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![The second round of the Autotron show, held on November 21 and 22, 2015. Originally the Autotron was a well-known classic car museum, but since the museum closed down years […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_0520.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: Autotron November 2015, Diversity Galore ! (Part Two)")
Car Show Classics: Autotron November 2015, Diversity Galore ! (Part Two)
Posted on December 1, 2015 | 22 CommentsThe second round of the Autotron show, held on November 21 and 22, 2015. Originally the Autotron was a well-known classic car museum, but since the museum closed down years […] -
![All vehicles at the Autotron show, usually held three times a year, are for sale. And most of them at affordable prices. Well then, let’s step in a time machine […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_0599.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: Autotron November 2015, Diversity Galore ! (Part One)")
Car Show Classics: Autotron November 2015, Diversity Galore ! (Part One)
Posted on November 26, 2015 | 44 CommentsAll vehicles at the Autotron show, usually held three times a year, are for sale. And most of them at affordable prices. Well then, let’s step in a time machine […] -
![Many of us have personal preferences for various types and fashions in the styling of a car. Some like the fins of a 1959 Cadillac, some admire the simple but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fiat-1978_128_8models_1978.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Carshow Outtake: 1985 Fiat Strada 65CL – Standing Out From The Pack, In More Ways Than Expected")
Carshow Outtake: 1985 Fiat Strada 65CL – Standing Out From The Pack, In More Ways Than Expected
Posted on November 7, 2015 | 35 CommentsMany of us have personal preferences for various types and fashions in the styling of a car. Some like the fins of a 1959 Cadillac, some admire the simple but […] -
![It’s a bit special when one can find three running representatives of long-dead makes in the same place; all the more so if they are contemporaries of each other. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Nashes-cover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Houston Hipster Trio: Metropolitan, Ambassador, Hawk")
Houston Hipster Trio: Metropolitan, Ambassador, Hawk
Posted on October 3, 2015 | 55 CommentsIt’s a bit special when one can find three running representatives of long-dead makes in the same place; all the more so if they are contemporaries of each other. It […] -
![For a week this past August, I was back home in Flint, Michigan for the annual Back To The Bricks car festival. It’s a completely free, family-friendly celebration of all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/1179-Two-Vegas-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 1971 & ’74 Chevrolet Vegas – Two Vegas For The Price Of One (Free Admission Ticket)")
Car Show Classics: 1971 & ’74 Chevrolet Vegas – Two Vegas For The Price Of One (Free Admission Ticket)
Posted on October 2, 2015 | 32 CommentsFor a week this past August, I was back home in Flint, Michigan for the annual Back To The Bricks car festival. It’s a completely free, family-friendly celebration of all […] -
![I know that car shows are generally considered “cheating” here on Curbside Classic, but this morning when I pulled in to work and saw a Maserati 3500GT in the parking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/FullSizeRender-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1957-1960 Maserati 3500GT – The Italian Thunderbird")
Car Show Classic: 1957-1960 Maserati 3500GT – The Italian Thunderbird
Posted on September 21, 2015 | 40 CommentsI know that car shows are generally considered “cheating” here on Curbside Classic, but this morning when I pulled in to work and saw a Maserati 3500GT in the parking […] -
![Mercury’s everlasting identity crisis has been discussed on these hallowed pages ad nauseum. In what were perhaps the halcyon years of the American auto industry, namely the immediate postwar era […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/030a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD and Car Show Classics: 1962 and 1970 Mercury Convertibles–If the Owner Traded up Every Eight Years, What’s Next?")
QOTD and Car Show Classics: 1962 and 1970 Mercury Convertibles–If the Owner Traded up Every Eight Years, What’s Next?
