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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Perry Shoar
Posts by Perry Shoar
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![As many of you know, the A1 Golf remained on sale long after it was yanked from US shores for 1985, built in South Africa using the name CitiGolf and sold […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Screenshot-2014-08-11-14.45.58.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Sighting/QOTD: Which Curbside Classic Would You Want To Remain In Production For The Foreseeable Future?")
Cohort Sighting/QOTD: Which Curbside Classic Would You Want To Remain In Production For The Foreseeable Future?
Posted on August 12, 2014 | 126 CommentsAs many of you know, the A1 Golf remained on sale long after it was yanked from US shores for 1985, built in South Africa using the name CitiGolf and sold […] -
![Americans love their pickup trucks and Indiana is full of them. So it’s little surprise that the day before I saw a Cummins Diesel Ram hauling Monday’s crushed demo derby […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-03-18.08.31.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Summer’s A Drag")
CC Outtake: Summer’s A Drag
Posted on August 7, 2014 | 12 CommentsAmericans love their pickup trucks and Indiana is full of them. So it’s little surprise that the day before I saw a Cummins Diesel Ram hauling Monday’s crushed demo derby […] -
![Like most of us, I love hunting down cars, taking photos of them and writing them up. But it can be hard! I’m lucky that there seem to be a lot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: What’s The Furthest You’ve Gone To Chase Down A Curbside Classic?")
QOTD: What’s The Furthest You’ve Gone To Chase Down A Curbside Classic?
Posted on August 6, 2014 | 38 CommentsLike most of us, I love hunting down cars, taking photos of them and writing them up. But it can be hard! I’m lucky that there seem to be a lot […] -
![As we’ve been on the topic of non-US GM products recently, with the Kadett and Holden Ute pieces running last week, the sighting of this Bitter SC is quite timely. Though […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Screenshot-2014-08-01-00.51.00.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: Bitter SC – Hard Feelings All Around")
Cohort Classic: Bitter SC – Hard Feelings All Around
Posted on August 5, 2014 | 42 CommentsAs we’ve been on the topic of non-US GM products recently, with the Kadett and Holden Ute pieces running last week, the sighting of this Bitter SC is quite timely. Though […] -
![We already had a QOTD for today, but the sight of this demo derby car got us thinking about what our preferred contender might be. Perhaps a Big Bird (72-76 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-04-13.38.27.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Painkiller")
CC Outtake: Painkiller
Posted on August 4, 2014 | 41 CommentsWe already had a QOTD for today, but the sight of this demo derby car got us thinking about what our preferred contender might be. Perhaps a Big Bird (72-76 […] -
![Thirty-one years ago, your esteemed managing editor first came into this world in a Syracuse, New York hospital. Over the years, numerous half-finished projects, wires dangling from dashboards and car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/happybirthdaytome.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Happy Birthday To Me – What Auto-Related Gift Do You Most Desire? Which Have Been Your Favorites?")
QOTD: Happy Birthday To Me – What Auto-Related Gift Do You Most Desire? Which Have Been Your Favorites?
