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truck Archive
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![A few years ago, I dreamed that I owned a blue Chevy LUV, and I fretted that I wasn’t driving it enough. Although few remember their dreams exactly, I can […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1976-LUV-1-e1784493078104-115x115.jpg "1976 Chevrolet LUV For Sale: One Of Few That Are “Very Clean”")
1976 Chevrolet LUV For Sale: One Of Few That Are “Very Clean”
Posted on July 20, 2026 | 9 CommentsA few years ago, I dreamed that I owned a blue Chevy LUV, and I fretted that I wasn’t driving it enough. Although few remember their dreams exactly, I can […] -
![Close your eyes. What do you see when I say “pickup truck?” Is it a new King Ranch F-150? Or is it something more akin to this 1953 Chevrolet “Advance […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1953-Chevy-1-115x115.jpg "1953 Chevrolet 3100 Pickup For Sale: A Classic Workhorse With No Reserve")
1953 Chevrolet 3100 Pickup For Sale: A Classic Workhorse With No Reserve
Posted on July 15, 2026 | 14 CommentsClose your eyes. What do you see when I say “pickup truck?” Is it a new King Ranch F-150? Or is it something more akin to this 1953 Chevrolet “Advance […] -
![In Japan, there is an appreciation for retro designs, something that was demonstrated earlier by Nissan’s Pike cars; a series of retro models that began with the BE-1 from 1987, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Suzuki_Every_2013-115x115.jpg "The Many Faces of Kei Vans – Retro Style Japanese Mimics")
The Many Faces of Kei Vans – Retro Style Japanese Mimics
Posted on February 26, 2026 | 17 CommentsIn Japan, there is an appreciation for retro designs, something that was demonstrated earlier by Nissan’s Pike cars; a series of retro models that began with the BE-1 from 1987, […] -
![How is it possible that out of all the Studebakers we have featured here at CC (as well as all of the old trucks of all kinds) we have never […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1949Studebaker2R5-10.jpg "1949 Studebaker 2R-5 Pickup: Two All-New Trucks In One (Studebaker’s First And Last)")
1949 Studebaker 2R-5 Pickup: Two All-New Trucks In One (Studebaker’s First And Last)
Posted on October 29, 2025 | 18 CommentsHow is it possible that out of all the Studebakers we have featured here at CC (as well as all of the old trucks of all kinds) we have never […] -
![Some time ago, I took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1966-Dodge-D100-01-Small.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 Pickup Truck – New Old Stock?")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 Pickup Truck – New Old Stock?
Posted on September 3, 2025 | 16 CommentsSome time ago, I took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because […] -
![(first posted 4/7/2013) We’ve just seen a diesel powered Corolla so how about a more conventional diesel powered Toyota? While still rare, this diesel-powered third-generation pickup is probably a less […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1982-Toyota-pickup-diesel.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1982 Toyota Diesel Pickup")
Curbside Classic: 1982 Toyota Diesel Pickup
Posted on June 29, 2025 | 49 Comments(first posted 4/7/2013) We’ve just seen a diesel powered Corolla so how about a more conventional diesel powered Toyota? While still rare, this diesel-powered third-generation pickup is probably a less […] -
![While at a campground in southern Alberta I came across this Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo Kei class pick up truck. While named Jumbo it is still a very small truck and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Daihatsu-Hijet-Jumbo-1.jpg "Campsite Classic: Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo – The Big Small Pickup Truck")
Campsite Classic: Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo – The Big Small Pickup Truck
Posted on February 24, 2025 | 13 CommentsWhile at a campground in southern Alberta I came across this Daihatsu HiJet Jumbo Kei class pick up truck. While named Jumbo it is still a very small truck and […] -
