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1941 Archive
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![(Updated 9/12/2026) For many people in Nazi dominated Europe, the distinctive silhouette of an Avro Lancaster against a moonlit sky (or in the beam of searchlights) in 1943 or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lancaster-burning-and-turning.jpg "1945 Avro Lancaster B1 – Even More Than The Sports Car, This Is The Shape Of Freedom")
1945 Avro Lancaster B1 – Even More Than The Sports Car, This Is The Shape Of Freedom
Posted on September 11, 2026 | 105 Comments(Updated 9/12/2026) For many people in Nazi dominated Europe, the distinctive silhouette of an Avro Lancaster against a moonlit sky (or in the beam of searchlights) in 1943 or […] -
![Popular in Europe since the early ’30s, sunroofs didn’t really catch on in the U.S. until the 1970s, but that didn’t mean automakers didn’t periodically try. Way back in 1939, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1939-LaSalle-Series-50-2SD-Beaumont-Blue-RM-Sothebys-front-3q-with-inset-115x115.webp "Sunshine Turret Top: Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, And Pontiac Offered This Ultra-Rare Pre-WW2 Sunroof Option")
Sunshine Turret Top: Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, And Pontiac Offered This Ultra-Rare Pre-WW2 Sunroof Option
Posted on March 21, 2026 | 12 CommentsPopular in Europe since the early ’30s, sunroofs didn’t really catch on in the U.S. until the 1970s, but that didn’t mean automakers didn’t periodically try. Way back in 1939, […] -
![(Updated 11/8/2025) Kansas City is a great place for finding CCs and my latest trip certainly didn’t disappoint. Sitting behind Union Station was a fabulous pairing of a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_0157-1.jpg "Curbside Find: 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood and 1940 LaSalle – Maintaining The Pecking Order")
Curbside Find: 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood and 1940 LaSalle – Maintaining The Pecking Order
Posted on November 8, 2025 | 50 Comments(Updated 11/8/2025) Kansas City is a great place for finding CCs and my latest trip certainly didn’t disappoint. Sitting behind Union Station was a fabulous pairing of a […] -
![(first posted 5/29/2012) Even though I am retired, I frequently find myself crossing the state for non-income producing reasons. Now I carry a camera. I was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_1080_2.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1941 Dodge Business Coupe – Dodge Gives America The Business")
Curbside Classic: 1941 Dodge Business Coupe – Dodge Gives America The Business
Posted on November 23, 2024 | 46 Comments(first posted 5/29/2012) Even though I am retired, I frequently find myself crossing the state for non-income producing reasons. Now I carry a camera. I was […] -
![(first posted 2/17/2018) What a beauty – this is a 1941 White 700 Series Transit coach, modified as a Suburban model, and outfitted as a mobile […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/White-Highway-Post-Office-bus-1.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1941 White Postal Service Bus – Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Flat Tire…")
Bus Stop Classics: 1941 White Postal Service Bus – Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Flat Tire…
Posted on February 26, 2024 | 16 Comments(first posted 2/17/2018) What a beauty – this is a 1941 White 700 Series Transit coach, modified as a Suburban model, and outfitted as a mobile […] -
![(first posted 1/18/2018) Although it has had a tough time of late, no American mid-priced brand has had the long term success of Buick. That the 1950s was Buick’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/19411947Buicks02-2.jpg "Curbside Classic Double Feature: 1941 Buick Super and 1948 Buick Roadmaster – The Look Of Success")
Curbside Classic Double Feature: 1941 Buick Super and 1948 Buick Roadmaster – The Look Of Success
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 61 Comments(first posted 1/18/2018) Although it has had a tough time of late, no American mid-priced brand has had the long term success of Buick. That the 1950s was Buick’s […] -
![(first posted 9/29/2016) Welcome to Part 1 of an intermittent dive into the depths of automotive (and truck) history, outlining relatively small displacement engines that did a lot of work […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1941-Ford-Truck-Foldout-01.jpg "The Little Engines That Could, Part 1: 1941-1942 Ford 30 HP Four Cylinder Truck Engine")
