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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Tom Klockau
Posts by Tom Klockau
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![If you collect diecast cars these days, unless you scour the Bay of E or live in a big city, you are more or less out of luck. The diecast […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2-21-2013-026-1280x852-e1361646943348.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Mini CC: 1967-68 Thunderbird By Johnny Lightning – Do You Like Models Of Non-Mainstream Cars? I Do!")
Mini CC: 1967-68 Thunderbird By Johnny Lightning – Do You Like Models Of Non-Mainstream Cars? I Do!
Posted on February 23, 2013 | 49 CommentsIf you collect diecast cars these days, unless you scour the Bay of E or live in a big city, you are more or less out of luck. The diecast […] -
![One thing you don’t see much of anymore is two-toning on cars. But it used to be pretty popular, from the ’30s all the way to the late ’80s. Tomorrow’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/CC-Clue2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on February 22, 2013 | 15 CommentsOne thing you don’t see much of anymore is two-toning on cars. But it used to be pretty popular, from the ’30s all the way to the late ’80s. Tomorrow’s […] -
![As your resident CC Volvo guy, I have to chime in every now and then on these Swedish boxes. We have already done the early and mid-cycle 240s on CC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/02-02-2013-007-1280x802-e1361056346181.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1986 Volvo 240DL – Smurf Blue Sighting")
CC Capsule: 1986 Volvo 240DL – Smurf Blue Sighting
Posted on February 22, 2013 | 28 CommentsAs your resident CC Volvo guy, I have to chime in every now and then on these Swedish boxes. We have already done the early and mid-cycle 240s on CC […] -
![This CC was a little salt-encrusted, but I still think someone will be able to identify it. The only hint you’re going to get is that the wheel is indeed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/CC-Clue.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on February 20, 2013 | 39 CommentsThis CC was a little salt-encrusted, but I still think someone will be able to identify it. The only hint you’re going to get is that the wheel is indeed […] -
![Living in the Midwest can be fun. For instance, yesterday, as I was driving out to my folks’ house, it was pouring down rain and about forty-eight degrees. The forecast […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2-19-2013-002-1280x860-e1361286326733.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: The Snowvolvo")
CC Outtake: The Snowvolvo
Posted on February 19, 2013 | 13 CommentsLiving in the Midwest can be fun. For instance, yesterday, as I was driving out to my folks’ house, it was pouring down rain and about forty-eight degrees. The forecast […] -
CC Wordless Outtake: Would You Like An Italian Or An English Headache Today?
Posted on February 17, 2013 | 20 Comments -
![I was going through a desk drawer the other day and ran across this drawing I did back in high school. I had recently gotten a bunch of old ’70s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2-16-2013-019-e1361044204880.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Doodling – Cadillac-Craft Commander")
Curbside Doodling – Cadillac-Craft Commander
Posted on February 17, 2013 | 15 CommentsI was going through a desk drawer the other day and ran across this drawing I did back in high school. I had recently gotten a bunch of old ’70s […] -
![No one got the 280ZX, though a couple were in the neighborhood with Stainsey Stainselstein’s Datsun 310GX guess and a couple of Cressida and Maxima guesses. Remember pinstripes? You rarely […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/CC-Clue1-e1360538096730.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on February 14, 2013 | 19 CommentsNo one got the 280ZX, though a couple were in the neighborhood with Stainsey Stainselstein’s Datsun 310GX guess and a couple of Cressida and Maxima guesses. Remember pinstripes? You rarely […] -
![Remember our 1966 Caprice CC? I have been regularly passing it since its CC debut last April, and I have to tell you, the more things change, the more this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/02-03-2013-048-1280x852-e1360010769623.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Follow-Up: 1966 Chevrolet Caprice – Time Stands Still…")
CC Follow-Up: 1966 Chevrolet Caprice – Time Stands Still…
Posted on February 14, 2013 | 15 CommentsRemember our 1966 Caprice CC? I have been regularly passing it since its CC debut last April, and I have to tell you, the more things change, the more this […] -
![A few weeks ago I was rather surprised to see a 2nd-gen Accord parked in front of an ice cream shop. Any Japanese cars from prior to 1990 are rather […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/closeup-e1360541131520.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1985 Honda Accord LX – The Rust Monster Hasn’t Gotten This One Yet")
CC Outtake: 1985 Honda Accord LX – The Rust Monster Hasn’t Gotten This One Yet
Posted on February 13, 2013 | 17 CommentsA few weeks ago I was rather surprised to see a 2nd-gen Accord parked in front of an ice cream shop. Any Japanese cars from prior to 1990 are rather […] -
![I was sitting at a really, really, REALLY long light recently, and casually looked out the window at the dealership on the left. I did a double-take when I saw […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/12-24-2013-016-e1360191021307.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: I Know Where All The Minivans Have Gone…")
CC Outtake: I Know Where All The Minivans Have Gone…
Posted on February 12, 2013 | 42 CommentsI was sitting at a really, really, REALLY long light recently, and casually looked out the window at the dealership on the left. I did a double-take when I saw […] -
![Uri correctly ID’d the Taurus’s alloy wheel as a Mercury unit. Since later 2006-07 Tauruses used these wheels, I have no idea how you could tell the difference from the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CC-Clue7-e1359332666166.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on February 11, 2013 | 10 CommentsUri correctly ID’d the Taurus’s alloy wheel as a Mercury unit. Since later 2006-07 Tauruses used these wheels, I have no idea how you could tell the difference from the […] -
![It seems that the MT Car of the Year and European Car of the Year could not have been more different; to wit, the Mustang II and W116 Merc S-Class: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/02-03-2013-001-e1359955248280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CCOTY Nomination: 1974 Toyota Corona – Japan Inc. Finally Plays In Peoria")
CCOTY Nomination: 1974 Toyota Corona – Japan Inc. Finally Plays In Peoria
Posted on February 8, 2013 | 49 CommentsIt seems that the MT Car of the Year and European Car of the Year could not have been more different; to wit, the Mustang II and W116 Merc S-Class: […] -
![Color me shocked. I never would have expected Paul to do a post on the Broughamiest Brougham that ever Broughamed. A Fleetwood 75 in Eugene–wow! But our Clue Connoisseurs are […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CC-Clue5-e1358713094728.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on February 5, 2013 | 12 CommentsColor me shocked. I never would have expected Paul to do a post on the Broughamiest Brougham that ever Broughamed. A Fleetwood 75 in Eugene–wow! But our Clue Connoisseurs are […] -
![The new Dodge Dart has piqued my interest ever since I saw it at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. For the longest time they were unavailable, but they finally started […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/02-03-2013-028-1280x852.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future CC: 2013 Dart – You Want Colors? I’ll Give You Colors!")
Future CC: 2013 Dart – You Want Colors? I’ll Give You Colors!
Posted on February 4, 2013 | 71 CommentsThe new Dodge Dart has piqued my interest ever since I saw it at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. For the longest time they were unavailable, but they finally started […]
