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![Golf carts are everywhere at the Mecum Spring Classic, shuttling people all over the sprawling Indiana State Fairgrounds. This one certainly wasn’t souped up by the famous Don Yenko Chevrolet, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/YenkoCart1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Yenko/SC Golf Cart")
CC Outtake: Yenko/SC Golf Cart
Posted on May 25, 2013 | 3 CommentsGolf carts are everywhere at the Mecum Spring Classic, shuttling people all over the sprawling Indiana State Fairgrounds. This one certainly wasn’t souped up by the famous Don Yenko Chevrolet, […] -
![Every year in mid-May, the giant Mecum Spring Classic muscle-car auction descends on the Indiana State Fairgrounds here in Indianapolis. It lasts for six days; easily 2,000 cars roll by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1948Oldsmobile1jg1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auction Classics: Unrestored at the Mecum Spring Classic")
Auction Classics: Unrestored at the Mecum Spring Classic
Posted on May 25, 2013 | 59 CommentsEvery year in mid-May, the giant Mecum Spring Classic muscle-car auction descends on the Indiana State Fairgrounds here in Indianapolis. It lasts for six days; easily 2,000 cars roll by […] -
![On this Saab Day I thought I’d share photos of a Saab I recently got to ride in. My friend Amy owns this ’92 900S, and it’s her daily driver. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/92Saab900S1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Saab Day Capsule: 1992 Saab 900S – Among The Last “Real” Saabs")
CC Saab Day Capsule: 1992 Saab 900S – Among The Last “Real” Saabs
Posted on May 15, 2013 | 20 CommentsOn this Saab Day I thought I’d share photos of a Saab I recently got to ride in. My friend Amy owns this ’92 900S, and it’s her daily driver. […] -
![When I finished writing my Cars of a Lifetime series early this year, I had just bought a used Ford Focus to become my main car. But I was keeping […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Smackdown1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Smackdown! 2003 Toyota Matrix XRS vs. 2006 Ford Focus ZX5 SES")
COAL Smackdown! 2003 Toyota Matrix XRS vs. 2006 Ford Focus ZX5 SES
Posted on May 12, 2013 | 44 CommentsWhen I finished writing my Cars of a Lifetime series early this year, I had just bought a used Ford Focus to become my main car. But I was keeping […] -
![I can just imagine the howls that came from Pontiac dealers when GM announced that after 1981 it would stop making the large B-body Bonneville, and affix the Bonneville nameplate […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/85PontiacParisienne3jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1985 Pontiac Parisienne – A Caprice with Champagne Taste")
CC Capsule: 1985 Pontiac Parisienne – A Caprice with Champagne Taste
Posted on May 4, 2013 | 47 CommentsI can just imagine the howls that came from Pontiac dealers when GM announced that after 1981 it would stop making the large B-body Bonneville, and affix the Bonneville nameplate […] -
![In honor of Patina Week, I thought I’d show more photos of a car I featured in my Cars of Route 66 post a couple of weeks ago: here’s a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/50Chevrolet5jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Patina Week Classic: 1950 Chevrolet Sedan – A Route 66 Icon")
Patina Week Classic: 1950 Chevrolet Sedan – A Route 66 Icon
Posted on April 26, 2013 | 18 CommentsIn honor of Patina Week, I thought I’d show more photos of a car I featured in my Cars of Route 66 post a couple of weeks ago: here’s a […] -
![Every time we write about the Renault Alliance here at Curbside Classic, at least one commenter wonders: “These things all suddenly disappeared from the roads in the early 90s. Where […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/MiscAlliances1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Where Renault Alliances Go to Die")
Where Renault Alliances Go to Die
Posted on April 20, 2013 | 51 CommentsEvery time we write about the Renault Alliance here at Curbside Classic, at least one commenter wonders: “These things all suddenly disappeared from the roads in the early 90s. Where […] -
![My sons and I made a trip along old Route 66 over spring break, driving it across Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma. I expected to find plenty of curbside classics along […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/51ChevyTruck1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Roadtrip: The Cars of Route 66 – Tri-Fives, Movie Inspirations, a Converted School Bus, and Everyday Curbside Classics")
