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Curbside Classics Archives
CC Outtake Archive
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![I was in the middle of a long stroll in San Francisco this past December, during what was a brief visit to the city I had lived in twenty years […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241204_161655_PORTRAIT.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 2000-2005 Buick LeSabre – End Of A Century")
Curbside Find: 2000-2005 Buick LeSabre – End Of A Century
Posted on January 19, 2025 | 26 CommentsI was in the middle of a long stroll in San Francisco this past December, during what was a brief visit to the city I had lived in twenty years […] -
![(first posted 1/13/2019) This was sitting outside a local video game store, and I had to stop and take a look. At first, I thought it might have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IMG_2625.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1967 Pontiac LeMans Sprint Six Coupe – Living In Shadow")
CC Outtake: 1967 Pontiac LeMans Sprint Six Coupe – Living In Shadow
Posted on January 13, 2025 | 32 Comments(first posted 1/13/2019) This was sitting outside a local video game store, and I had to stop and take a look. At first, I thought it might have […] -
![(first posted 1/12/2019) Curtis Perry uploaded these exquisite photos of a ’59 Buick, a car from a time where so many cars looked like they wanted to maul […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1959-buick-curtis-perry.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curtis Perry Outtake: A Menacing ’59 Buick Stalks The Night")
Curtis Perry Outtake: A Menacing ’59 Buick Stalks The Night
Posted on January 12, 2025 | 36 Comments(first posted 1/12/2019) Curtis Perry uploaded these exquisite photos of a ’59 Buick, a car from a time where so many cars looked like they wanted to maul […] -
![(first posted 1/10/2019) It’s not often I see a Datsun Sunny (210). Early last year, I saw a wagon in a church parking lot that belonged to an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/datsun-sunny-wagon-1980-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1980 Datsun Sunny (210) Wagon – California Love")
CC Outtake: 1980 Datsun Sunny (210) Wagon – California Love
Posted on January 10, 2025 | 12 Comments(first posted 1/10/2019) It’s not often I see a Datsun Sunny (210). Early last year, I saw a wagon in a church parking lot that belonged to an […] -
![Here’s a nice pair to compare what two automotive eras have offered as daily transport. One more chapter in our ongoing saga of “The Changing Shape Of Cars”. This time, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241212_163015436.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1974 Dodge Dart And 2014 Honda CR-V – The Changing Shape Of Cars")
Curbside Find: 1974 Dodge Dart And 2014 Honda CR-V – The Changing Shape Of Cars
Posted on January 9, 2025 | 45 CommentsHere’s a nice pair to compare what two automotive eras have offered as daily transport. One more chapter in our ongoing saga of “The Changing Shape Of Cars”. This time, […] -
![This humble Ford Escort Mk4 spotted in a supermarket parking lot in São Paulo, Brazil, is a true survivor. This example is one of the so-called Mk4 models built in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rear-view-X.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1987-1996 Ford Escort Mk4 – Survivor From Brazil")
Curbside Find: 1987-1996 Ford Escort Mk4 – Survivor From Brazil
Posted on January 9, 2025 | 16 CommentsThis humble Ford Escort Mk4 spotted in a supermarket parking lot in São Paulo, Brazil, is a true survivor. This example is one of the so-called Mk4 models built in […] -
![(first posted 12/20/2018) You want to know why Nissan has run a distant number two to Toyota for almost ever? Here’s just one of very many reasons: inconsistency. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CC-375-013.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1987 Nissan Pathfinder – The Long and Winding Path Started Here")
Curbside Find: 1987 Nissan Pathfinder – The Long and Winding Path Started Here
Posted on January 5, 2025 | 47 Comments(first posted 12/20/2018) You want to know why Nissan has run a distant number two to Toyota for almost ever? Here’s just one of very many reasons: inconsistency. […] -
![(first posted 1/13/24) A common fantasy is to be able to live in the world forever, not as an old man but as a young man in the prime of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20240109_121418-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC’s Best Of 2024: CC Outtake: 1964 Buick Wildcat – The Car Of Dorian Gray")
