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Curbside Classics Archives
CC Capsule Archive
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![A damp and moonless night in downtown Tokyo. I must have taken a wrong turn. I’m trying to reach the metro station on the other side of this block, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_20191025_214955-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1997 Mitsuoka Galue – Real Horrorshow")
CC Capsule: 1997 Mitsuoka Galue – Real Horrorshow
Posted on April 22, 2020 | 34 CommentsA damp and moonless night in downtown Tokyo. I must have taken a wrong turn. I’m trying to reach the metro station on the other side of this block, but […] -
![Opel Astra. Not a name usually associated with classic cars. However, in my present neck of the woods, it’s certainly not a common sight. And this is the Italian-made drop-top, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_20200228_160622-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2003 Opel Astra G Cabriolet – Fix It Again, Bertone")
CC Capsule: 2003 Opel Astra G Cabriolet – Fix It Again, Bertone
Posted on April 17, 2020 | 13 CommentsOpel Astra. Not a name usually associated with classic cars. However, in my present neck of the woods, it’s certainly not a common sight. And this is the Italian-made drop-top, […] -
![My NYC-based brother recently took his family west for spring break. I received a steady stream of emails as they travelled through California, Utah, Arizona and Nevada; visiting Yosemite, Sequoia, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/utah1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Road Trip Outtakes: Somewhere in Utah")
Road Trip Outtakes: Somewhere in Utah
Posted on April 16, 2020 | 44 CommentsMy NYC-based brother recently took his family west for spring break. I received a steady stream of emails as they travelled through California, Utah, Arizona and Nevada; visiting Yosemite, Sequoia, […] -
![When inspiration hits, one better go with it. Having just wasted too much time figuring an angle for a base model Ford Probe, a car I am convinced ties somehow […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Deville-Solberg-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: 1975 or 1976 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – It Was Really Coup DeChance")
Cohort Capsule: 1975 or 1976 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – It Was Really Coup DeChance
Posted on April 15, 2020 | 37 CommentsWhen inspiration hits, one better go with it. Having just wasted too much time figuring an angle for a base model Ford Probe, a car I am convinced ties somehow […] -
![(first posted 5/10/2014) The car show I attended a week ago had only two cars from the ’70s on display and I already showed you one of them, so here’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-03-11.48.33.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1975 Plymouth Road Runner – Big Bird")
Car Show Classic: 1975 Plymouth Road Runner – Big Bird
Posted on April 9, 2020 | 70 Comments(first posted 5/10/2014) The car show I attended a week ago had only two cars from the ’70s on display and I already showed you one of them, so here’s […] -
![I found these two Rambler Americans only a few blocks apart from each other in Berkeley. They share a name, a hometown, a general color scheme, and both of them […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20191102_104314.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1960 and 1964 Rambler Americans – Peak Rambler x 2")
Curbside Classics: 1960 and 1964 Rambler Americans – Peak Rambler x 2
Posted on April 9, 2020 | 56 CommentsI found these two Rambler Americans only a few blocks apart from each other in Berkeley. They share a name, a hometown, a general color scheme, and both of them […] -
![Good morning, everybody. I’m nurse T87. We have a new patient with us in group today. I’ll do the introductions, if you wish. This is Subaru Pleo Nesta, who will […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_20191212_115431-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2002 Subaru Pleo Nesta – One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nesta")
CC Capsule: 2002 Subaru Pleo Nesta – One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nesta
Posted on April 8, 2020 | 19 CommentsGood morning, everybody. I’m nurse T87. We have a new patient with us in group today. I’ll do the introductions, if you wish. This is Subaru Pleo Nesta, who will […] -
![CC hunting in Tokyo is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. Today, even as the city went under a COVID-19 “lockdown” that, as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_20200407_170855-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1974 Peugeot 104 – Sacrebleu!")
CC Capsule: 1974 Peugeot 104 – Sacrebleu!
