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![Text by Patrick Bell. I always enjoyed when a transport truck arrived at the dealership’s where I was employed. There is something about a load of new vehicles, even if […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/13d7e8a40bc7e94b56c88e805e7b8e98.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: The Cars Of 1966 Arrive, Ready For A Great Year Of Sales")
Vintage Photos: The Cars Of 1966 Arrive, Ready For A Great Year Of Sales
Posted on July 25, 2025 | 27 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. I always enjoyed when a transport truck arrived at the dealership’s where I was employed. There is something about a load of new vehicles, even if […] -
![Our driveway and parking pad in Port Orford needed some additional gravel. A friend there gave me the name of a guy who does smaller loads, ideal for tipping under […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_3586.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "1975 International D200 Truck Still Hard At Work Hauling Gravel")
1975 International D200 Truck Still Hard At Work Hauling Gravel
Posted on July 25, 2025 | 16 CommentsOur driveway and parking pad in Port Orford needed some additional gravel. A friend there gave me the name of a guy who does smaller loads, ideal for tipping under […] -
![The Buick Wildcat had established itself as Buick’s big performance car of the sixties. It had been available with a hot dual quad V8 and four speed floor shift, although […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/471579.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Road Test Magazine Review: 1971 Buick Centurion – A Mild Cat Replaces The Wildcat")
Vintage Road Test Magazine Review: 1971 Buick Centurion – A Mild Cat Replaces The Wildcat
Posted on July 25, 2025 | 19 CommentsThe Buick Wildcat had established itself as Buick’s big performance car of the sixties. It had been available with a hot dual quad V8 and four speed floor shift, although […] -
![The fact that Mitsubishi still exists and manufactures cars in 2025 is a source of permanent wonder, isn’t it? These days, the Sick Carmaker of Japan title has reverted to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IMG_20230408_113058_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2001 Mitsubishi Proudia V8 GDI – Mitsu’s Only V8, Dead After 15 Months")
Curbside Classic: 2001 Mitsubishi Proudia V8 GDI – Mitsu’s Only V8, Dead After 15 Months
Posted on July 25, 2025 | 26 CommentsThe fact that Mitsubishi still exists and manufactures cars in 2025 is a source of permanent wonder, isn’t it? These days, the Sick Carmaker of Japan title has reverted to […] -
![(first posted 7/7/2017) One of the best things about our neighborhood is the alleys. I can walk out my back door and back garden gate, and head down […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CC-331-016.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: Datsun 1600 (521) Li’l Hustler Pickup, and Its Replacement")
Curbside Find: Datsun 1600 (521) Li’l Hustler Pickup, and Its Replacement
Posted on July 24, 2025 | 24 Comments(first posted 7/7/2017) One of the best things about our neighborhood is the alleys. I can walk out my back door and back garden gate, and head down […] -
![As I was once again in Laramie, this time working on my other rental house that looks like it is finally rented after I spent way too much time refurbishing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_4190.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1974 (?) Jensen-Healey – Parked, Now Trying To Run")
Curbside Find: 1974 (?) Jensen-Healey – Parked, Now Trying To Run
Posted on July 24, 2025 | 7 CommentsAs I was once again in Laramie, this time working on my other rental house that looks like it is finally rented after I spent way too much time refurbishing […] -
![Today, let’s look at another rare AMC. Jason Shafer showed us an amazing ’68 Ambassador sedan, but have any of you seen the elusive convertible? Offered only in ’67, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/08-03-2012-054-800x524-e1383425445772.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1967 Ambassador Convertible – Only 1,268 Others On The Planet")
Car Show Classic: 1967 Ambassador Convertible – Only 1,268 Others On The Planet
Posted on July 24, 2025 | 12 CommentsToday, let’s look at another rare AMC. Jason Shafer showed us an amazing ’68 Ambassador sedan, but have any of you seen the elusive convertible? Offered only in ’67, the […] -
![Last weekend, I did a post on a ’53 Ford Ranch Wagon found in San Salvador. With that, I thought I was done with the “Hey look, an old American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Screenshot_20250722-171846.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1955 Pontiac Wagon Found Down South – Old American, In Need Of Rescue In The Tropics")
