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![(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 […] -
![Today’s Cohort find by Roshake has been featured before at CC. So, “still looking good” is being used in a very deliberate form in the title, as this 1990 Buick […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54581036786_efd23c0375_b-copia.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1990 Buick Skylark Custom – Still Looking Good In Budapest")
Curbside Find: 1990 Buick Skylark Custom – Still Looking Good In Budapest
Posted on June 21, 2025 | 14 CommentsToday’s Cohort find by Roshake has been featured before at CC. So, “still looking good” is being used in a very deliberate form in the title, as this 1990 Buick […] -
![Why did folks buy black cars in the pre-air conditioning era? Surely they must have understood the basic physics involved as to how much hotter a black car gets than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-200-016-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente – Hot, But Not Exactly In The Best Way")
Curbside Find: 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente – Hot, But Not Exactly In The Best Way
Posted on June 21, 2025 | 25 CommentsWhy did folks buy black cars in the pre-air conditioning era? Surely they must have understood the basic physics involved as to how much hotter a black car gets than […] -
My 1986 VW Cabriolet – Bought Since New, And Still Mine
Posted on June 21, 2025 | 13 CommentsText submitted by Steve Walton. I bought a 1986 Volkswagen Cabriolet new and still own it. Here’s my story. -
![Between 1945 and 1947, Chevrolet developed an advanced postwar compact called the Cadet. Originally intended as a “light car” that would sell for less than $1,000, it quickly evolved into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/SIA20-The-Truth-About-Chevys-Cashiered-Cadet-Jan.-Feb.-1974_16a.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1947 Chevrolet Cadet: The Revolutionary Postwar “Light Car” Chevrolet Never Actually Built")
1947 Chevrolet Cadet: The Revolutionary Postwar “Light Car” Chevrolet Never Actually Built
Posted on June 21, 2025 | 30 CommentsBetween 1945 and 1947, Chevrolet developed an advanced postwar compact called the Cadet. Originally intended as a “light car” that would sell for less than $1,000, it quickly evolved into […] -
![(first posted 6/5/2013) Superlatives make great headlines; backing them up is another story. But is it even necessary, in the case of the W124? What other car designed thirty thirty-five […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-190-039-950.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Mercedes W124 (1985-1996 E-Class) The Best Car Of The Past Thirty Five Years")
Curbside Classic: Mercedes W124 (1985-1996 E-Class) The Best Car Of The Past Thirty Five Years
Posted on June 20, 2025 | 168 Comments(first posted 6/5/2013) Superlatives make great headlines; backing them up is another story. But is it even necessary, in the case of the W124? What other car designed thirty thirty-five […] -
![There’s a section of Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago’s “Loop” District that’s referred to as “Jewelers Row”. Over the stretch of two city blocks that run north and south between […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1988-Cadillac-Eldorado-Biarritz-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Cadillac Eldorado – Puttin’ On The Ritz")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Cadillac Eldorado – Puttin’ On The Ritz
Posted on June 20, 2025 | 8 CommentsThere’s a section of Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago’s “Loop” District that’s referred to as “Jewelers Row”. Over the stretch of two city blocks that run north and south between […] -
![I was navigating a CC desert in the nether regions of north Tokyo. In those latitudes, the chances of encountering the older exotics that are often found on Sunday in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_20250127_092722_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Find: 1985 Mitsubishi Mirage (C10) 3-Door – When Origami Was All The (Mi)Rage")
CC Find: 1985 Mitsubishi Mirage (C10) 3-Door – When Origami Was All The (Mi)Rage
Posted on June 20, 2025 | 11 CommentsI was navigating a CC desert in the nether regions of north Tokyo. In those latitudes, the chances of encountering the older exotics that are often found on Sunday in […] -
![Text by Patrick Bell. The suburbs really flourished in the fifties and sixties as part of the post war boom in the USA. Many people used their newfound prosperity to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-16-01.04.32.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Driveways – The Suburbs And Their Beauty In The ’50s & ’60s")
Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Driveways – The Suburbs And Their Beauty In The ’50s & ’60s
Posted on June 20, 2025 | 26 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. The suburbs really flourished in the fifties and sixties as part of the post war boom in the USA. Many people used their newfound prosperity to […] -
![We were in Port Orford last week and on Thursday morning I dropped Stephanie off at a yoga class and drove the Tracker to the car wash for its first […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_3362-crop-tile.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A 45 Minute Driving Tour Of Port Orford, Oregon: Views Of Old Cars, Boats, Old (and Burned) Houses And Of Course The Ocean")
A 45 Minute Driving Tour Of Port Orford, Oregon: Views Of Old Cars, Boats, Old (and Burned) Houses And Of Course The Ocean
Posted on June 20, 2025 | 22 CommentsWe were in Port Orford last week and on Thursday morning I dropped Stephanie off at a yoga class and drove the Tracker to the car wash for its first […] -
![I know there’s no such thing as a pillared hardtop. Except that’s what Ford called it in their brochure and like wildfire the term caught on and now it’s used […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_7446.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1977 Ford LTD 2-Door Pillared Hardtop – Oh Baby. Oh Baby. Oh. /s")
Curbside Recycling: 1977 Ford LTD 2-Door Pillared Hardtop – Oh Baby. Oh Baby. Oh. /s
Posted on June 20, 2025 | 34 CommentsI know there’s no such thing as a pillared hardtop. Except that’s what Ford called it in their brochure and like wildfire the term caught on and now it’s used […] -
![One of the many things I love about Chicago is that admission to the Lincoln Park Zoo costs absolutely nothing. Of course, donations are welcome, but it is one of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/002-1967-Mercury-Cougar-GT-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Mercury Cougar GT – Wild & Beautiful")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Mercury Cougar GT – Wild & Beautiful
Posted on June 19, 2025 | 7 CommentsOne of the many things I love about Chicago is that admission to the Lincoln Park Zoo costs absolutely nothing. Of course, donations are welcome, but it is one of […] -
![(first posted 10/18/2017) No, I’m not talking about the North American market Odyssey when I apply the “World’s Sexiest Minivan” label. As you can see, the featured Odyssey […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/honda-odyssey-gen-3-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "2004-08 & 2008-13 Honda Odyssey – World’s Sexiest Minivan")
2004-08 & 2008-13 Honda Odyssey – World’s Sexiest Minivan
Posted on June 19, 2025 | 43 Comments(first posted 10/18/2017) No, I’m not talking about the North American market Odyssey when I apply the “World’s Sexiest Minivan” label. As you can see, the featured Odyssey […] -
![GM’s Colonnades were possibly the most common cars on U.S. roads in the 1970’s. I was a young kid in the late 70’s and just becoming car conscious, but even […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190522_193819.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1974 Buick Century – Colonnade Still Standing")
Curbside Find: 1974 Buick Century – Colonnade Still Standing
Posted on June 19, 2025 | 9 CommentsGM’s Colonnades were possibly the most common cars on U.S. roads in the 1970’s. I was a young kid in the late 70’s and just becoming car conscious, but even […] -
![So far in this series we have seen pictures pulled from the refuse pile. Not this time! This entry has some flavorful pictures, but there was nothing standalone. So what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Reliant-Scottsdale-Vandalia-2.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Cars & Trucks of My Formative Years, Part 4 – This Potpourri Flavored Stew Ain’t Just Cars")
The Cars & Trucks of My Formative Years, Part 4 – This Potpourri Flavored Stew Ain’t Just Cars
Posted on June 19, 2025 | 22 CommentsSo far in this series we have seen pictures pulled from the refuse pile. Not this time! This entry has some flavorful pictures, but there was nothing standalone. So what […]