Posted on April 7, 2020 | 22 CommentsCC hunting in Tokyo is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. Today, even as the city went under a COVID-19 “lockdown” that, as […] -
![“Darn it!” I said as we passed by the subject of today’s article. “I can’t tell what that is! It’s going to bug me.” I grumbled unhappily to my girlfriend […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/B8886770-FE0B-4AB6-AF4A-F5CD5417D710.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner – Casting My Lasso Towards The Sky")
Curbside Capsule: 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner – Casting My Lasso Towards The Sky
Posted on April 5, 2020 | 47 Comments“Darn it!” I said as we passed by the subject of today’s article. “I can’t tell what that is! It’s going to bug me.” I grumbled unhappily to my girlfriend […] -
![It’s not always easy to tell the bigger 20-year-old Toyota and Nissan saloons apart. There were so many variations on the same theme – Laurel, Cedric, Gloria, Crown, Mark II, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_20190826_142045-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1997 Toyota Chaser (X100) Avante 2.5 – Toyota’s Oldsmobile")
CC Capsule: 1997 Toyota Chaser (X100) Avante 2.5 – Toyota’s Oldsmobile
Posted on March 30, 2020 | 8 CommentsIt’s not always easy to tell the bigger 20-year-old Toyota and Nissan saloons apart. There were so many variations on the same theme – Laurel, Cedric, Gloria, Crown, Mark II, […] -
![Earlier this week, some of you might have been questioning my sanity after reading my essay on Tuesday about Illinois’ recent shelter-in-place order as I had related it to a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/004-GMC-Rally-STX-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Coda: c. 1987 GMC Rally STX – We’ve Gotta Rally")
Curbside Coda: c. 1987 GMC Rally STX – We’ve Gotta Rally
Posted on March 27, 2020 | 34 CommentsEarlier this week, some of you might have been questioning my sanity after reading my essay on Tuesday about Illinois’ recent shelter-in-place order as I had related it to a […] -
![In a tale that is becoming more commonplace by the day, I was recently told I would be working from home for at least three weeks. As a man who […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSCF6410.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Capsule: 1942 Studebaker Champion Series 90 “Blackout” Edition – Last Chance For The Duration")
Museum Capsule: 1942 Studebaker Champion Series 90 “Blackout” Edition – Last Chance For The Duration
Posted on March 23, 2020 | 28 CommentsIn a tale that is becoming more commonplace by the day, I was recently told I would be working from home for at least three weeks. As a man who […] -
![(first posted 3/22/2014) It only stands to reason that Sweden would have its own military 4×4 vehicle, and that Volvo would be the one to build it. S. Forrest found […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Volvo-C202-fq.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: Volvo C202 “Laplander” – The Swedish Pinzgauer")
Cohort Capsule: Volvo C202 “Laplander” – The Swedish Pinzgauer
Posted on March 19, 2020 | 28 Comments(first posted 3/22/2014) It only stands to reason that Sweden would have its own military 4×4 vehicle, and that Volvo would be the one to build it. S. Forrest found […] -
![(first posted 3/29/2014) It had been a long, crappy day at the office, and I was headed home to a long night of leaning on the youngest boy to make […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/79PontiacGP1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix – A Broughamified GM Deadly Sin")
CC Capsule: 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix – A Broughamified GM Deadly Sin
Posted on March 18, 2020 | 86 Comments(first posted 3/29/2014) It had been a long, crappy day at the office, and I was headed home to a long night of leaning on the youngest boy to make […] -
![Did you ever wonder who buys Lotus cars? Aside from the Brits, I mean? Well, I’m starting to think it’s the Japanese. Last month, I caught three (an Elan, an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_20200316_162628-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1987 Lotus Excel SE – Brutish Ricing Green")
CC Capsule: 1987 Lotus Excel SE – Brutish Ricing Green
Posted on March 17, 2020 | 23 CommentsDid you ever wonder who buys Lotus cars? Aside from the Brits, I mean? Well, I’m starting to think it’s the Japanese. Last month, I caught three (an Elan, an […]
