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![There was a time when I didn’t care much about prewar cars. That time was most of my life. I’m not sure why the past few years have brought an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1941-Buick-Super-b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1940 Buick Special – An Early B Body, With Thanks to Harlow Curtice")
Curbside Classic: 1940 Buick Special – An Early B Body, With Thanks to Harlow Curtice
Posted on October 7, 2014 | 55 CommentsThere was a time when I didn’t care much about prewar cars. That time was most of my life. I’m not sure why the past few years have brought an […] -
![Recently a young woman who works for me bought her first brand new car, this Honda Civic in this wonderful electric blue, which Honda calls Dyno Blue Pearl. I was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_3216.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Modern Cars, In Living Color")
Modern Cars, In Living Color
Posted on September 30, 2014 | 103 CommentsRecently a young woman who works for me bought her first brand new car, this Honda Civic in this wonderful electric blue, which Honda calls Dyno Blue Pearl. I was […] -
![I believe this is the first Aspire featured at CC. Not that I think I deserve a medal for it – this is a car we’ve ragged on many, many times […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1996-Ford-Aspire.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1996 Ford Aspire – OMG, I Actually Found One")
CC Outtake: 1996 Ford Aspire – OMG, I Actually Found One
Posted on September 23, 2014 | 80 CommentsI believe this is the first Aspire featured at CC. Not that I think I deserve a medal for it – this is a car we’ve ragged on many, many times […] -
![I was in Roann, pop. 479, in northern Indiana to visit the town’s covered bridge and operating grist mill. I didn’t know until I arrived that it was the weekend […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1977-Chevrolet-C10-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1977 Chevrolet C10 – Roll On, Old Blue, Roll On")
CC Capsule: 1977 Chevrolet C10 – Roll On, Old Blue, Roll On
Posted on September 16, 2014 | 23 CommentsI was in Roann, pop. 479, in northern Indiana to visit the town’s covered bridge and operating grist mill. I didn’t know until I arrived that it was the weekend […] -
![As long as there have been Cadillacs, there have been custom and coach-built bodies for them. We are most familiar with hearses and other funeral cars today, but all manner […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/55-cadillac_Custom_Viewmstr-DV-07-CC_01-conceptcarz-dot-com.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Castilian Estate – Custom Wagons Ho!")
CC Capsule: 1976 Cadillac Fleetwood Castilian Estate – Custom Wagons Ho!
Posted on September 2, 2014 | 37 CommentsAs long as there have been Cadillacs, there have been custom and coach-built bodies for them. We are most familiar with hearses and other funeral cars today, but all manner […] -
![I stopped to photograph this Jeep Cherokee because the two-doors are far less plentiful than the four-doors, which themselves are starting to thin out here in Rustopia. I guess most […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1995-Jeep-Cherokee-d.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1996 Jeep Cherokee – Never a Family Hauler")
CC Capsule: 1996 Jeep Cherokee – Never a Family Hauler
Posted on August 26, 2014 | 48 CommentsI stopped to photograph this Jeep Cherokee because the two-doors are far less plentiful than the four-doors, which themselves are starting to thin out here in Rustopia. I guess most […] -
![One legacy of The Andy Griffith Show has got to be all of the early-60s Ford sedans that have survived as replicas of the police cars Andy and Barney drove. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1963-tags-imcdb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1963 Ford Galaxie – A Little Rural North Carolina in Central Indiana")
CC Capsule: 1963 Ford Galaxie – A Little Rural North Carolina in Central Indiana
Posted on August 19, 2014 | 40 CommentsOne legacy of The Andy Griffith Show has got to be all of the early-60s Ford sedans that have survived as replicas of the police cars Andy and Barney drove. […] -
![I surely enjoy finding unrestored originals at the Mecum auction. It seems like more of them appear there every year, reflecting a growing sentiment that “it’s only original once.” This […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1957-Oldsmobile-Ninety-Eight-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auction Capsule: 1957 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Convertible – For 57 Years, A Fair-Weather Ride")
Auction Capsule: 1957 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Convertible – For 57 Years, A Fair-Weather Ride
