- Description
- Lover of strange and interesting cars. The fact that most of them happen to be terrible is entirely coincidental. Follow me on twitter @gaasc123.
![My story with a Fiat 124 is extensively well-documented here. Funnily enough, my mother–who adored that car and cherished it with her life–absolutely loathed the Lada. I’m guessing that the Russification […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1988 Lada Signet: I Want a Fiat 124, Only Worse.")
![It takes a special kind of person to own a pre-1945 car. The sort of man who isn’t afraid to get its hands dirty because no mechanic will even try […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gaisberg_rally_04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: Which Pre-War Vehicle Would You Most Like To Have?")
![Bryce Chessum posted these pictures of what looks to be an incredibly well-kept Morris 1000 that’s on sale. One of those pictures was titled “Manual, as if you had a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/cp4688632153979867086.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1956-1969 Morris Minor 1000 – Has There Ever Been an Automatic?")
![Do you like camping? Do you like saving money? Do you dislike people that say they’re camping but what they’re doing is simply driving a completely furnished house between […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/57.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1971 Volkswagen Camper (T2)– For the Full Experience.")
![Ah summer. For us living in the tropics it means we’re about to roast our nuts off under the inclement nuclear reactor in the sky. For people who live further […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/13.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1981 Toyota Celica Sunchaser – Spring and Summer.")
![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&quality=80&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Adventures in Advertising")
![If the used car market has taught us anything is that cheap-to-buy doesn’t mean that it’ll be cheap to run. Or to put it in lore “There’s nothing more expensive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_2958.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: What’s the Most Expensive Car You’ve Owned?")
![Sixteen Candles, starring Molly Ringwald and Michael Schoeffling, was released in 1984. It has a 7.2 rating on IMDB, which means it’s liked but not well-liked, especially when you take into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/16083682164_3798fdce93_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Outtake: Porsche 944 – Jake Ryan Has Moved On")
![This is not the absolute worst Cadillac ever to grace the planet earth. No; the earlier 1.8-liter Cimarron is still at large and evading (photographic) capture. However, for the moment […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1986 Cadillac Cimarron – D’ Oh No.")
![Ah, the Malaise era. That bit of time when there was very few, if any, good vehicles from American manufacturers. OPEC oil embargos and stringent fuel economy and emissions regulations […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/79MKV-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: Would You Own a Malaise Era Car?")
![I’ve always preferred eBay to Craigslist. Call me paranoid, but there’s something about the unpolished, plain-site look of Craigslist that just make me look at absolutely anything within it with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1991 Alfa Romeo 164 – Craigslist? On my eBay?")
![Does Curbside Classic have the most comprehensive history of Crosley on the Internet? If not, we’re surely pretty high up on the list. Jeff Nelson’s excellent article on the history […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1950 Crosley Super Convertible – Condition 1 Crosley")
![I heard it many times in reference to icons like the E-Type and the Miura on the British car shows I watched as a child: just imagine how it would’ve […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2006_honda_civic_si_sedan_concept_100010220_l.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Future Classic: 2006-2011 Honda Civic – The Final Progressive Civic?")
![Until it was replaced by the one-size-fits-all Series I XJ, the Jaguar Mark X was the biggest and most luxurious Jaguar that money could buy. Bought by the man who […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/kf2aba4z33evab56g.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1966 Jaguar Mark X")
![Even though I am not affected by it, I can’t pass up another chance to mock the ridiculous 25-year old importation restriction that vexes every gearhead in America. It was born […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/PQ_800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1990 Land Rover Defender: Are You A Gambling Man?")
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American Brands: GM 
American Brands: Ford 
American Brands: Chrysler 
American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
Automotive Histories and Misc. 
Asian Brands 
UK Brands 
Australian Brands 
European Brands 
Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
Buses 
Trucks, Pickups and Vans 
Design 
Trains, Planes & Ships 
Motorcycles, Trikes, Bicycles 
Engines, Transmissions and other Tech 
Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment 
RVs, Motorhomes, Trailers, Campers
