaker was pursuing in 1963, as evidenced by this RHD “Rural Route” Lark. No R2 badge on its grille. More likely the 112 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/11006455043_d5f4c644d4_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1963 Rural Route Lark – “The Only Car In The World Purpose-Built For Your Work”")
Vintage Ad: 1963 Rural Route Lark – “The Only Car In The World Purpose-Built For Your Work”
Posted on April 2, 2020 | 50 CommentsThe performance market wasn’t the only one Studebaker was pursuing in 1963, as evidenced by this RHD “Rural Route” Lark. No R2 badge on its grille. More likely the 112 […] -
![Here’s a little sampler of the array of funny furrin jobs I’ve seen in Tokyo over the last 30 days or so. Let’s kick it off with the Mini of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_20200311_090857-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (March 2020) – Part 2: Foreign Cars")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (March 2020) – Part 2: Foreign Cars
Posted on April 2, 2020 | 30 CommentsHere’s a little sampler of the array of funny furrin jobs I’ve seen in Tokyo over the last 30 days or so. Let’s kick it off with the Mini of […] -
![(first posted 4/1/2014) Every so often a corporate project gets started with great hopes, and a promising car is the result. Unfortunately, sometimes the unexpected can happen which pulls the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/89MGMConvert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis Convertible Sedan – The Only One In Existence")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis Convertible Sedan – The Only One In Existence
Posted on April 1, 2020 | 63 Comments(first posted 4/1/2014) Every so often a corporate project gets started with great hopes, and a promising car is the result. Unfortunately, sometimes the unexpected can happen which pulls the […] -
Curtis Perry Gallery: More Vintage Neon Signs
Posted on April 1, 2020 | 23 CommentsHere’s some more vintage neon signs from Curtis Perry. -
![Before Americans purchase EVs en masse, they’ll flock to another type of alternative energy vehicle: the hybrid crossover. That segment has fielded several models since its inception in the mid […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Screenshot_2020-03-30-Setting-the-New-Standard1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Newsstand: Sooner Or Later, Hybrid Crossovers Will Have Their Day In The Sun")
Curbside Newsstand: Sooner Or Later, Hybrid Crossovers Will Have Their Day In The Sun
Posted on April 1, 2020 | 33 CommentsBefore Americans purchase EVs en masse, they’ll flock to another type of alternative energy vehicle: the hybrid crossover. That segment has fielded several models since its inception in the mid […] -
![As gearheads and curbside carnivores, most readers here have probably heard of the tragedy that the National Corvette Museum suffered in 2014. In the overnight hours of February 12, a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/DSCF1585.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: National Corvette Museum And The Great Corvette Cave In")
Museum Classic: National Corvette Museum And The Great Corvette Cave In
Posted on April 1, 2020 | 25 CommentsAs gearheads and curbside carnivores, most readers here have probably heard of the tragedy that the National Corvette Museum suffered in 2014. In the overnight hours of February 12, a […] -
![March 2020 will probably not be remembered fondly by most of us, yet it’s been a very good month here, CC-wise. So numerous were the sightings that I’ve had to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_20200311_093457-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (March 2020) – Part 1: Japanese Cars")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (March 2020) – Part 1: Japanese Cars
Posted on April 1, 2020 | 28 CommentsMarch 2020 will probably not be remembered fondly by most of us, yet it’s been a very good month here, CC-wise. So numerous were the sightings that I’ve had to […] -
![(first posted 3/24/2014) “Will you take a picture of me with the car?” taunted the local teen, walking home from school with some of his cohorts. As much as I’d […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-02-18-15.51.19.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Toyota Tercel – Last Of The Mohicans")
Curbside Classic: 1995 Toyota Tercel – Last Of The Mohicans
Posted on March 31, 2020 | 88 Comments(first posted 3/24/2014) “Will you take a picture of me with the car?” taunted the local teen, walking home from school with some of his cohorts. As much as I’d […] -
![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/2020/03/1998-Toyota-Sienna.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Classic CARmentary: 1998 Toyota Sienna LE")
Classic CARmentary: 1998 Toyota Sienna LE
Posted on March 31, 2020 | 26 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 […] -
Curtis Perry Outtakes: 1951 DeSoto and 1966 Buick Electra
Posted on March 31, 2020 | 15 Comments -
![It pays to change up the walk routines once in a while, especially to break the cabin fever. I’ve seen this black Pacer before, a few years back. To my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-413-041.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Companions: AMC Pacer and ’67 Thunderbird")
Curbside Companions: AMC Pacer and ’67 Thunderbird
Posted on March 31, 2020 | 53 CommentsIt pays to change up the walk routines once in a while, especially to break the cabin fever. I’ve seen this black Pacer before, a few years back. To my […] -
![It doesn’t matter what two digits have defined my age in adulthood. Certain things and scenarios will often put me in a mental and/or emotional state similar to when I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/011-1984-Volkswagen-Vanagon-Westfalia-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia – The Eighties Called")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia – The Eighties Called
Posted on March 31, 2020 | 47 CommentsIt doesn’t matter what two digits have defined my age in adulthood. Certain things and scenarios will often put me in a mental and/or emotional state similar to when I […] -
![VE Holden Commodores celebrate the Commodore’s 1978-2008 anniversary. (first posted 4/25/2014) Greetings Curbside Classicists, today, April 25th, is Anzac Day downunder, the official Australian and New Zealand day of remembrance […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/holden-commodore-30th-anniversary1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Australian Auto Family Trees – The Holden Commodore From <strike>A-Z</strike> VB-VF.")
Automotive History: Australian Auto Family Trees – The Holden Commodore From
A-ZVB-VF.Posted on March 30, 2020 | 145 CommentsVE Holden Commodores celebrate the Commodore’s 1978-2008 anniversary. (first posted 4/25/2014) Greetings Curbside Classicists, today, April 25th, is Anzac Day downunder, the official Australian and New Zealand day of remembrance […] -
Vintage Ad: The Ambassador Royal’e Limo – “Destined To Become America’s #1 Executive Limousine”
Posted on March 30, 2020 | 59 Comments -
![CC reader Al S. sent me this picture he and his mom found going through old pictures, of him and this car, taken in 1957 or so. He was wondering […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-Kids-Al-Steen-1957-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Kids: Al S. Pushing the ’56 Nash")
CC Kids: Al S. Pushing the ’56 Nash
Posted on March 30, 2020 | 12 CommentsCC reader Al S. sent me this picture he and his mom found going through old pictures, of him and this car, taken in 1957 or so. He was wondering […]