The Little Engines That Could, Part 1: 1941-1942 Ford 30 HP Four Cylinder Truck Engine
Posted on September 29, 2022 | 37 Comments(first posted 9/29/2016) Welcome to Part 1 of an intermittent dive into the depths of automotive (and truck) history, outlining relatively small displacement engines that did a lot of work […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day – 1941 Buick Roadmaster
Posted on November 4, 2019 | 27 CommentsThank you to nifty43 (nifticus) -
![Could the 1941 Studebaker President be the most obscure car from the late pre-war years? It could very well be, which is a shame. While “Every Car Has A Story”, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1941StudebakerPresident09Small.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1941 Studebaker President Skyway Cruising Sedan – Former President")
Curbside Classic: 1941 Studebaker President Skyway Cruising Sedan – Former President
Posted on April 23, 2019 | 78 CommentsCould the 1941 Studebaker President be the most obscure car from the late pre-war years? It could very well be, which is a shame. While “Every Car Has A Story”, […] -
![(first posted 3/5/2014) Succeeding Franklin Roosevelt upon his death in 1945, Vice-President Harry S Truman became the 33rd President of the United States. Also a former Senator from Missouri, Truman […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/truman.jpg "Automotive History: The Cars of President Harry S Truman")
Automotive History: The Cars of President Harry S Truman
Posted on March 5, 2019 | 105 Comments(first posted 3/5/2014) Succeeding Franklin Roosevelt upon his death in 1945, Vice-President Harry S Truman became the 33rd President of the United States. Also a former Senator from Missouri, Truman […] -
![Spring is here in full-throttle mode. The blossoms are gone from the trees and the leaves aren’t yet fully mature. It’s a wonderful time of the year, with the days […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/50s-era-cad-hearse.jpg "CC Walk & Talk Photo Album: Some Spring Cleaning Of My Photo Archives")
CC Walk & Talk Photo Album: Some Spring Cleaning Of My Photo Archives
Posted on April 27, 2017 | 58 CommentsSpring is here in full-throttle mode. The blossoms are gone from the trees and the leaves aren’t yet fully mature. It’s a wonderful time of the year, with the days […] -
![Branson, Missouri, is a town that is hard to describe to the uninitiated. For having a population of 10,700, Branson has 16,500 hotel rooms and with 57,000 theatre seats, it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_0239.jpg "Museum Report: The Branson Auto & Farm Museum")
Museum Report: The Branson Auto & Farm Museum
Posted on August 26, 2016 | 31 CommentsBranson, Missouri, is a town that is hard to describe to the uninitiated. For having a population of 10,700, Branson has 16,500 hotel rooms and with 57,000 theatre seats, it […] -
![(first posted 8/1/2011) What is it that makes this old farm truck so compelling? Sure, all the usual superlatives can be invoked: its just awesome, cool, and absolutely dripping with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CC-141-127-800.jpg "Truckstop Classic: 1941 Chevrolet COE: Streamlining Arrives Down On The Farm")
Truckstop Classic: 1941 Chevrolet COE: Streamlining Arrives Down On The Farm
Posted on May 30, 2015 | 43 Comments(first posted 8/1/2011) What is it that makes this old farm truck so compelling? Sure, all the usual superlatives can be invoked: its just awesome, cool, and absolutely dripping with […] -
![Goodness gracious me. A pre-war Ford that hasn’t been chopped and beaten to within an inch of its life, then resprayed in the brightest hues of orange and red with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1.jpg "eBay Find: 1941 Ford Business Coupe – Not a Hot Rod")
eBay Find: 1941 Ford Business Coupe – Not a Hot Rod
Posted on November 24, 2014 | 45 CommentsGoodness gracious me. A pre-war Ford that hasn’t been chopped and beaten to within an inch of its life, then resprayed in the brightest hues of orange and red with […] -
![Here’s a good one! What is the coolest car you have ever ridden in? I’ll go first. For me, the coolest car I’ve driven was a 1923 Ford Model T. But […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "Curbside Question: What Is The Coolest Car You’ve Ridden In, Ever?")
Curbside Question: What Is The Coolest Car You’ve Ridden In, Ever?
Posted on October 2, 2014 | 137 CommentsHere’s a good one! What is the coolest car you have ever ridden in? I’ll go first. For me, the coolest car I’ve driven was a 1923 Ford Model T. But […]