CC’s Best Of 2024: CC Outtake: 1964 Buick Wildcat – The Car Of Dorian Gray
Posted on December 26, 2024 | 23 Comments(first posted 1/13/24) A common fantasy is to be able to live in the world forever, not as an old man but as a young man in the prime of […] -
![2024 is ending; how about a quick canter through some of the best parts of it, from a European perspective? In no particular order, and with no controlling theme or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/WP_20151219_003.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtakes: My Pick Of 2024")
Curbside Outtakes: My Pick Of 2024
Posted on December 23, 2024 | 14 Comments2024 is ending; how about a quick canter through some of the best parts of it, from a European perspective? In no particular order, and with no controlling theme or […] -
![Porsche 944s are getting a bit scarce around here these days, so I was cheered by seeing one pull into this gas station from a ways off. I did notice […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_2491.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Porsche 944 Wearing Christmas Lights – The Rolling CC Christmas Car(d)")
Porsche 944 Wearing Christmas Lights – The Rolling CC Christmas Car(d)
Posted on December 23, 2024 | 16 CommentsPorsche 944s are getting a bit scarce around here these days, so I was cheered by seeing one pull into this gas station from a ways off. I did notice […] -
![(first posted 12/20/2018) Believe it or not, this is my second post at CC on a J-Body Buick Skyhawk spotted in my neighborhood within the past […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1982-86-Buick-Skyhawk-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: J-Body Buick Skyhawk Coupe At Sam’s")
CC Outtake: J-Body Buick Skyhawk Coupe At Sam’s
Posted on December 22, 2024 | 43 Comments(first posted 12/20/2018) Believe it or not, this is my second post at CC on a J-Body Buick Skyhawk spotted in my neighborhood within the past […] -
![I would think most of us have, at some point or another, had a Chevrolet truck owning neighbor. Nothing extraordinary, nor unusual about that. But what I would think most […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_20241206_153217_PORTRAIT.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: A Quartet Of Early ’70s Chevrolet C/K Trucks")
Curbside Find: A Quartet Of Early ’70s Chevrolet C/K Trucks
Posted on December 18, 2024 | 12 CommentsI would think most of us have, at some point or another, had a Chevrolet truck owning neighbor. Nothing extraordinary, nor unusual about that. But what I would think most […] -
![(first posted 12/16/2018) This is just what I needed back in the day, as in the early ’70s I never stayed in in job or place for more than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CC-376-038.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1946 Chevrolet Hippie Bus – Or Is It Now a Tiny House?")
Curbside Classic: 1946 Chevrolet Hippie Bus – Or Is It Now a Tiny House?
Posted on December 16, 2024 | 19 Comments(first posted 12/16/2018) This is just what I needed back in the day, as in the early ’70s I never stayed in in job or place for more than […] -
![I spotted these two little coupe-cabrios at the curb, a Fiat 500C and a Smart Cabrio, and of course I couldn’t resist a few shots. What a great pairing. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/small-8-vert-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Finds: Fiat 500C & Smart – Two Of The Shortest Coupes Ever Sold In The US, About The Same Length As The Longest One")
Curbside Finds: Fiat 500C & Smart – Two Of The Shortest Coupes Ever Sold In The US, About The Same Length As The Longest One
Posted on December 16, 2024 | 28 CommentsI spotted these two little coupe-cabrios at the curb, a Fiat 500C and a Smart Cabrio, and of course I couldn’t resist a few shots. What a great pairing. I […] -
![So I’m driving on my way to the airport to return my rental before my flight back to El Salvador, and what do I see parked by the curbside? None […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_20241212_111500_PORTRAITa.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1980s Dodge Aries K – UnliKely Survivor")
Curbside Find: 1980s Dodge Aries K – UnliKely Survivor
Posted on December 16, 2024 | 18 CommentsSo I’m driving on my way to the airport to return my rental before my flight back to El Salvador, and what do I see parked by the curbside? None […]
