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Curbside Classics Archives
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![Before about 1930, most cars used unsynchronized sliding-gear manual transmissions, which were aptly nicknamed “crash boxes” because shifting without clashing gears took real skill. In 1929, however, Cadillac and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1929-Cadillac-341B-convertible-coupe-tan-Mecum-Auctions-front-3q-left.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1929 Cadillac/LaSalle Synchro-Mesh Transmission – “Shifting Is Made Simple And Clashing Of Gears Is Ended”")
1929 Cadillac/LaSalle Synchro-Mesh Transmission – “Shifting Is Made Simple And Clashing Of Gears Is Ended”
Posted on July 13, 2025 | 11 CommentsBefore about 1930, most cars used unsynchronized sliding-gear manual transmissions, which were aptly nicknamed “crash boxes” because shifting without clashing gears took real skill. In 1929, however, Cadillac and […] -
![(first posted 4/4/2012) In the months before the 1928 U. S. presidential election, Herbert Hoover’s campaign slogan was “A chicken in every pot and a car in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1937-PackardSix03-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1937 Packard Six – Prestige on the Installment Plan")
Curbside Classic: 1937 Packard Six – Prestige on the Installment Plan
Posted on November 28, 2024 | 65 Comments(first posted 4/4/2012) In the months before the 1928 U. S. presidential election, Herbert Hoover’s campaign slogan was “A chicken in every pot and a car in […] -
![Cars from the 1930’s are becoming a bit like a foreign language to many of us here. I am now north of sixty years on this orb and these were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1936-LaSalle-a-06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1936 LaSalle Series 36-50 – Almost, But Not Quite, A Cadillac")
Car Show Classic: 1936 LaSalle Series 36-50 – Almost, But Not Quite, A Cadillac
Posted on March 3, 2022 | 47 CommentsCars from the 1930’s are becoming a bit like a foreign language to many of us here. I am now north of sixty years on this orb and these were […] -
![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 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_0157-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood and 1940 LaSalle – Maintaining The Pecking Order")
CC Outtake: 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood and 1940 LaSalle – Maintaining The Pecking Order
Posted on September 20, 2019 | 44 CommentsKansas 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 1941 Cadillac Fleetwood and […] -
![Co-author’s Note: This is a collaborative piece written by my seventh-grade daughter and me. We went to the museum as a history lesson and it’s a follow-up of sorts from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4939.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Auto World Museum, Revisited")
The Auto World Museum, Revisited
Posted on June 25, 2015 | 39 CommentsCo-author’s Note: This is a collaborative piece written by my seventh-grade daughter and me. We went to the museum as a history lesson and it’s a follow-up of sorts from […] -
![Every May sees the Blue Suede Cruise in beautiful Tupelo, Mississippi. Held concurrently this year with the 2015 Ford Galaxie National Convention, the Blue Suede Cruise attracted over 900 cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_4389.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The 2015 Blue Suede Cruise")
The 2015 Blue Suede Cruise
Posted on May 29, 2015 | 44 CommentsEvery May sees the Blue Suede Cruise in beautiful Tupelo, Mississippi. Held concurrently this year with the 2015 Ford Galaxie National Convention, the Blue Suede Cruise attracted over 900 cars […]
