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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Tom Klockau
Posts by Tom Klockau
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![I have already covered the 1958-60 Continental in four-door hardtop and convertible form, so let’s complete the set (well, except for the pillared sedan) with the two-door hardtop. No 1/1-scale […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6-15-2013-001-800x531-e1371410615125.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Mini CC: 1958 Continental Mark III By Sun Star Platinum")
Mini CC: 1958 Continental Mark III By Sun Star Platinum
Posted on June 20, 2013 | 11 CommentsI have already covered the 1958-60 Continental in four-door hardtop and convertible form, so let’s complete the set (well, except for the pillared sedan) with the two-door hardtop. No 1/1-scale […] -
![Npbheights got the Mark VI on the first try, and MichaelH further refined the guess to the 1983 model year. Nice work. Tomorrow’s CC was a real find for me, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-Clue1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on June 18, 2013 | 10 CommentsNpbheights got the Mark VI on the first try, and MichaelH further refined the guess to the 1983 model year. Nice work. Tomorrow’s CC was a real find for me, […] -
![I have some Clue winner catching up to do. Dave Skinner got the ’94 TC, T Walton ID’d the ’60 Mark V, and Sherlock Homey got the big blue Continental […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6-8-2013-068-800x524-e1370907050401.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on June 16, 2013 | 2 CommentsI have some Clue winner catching up to do. Dave Skinner got the ’94 TC, T Walton ID’d the ’60 Mark V, and Sherlock Homey got the big blue Continental […] -
CC Clue
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 8 CommentsSo what do we have this time? A Duesenberg? Fiat Abarth? Tucker? Who knows…well, someone knows. -
![OK, so Mini CCs are not really getting much attention from you, the viewer, but I thought it worth showing how diverse the scale model arena is getting lately. Who […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6-8-2013-010-800x533-e1371173331512.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Mini Farmside Outtake: 1952 Studebaker R2 Stake Bed")
Mini Farmside Outtake: 1952 Studebaker R2 Stake Bed
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 14 CommentsOK, so Mini CCs are not really getting much attention from you, the viewer, but I thought it worth showing how diverse the scale model arena is getting lately. Who […] -
CC Clue: Extra Inning Edition
Posted on June 14, 2013 | 6 CommentsObviously this is a pre-fragile plastic bumper-era bumper. Can you narrow it down? -
![Sherlock Homey was the first to say Continental but he didn’t say what year so he gets honorable mention, along with MichaelH, who thought our CC was a Mark VII. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-Clue-800x753-e1371325868549.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on June 14, 2013 | 6 CommentsSherlock Homey was the first to say Continental but he didn’t say what year so he gets honorable mention, along with MichaelH, who thought our CC was a Mark VII. […] -
![If you regularly attend car shows and were born before, say, 1990, you could be forgiven for thinking that all Firebirds between 1970 and 1981 were Trans Ams. But there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/5-24-2013-071-800x533-e1371077897839.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1979 Formula Firebird – Nope, Not A Trans Am!")
Car Show Outtake: 1979 Formula Firebird – Nope, Not A Trans Am!
Posted on June 14, 2013 | 37 CommentsIf you regularly attend car shows and were born before, say, 1990, you could be forgiven for thinking that all Firebirds between 1970 and 1981 were Trans Ams. But there […] -
CC Wordless Outtake: Hey Mister, Where’d Your Axle Go?
Posted on June 13, 2013 | 26 Comments -
![Hmm, it has been a while since the last Clue…looks like Red County Pete got the Celica (well, he guessed a ’75 Celica but close enough) and Dusk442 got the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-Clue-800x530-e1370800383690.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on June 12, 2013 | 7 CommentsHmm, it has been a while since the last Clue…looks like Red County Pete got the Celica (well, he guessed a ’75 Celica but close enough) and Dusk442 got the […] -
Car Show Outtake: Best Corvette Ever?
Posted on June 11, 2013 | 48 CommentsI’m inclined to think so. What say you? -
![On a recent Sunday, I ran across this Reatta coupe, that two-seat Buick “Allante” halo car of the late ’80s and early ’90s. I always liked these things, and this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/April-2013-023-800x533-e1370704081592.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1989 Buick Reatta – Does It Have The Touchscreen?")
CC Outtake: 1989 Buick Reatta – Does It Have The Touchscreen?
Posted on June 9, 2013 | 22 CommentsOn a recent Sunday, I ran across this Reatta coupe, that two-seat Buick “Allante” halo car of the late ’80s and early ’90s. I always liked these things, and this […] -
![What is it? That’s the question posed by Cohort contributor runningonfumes, when he spotted this very unusual jalopy on the Colman ferry dock. It seems aircraft-based to me, perhaps a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8914826822_7f30d8e59d_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Anomaly: What Is It?")
Curbside Anomaly: What Is It?
Posted on June 7, 2013 | 24 CommentsWhat is it? That’s the question posed by Cohort contributor runningonfumes, when he spotted this very unusual jalopy on the Colman ferry dock. It seems aircraft-based to me, perhaps a […] -
![So, when’s the last time you saw one of these? I had actually forgotten about these trucks until I saw this one a week or two ago. The Mistubishi Mighty […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/5-24-2013-061-800x533-e1370116502529.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1992 Mitsubishi Mighty Max – Would You Believe This Is A Real Model Name?")
CC Capsule: 1992 Mitsubishi Mighty Max – Would You Believe This Is A Real Model Name?
Posted on June 6, 2013 | 26 CommentsSo, when’s the last time you saw one of these? I had actually forgotten about these trucks until I saw this one a week or two ago. The Mistubishi Mighty […] -
![I was on my way home from work late last week, when I came upon a very, VERY uncommon sight: A prewar–extremely prewar–car on John Deere Road. Now, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/5-15-2013-004-1024x682-e1368904397647.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Classic Classic Capsule: NOT Getting Passed On The Right, By A White")
Classic Classic Capsule: NOT Getting Passed On The Right, By A White
Posted on June 4, 2013 | 25 CommentsI was on my way home from work late last week, when I came upon a very, VERY uncommon sight: A prewar–extremely prewar–car on John Deere Road. Now, I […]