Curbside Roadtrip: The Cars of Route 66 – Tri-Fives, Movie Inspirations, a Converted School Bus, and Everyday Curbside Classics
Posted on April 13, 2013 | 44 CommentsMy sons and I made a trip along old Route 66 over spring break, driving it across Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma. I expected to find plenty of curbside classics along […] -
![My sons and I are on the road this week, driving as much of Route 66 as we can cram into our Spring Break. I’ve dreamed of making this trip […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/47Ford1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Roadtrip: All Over the Midwest on the Blue Highways – Survivors, Pampered Classics, a Fire Truck and a Burned-Out Plymouth")
Curbside Roadtrip: All Over the Midwest on the Blue Highways – Survivors, Pampered Classics, a Fire Truck and a Burned-Out Plymouth
Posted on April 6, 2013 | 38 CommentsMy sons and I are on the road this week, driving as much of Route 66 as we can cram into our Spring Break. I’ve dreamed of making this trip […] -
![I surely write about a lot of trucks here at Curbside Classic. It’s not that I’m particularly partial to them; actually, I’m much more a car guy. But old trucks […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/81DodgeTruckAd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1980 Dodge D-series Adventurer – The Essence of a Truck")
CC Capsule: 1980 Dodge D-series Adventurer – The Essence of a Truck
Posted on March 30, 2013 | 17 CommentsI surely write about a lot of trucks here at Curbside Classic. It’s not that I’m particularly partial to them; actually, I’m much more a car guy. But old trucks […] -
![The second-generation Camry is where Toyota got serious about the midsize sedan. The Camry had always been designed with the U.S. market in mind, but the styling of the first-generation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/89ToyotaCamryAd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1988 Toyota Camry DX – Somehow, Beige Is Appropriate")
CC Capsule: 1988 Toyota Camry DX – Somehow, Beige Is Appropriate
Posted on March 16, 2013 | 80 CommentsThe second-generation Camry is where Toyota got serious about the midsize sedan. The Camry had always been designed with the U.S. market in mind, but the styling of the first-generation […] -
![This Caddy had been sitting on my mechanic’s lot for months. “This fellow drops it off here and asks me to do a mechanical restoration,” my mechanic said, “but the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/69CadillacCoupeDeVille1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1969 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Snow-Covered Cadillac")
CC Outtake: 1969 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Snow-Covered Cadillac
Posted on March 15, 2013 | 7 CommentsThis Caddy had been sitting on my mechanic’s lot for months. “This fellow drops it off here and asks me to do a mechanical restoration,” my mechanic said, “but the […] -
![Aged daily drivers are few and far between here in Indiana. Our winters are hard on cars. So it’s a real event for a carspotter like me to find one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/67FordF1001jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1967 Ford F-250 – The Only Curbside Classic I’ve Ever Found in My Neighborhood")
CC Outtake: 1967 Ford F-250 – The Only Curbside Classic I’ve Ever Found in My Neighborhood
Posted on March 13, 2013 | 22 CommentsAged daily drivers are few and far between here in Indiana. Our winters are hard on cars. So it’s a real event for a carspotter like me to find one […] -
Cohort Sighting: 1978 Cutlass Salon – Dig Those Crazy Wide Whitewall Tires
Posted on March 11, 2013 | 75 CommentsFlickr user PShoar has posted quite a few photos to the Curbside Classic Cohort lately, including this pristine 1978 Cutlass Salon. He spotted it near Columbus, Ohio. -
![My parents bought their home in 1976, when I was nine. One set of next-door neighbors were salt-of-the-earth types. The mother went to Mass every single morning; they’d give you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/72PlymouthSatellite1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Question: When Does a Curbside Classic Become Just an Old Junker?")
Curbside Question: When Does a Curbside Classic Become Just an Old Junker?
Posted on March 9, 2013 | 66 CommentsMy parents bought their home in 1976, when I was nine. One set of next-door neighbors were salt-of-the-earth types. The mother went to Mass every single morning; they’d give you […]
