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![Donno about you, but I consider it a good omen when I find an old car at a shop I’m about to patronise. Not just any old car(s), mind; one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/53-Hudson-Hornet-RF34_4794.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1953 Hudson Hornet – Hubba Hubba!")
1953 Hudson Hornet – Hubba Hubba!
Posted on June 7, 2023 | 42 CommentsDonno about you, but I consider it a good omen when I find an old car at a shop I’m about to patronise. Not just any old car(s), mind; one […] -
![This ’81 Civic 5-door was found in Amsterdam by Corey Behrens, and its condition is remarkable. Even more so when it turns out it’s a Hondamatic equipped one; Honda’s unique […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/52945827168_7a6fce9929_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1981 Honda Civic – Neat Hondamatic Survivor")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1981 Honda Civic – Neat Hondamatic Survivor
Posted on June 6, 2023 | 15 CommentsThis ’81 Civic 5-door was found in Amsterdam by Corey Behrens, and its condition is remarkable. Even more so when it turns out it’s a Hondamatic equipped one; Honda’s unique […] -
MG Midget — Have Three; They’re Small!
Posted on June 6, 2023 | 30 CommentsI’d no idea what kind of an MG this was, except it was tiny. Standing next to it felt as though it came only up to my knees, and -
![This didn’t start out as the Sunday paper, it started out as the Thursday paper. It’s the Hanna (Alberta) Herald for Thursday, 4 October 1962, to be exact, and it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Hanna-Herald-Frontpage.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Sunday Paper: New Cars, 60.7 Years Ago")
CC Sunday Paper: New Cars, 60.7 Years Ago
Posted on June 4, 2023 | 34 CommentsThis didn’t start out as the Sunday paper, it started out as the Thursday paper. It’s the Hanna (Alberta) Herald for Thursday, 4 October 1962, to be exact, and it’s […] -
![Honda had gone from an unknown quantity to household name in less than a decade, and the company was striving for more. It may seem odd from today’s perspective, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Scan-230529-0001a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car And Driver Review: 1986 Acura Integra LS – Nicely Integrated")
Vintage Car And Driver Review: 1986 Acura Integra LS – Nicely Integrated
Posted on June 4, 2023 | 16 CommentsHonda had gone from an unknown quantity to household name in less than a decade, and the company was striving for more. It may seem odd from today’s perspective, but […] -
![This panther looks like it’s sleepin’ it off after getting its jaw busted and its ear boxed in a fight. The rest of it looks to be in tidy shape, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Crouching-Panther_3752.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1980-’83 Continental Mark VI: Laid-Up Lincoln")
1980-’83 Continental Mark VI: Laid-Up Lincoln
Posted on June 3, 2023 | 31 CommentsThis panther looks like it’s sleepin’ it off after getting its jaw busted and its ear boxed in a fight. The rest of it looks to be in tidy shape, […] -
![Modern life is generally free of compulsory rituals. Instead, each individual, community, or tribe make their own as they see fit. And while academics find rituals ‘primitive,’ each of these […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20221115_122626024_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Bedford TJ – Advanced Past Its Prime")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Bedford TJ – Advanced Past Its Prime
Posted on June 3, 2023 | 25 CommentsModern life is generally free of compulsory rituals. Instead, each individual, community, or tribe make their own as they see fit. And while academics find rituals ‘primitive,’ each of these […] -
Vintage Dealer Postcard: Saabs In St. Louis MO, Early ’70s
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![An Exner design is a sure way to get me to stop and pay attention. And these ’59s are at the tail end of Exner’s peak, still fully under his […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/52886586318_edf948dbaa_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Carriers: A Few ’59 Dodges Arriving – Suddenly It’s Almost 1960!")
Vintage Car Carriers: A Few ’59 Dodges Arriving – Suddenly It’s Almost 1960!
Posted on June 1, 2023 | 40 CommentsAn Exner design is a sure way to get me to stop and pay attention. And these ’59s are at the tail end of Exner’s peak, still fully under his […] -
Vintage Snapshot: Kaiser ‘Carabela’ (Manhattan) Limousine
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 27 CommentsFor those who wish their Kaiser Manhattan to have a bit more presence, IKA (Kaiser Industries Argentina) built just the ticket for you; the ‘Carabela’ Limousine. -
![The thoughtless; the selfish, and the attention-starved tampered with their vehicles in unsafe, antisocial ways seventy-one years ago, as they still do now. In that foreign country known as The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Salinas-Californian-1952-Mufflers-and-Lights_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clipping: Illegal Mufflers and Lights in 1952")
CC Clipping: Illegal Mufflers and Lights in 1952
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 48 CommentsThe thoughtless; the selfish, and the attention-starved tampered with their vehicles in unsafe, antisocial ways seventy-one years ago, as they still do now. In that foreign country known as The […] -
1999-2005 Mitsuoka Galue II – Alien Craft
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 42 CommentsI was having an evening walk round the block, as one does, when I saw this Mitsuoka, as one doesn’t. -
Curbside Classic: 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged – Dangerous M.E.SS
Posted on May 30, 2023 | 57 Comments(first posted 5/30/23) They called it Cobalt because it’s dangerous. They didn’t intend it to mean the car was dangerous to drive, of course. More like lock-up-your-daughters dangerous. Don’t-bet- -
![My brother moved about a year ago, a different town but still around two hours away from my house. Since our Father had not visited yet I took him last […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/3-cylinder.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Day Trip with Dad (and Eight Classics!)")
Day Trip with Dad (and Eight Classics!)
Posted on May 29, 2023 | 32 CommentsMy brother moved about a year ago, a different town but still around two hours away from my house. Since our Father had not visited yet I took him last […] -
1963 Studebaker Lark Daytona – Awake From Hibernation
Posted on May 29, 2023 | 38 CommentsThe CC Effect™ is real! I saw this ’63 Lark Daytona two days after
