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QOTD: Anyone Else Ever Almost Blow Up Your Folks’ House?
Posted on March 10, 2021 | 73 CommentsI was 13 or so, maybe early 14. Kinda the age where it was starting to be okeh for my folks to leave me alone in the house for the […] -
QOTD: Traveling With Animals
Posted on March 5, 2021 | 52 CommentsRecently COAL contributor RetroJerry told us a story about traveling with a cat in a Chrysler PT Cruiser. In the comments, Oh!Gust made mention of driving a cat from Czechoslovakia into […] -
QOTD: What Current New Car Would You Save In Your Time Capsule?
Posted on February 4, 2021 | 66 CommentsClearly, I’ve got showroom mileage, time capsule cars on the brain lately, as my recent posts will attest. And why not? These unicorns are fun to speculate about: Why would […] -
QOTD: What Will Be the Last Internal Combustion Powered Car?
Posted on January 30, 2021 | 102 CommentsThe transition to electric power in our automobiles just got a big boost with GM’s recent announcement that their entire fleet of cars and light trucks will be all-electric by […] -
QOTD: Stellantis – A Star Is Born, But Which One Are You Rooting For?
Posted on January 27, 2021 | 79 CommentsSo, Stellantis is now official, and trading in Stellantis stock has started in New York, Milan and Paris. This is, of course, the new company created by the merger of […] -
QOTD: What Old Car (Prior To 1990) Was The Most Difficult To Work On?
Posted on January 21, 2021 | 76 CommentsWe had a lot of good nominations about the easiest cars to work on. How about the opposite? And let’s expand that a bit, up to 1990, so that we […] -
QOTD: What Old Car (Before 1980) Is Easiest To Work On?
Posted on January 19, 2021 | 85 CommentsIn yesterday’s post about my ’63 Thunderbird, commenter MarkKyle64 brought up an interesting QOTD – what is the easiest old car to work on? I think I can give my […] -
CC QOTD: Redux – What Make and Model Did You Initially Dislike But Grew Fonder of Later?
Posted on January 9, 2021 | 46 CommentsAbout a year ago, we reviewed this question – “used to hate it but now I like it” – and received a lot of great responses. My choice in this […] -
QOTD – What Car Best Represents 2020 And Your (Realistic) Hopes For 2021?
Posted on January 5, 2021 | 32 CommentsWe have aired out many disagreements here at the Curbside, but I think there is one thing on which we can all agree: 2020 sucked. Because all of us here […] -
QOTD: How Soon Until We Start Seeing EV Curbside Classics?
Posted on December 21, 2020 | 74 CommentsThere’s little doubt that electrification is the future of the automobile. Witness the bevy of EVs that are now for sale and coming soon, like the Mustang Mach-E. Cadillac is […] -
QOTD: Anyone Know Where To Find This Or Another 1978 Impala Coupe For A Movie?
Posted on December 17, 2020 | 34 CommentsI just received an email from a documentary film maker wanting to know how get the use of this Impala coupe I posted a while back. Easier said than done, […] -
Classic QOTD: And You Think Today’s Cars and Trucks Have Ugly Faces? What’s The Ugliest Front End Ever?
Posted on December 7, 2020 | 421 Comments(first posted 12/7/2014. I don’t normally repost old QOTDs, but there’s a lot of great stuff in the 358 comments. And you might find some newer cars since then to […] -
QOTD: What New Front Clip Would You Like To See On Your Car?
Posted on December 6, 2020 | 42 CommentsNot surprisingly, today’s Studeamino brought up some semi-dormant thought about a new front clip on my xB. I love my toaster, but the front end is my least favorite part. […] -
QOTD: 1976 Road Trip
Posted on November 30, 2020 | 75 CommentsEarlier today I wrote about the experiences one might acquire with a 1976 Thunderbird. One of the themes Ford touted about their Thunderbird that year was about experiencing North America. […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day/QOTD: “My Rusty First Car” – Did You Have A Rusty First Car?
Posted on November 18, 2020 | 58 CommentsJohn Lloyd posted this picture of his first car, with this comment: 1950 Oldsmobile 88, in 1963. Five litre V-8 (303 cubic inches), four speed Hydramatic transmission, weighed 3500 pounds. […]