![(first posting 9/20/2018) Go looking online for information about the GMC version of the Advance Design trucks and you’ll come up with very little. For the Chevy you’ll […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/68000016-proc.jpg "CC Capsule: 1952-53 GMC Pickup – New Design, Not Advance Design")
CC Capsule: 1952-53 GMC Pickup – New Design, Not Advance Design
Posted on September 19, 2024 | 39 Comments(first posting 9/20/2018) Go looking online for information about the GMC version of the Advance Design trucks and you’ll come up with very little. For the Chevy you’ll […] -
![What is so special about springtime? As winter fades away the grass greens, leaves return to trees, baby animals are born and car auctions return. I have been teaching my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Pontiac-Strato-Chief-3.jpg "Fieldside Classics: Springtime Brings Auctiontime")
Fieldside Classics: Springtime Brings Auctiontime
Posted on May 9, 2024 | 32 CommentsWhat is so special about springtime? As winter fades away the grass greens, leaves return to trees, baby animals are born and car auctions return. I have been teaching my […] -
![While I cannot quantify what it truly is, there is enough of a certain hook within John Jerome’s book Truck to have compelled a book review. Was it subject matter? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/john-jerome.jpeg "Curbside Book Review: Truck by John Jerome")
Curbside Book Review: Truck by John Jerome
Posted on March 15, 2024 | 12 CommentsWhile I cannot quantify what it truly is, there is enough of a certain hook within John Jerome’s book Truck to have compelled a book review. Was it subject matter? […] -
![Back in 2021, just as the world was returning to normal, my wife and I decided to visit the touristy retreat of Suchitoto, a small town in the center of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/51265253631_97d64640b9_k.jpg "Museum Classic: 1956 International Harvester S-Series Truck – Brief Refresh")
Museum Classic: 1956 International Harvester S-Series Truck – Brief Refresh
Posted on October 16, 2023 | 9 CommentsBack in 2021, just as the world was returning to normal, my wife and I decided to visit the touristy retreat of Suchitoto, a small town in the center of […] -
![(first posted 2/23/2012) Most truck enthusiasts have undoubtedly heard of and perhaps seen the original Dodge Li’l Red Express sold in 1978 and 1979. Maybe a number of folks have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/interior.jpg "Curbside Classic: Dodge Li’l Red Express – Dodge Dakota Edition")
Curbside Classic: Dodge Li’l Red Express – Dodge Dakota Edition
Posted on March 14, 2023 | 102 Comments(first posted 2/23/2012) Most truck enthusiasts have undoubtedly heard of and perhaps seen the original Dodge Li’l Red Express sold in 1978 and 1979. Maybe a number of folks have […] -
Curbside Classic: 1959 Studebaker 3/4 ton Pickup – A Hoosier in King Twain’s Court
Posted on December 4, 2022 | 25 Comments(first posted 3/13/2013) Ah, a Studebaker pickup, a true piece of Americana. Does anything say apple pie, Coca-Cola and South Bend, Indiana, quite as much? -
![Ooh la la, the forbidden (to us of Del Norte) temptresses of the Southwestern Desert locales are bountiful; every time I visit I come across new and exotic species roaming […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_5096.jpg "Curbside Forbidden Fruta: 2016-2022 Renault Duster Oroch – The French Show Detroit How It’s Done")
Curbside Forbidden Fruta: 2016-2022 Renault Duster Oroch – The French Show Detroit How It’s Done
Posted on October 15, 2022 | 28 CommentsOoh la la, the forbidden (to us of Del Norte) temptresses of the Southwestern Desert locales are bountiful; every time I visit I come across new and exotic species roaming […] -
![In the early fall of 1986 I was living the life I thought I wanted. I was a young lawyer in a small law firm, I had a nearly-new […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1963-Ford-F100-01b.jpg "COAL: 1963 Ford F-100 – Chapter 9, A Post-Breakup Pick Me Up")
COAL: 1963 Ford F-100 – Chapter 9, A Post-Breakup Pick Me Up
Posted on September 11, 2022 | 43 CommentsIn the early fall of 1986 I was living the life I thought I wanted. I was a young lawyer in a small law firm, I had a nearly-new […]
