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![This dear little Chevette lives on a quiet alley just three blocks from my house. It never fails to make me smile. But then the other morning as I was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CC-368-053.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Chevette – Up On Three Wheels")
CC Outtake: Chevette – Up On Three Wheels
Posted on August 28, 2018 | 31 CommentsThis dear little Chevette lives on a quiet alley just three blocks from my house. It never fails to make me smile. But then the other morning as I was […] -
![(first posted 12/22/2012) In the summer of 1986, I was home after my freshman year at engineering school when my Aunt Betty offered me a job driving for the courier […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Pintomobile5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1975 Ford Pinto–Fecal Brown Freedom")
COAL: 1975 Ford Pinto–Fecal Brown Freedom
Posted on August 27, 2018 | 81 Comments(first posted 12/22/2012) In the summer of 1986, I was home after my freshman year at engineering school when my Aunt Betty offered me a job driving for the courier […] -
![I recently finished John Toland’s excellent biography of Adolf Hitler. Going into scorching detail on many things, one of the statements about Neville Chamberlain’s negotiations with Hitler struck a highly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_1176.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 – After Nearly 32 Years, It’s Time For Different Adventures")
CC For Sale: 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 – After Nearly 32 Years, It’s Time For Different Adventures
Posted on August 27, 2018 | 89 CommentsI recently finished John Toland’s excellent biography of Adolf Hitler. Going into scorching detail on many things, one of the statements about Neville Chamberlain’s negotiations with Hitler struck a highly […] -
![Paul and I stopped at the Portland Vintage Races when he was in town last month, long enough for a couple of the races and a tour of the paddock. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PIRStandings.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Trackside Classic: Studebaker is Racing – Falcon Too")
Trackside Classic: Studebaker is Racing – Falcon Too
Posted on August 27, 2018 | 24 CommentsPaul and I stopped at the Portland Vintage Races when he was in town last month, long enough for a couple of the races and a tour of the paddock. […] -
![Wakefield Kirkgate What happens when you take an underachieving bus and try to turn it into a cheap train for an underfunded rail system? You get the horror that is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/02-shefield.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Trackside Horror: 1985 British Rail Class 142 – The Truly Awful Pacer")
Trackside Horror: 1985 British Rail Class 142 – The Truly Awful Pacer
Posted on August 27, 2018 | 36 CommentsWakefield Kirkgate What happens when you take an underachieving bus and try to turn it into a cheap train for an underfunded rail system? You get the horror that is […] -
![I’d seen this ’63-’66 Beetle around town from time to time for quite awhile by the time I finally caught up with it in an Office Despot car park some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Spoiler_Alert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Spoiler Alert! – Double Your Mileage and Keep the Engine Cooler! Maybe")
CC Outtake: Spoiler Alert! – Double Your Mileage and Keep the Engine Cooler! Maybe
Posted on August 26, 2018 | 33 CommentsI’d seen this ’63-’66 Beetle around town from time to time for quite awhile by the time I finally caught up with it in an Office Despot car park some […] -
![Remember the pedal trike tractors from your early years? Here’s a king-size model for grown-ups. Even better, you also get paid for riding it. Now let’s walk around this three-wheeled […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_6949.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Vervaet Hydro Trike And Schouten Liquid Manure Injector – Too Big To Play On The Lawn")
CC Global: Vervaet Hydro Trike And Schouten Liquid Manure Injector – Too Big To Play On The Lawn
Posted on August 26, 2018 | 26 CommentsRemember the pedal trike tractors from your early years? Here’s a king-size model for grown-ups. Even better, you also get paid for riding it. Now let’s walk around this three-wheeled […] -
![We knew that our 2000 LeSabre was getting up in miles (140,000), so it was time to consider getting something newer. My wife liked the ergonomics and the 3800 engine, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSCN1833.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2001 Buick LeSabre Limited – Grandpa’s Car Part II")
COAL: 2001 Buick LeSabre Limited – Grandpa’s Car Part II
Posted on August 26, 2018 | 18 CommentsWe knew that our 2000 LeSabre was getting up in miles (140,000), so it was time to consider getting something newer. My wife liked the ergonomics and the 3800 engine, […] -
![67Conti posted the link to this hair-raising compilation of folks flipping their cars on open days at the Nurburgring. Seat belts? Nein, mostly. Helmets? Nein. But drivers entering this tricky […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Vintage Video: Flipping Out on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, 1970 – An Expensive Sunday Outing")
CC Vintage Video: Flipping Out on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, 1970 – An Expensive Sunday Outing
Posted on August 25, 2018 | 39 Comments67Conti posted the link to this hair-raising compilation of folks flipping their cars on open days at the Nurburgring. Seat belts? Nein, mostly. Helmets? Nein. But drivers entering this tricky […] -
CC Cinema: Fahren Auf Der Autobahn
Posted on August 25, 2018 | 35 CommentsI stumbled into this little short film which gives a view out the back window on a typical stretch of autobahn in the mid-60s, including some very impatient drivers. The […] -
BOAL: 1986 Honda VF500 Interceptor – Baby-ceptor
Posted on August 25, 2018 | 13 Comments“I’m pregnant, and I need a sport bike. We’d better hurry up before my tummy gets in the way of the gas tank.” -
Affordable Classic: 1961 Pontiac Laurentian – Last Minute Fixes
Posted on August 25, 2018 | 46 CommentsDespite a short and successful test drive there was still plenty to do. But not much time to do it. -
![Where we had last left off, I had moved back home and taken a job at a local auto parts store on the counter. I’d bought a ’92 Saturn SC previously from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/105_0522_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1987 Ford F-150 – Finally, Another Truck!")
COAL: 1987 Ford F-150 – Finally, Another Truck!
Posted on August 25, 2018 | 29 CommentsWhere we had last left off, I had moved back home and taken a job at a local auto parts store on the counter. I’d bought a ’92 Saturn SC previously from […] -
CC Cinema: Mid 50s BMC Cars Exceed Expectations By Surviving 25,000 Miles at 60+MPH on the Autobahn
Posted on August 24, 2018 | 67 CommentsIf you ever wondered why British cars were the best selling imports in the US in the early 50s and then quickly fell from grace, this film will explain it. […] -
CC TV: Car Chases On The Big Screen – Audi S8 & Mercedes 450SEL vs. Citroën XM In Ronin
Posted on August 24, 2018 | 30 CommentsThe iconic car chase in Bullitt is held up as the gold standard of movie car chases. If it has any serious competition, however, it surely must come from the […]