CC For Sale: 1955 Pontiac Wagon Found Down South – Old American, In Need Of Rescue In The Tropics
Posted on July 24, 2025 | 5 CommentsLast weekend, I did a post on a ’53 Ford Ranch Wagon found in San Salvador. With that, I thought I was done with the “Hey look, an old American […] -
![Can you imagine being an Oldsmobile product planner during the height of “Cutlass Fever” in the 1970s and ’80s, and being told by some prescient being that Oldsmobile would be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/54658766195_1bda0234b8_k-e1752959528890.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – A Stick-Shift Supreme")
Curbside Find: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – A Stick-Shift Supreme
Posted on July 24, 2025 | 30 CommentsCan you imagine being an Oldsmobile product planner during the height of “Cutlass Fever” in the 1970s and ’80s, and being told by some prescient being that Oldsmobile would be […] -
![In the mid-’60s, Ford Motor Company studied the Jeep CJ-5 and International Scout and declared, “We can do that!” The result: the 1966 Ford Bronco, a boxy little SUV […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1966-Ford-Bronco-wagon-light-blue-Bring-a-Trailer-191-front-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1966 Ford Bronco – Ford Joins The Compact 4X4 Market With A “West Of The Pecos Rodeo Aura”")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1966 Ford Bronco – Ford Joins The Compact 4X4 Market With A “West Of The Pecos Rodeo Aura”
Posted on July 24, 2025 | 16 CommentsIn the mid-’60s, Ford Motor Company studied the Jeep CJ-5 and International Scout and declared, “We can do that!” The result: the 1966 Ford Bronco, a boxy little SUV […] -
![I once heard someone say “If you wait long enough, eventually you will see every car ever made in the world somewhere in Southern California.” At the time, I sagely […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_3651.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Zimmer Quicksilver – It Was Simply Inevitable")
Curbside Classic: Zimmer Quicksilver – It Was Simply Inevitable
Posted on July 23, 2025 | 23 CommentsI once heard someone say “If you wait long enough, eventually you will see every car ever made in the world somewhere in Southern California.” At the time, I sagely […] -
![Here’s something you don’t see every day, a LaForza captured in Vermont and posted at the CC Cohort by William Oliver. A what…? What in the world is a LaForza? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-09-13.21.32.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1995-2003 LaForza – Italian Trailblazer From The Early Wave Of Luxury 4x4s")
Curbside Find: 1995-2003 LaForza – Italian Trailblazer From The Early Wave Of Luxury 4x4s
Posted on July 23, 2025 | 12 CommentsHere’s something you don’t see every day, a LaForza captured in Vermont and posted at the CC Cohort by William Oliver. A what…? What in the world is a LaForza? […] -
![photo from the CC Cohort by William Oliver What have we here from that alternate universe to the north of us? Looks like a ’69 Chevelle Malibu with a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/23949571667_cc150da43b_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1968 Beaumont – SD396? Maybe, But With the Wrong Badging")
Curbside Find: 1968 Beaumont – SD396? Maybe, But With the Wrong Badging
Posted on July 23, 2025 | 11 Commentsphoto from the CC Cohort by William Oliver What have we here from that alternate universe to the north of us? Looks like a ’69 Chevelle Malibu with a […] -
![The open road calls and today we have a good gallery of adventuresome souls from the past who heeded the call, plus a few who were called towards the water. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/31928173907_37a7a732fa_h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Trailers – Traveling And Vacation Fun As It Used To Be")
Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Trailers – Traveling And Vacation Fun As It Used To Be
Posted on July 23, 2025 | 27 CommentsThe open road calls and today we have a good gallery of adventuresome souls from the past who heeded the call, plus a few who were called towards the water. […] -
![I’ve written before about cars that aren’t mine, or that I didn’t buy- my ex-wife’s Protege, and my current wife’s Sentra. They have their own personal auto-histories, of course, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/boxes.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Our 2003 Honda Element, 2011 Nissan Cube, And Other Cars Of My Other Halves")
Our 2003 Honda Element, 2011 Nissan Cube, And Other Cars Of My Other Halves
Posted on July 23, 2025 | 20 CommentsI’ve written before about cars that aren’t mine, or that I didn’t buy- my ex-wife’s Protege, and my current wife’s Sentra. They have their own personal auto-histories, of course, and […]
