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![Summer is flying by and this is the first time I’ve been to the monthly car show that is all of two miles away. Part of it has been due […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_5160.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Report: The June 2015 Jefferson City Car Show – Studebakers, E-Bodies, and A Few Other Surprises")
Car Show Report: The June 2015 Jefferson City Car Show – Studebakers, E-Bodies, and A Few Other Surprises
Posted on July 2, 2015 | 44 CommentsSummer is flying by and this is the first time I’ve been to the monthly car show that is all of two miles away. Part of it has been due […] -
![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 […] -
![Last summer, one of my sons and I spent an afternoon at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. I have always liked the 1947 Studebaker (Is it coming […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1947StudebakerWoody01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: 1947 Studebaker Champion Station Wagon Prototype – Woody in the Woods")
Museum Classic: 1947 Studebaker Champion Station Wagon Prototype – Woody in the Woods
Posted on April 22, 2015 | 23 CommentsLast summer, one of my sons and I spent an afternoon at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. I have always liked the 1947 Studebaker (Is it coming […] -
![Despite being about 40 years too young to be a target demographic, I enjoyed reading Reader’s Digest a lot as a young boy. My mother had every copy from around […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rsz_1.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Adventures in Advertising")
Cohort Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Adventures in Advertising
Posted on March 21, 2015 | 45 CommentsDespite being about 40 years too young to be a target demographic, I enjoyed reading Reader’s Digest a lot as a young boy. My mother had every copy from around […] -
![(first posted 11/8/2011) We have spent a lot of effort debating the merits (and demerits) of economy cars on these pages. We have spent no small amount of time examining […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Studebaker-Scotsman_mp204_pic_25861-e1745347742807.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: 1957-1958 Studebaker Scotsman: Discount Prices Equals Life Preserver")
Automotive History: 1957-1958 Studebaker Scotsman: Discount Prices Equals Life Preserver
Posted on December 30, 2014 | 86 Comments(first posted 11/8/2011) We have spent a lot of effort debating the merits (and demerits) of economy cars on these pages. We have spent no small amount of time examining […] -
![If you attended the CC Meetup in Auburn, Indiana early this month, you may have seen me squatting, sitting on the ground, or down on one knee, bringing my camera […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/23-Duesy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Gallery: Up Close And Personal With The Cars From The 2014 CC Meetup")
CC Gallery: Up Close And Personal With The Cars From The 2014 CC Meetup
Posted on October 16, 2014 | 35 CommentsIf you attended the CC Meetup in Auburn, Indiana early this month, you may have seen me squatting, sitting on the ground, or down on one knee, bringing my camera […] -
![Having just arrived back in the QC from Indiana at the time of this writing, but not yet having loaded my pictures from the amazing day yesterday (Oct. 4) at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/6-8-2013-211.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1966 Studebaker Cruiser – Brougham Trainee")
Car Show Classic: 1966 Studebaker Cruiser – Brougham Trainee
Posted on October 6, 2014 | 70 CommentsHaving just arrived back in the QC from Indiana at the time of this writing, but not yet having loaded my pictures from the amazing day yesterday (Oct. 4) at […] -
![We’ve finally made it out of winter and it’s time for some spring cleaning. These pictures are all at least a year old and I simply haven’t tapped into them. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_0191.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Photo Album: Cars From Two Continents, Three States, Four Towns, and Seven Decades – More Mopars, Some Independents, and A Few Surprises")
Car Show Photo Album: Cars From Two Continents, Three States, Four Towns, and Seven Decades – More Mopars, Some Independents, and A Few Surprises
Posted on May 9, 2014 | 50 CommentsWe’ve finally made it out of winter and it’s time for some spring cleaning. These pictures are all at least a year old and I simply haven’t tapped into them. […] -
![How many sports movies have we seen? In about every one of them, there is a place where things look really bleak. This is where the hero of the story […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1960StudebakerHawk01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1960 Studebaker Hawk – Rock Bottom?")
Car Show Classic: 1960 Studebaker Hawk – Rock Bottom?
Posted on November 29, 2013 | 30 CommentsHow many sports movies have we seen? In about every one of them, there is a place where things look really bleak. This is where the hero of the story […] -
![Do you ever get sick of the common car-show fodder–hot rods, Mustangs, Corvettes and the like? Me, too. So, when an AACA Grand National was held right here in downtown […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/6-28-13-126.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1931 Pierce-Arrow Model 43 Sedan – Classic With a Capital C!")
Car Show Classic: 1931 Pierce-Arrow Model 43 Sedan – Classic With a Capital C!
Posted on November 2, 2013 | 31 CommentsDo you ever get sick of the common car-show fodder–hot rods, Mustangs, Corvettes and the like? Me, too. So, when an AACA Grand National was held right here in downtown […] -
![Tupelo, Mississippi, is known for more than being the birthplace of Elvis Presley; bisected by the Natchez Trace Parkway, the city that was once the site of a Civil War battle is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_0888.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Tupelo Automobile Museum")
The Tupelo Automobile Museum
Posted on October 23, 2013 | 37 CommentsTupelo, Mississippi, is known for more than being the birthplace of Elvis Presley; bisected by the Natchez Trace Parkway, the city that was once the site of a Civil War battle is […] -
![We just had a very fine CC on the Avanti recently, but I just had to share this aqua Avanti I saw at a show last summer in downtown Davenport. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/6-23-2013-108-800x533-e1382052188672.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1963 Postscript: Aqua Avantis Are Awesome")
1963 Postscript: Aqua Avantis Are Awesome
Posted on October 18, 2013 | 32 CommentsWe just had a very fine CC on the Avanti recently, but I just had to share this aqua Avanti I saw at a show last summer in downtown Davenport. […] -
![This is the third and final part in a series. Check out the prewar Studebakers in Part 1, and the postwar Studes in Part 2. The Studebaker National Museum contains […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MuppetMovie51Commander.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Tour of the Studebaker National Museum: Part 3 – Rarities and Oddities")
A Tour of the Studebaker National Museum: Part 3 – Rarities and Oddities
Posted on October 6, 2013 | 24 CommentsThis is the third and final part in a series. Check out the prewar Studebakers in Part 1, and the postwar Studes in Part 2. The Studebaker National Museum contains […] -
![Read Part One of this tour of the Studebaker National Museum, with vehicles made before World War II, here. This dramatic Lark sign–the first thing you see when you enter […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/LarkSign.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Tour of the Studebaker National Museum: Part 2 – After World War II")
A Tour of the Studebaker National Museum: Part 2 – After World War II
Posted on October 5, 2013 | 29 CommentsRead Part One of this tour of the Studebaker National Museum, with vehicles made before World War II, here. This dramatic Lark sign–the first thing you see when you enter […] -
![I was born in South Bend a few years after Studebaker shuttered its plant, so a post-Studebaker South Bend is all I’ve ever known. But I will always love the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1934President.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Tour of the Studebaker National Museum: Part 1 – Before World War II")
A Tour of the Studebaker National Museum: Part 1 – Before World War II
Posted on October 4, 2013 | 31 CommentsI was born in South Bend a few years after Studebaker shuttered its plant, so a post-Studebaker South Bend is all I’ve ever known. But I will always love the […]
