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Curbside Classics Archives
Automotive Histories Archive
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![On March 9, 1916, a group of around 1500 Mexican rebels angered by the changing winds of American support for the various factions in their country’s civil war crossed the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/columbus-NM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Chasing Pancho: US Army Trucks Roll Into Action For The First Time")
Chasing Pancho: US Army Trucks Roll Into Action For The First Time
Posted on July 23, 2013 | 31 CommentsOn March 9, 1916, a group of around 1500 Mexican rebels angered by the changing winds of American support for the various factions in their country’s civil war crossed the […] -
![The best thing about the world wide web is the opportunity to share one’s interests with others and to help bring disparate bits of information from one field of interest […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d181d0bed0b2d0b5d182d181d0bad0b8d0b5-d0bdd0bed0bcd0b5d180d0b0-d181d182d0b0d0bdd0b4d0b0d180d182d0b0-1931-d0b3d0bed0b4d0b0.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cars For the Proletariat: Soviet Car Building In The 1930s")
Cars For the Proletariat: Soviet Car Building In The 1930s
Posted on June 4, 2013 | 11 CommentsThe best thing about the world wide web is the opportunity to share one’s interests with others and to help bring disparate bits of information from one field of interest […] -
![You’ve probably heard of the 200 mpg carburetor, which was bought up and buried by a conspiracy of “powerful interests”. It’s a great story, but it’s not true. That doesn’t […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/GE_Turboencabulator_pg_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Chrysler’s Failed Turboencabulator Hybrid Program – Patriot Games")
Automotive History: Chrysler’s Failed Turboencabulator Hybrid Program – Patriot Games
Posted on April 1, 2013 | 30 CommentsYou’ve probably heard of the 200 mpg carburetor, which was bought up and buried by a conspiracy of “powerful interests”. It’s a great story, but it’s not true. That doesn’t […] -
![The little Peugeot 202 reminded me of some shots I took at the Paris Auto Show a couple of years ago of the Peugeot 601 Éclipse, the world’s first retractable […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CC-Paris-045-700.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: 1934 Peugeot 601 Éclipse – The World’s First Retractable Hardtop")
Automotive History: 1934 Peugeot 601 Éclipse – The World’s First Retractable Hardtop
Posted on March 19, 2013 | 18 CommentsThe little Peugeot 202 reminded me of some shots I took at the Paris Auto Show a couple of years ago of the Peugeot 601 Éclipse, the world’s first retractable […] -
![I got to wondering this St. Patrick’s Day, surely some Irishman sometime got into the car business. A quick Google of “Irish car” turns up nothing but the recipe for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/GreenShamrockcar.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: 1960 Shamrock – “The Pride of Old Ireland” (Updated)")
Automotive History: 1960 Shamrock – “The Pride of Old Ireland” (Updated)
Posted on March 17, 2013 | 24 CommentsI got to wondering this St. Patrick’s Day, surely some Irishman sometime got into the car business. A quick Google of “Irish car” turns up nothing but the recipe for […] -
![With most classic cars an engine swap will decrease its value and the number of possible buyers significantly, especially when mixing and matching brands. If your swap recipient is a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Triumph-TR7-interior.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Storage Yard Classic: The Triumph And The Engine Swap – Not A Happy Ending")
Storage Yard Classic: The Triumph And The Engine Swap – Not A Happy Ending
Posted on January 30, 2013 | 26 CommentsWith most classic cars an engine swap will decrease its value and the number of possible buyers significantly, especially when mixing and matching brands. If your swap recipient is a […] -
![If you’re in the market for a midsize car today, you have plenty of choices–providing you want a four-door bar of soap. Oh sure, there are several nameplates from which […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1965-Rambler-Classic-02-03-e1353866887887.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Mid-Size Madness – What Would You Have Chosen In ’65?")
Automotive History: Mid-Size Madness – What Would You Have Chosen In ’65?
