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![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 […] -
![Is there a sports car that typifies the 1990s more than the Mitsubishi 3000GT (and its mechanically identical companion, the Dodge Stealth)? It seemed so exotic at the time – […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/VR4brochure.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL – At Least It’s Not Red")
CC Capsule: 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL – At Least It’s Not Red
Posted on September 29, 2013 | 23 CommentsIs there a sports car that typifies the 1990s more than the Mitsubishi 3000GT (and its mechanically identical companion, the Dodge Stealth)? It seemed so exotic at the time – […] -
![Fountain Square is an old Indianapolis neighborhood that lies just southeast of downtown. It’s in the beginning stages of gentrification, which means that the trappings of blue-collar life – the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/74BMW30CS2jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1974 BMW 3.0 CS – Bringing the Gentrification")
CC Capsule: 1974 BMW 3.0 CS – Bringing the Gentrification
Posted on September 21, 2013 | 28 CommentsFountain Square is an old Indianapolis neighborhood that lies just southeast of downtown. It’s in the beginning stages of gentrification, which means that the trappings of blue-collar life – the […] -
![Though I’m a city boy through and through, I have a soft spot in my heart for vintage farm equipment, especially vintage Oliver farm equipment. You see, my dad worked […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1968Oliver1950T1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "State Fair Classic: 1968 Oliver 1950-T: The Oliver Years")
State Fair Classic: 1968 Oliver 1950-T: The Oliver Years
Posted on September 7, 2013 | 34 CommentsThough I’m a city boy through and through, I have a soft spot in my heart for vintage farm equipment, especially vintage Oliver farm equipment. You see, my dad worked […] -
![Back in the 80s, I used to go to this cool little record store (remember records?) where the sign over the door read, “Since 1969.” The store actually opened in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/69VWWestie1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1969 Volkswagen Westfalia Camper – Perfect for that Workday Afternoon Siesta")
CC Capsule: 1969 Volkswagen Westfalia Camper – Perfect for that Workday Afternoon Siesta
Posted on August 24, 2013 | 26 CommentsBack in the 80s, I used to go to this cool little record store (remember records?) where the sign over the door read, “Since 1969.” The store actually opened in […] -
![“It’s in rough shape,” my mechanic said when I asked about the old Jeep with a for-sale sign in the window. I’d just paid him for an oil change. “It’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/79JeepCJ7_2jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1979 Jeep CJ-7 – Dads Can Dream")
CC Capsule: 1979 Jeep CJ-7 – Dads Can Dream
Posted on August 17, 2013 | 26 Comments“It’s in rough shape,” my mechanic said when I asked about the old Jeep with a for-sale sign in the window. I’d just paid him for an oil change. “It’s […] -
![As soon as I saw this Land Rover on a Chicago street several months ago, I knew I’d have to photograph it to share with you here. But I’ve been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/BornFree.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1961 Land Rover Series IIa – I Have No Idea What to Say About This Vehicle, But Look, Here It Is")
CC Capsule: 1961 Land Rover Series IIa – I Have No Idea What to Say About This Vehicle, But Look, Here It Is
Posted on August 10, 2013 | 24 CommentsAs soon as I saw this Land Rover on a Chicago street several months ago, I knew I’d have to photograph it to share with you here. But I’ve been […] -
![As the 1980s faded into the 1990s, Olds kept one foot planted as firmly as it could in the 1970s. After all, plenty of bluehairs would still line up, with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1993OldsNinetyEightRegencyElite1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Oldsmobility at the Office")
Oldsmobility at the Office
Posted on August 6, 2013 | 41 CommentsAs the 1980s faded into the 1990s, Olds kept one foot planted as firmly as it could in the 1970s. After all, plenty of bluehairs would still line up, with […] -
![Kaiser in its various corporate guises produced vehicles for 22 years – cars just the first seven of them. Thanks to their purchase of Willys-Overland in 1953, however, they made […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/69KaiserJeepsterCommando3jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auction Classic Capsule: 1969 Kaiser Jeepster Commando – It’s Screaming Yellow, But It’s No Zonker")
Auction Classic Capsule: 1969 Kaiser Jeepster Commando – It’s Screaming Yellow, But It’s No Zonker
Posted on July 22, 2013 | 19 CommentsKaiser in its various corporate guises produced vehicles for 22 years – cars just the first seven of them. Thanks to their purchase of Willys-Overland in 1953, however, they made […] -
![I feel like such an Internet curmudgeon. In my day, sonny, we used Netscape 1.0 to surf static HTML Web pages that were coded in Notepad, and we liked it! […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/63ChevyCorvette1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cars on Film on Instagram")
Cars on Film on Instagram
Posted on July 13, 2013 | 17 CommentsI feel like such an Internet curmudgeon. In my day, sonny, we used Netscape 1.0 to surf static HTML Web pages that were coded in Notepad, and we liked it! […] -
![This is it, the ultimate mid-sized 1986 Oldsmobile. Well, the ultimate FWD mid-sizer, anyway; in ’86 you could still get the old RWD Cutlass Supreme in Brougham trim. But it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/84OldsCutlassCiera1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1986 Cutlass Ciera Brougham Sedan – Dressed In Its Sunday Best")
CC Capsule: 1986 Cutlass Ciera Brougham Sedan – Dressed In Its Sunday Best
Posted on June 30, 2013 | 38 CommentsThis is it, the ultimate mid-sized 1986 Oldsmobile. Well, the ultimate FWD mid-sizer, anyway; in ’86 you could still get the old RWD Cutlass Supreme in Brougham trim. But it […] -
![I am such a wussbag. I’ve always had irrational lust for the final B-body wagons. I can’t tell whether I like the Chevy Caprices best for their clean lines or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/92BuickRoadmaster1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1996 Buick Roadmaster Wagon – Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt")
CC Capsule: 1996 Buick Roadmaster Wagon – Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
Posted on June 22, 2013 | 76 CommentsI am such a wussbag. I’ve always had irrational lust for the final B-body wagons. I can’t tell whether I like the Chevy Caprices best for their clean lines or […] -
![For all I know, the Fox-based Continental was a joy to drive. Tom Klockau certainly has fond memories of the one his grandparents owned, the story of which he told […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/85LincolnContinental1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1985 Lincoln Continental – Mr. Droopy Drawers")
CC Capsule: 1985 Lincoln Continental – Mr. Droopy Drawers
Posted on June 18, 2013 | 32 CommentsFor all I know, the Fox-based Continental was a joy to drive. Tom Klockau certainly has fond memories of the one his grandparents owned, the story of which he told […] -
![As I grew up in the Midwest in the 1970s, there was a great common bias here toward American cars. I wrote that deliberately: a bias toward American cars, not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1965DatsunFairladySP311-1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1965 Datsun Fairlady – A Real Lady Tells No Stories On Herself")
CC Capsule: 1965 Datsun Fairlady – A Real Lady Tells No Stories On Herself
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 13 CommentsAs I grew up in the Midwest in the 1970s, there was a great common bias here toward American cars. I wrote that deliberately: a bias toward American cars, not […] -
![“It was my grandmother’s,” the fellow said as he unlocked the driver’s-side door. He was polite, but obviously in a hurry. “It was handed down to my mom, and now […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/71MustangGrande4jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1971 Mustang Grande – Grandma Must Have Been a Secretary")
CC Capsule: 1971 Mustang Grande – Grandma Must Have Been a Secretary
Posted on June 1, 2013 | 32 Comments“It was my grandmother’s,” the fellow said as he unlocked the driver’s-side door. He was polite, but obviously in a hurry. “It was handed down to my mom, and now […]