Posted on August 12, 2014 | 40 CommentsI surely enjoy finding unrestored originals at the Mecum auction. It seems like more of them appear there every year, reflecting a growing sentiment that “it’s only original once.” This […] -
![Was there ever a sadder Buick than the one that rode on the flaccid GM10 platform? Everything GM offered on that platform oozed low expectations. The problem wasn’t that GM downsized and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1991-Buick-Regal-Custom-Edition-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1991 Buick Regal Classic Edition by BG – Why It’s Good That Buicks Are Just Rebaged Opels Now")
CC Outtake: 1991 Buick Regal Classic Edition by BG – Why It’s Good That Buicks Are Just Rebaged Opels Now
Posted on August 5, 2014 | 129 CommentsWas there ever a sadder Buick than the one that rode on the flaccid GM10 platform? Everything GM offered on that platform oozed low expectations. The problem wasn’t that GM downsized and […] -
![A 1989 Corolla sedan would have normally been a pretty good choice for a first car in 2002, when my stepson bought one. But this one looked like it had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1991-Toyota-Corolla-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Capsule: 1991 Toyota Corolla – My Stepson’s First-Car Folly")
COAL Capsule: 1991 Toyota Corolla – My Stepson’s First-Car Folly
Posted on July 29, 2014 | 30 CommentsA 1989 Corolla sedan would have normally been a pretty good choice for a first car in 2002, when my stepson bought one. But this one looked like it had […] -
![You didn’t mess with my grandma. She was barely 5 feet tall, but she swore like a sailor and drank like a fish. And she always drove 4-wheel-drive trucks. One […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1972-Chevrolet-Blazer-f.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auction Capsule: 1972 Chevrolet K/5 Blazer CST – Don’t Mess With Grandma")
Auction Capsule: 1972 Chevrolet K/5 Blazer CST – Don’t Mess With Grandma
Posted on July 22, 2014 | 32 CommentsYou didn’t mess with my grandma. She was barely 5 feet tall, but she swore like a sailor and drank like a fish. And she always drove 4-wheel-drive trucks. One […] -
![The CCs have been out in force this spring and summer here in Rustopia, but unfortunately I’m not finding very many of them parked. Fortunately, my iPhone is usually tethered […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/6xFordHeavyDuty.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Spotted While Driving, or I Just Can’t Find Enough CCs Parked So Far This Year")
Spotted While Driving, or I Just Can’t Find Enough CCs Parked So Far This Year
Posted on July 15, 2014 | 27 CommentsThe CCs have been out in force this spring and summer here in Rustopia, but unfortunately I’m not finding very many of them parked. Fortunately, my iPhone is usually tethered […] -
![Even for a non-car-loving person, a new car can be a point of pride or pleasure. How many of us have photographs of ourselves with our new cars shortly after […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/50Chevrolet.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Imagining the Stories Behind Old Photographs of Cars That Weren’t That Old Yet")
Imagining the Stories Behind Old Photographs of Cars That Weren’t That Old Yet
Posted on July 9, 2014 | 65 CommentsEven for a non-car-loving person, a new car can be a point of pride or pleasure. How many of us have photographs of ourselves with our new cars shortly after […] -
![At first, I thought it was another mid-70s Olds Ninety Eight. I found one of those in this very parking lot a year before (see it here). Because really, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Firemist.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1976 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – A Vision in Amberlite Firemist")
CC Capsule: 1976 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – A Vision in Amberlite Firemist
Posted on July 2, 2014 | 54 CommentsAt first, I thought it was another mid-70s Olds Ninety Eight. I found one of those in this very parking lot a year before (see it here). Because really, the […] -
![I love to find unrestored cars at the Mecum auction in Indianapolis every year. Except for one repaint and possibly a couple performance tweaks to the 289 V8, this ’67 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Galaxies.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auction Capsule: 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 – The Flowingest Full-Sized Ford")
Auction Capsule: 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 – The Flowingest Full-Sized Ford
Posted on June 24, 2014 | 64 CommentsI love to find unrestored cars at the Mecum auction in Indianapolis every year. Except for one repaint and possibly a couple performance tweaks to the 289 V8, this ’67 […]
