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Miniature Curbside Classic: Porsche 912 By Mebetoys
Posted on April 27, 2012 | 11 CommentsToday’s mini CC is for early Porsche fans. How many scale models have been made of the Porsche 911? Who knows for sure, but ‘a lot’ would be a good […] -
CC TV: Pickup Advertising in the 1980’s
Posted on April 25, 2012 | 10 CommentsTime for a helping of great pickup ads from twenty five years ago. They present the time-honored question: Ford, Dodge, Chevy or GMC? -
Miniature Curbside Classic: Volga Ambulance – Enter ‘In Soviet Russia…’ Joke Here
Posted on April 20, 2012 | 20 CommentsTime for another Miniature Curbside Classic. Today’s model is pretty unique, a Volga ambulance from the ’80s, complete with Cyrillic graphics and removable stretcher! -
Street Scenes Part III: Plainfield To Quincy
Posted on April 18, 2012 | 24 CommentsPlainfield IL, 2/26/86 It’s time, once again, to return to the Curbside Classics of the past, in 1980s and 1990s Illinois. How about a nice opera-windowed Continental? -
Miniature Curbside Classic: Chevrolet Caprice By Corgi
Posted on April 16, 2012 | 7 CommentsWhat do you get when a British toy manufacturer decides to make a scale version of what is arguably GM’s best family car since the 1964 Chevelle or 1955-57 Chevrolet? […] -
Miniature Curbside Classic: Spotlight On Majorette
Posted on April 13, 2012 | 24 CommentsI have had this car affliction since I was about two or three. As a result, I had dozens of diecast 1/64 scale cars as a kid. At the time, […] -
Miniature Curbside Classic: VW and Studebaker Campers
Posted on April 11, 2012 | 38 CommentsTime for another installment of Miniature Curbside Classic, a special division of CC recognizing some of the great scale cars of the distant and not so distant past. Today we’re […] -
Miniature Curbside Classic: 1975 Mercedes 240D By Corgi
Posted on April 6, 2012 | 20 CommentsWhile I was writing the CC on the 220D, I couldn’t help but remember the silver Corgi 240D I had as a kid. I still have it, in fact, and […] -
CC Outtake: How About A Brand New 1974 911?
Posted on April 3, 2012 | 20 CommentsI have been going through a lot of old photos in the last week, and ran across this photo my dad took of a brand new 1974 911 and 914. […] -
Live From The Chicago Auto Show! In 1988 and 1992…
Posted on March 30, 2012 | 16 CommentsI was always a big car fan, well before I even learned to ride a bike. My mom says when I was two or three, I’d run around with my […] -
1960’s Finale: I Am Curious (Yellow); What Car Is That?
Posted on March 9, 2012 | 8 Comments -
Got Milk? Milk Tanker And Semi-Truck Concepts From 1947
Posted on January 3, 2012 | 30 CommentsIn the immediate post-war years, the Bohn Aluminum and Brass Company commissioned renderings of a number of futuristic transportation concepts that were likely to use more of the materials they […] -
Car Art: The Seasons Of Automotive Life
Posted on December 18, 2011 | 11 CommentsI’ve finished my college work for the semester and I’ll be back to my regular “What If” posts soon, but in the meantime I wanted to share one of my […] -
CC Nostalgia: Curbside Classics – 1972 Edition
Posted on September 13, 2011 | 28 CommentsIn digging out my old photo album for a picture of my ’68 Mustang, I came across my very first Curbside Classics. On Saturday morning of Labor Day weekend, 1972, […]