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About Author: Paul Niedermeyer
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![(first posted 8/3/2018) “Overstyled” is a bit of an understatement, but ironically enough, the F-10’s styling was actually just some three or four decades ahead of the curve. High […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CC-50-066.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1976 Vintage R&T Review: Datsun F10 – “Overstyled” or Just Ahead of Its Time?")
1976 Vintage R&T Review: Datsun F10 – “Overstyled” or Just Ahead of Its Time?
Posted on August 3, 2024 | 61 Comments(first posted 8/3/2018) “Overstyled” is a bit of an understatement, but ironically enough, the F-10’s styling was actually just some three or four decades ahead of the curve. High […] -
![(first posted 8/2/2018) When the weakening dollar made the German Opel 1900/Manta too expensive to import anymore, GM looked to its affiliate in Japan for the replacement. The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CC-248-011-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1976 Vintage R&T Review: Buick Opel by Isuzu – Once You Get Past the Name It’s Not a Bad Car")
1976 Vintage R&T Review: Buick Opel by Isuzu – Once You Get Past the Name It’s Not a Bad Car
Posted on August 2, 2024 | 46 Comments(first posted 8/2/2018) When the weakening dollar made the German Opel 1900/Manta too expensive to import anymore, GM looked to its affiliate in Japan for the replacement. The […] -
![If this were a ’95 Corolla wagon, I wouldn’t have stopped. And I would know with a great degree of likelihood that it would still be around in a few […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_1290.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1995 VW Passat GLC VR6 (B4) – Room To Spare")
Curbside Find: 1995 VW Passat GLC VR6 (B4) – Room To Spare
Posted on August 2, 2024 | 10 CommentsIf this were a ’95 Corolla wagon, I wouldn’t have stopped. And I would know with a great degree of likelihood that it would still be around in a few […] -
![(first posted 7/28/2018) Time to crack open the next Road and Track of my huge stack that a reader sent me a couple of years ago. We’re now into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/scans0001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1976 Vintage R&T Comparison: Porsche 924 vs Datsun 280Z vs Alfetta GT")
1976 Vintage R&T Comparison: Porsche 924 vs Datsun 280Z vs Alfetta GT
Posted on August 1, 2024 | 25 Comments(first posted 7/28/2018) Time to crack open the next Road and Track of my huge stack that a reader sent me a couple of years ago. We’re now into […] -
![(first posted 8/1/2018) “The Shape of Speed” may well be a personal high watermark as regards automotive exhibits. I have been utterly fascinated with the streamlined era since I was a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_0017.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: “The Shape of Speed” – A Sublime Collection of Streamlined Cars")
Museum Classics: “The Shape of Speed” – A Sublime Collection of Streamlined Cars
Posted on August 1, 2024 | 67 Comments(first posted 8/1/2018) “The Shape of Speed” may well be a personal high watermark as regards automotive exhibits. I have been utterly fascinated with the streamlined era since I was a […] -
![I’m very hard pressed to come up with a better example of a car that best represents the 1980s. This one has it all: FWD, a four cylinder engine, tight, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_1232.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Chrysler Laser Turbo – The Most Eighties Car Of Them All?")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Chrysler Laser Turbo – The Most Eighties Car Of Them All?