Posted on August 17, 2015 | 39 CommentsMercury’s everlasting identity crisis has been discussed on these hallowed pages ad nauseum. In what were perhaps the halcyon years of the American auto industry, namely the immediate postwar era […] -
![2005 is the twentieth anniversary of the Cambridge and District Classic Car Club, a club for classic car owners and enthusiasts that is typical of hundreds across the UK and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MGB.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: Palace Green, Ely – The 14th Century Meets the 20th Century")
Car Show Classics: Palace Green, Ely – The 14th Century Meets the 20th Century
Posted on August 15, 2015 | 61 Comments2005 is the twentieth anniversary of the Cambridge and District Classic Car Club, a club for classic car owners and enthusiasts that is typical of hundreds across the UK and […] -
![Right now, I feel like a somewhat less manic Neal Cassady, because I’ve driven perhaps 2000 miles in less than a week and I can’t sleep. Coming to a dead […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/012.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Race Track and Museum Classics: Lotus Europa–Visiting America I see Europa")
Race Track and Museum Classics: Lotus Europa–Visiting America I see Europa
Posted on August 3, 2015 | 22 CommentsRight now, I feel like a somewhat less manic Neal Cassady, because I’ve driven perhaps 2000 miles in less than a week and I can’t sleep. Coming to a dead […] -
![On Saturday, 18th of July, the parking lot in front of the GAZ Educational Center and Museum building in Nizhny Novgorod became the scene of a small car show dedicated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/0092.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Report: GAZ-24 Volga’s 45th Anniversary")
Car Show Report: GAZ-24 Volga’s 45th Anniversary
Posted on July 22, 2015 | 35 CommentsOn Saturday, 18th of July, the parking lot in front of the GAZ Educational Center and Museum building in Nizhny Novgorod became the scene of a small car show dedicated […] -
![Only a handful of antique automobiles are celebrated in their ubiquity to the extent of the first generation Camaro. Their popularity has bred popularity like some perpetual motion machine that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/0771.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS350 Convertible–The Camaro for People Who Are Sick of Camaros")
Car Show Outtake: 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS350 Convertible–The Camaro for People Who Are Sick of Camaros
Posted on July 3, 2015 | 35 CommentsOnly a handful of antique automobiles are celebrated in their ubiquity to the extent of the first generation Camaro. Their popularity has bred popularity like some perpetual motion machine that […] -
![The very first Mercury Cougar had a style that was exactly the right combination of feral and debonair, rife with classy details like hidden headlights, sequential turn signals, and smoothly sculptured flanks. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/947-1967-Mercury-Cougar-convertible-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1967 Mercury Cougar Convertible – Cheshire Cat")
Car Show Outtake: 1967 Mercury Cougar Convertible – Cheshire Cat
Posted on June 10, 2015 | 39 CommentsThe very first Mercury Cougar had a style that was exactly the right combination of feral and debonair, rife with classy details like hidden headlights, sequential turn signals, and smoothly sculptured flanks. […] -
![The *other* reason I don’t share many original photos with you, apart from the danger factor, is that I am usually a very poor photographer. This picture gives as much […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/DSC00852.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtakes: A Small Honduran Auto Show")
Car Show Outtakes: A Small Honduran Auto Show
Posted on April 29, 2015 | 13 CommentsThe *other* reason I don’t share many original photos with you, apart from the danger factor, is that I am usually a very poor photographer. This picture gives as much […] -
![Last summer, one of my sons and I spent an afternoon at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. I have always liked the 1947 Studebaker (Is it coming […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1947StudebakerWoody01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: 1947 Studebaker Champion Station Wagon Prototype – Woody in the Woods")
Museum Classic: 1947 Studebaker Champion Station Wagon Prototype – Woody in the Woods
Posted on April 22, 2015 | 23 CommentsLast summer, one of my sons and I spent an afternoon at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. I have always liked the 1947 Studebaker (Is it coming […] -
![Well, how’d you do? The car from this morning’s CC Clue is one of only 1,266 convertible sedans produced in 1937 (including both ‘sixes’ and ‘eights’), and they are very rare on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/37pontiacfront.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1937 Pontiac Deluxe Eight Convertible Sedan – “America’s Finest Low-Priced Car”")
Car Show Outtake: 1937 Pontiac Deluxe Eight Convertible Sedan – “America’s Finest Low-Priced Car”
Posted on March 27, 2015 | 22 CommentsWell, how’d you do? The car from this morning’s CC Clue is one of only 1,266 convertible sedans produced in 1937 (including both ‘sixes’ and ‘eights’), and they are very rare on the […]
