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![It’s flashback time today here at CC (it’s what we do over here after all, ain’t it?), thanks to these ’68 Cadillac images uploaded at the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54589486386_50b5e5ad54_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1968 Cadillac De Ville Convertible – One Memorable Ride In A Clunker Cadillac, Back In The 1990s")
1968 Cadillac De Ville Convertible – One Memorable Ride In A Clunker Cadillac, Back In The 1990s
Posted on June 24, 2025 | 11 CommentsIt’s flashback time today here at CC (it’s what we do over here after all, ain’t it?), thanks to these ’68 Cadillac images uploaded at the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. […] -
![I have read opinions about social media (including on social media), including from individuals whose ideas I generally value, about how horrible it is. While there have been some downsides […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/023-2005-Pontiac-Aztek-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2005 Pontiac Aztek – A Misunderstanding?")
Curbside Musings: 2005 Pontiac Aztek – A Misunderstanding?
Posted on June 24, 2025 | 85 CommentsI have read opinions about social media (including on social media), including from individuals whose ideas I generally value, about how horrible it is. While there have been some downsides […] -
![(first posted 6/13/2019) Some sights do a person good. Finding a Dodge Shadow parked next to a Ford Aerostar certainly seems to fall within that realm. Has this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_8221.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Finds: Suddenly It’s 1995")
Curbside Finds: Suddenly It’s 1995
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 39 Comments(first posted 6/13/2019) Some sights do a person good. Finding a Dodge Shadow parked next to a Ford Aerostar certainly seems to fall within that realm. Has this […] -
![I was recently back home in Flint for the annual Back To The Bricks car festival, which brought over 250,000 people downtown for Saturday’s big show. That event is the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/072-1986-Chevrolet-Chevette-CS-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Chevrolet Chevette CS Diesel – Beloved Slow Box")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Chevrolet Chevette CS Diesel – Beloved Slow Box
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 11 CommentsI was recently back home in Flint for the annual Back To The Bricks car festival, which brought over 250,000 people downtown for Saturday’s big show. That event is the […] -
Vintage Photos: Pontiac Dealers In The ’60s & ’70s
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 20 Comments’68 Catalina outside, and ’73 models in the showroom, at Carbone Pontiac, Yorkville, NY. -
![CC has told the Nissan Exa’s story before; here it is again from the JDM perspective – it was pretty different in Japan, and not just because the steering wheel […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_20230528_145255_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Nissan Exa Coupé – Too Fun For Japan")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Nissan Exa Coupé – Too Fun For Japan
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 12 CommentsCC has told the Nissan Exa’s story before; here it is again from the JDM perspective – it was pretty different in Japan, and not just because the steering wheel […] -
![GM’s Detroit Diesel division’s legendary “Jimmy” two-cycle diesels were a genuine game changer in the transition to diesel engine adoption in trucks and buses starting in 1938-1939. They were powerful […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/toroflow-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Tortured Tale of the GMC Toro-Flow Diesel Engine: Truck-Stop Triumph or Deadly Sin?")
The Tortured Tale of the GMC Toro-Flow Diesel Engine: Truck-Stop Triumph or Deadly Sin?
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 22 CommentsGM’s Detroit Diesel division’s legendary “Jimmy” two-cycle diesels were a genuine game changer in the transition to diesel engine adoption in trucks and buses starting in 1938-1939. They were powerful […] -
![This little wagon is 75 years old today: Nash introduced its compact Rambler Custom Station Wagon on June 23, 1950, advertising the well-equipped, upscale subcompact wagon as “practical as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1950-Nash-Rambler-Custom-Station-Wagon-Champagne-Ivory-Volo-Auto-Sales-front-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1950 Nash Rambler Custom Station Wagon – The Original Luxury Compact Turns 75")
1950 Nash Rambler Custom Station Wagon – The Original Luxury Compact Turns 75
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 19 CommentsThis little wagon is 75 years old today: Nash introduced its compact Rambler Custom Station Wagon on June 23, 1950, advertising the well-equipped, upscale subcompact wagon as “practical as […] -
![For what was once the best selling car in the land, the first generation Taurus has become mighty scarce. Apparently, these are not turning out to be long-lived even here […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CC-332-037.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: Ford Taurus (gen1) – The Best Seller Has Become Scarce")
Curbside Find: Ford Taurus (gen1) – The Best Seller Has Become Scarce
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 30 CommentsFor what was once the best selling car in the land, the first generation Taurus has become mighty scarce. Apparently, these are not turning out to be long-lived even here […] -
![This is why I live in Eugene: So that I can run into an ancient VW Transporter with a heavy load of wood at the lumberyard, just a half-dozen parking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CC-199-249-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 VW Transporter – A Rolling, Hard-Working, Living-History Mobile")
Curbside Classic: 1961 VW Transporter – A Rolling, Hard-Working, Living-History Mobile
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 7 CommentsThis is why I live in Eugene: So that I can run into an ancient VW Transporter with a heavy load of wood at the lumberyard, just a half-dozen parking […] -
Car Show Classics: Volvo Cars Smörgåsbord
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 12 CommentsAn abundant Volvo meal was served on September 28 and 29, 2024, at the Autotron event center in the Netherlands. Most of the ingredients will speak for themselves. Smaklig måltid! -
![Text by Patrick Bell. We have some more in transit images today, with interesting cars and a closer look at some of the transport equipment and methods. Nearly all American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-19-23.26.01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: The Cars Of 1960 Arrive Ready For A New Decade")
Vintage Photos: The Cars Of 1960 Arrive Ready For A New Decade
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 17 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. We have some more in transit images today, with interesting cars and a closer look at some of the transport equipment and methods. Nearly all American […] -
![Although CC is doing as well as it ever has, setting a new record last year with over 12 million pageviews, our current success does feel somewhat fragile. I’m not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/a-tork-american.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Two Big Threats To CC (And Other Legit Websites): Garbage Sites And Google AI Mode")
The Two Big Threats To CC (And Other Legit Websites): Garbage Sites And Google AI Mode
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 41 CommentsAlthough CC is doing as well as it ever has, setting a new record last year with over 12 million pageviews, our current success does feel somewhat fragile. I’m not […] -
![Although Hydra-Matic Drive was developed and manufactured by General Motors, GM’s Detroit Transmission Division also sold Hydra-Matic transmissions to outside automakers, including most of the U.S. independents and even […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1940-Oldsmobile-Series-90-blue-Barrett-Jackson-front-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Early Hydra-Matic Users: Many Non-GM Automakers Bought This Pioneering Automatic Transmission")
Early Hydra-Matic Users: Many Non-GM Automakers Bought This Pioneering Automatic Transmission
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 16 CommentsAlthough Hydra-Matic Drive was developed and manufactured by General Motors, GM’s Detroit Transmission Division also sold Hydra-Matic transmissions to outside automakers, including most of the U.S. independents and even […] -
![(first posted 4/21/2013) Zing! That word encapsulates the RX-7. The only vocabulary the little coffee-can rotary had was zing! (snick) zing! (snick) and zing again! Sooner rather than later, it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CC-35-008-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Mazda RX-7 – Zinger")
Curbside Classic: 1983 Mazda RX-7 – Zinger
Posted on June 21, 2025 | 31 Comments(first posted 4/21/2013) Zing! That word encapsulates the RX-7. The only vocabulary the little coffee-can rotary had was zing! (snick) zing! (snick) and zing again! Sooner rather than later, it […]