Posted on August 1, 2024 | 20 CommentsI’m very hard pressed to come up with a better example of a car that best represents the 1980s. This one has it all: FWD, a four cylinder engine, tight, […] -
![(first posted 7/30/2018) CC reader Chris M. sent me the link to this extremely rare 1981 Sport Omega for sale in Buffalo, NY. The ad says “Less than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/00A0A_gYqnmQPgkhD_1200x900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1981 Oldsmobile Sport Omega – 1 of 700 Made; Here’s Your Chance To Own a Unicorn")
CC For Sale: 1981 Oldsmobile Sport Omega – 1 of 700 Made; Here’s Your Chance To Own a Unicorn
Posted on July 30, 2024 | 53 Comments(first posted 7/30/2018) CC reader Chris M. sent me the link to this extremely rare 1981 Sport Omega for sale in Buffalo, NY. The ad says “Less than […] -
![If anyone had even dreamed in 1968 that the new C3 Corvette would be built for fifteen years, they would have been dismissed as an LSD-addled nut job. At the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/C3-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1968 Corvette 427 – “All Of The Virtues And Vices Of American Technology”")
Vintage Review: 1968 Corvette 427 – “All Of The Virtues And Vices Of American Technology”
Posted on July 30, 2024 | 14 CommentsIf anyone had even dreamed in 1968 that the new C3 Corvette would be built for fifteen years, they would have been dismissed as an LSD-addled nut job. At the […] -
![(first posted 10/1/2012) While out on a bike ride in a neighborhood I normally never ride through, an idea suddenly popped in my head: Why not photograph every car on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CC-175-142-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Will There Be Curbside Classics? A Survey Of All The Cars On Five Random Blocks Of Eugene")
Will There Be Curbside Classics? A Survey Of All The Cars On Five Random Blocks Of Eugene
Posted on July 28, 2024 | 51 Comments(first posted 10/1/2012) While out on a bike ride in a neighborhood I normally never ride through, an idea suddenly popped in my head: Why not photograph every car on […] -
![I’ve often mentioned my father’s 1968 Dart, and written up the whole story in depth here. In 1965, needing a second car to drive to his new job at Johns […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_0631.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1965 Plymouth Valiant V100 – The Car My Father Should Have Bought In 1965")
Curbside Find: 1965 Plymouth Valiant V100 – The Car My Father Should Have Bought In 1965
Posted on July 28, 2024 | 10 CommentsI’ve often mentioned my father’s 1968 Dart, and written up the whole story in depth here. In 1965, needing a second car to drive to his new job at Johns […] -
![(first posted 10/1/2012) Not to beat the poor 1960 Ford brochure to death, but I couldn’t help but stop at this fine rendering of an Orchid Gray Starliner with a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Ford-Starliner-1960-brochure.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "So Why Didn’t They Show The 1960 Starliner With A Starfighter?")
So Why Didn’t They Show The 1960 Starliner With A Starfighter?
Posted on July 27, 2024 | 69 Comments(first posted 10/1/2012) Not to beat the poor 1960 Ford brochure to death, but I couldn’t help but stop at this fine rendering of an Orchid Gray Starliner with a […] -
![(first posted 7/26/2018) Lancia’s renewed effort in the US market with its new Fiat-based cars was a mixed blessing. They were stylish, and had lovely interiors. And they had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Chrysler-1961-concpet0007.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Intro: 1976 Lancia Beta HPE and Scorpion – Now Federalized")
Vintage R&T Intro: 1976 Lancia Beta HPE and Scorpion – Now Federalized
Posted on July 26, 2024 | 23 Comments(first posted 7/26/2018) Lancia’s renewed effort in the US market with its new Fiat-based cars was a mixed blessing. They were stylish, and had lovely interiors. And they had […] -
![(first posted 10/2/2012) The grand Marmon Sixteen may have died in the depths of the Depression, but Walter Marmon certainly didn’t go down with it. Instead, he joined forces with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Marmom-H-Ford.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1940 Marmon-Herrington Ford 4×4 Woodie Wagon – The Jeep Grand Wagoneer Prequel")
1940 Marmon-Herrington Ford 4×4 Woodie Wagon – The Jeep Grand Wagoneer Prequel
Posted on July 25, 2024 | 28 Comments(first posted 10/2/2012) The grand Marmon Sixteen may have died in the depths of the Depression, but Walter Marmon certainly didn’t go down with it. Instead, he joined forces with […] -
![(first posted 7/24/2018) The Jeep FJ-3 Fleetvan used to deliver the mail, but now it’s being delivered. But since this is as close as I’m likely to get […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CC-364-085.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961-1965 Jeep FJ-3 Fleetvan – Delivered To Your Door")
Curbside Classic: 1961-1965 Jeep FJ-3 Fleetvan – Delivered To Your Door
Posted on July 24, 2024 | 35 Comments(first posted 7/24/2018) The Jeep FJ-3 Fleetvan used to deliver the mail, but now it’s being delivered. But since this is as close as I’m likely to get […] -
![The vibe changes palpably when one walks through the gates into the side and back storage lot at St. Vinnie’s. This is where the cars that didn’t sell end up, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_1170.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "St. Vinnie’s Donation Car Sales Lot, Part 2: The Back Lot, Where The Really Mangy Dogs Await Likely Euthanasia")
St. Vinnie’s Donation Car Sales Lot, Part 2: The Back Lot, Where The Really Mangy Dogs Await Likely Euthanasia
Posted on July 24, 2024 | 22 CommentsThe vibe changes palpably when one walks through the gates into the side and back storage lot at St. Vinnie’s. This is where the cars that didn’t sell end up, […]
