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Curbside Classics Archives
CC Capsule Archive
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CC Capsule: Chrysler 300C Fan Lives Here
Posted on March 30, 2017 | 43 CommentsAlmost round the corner from that Audi 80 I wrote about, I was happy to discover a nice 300C, and then another one. And another. -
![On Friday afternoon, while visiting my mom, I left for a run around the neighborhood (well, a walk, to be honest). I took a route that led me towards this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170324_190041.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Capsule: 1984 Audi 80 CL – Ready for Loading")
Curbside Classic Capsule: 1984 Audi 80 CL – Ready for Loading
Posted on March 28, 2017 | 14 CommentsOn Friday afternoon, while visiting my mom, I left for a run around the neighborhood (well, a walk, to be honest). I took a route that led me towards this […] -
![While North American enthusiasts may think of Alfa Romeo as a manufacturer of executive sedans and sports cars, the Italian brand has long maintained a presence in the compact (C) […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/alfa-romeo-147-gta-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2002-05 Alfa Romeo 147 GTA – Hot Hatch Meets Muscle Car")
CC Capsule: 2002-05 Alfa Romeo 147 GTA – Hot Hatch Meets Muscle Car
Posted on March 25, 2017 | 17 CommentsWhile North American enthusiasts may think of Alfa Romeo as a manufacturer of executive sedans and sports cars, the Italian brand has long maintained a presence in the compact (C) […] -
![Even in the SUV-mad noughties and crossover-mad present day, one type of jacked-up passenger vehicle has been conspicuously absent: the two/three-door SUV. As SUVs have transitioned from rural workhorses to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/toyota-land-cruiser-prado-2-door-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Mitsubishi Pajero & Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 3-Door – The Shorty Lives")
CC Capsule: Mitsubishi Pajero & Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 3-Door – The Shorty Lives
Posted on March 23, 2017 | 21 CommentsEven in the SUV-mad noughties and crossover-mad present day, one type of jacked-up passenger vehicle has been conspicuously absent: the two/three-door SUV. As SUVs have transitioned from rural workhorses to […] -
![614. According to my research, that is the best estimate of the total number of Saab 9-4x’s produced. Estimates of the number sold in the United States are less than half that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_6477.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2011 Saab 9-4x 3.0i XWD Premium – The Holy Grail")
CC Capsule: 2011 Saab 9-4x 3.0i XWD Premium – The Holy Grail
Posted on March 11, 2017 | 31 Comments614. According to my research, that is the best estimate of the total number of Saab 9-4x’s produced. Estimates of the number sold in the United States are less than half that […] -
![Where have all the these Cutlass Supreme coupes gone to? They were the best selling car in America during some of its years, and it seems like just yesterday that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CC-319-047.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Capsule: The Last G-Body Cutlass Supreme Coupe in Eugene? Say It Can’t Be So")
Curbside Classic Capsule: The Last G-Body Cutlass Supreme Coupe in Eugene? Say It Can’t Be So
Posted on March 4, 2017 | 53 CommentsWhere have all the these Cutlass Supreme coupes gone to? They were the best selling car in America during some of its years, and it seems like just yesterday that […] -
Curbside Capsule: Chevrolet Cutlass Eurosport – Euro Sport, Mexican-Style
Posted on March 2, 2017 | 22 CommentsA Chevrolet… Cutlass… Eurosport? What? Why, that looks like just an Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera with some ground effects! -
![(first posted 2/19/2012) You already know why I’m drawn to this Studebaker M15 posted at the Cohort by safe as milk/wooriegi. And a full one-tonner, no less. Based on my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Studebaker-M-truck.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: Studebaker M15 One Ton Pickup – Tough, Handsome And Slow")
Cohort Capsule: Studebaker M15 One Ton Pickup – Tough, Handsome And Slow
Posted on March 1, 2017 | 37 Comments(first posted 2/19/2012) You already know why I’m drawn to this Studebaker M15 posted at the Cohort by safe as milk/wooriegi. And a full one-tonner, no less. Based on my […] -
![Here is suburban Ohio, we don’t have a lot of run down neighborhoods with on street parking, so literal Curbside Classics (as in parked alongside the curb) are hard to come by. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_6396.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL – Uncommonly Common")
CC Capsule: 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL – Uncommonly Common
Posted on February 28, 2017 | 50 CommentsHere is suburban Ohio, we don’t have a lot of run down neighborhoods with on street parking, so literal Curbside Classics (as in parked alongside the curb) are hard to come by. […] -
![(first posted 2/26/2012) Thanks to Mr. Tactful’s recent post on the V8 1995 Cougar, I thought it appropriate to mention this Thunderbird LX I spotted in downtown Moline a couple […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Thunderbird-LX-1-e1330303000415.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1996-97 Thunderbird LX – Counterpoint")
CC Capsule: 1996-97 Thunderbird LX – Counterpoint
Posted on February 27, 2017 | 52 Comments(first posted 2/26/2012) Thanks to Mr. Tactful’s recent post on the V8 1995 Cougar, I thought it appropriate to mention this Thunderbird LX I spotted in downtown Moline a couple […] -
![This past Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and just over a month ago, I ventured to Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood to watch a movie at the historic Harper Theater […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/001-1983-Renault-Alliance-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1983 Renault Alliance – You Deserve An Encore")
CC Capsule: 1983 Renault Alliance – You Deserve An Encore
Posted on February 20, 2017 | 60 CommentsThis past Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and just over a month ago, I ventured to Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood to watch a movie at the historic Harper Theater […] -
![Imagine a Honda showroom where Preludes and Integras were sold alongside one another, and where there existed an additional Honda between the Civic and the Accord. Also imagine this showroom […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/honda-concerto-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1988-94 Honda Concerto – Quietly Humming In The Corner")
Curbside Capsule: 1988-94 Honda Concerto – Quietly Humming In The Corner
Posted on February 16, 2017 | 16 CommentsImagine a Honda showroom where Preludes and Integras were sold alongside one another, and where there existed an additional Honda between the Civic and the Accord. Also imagine this showroom […] -
![Once there was a time when clapped out second-generation GM F-bodies were a common sight on the road. With over 2 million Camaros and 1 million Firebirds produced between 1970 and 1981, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IMG_6297.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1977 Pontiac Trans Am – Bandit to Me")
CC Capsule: 1977 Pontiac Trans Am – Bandit to Me
Posted on January 20, 2017 | 46 CommentsOnce there was a time when clapped out second-generation GM F-bodies were a common sight on the road. With over 2 million Camaros and 1 million Firebirds produced between 1970 and 1981, […] -
![I’m willing to bet at least all of us have humored another individual with at least one insincere compliment, word of encouragement, or token of appreciation in the moment before. Whether […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/thumb_IMG_0952_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1994 Mercury Tracer – Good Humor")
CC Capsule: 1994 Mercury Tracer – Good Humor
Posted on January 12, 2017 | 34 CommentsI’m willing to bet at least all of us have humored another individual with at least one insincere compliment, word of encouragement, or token of appreciation in the moment before. Whether […] -
![This fine old Jimmy pickup greeted me at Jerry’s (my local home improvement story) recently. Yes, it’s got a mouth only its mother (who was that actually?) could love, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/CC-310-012-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Capsule: 1955 GMC 100 Series Pickup – How To Tell It’s Not A 1956")
Curbside Classic Capsule: 1955 GMC 100 Series Pickup – How To Tell It’s Not A 1956
Posted on January 5, 2017 | 35 CommentsThis fine old Jimmy pickup greeted me at Jerry’s (my local home improvement story) recently. Yes, it’s got a mouth only its mother (who was that actually?) could love, but […]
