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![This time it was the cab just standing there and me cruising on by and, as if hailed, I quickly checked my stride and veered closer. It’s been a while […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_0911.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1976 Checker Marathon – The Last Fare")
Curbside Recycling: 1976 Checker Marathon – The Last Fare
Posted on April 2, 2021 | 50 CommentsThis time it was the cab just standing there and me cruising on by and, as if hailed, I quickly checked my stride and veered closer. It’s been a while […] -
![The premium small car genre (and especially the small premium CUV genre) is more popular now than ever but back in the 1970s small cars in North America were generally […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_0492.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1976 Mercury Bobcat Villager – The Premium Compact Wagon Way Ahead Of Its Time")
Curbside Recycling: 1976 Mercury Bobcat Villager – The Premium Compact Wagon Way Ahead Of Its Time
Posted on March 29, 2021 | 58 CommentsThe premium small car genre (and especially the small premium CUV genre) is more popular now than ever but back in the 1970s small cars in North America were generally […] -
![It shouldn’t have been a big surprise, sooner or later a mainstream manufacturer was going to create a vehicle that could give Tesla a run for its money. The bigger […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_0261.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Review: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium AWD – Galloping At The Speed Of Silence")
Curbside Review: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E Premium AWD – Galloping At The Speed Of Silence
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 158 CommentsIt shouldn’t have been a big surprise, sooner or later a mainstream manufacturer was going to create a vehicle that could give Tesla a run for its money. The bigger […] -
![The other day as I was approaching a junkyard I passed someone on the shoulder making adjustments to a load on a trailer. Upon leaving the junkyard some time later, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_0104.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: Colorado Road Train – A Man Who Could Use A Truck")
Curbside Outtake: Colorado Road Train – A Man Who Could Use A Truck
Posted on March 5, 2021 | 44 CommentsThe other day as I was approaching a junkyard I passed someone on the shoulder making adjustments to a load on a trailer. Upon leaving the junkyard some time later, […] -
![Say that title five times fast…I wasn’t aware that Grand Am tires were actually a thing until I did a doubletake when passing by this one. Turns out that they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_9469.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Outtake: Only The Grandest Of Grand Ams Get Grand Am Brand Tires")
Junkyard Outtake: Only The Grandest Of Grand Ams Get Grand Am Brand Tires
Posted on March 4, 2021 | 39 CommentsSay that title five times fast…I wasn’t aware that Grand Am tires were actually a thing until I did a doubletake when passing by this one. Turns out that they […] -
![My own connection to DeSoto goes no further than knowing it was Howard Cunningham’s vehicle of choice on “Happy Days”. However, as one of Chrysler’s marques it has an interesting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_0021.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1954 DeSoto Firedome Sedan")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1954 DeSoto Firedome Sedan
Posted on March 2, 2021 | 47 CommentsMy own connection to DeSoto goes no further than knowing it was Howard Cunningham’s vehicle of choice on “Happy Days”. However, as one of Chrysler’s marques it has an interesting […] -
![When I was a small kid, I thought and believed that only two types of vehicles should always be bright red, those of course being sports cars and fire engines. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_9795-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Review: 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4WD LTZ Crew Cab – The Not So Little Red Wagon")
Curbside Review: 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4WD LTZ Crew Cab – The Not So Little Red Wagon
Posted on March 1, 2021 | 52 CommentsWhen I was a small kid, I thought and believed that only two types of vehicles should always be bright red, those of course being sports cars and fire engines. […] -
![Driving through the little town of Eaton, Colorado the other evening I passed by this pairing that was well worthy of a quick stop. Arranged as they were it could […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_0047.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Conundrum: 1964 Buick Riviera Or 1972 Ford Ranchero 500 – Eeny Meeny Miny Moe…")
Curbside Conundrum: 1964 Buick Riviera Or 1972 Ford Ranchero 500 – Eeny Meeny Miny Moe…
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 35 CommentsDriving through the little town of Eaton, Colorado the other evening I passed by this pairing that was well worthy of a quick stop. Arranged as they were it could […] -
![Ford’s F-series trucks got their literal start for the 1948 model year with the F-1 being the standard bearer of the line-up and then the F-2, 3, 4, and all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5548.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1948-1950 Ford F-2 Pickup")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1948-1950 Ford F-2 Pickup
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 13 CommentsFord’s F-series trucks got their literal start for the 1948 model year with the F-1 being the standard bearer of the line-up and then the F-2, 3, 4, and all […] -
![As our next entry in this occasional Gallery Series, let’s go with one of my favorite designs that I’ve found lately, a marvelous Mercury Monterey Commuter station wagon in Carnival […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5564.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1962 Mercury Monterey Commuter Station Wagon")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1962 Mercury Monterey Commuter Station Wagon
Posted on February 11, 2021 | 41 CommentsAs our next entry in this occasional Gallery Series, let’s go with one of my favorite designs that I’ve found lately, a marvelous Mercury Monterey Commuter station wagon in Carnival […] -
![I’ve decided to start a new series with occasional posts focusing on interesting junkyard finds of older subjects that I’m personally not particularly familiar with and just don’t have the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_3909.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1959-1961 International Harvester B-Series 4×4 Pickup")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1959-1961 International Harvester B-Series 4×4 Pickup
Posted on February 1, 2021 | 38 CommentsI’ve decided to start a new series with occasional posts focusing on interesting junkyard finds of older subjects that I’m personally not particularly familiar with and just don’t have the […] -
![That was pretty much the gist of what the man said to me outside of the Harbor Freight store as I climbed out of the TRX’s cab. He, like a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_8295-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Review: 2021 RAM 1500 TRX Crew Cab 4×4 – “So It’s Kind Of Like A Raptor, But With A Powerful Engine, Right?”")
Curbside Review: 2021 RAM 1500 TRX Crew Cab 4×4 – “So It’s Kind Of Like A Raptor, But With A Powerful Engine, Right?”
Posted on January 18, 2021 | 36 CommentsThat was pretty much the gist of what the man said to me outside of the Harbor Freight store as I climbed out of the TRX’s cab. He, like a […] -
![The junkyard is akin to a candy store, mounds and mounds of delicious treats and morsels to look at and perhaps inspect closer before deciding on something to sample (and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5401-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva SL – The Cinnamon Lollipop")
Curbside Recycling: 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva SL – The Cinnamon Lollipop
Posted on January 10, 2021 | 25 CommentsThe junkyard is akin to a candy store, mounds and mounds of delicious treats and morsels to look at and perhaps inspect closer before deciding on something to sample (and […] -
![I realize it may seem that I spend an inordinate amount of time in the parking lots outside of junkyards, however that’s not really the case. Sometimes the best finds […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_8138.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1972 Chevrolet Suburban – Waiting Outside The Pearly Chainlink Gates")
Curbside Recycling: 1972 Chevrolet Suburban – Waiting Outside The Pearly Chainlink Gates
Posted on December 25, 2020 | 39 CommentsI realize it may seem that I spend an inordinate amount of time in the parking lots outside of junkyards, however that’s not really the case. Sometimes the best finds […] -
![Just prior to this car being delivered to my driveway I received an introductory email from the SRT product support team which included a quote that’s been attributed to Voltaire […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_4277.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside QuickTake Review: 2020 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody – God. Bless. America. (And Canada Too Since That’s Where It’s Built)")
Curbside QuickTake Review: 2020 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Widebody – God. Bless. America. (And Canada Too Since That’s Where It’s Built)
Posted on August 20, 2020 | 61 CommentsJust prior to this car being delivered to my driveway I received an introductory email from the SRT product support team which included a quote that’s been attributed to Voltaire […]