Posted on August 3, 2014 | 52 CommentsThirty-one years ago, your esteemed managing editor first came into this world in a Syracuse, New York hospital. Over the years, numerous half-finished projects, wires dangling from dashboards and car […] -
![This 1981 Town Coupe is said to be one of the rarest cars built on the Panther platform. Though very clearly related to the contemporary Continental Mark VI, the Town […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "Cohort Outtake: The Rarest Of Panthers")
Cohort Outtake: The Rarest Of Panthers
Posted on August 3, 2014 | 44 CommentsThis 1981 Town Coupe is said to be one of the rarest cars built on the Panther platform. Though very clearly related to the contemporary Continental Mark VI, the Town […] -
![This shot by WilliamRubano doesn’t say much about this property owner’s taste in cars beyond a preference for coupes, with one of the most simple American cars of the ’60s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/14782152796_4066f541d9_h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: Youngtimer and Oldtimer")
Cohort Outtake: Youngtimer and Oldtimer
Posted on August 2, 2014 | 22 CommentsThis shot by WilliamRubano doesn’t say much about this property owner’s taste in cars beyond a preference for coupes, with one of the most simple American cars of the ’60s […] -
![“The best looking Italian to show up in this country since my mother came over,” is how Mr. Iacocca describes the infamous TC by Maserati in this December 1985 interview […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SCAN0170.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Scoop: Chryslerati – The Shape Of Madness")
Vintage Scoop: Chryslerati – The Shape Of Madness
Posted on August 1, 2014 | 65 Comments“The best looking Italian to show up in this country since my mother came over,” is how Mr. Iacocca describes the infamous TC by Maserati in this December 1985 interview […] -
![These two has-been rivals were spotted out on the Great Plains by jmg3rd during a rare moment of harmony. Like spotting Larry Bird and Magic Johnson out on the town together, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Screenshot-2014-07-30-14.53.14.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Sighting: Ranchero And El Camino – Mutual Respect")
Cohort Sighting: Ranchero And El Camino – Mutual Respect
Posted on July 31, 2014 | 77 CommentsThese two has-been rivals were spotted out on the Great Plains by jmg3rd during a rare moment of harmony. Like spotting Larry Bird and Magic Johnson out on the town together, […] -
![Yellow on sedans doesn’t usually work; no one told Mazda such when they offered the new Mazda6 in yellow during the 2003 season. That car’s image, for all its Zoom-Zoom […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/14735671466_7d651d9897_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera International Series – Most Likely To Succeed")
Cohort Outtake: 1990 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera International Series – Most Likely To Succeed
Posted on July 29, 2014 | 32 CommentsYellow on sedans doesn’t usually work; no one told Mazda such when they offered the new Mazda6 in yellow during the 2003 season. That car’s image, for all its Zoom-Zoom […] -
![…not really. This uncommon black coupe, another rare find by r0b0tr10t, doesn’t enjoy quite the reputation one might expect of a Jensen, owing to what are widely perceived to be bizarre […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Screenshot-2014-07-29-13.22.57.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1964 Jensen CV8 MkII – Nice Specs…")
Cohort Outtake: 1964 Jensen CV8 MkII – Nice Specs…
Posted on July 29, 2014 | 16 Comments…not really. This uncommon black coupe, another rare find by r0b0tr10t, doesn’t enjoy quite the reputation one might expect of a Jensen, owing to what are widely perceived to be bizarre […] -
![Detractors of the fourth-generation Thunderbird might criticize its mass and nautical handling, but this shot, taken by cjarcher2, highlights its functional side. As heavy it might be, that overbuilt pre-CAD unibody has what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Screenshot-2014-07-28-13.06.46.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1964 Flairbird Towing A Mercury – Who Says Classics Are Impractical?")
Cohort Outtake: 1964 Flairbird Towing A Mercury – Who Says Classics Are Impractical?
Posted on July 28, 2014 | 46 CommentsDetractors of the fourth-generation Thunderbird might criticize its mass and nautical handling, but this shot, taken by cjarcher2, highlights its functional side. As heavy it might be, that overbuilt pre-CAD unibody has what […] -
![Okay now, pipe down AMC fans, I’m not suggesting equivalence but rather, a similar role within AvtoVAZ’s corporate history. Developing new cars costs a lot of money, and a lot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Lada112a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Sighting: Lada 112 – The Russian AMC Hornet?")
Cohort Sighting: Lada 112 – The Russian AMC Hornet?
Posted on July 26, 2014 | 31 CommentsOkay now, pipe down AMC fans, I’m not suggesting equivalence but rather, a similar role within AvtoVAZ’s corporate history. Developing new cars costs a lot of money, and a lot […] -
![Well, sorta. Paul posted a few years back about wanting to find an end-of-the-line 1957 Nash Ambassador; is this 1956 close enough? If so, let’s give EricClem a big cyber […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/14543919960_9a98239d60_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: 1956 Nash Ambassador Eight Custom – Christmas In July")
Cohort Capsule: 1956 Nash Ambassador Eight Custom – Christmas In July
Posted on July 25, 2014 | 66 CommentsWell, sorta. Paul posted a few years back about wanting to find an end-of-the-line 1957 Nash Ambassador; is this 1956 close enough? If so, let’s give EricClem a big cyber […]