Posted on November 29, 2012 | 102 CommentsIf you’re in the market for a midsize car today, you have plenty of choices–providing you want a four-door bar of soap. Oh sure, there are several nameplates from which […] -
![Since delving into Marmon’s history for the CC on the Marmon Sixteen of the depression years, I’ve come across several references to an earlier Marmon innovation, one that pretty much […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Marmon01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Marmon’s Double Three Point Suspension")
Automotive History: Marmon’s Double Three Point Suspension
Posted on October 2, 2012 | 11 CommentsSince delving into Marmon’s history for the CC on the Marmon Sixteen of the depression years, I’ve come across several references to an earlier Marmon innovation, one that pretty much […] -
![With the recent series on Indy pace cars, it got me thinking about a man who today is virtually unknown to the younger generation, yet his views and impact on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Eddie_Rickenbacker_-_Maxwell_-_San_Francisco_1915_3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Eddie Rickenbacker – Honestly, What DIDN’T He Do?")
Automotive History: Eddie Rickenbacker – Honestly, What DIDN’T He Do?
Posted on June 27, 2012 | 17 CommentsWith the recent series on Indy pace cars, it got me thinking about a man who today is virtually unknown to the younger generation, yet his views and impact on […] -
![Having never properly set forth my purpose and criteria for the GM Deadly Sins series, it seems like this might be a good time to do so. I understand that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/tgfd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "On The Purpose and Nature Of GM’s Deadly Sins – And Links To All Of Them")
On The Purpose and Nature Of GM’s Deadly Sins – And Links To All Of Them
Posted on March 20, 2012 | 87 CommentsHaving never properly set forth my purpose and criteria for the GM Deadly Sins series, it seems like this might be a good time to do so. I understand that […] -
![There’s some basis to the notion that automotive evolution has slowed down, or is converging. Strip apart just about any of the ubiquitous fwd sedans that dominate the sales charts, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Toyota-Camry-2012.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Origins Of The Modern Car")
Automotive History: The Origins Of The Modern Car
Posted on March 2, 2012 | 123 CommentsThere’s some basis to the notion that automotive evolution has slowed down, or is converging. Strip apart just about any of the ubiquitous fwd sedans that dominate the sales charts, […] -
![Cruising down the highway, most of an engine’s work is spent pushing air out of the way. Common sense tells us that depends on 1) how much air is in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CdA.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive Aerodynamics: Drag Area – Size Matters")
Automotive Aerodynamics: Drag Area – Size Matters
Posted on February 1, 2012 | 70 CommentsCruising down the highway, most of an engine’s work is spent pushing air out of the way. Common sense tells us that depends on 1) how much air is in […] -
![Mercedes Bionic (2005) Cd: 0.19 For most of the fifties, sixties and into the early seventies, automotive aerodynamicists were mostly non-existent, or hiding in their dust-collecting wind tunnels. The original […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mercedes-bionic-2005.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "An Illustrated History Of Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 3 (1960 – Present)")
An Illustrated History Of Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 3 (1960 – Present)
Posted on January 30, 2012 | 49 CommentsMercedes Bionic (2005) Cd: 0.19 For most of the fifties, sixties and into the early seventies, automotive aerodynamicists were mostly non-existent, or hiding in their dust-collecting wind tunnels. The original […] -
![[Like Part 1, this has been expanded and updated] In the “streamlined decade” of the thirties, automotive aerodynamics was promoted as the great breakthrough to the modern high speed automobile, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CC-146-087-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "An Illustrated History Of Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 2 (1940 – 1959)")
An Illustrated History Of Automotive Aerodynamics: Part 2 (1940 – 1959)
Posted on January 29, 2012 | 31 Comments[Like Part 1, this has been expanded and updated] In the “streamlined decade” of the thirties, automotive aerodynamics was promoted as the great breakthrough to the modern high speed automobile, […] -
![That air presented the greatest obstacle to automotive speed and economy was understood at least intuitively, if not fully scientifically since before dawn of the automobile. Putting it into practice […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tatra-87rear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: An Illustrated History Of Automotive Aerodynamics – Part 1 (1899 – 1939)")
Automotive History: An Illustrated History Of Automotive Aerodynamics – Part 1 (1899 – 1939)
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 30 CommentsThat air presented the greatest obstacle to automotive speed and economy was understood at least intuitively, if not fully scientifically since before dawn of the automobile. Putting it into practice […]
