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CC Design: Chrysler Studies Ergonomics in 1962, and Now Just Look!
Posted on April 3, 2022 | 128 CommentsErgonomics, also called human factors, is the science of design and arrangement to maximise the efficiency, ease, and safety of people’s interaction with things. It was a -
![I’ve never done an In-Motion article because others have done them quite well and even made something of an art form of them (most notably Joseph Dennis). I’m not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20210811_072531-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix SE/WTF – The Ultimate Version Of The Penultimate Grand Prix")
In-Motion Classic: 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix SE/WTF – The Ultimate Version Of The Penultimate Grand Prix
Posted on March 29, 2022 | 32 CommentsI’ve never done an In-Motion article because others have done them quite well and even made something of an art form of them (most notably Joseph Dennis). I’m not […] -
Wordless Outtake: Costco Parking Lot
Posted on March 26, 2022 | 15 Comments -
![The title sounds a bit odd, doesn’t it? The 2021 bit is easy enough, England hopefully obvious, and maybe Gaydon is familiar as the home of the British Motor Museum […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20210821_112712-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Photo Report – MIT Car 2021, Gaydon, England")
Car Show Photo Report – MIT Car 2021, Gaydon, England
Posted on March 26, 2022 | 10 CommentsThe title sounds a bit odd, doesn’t it? The 2021 bit is easy enough, England hopefully obvious, and maybe Gaydon is familiar as the home of the British Motor Museum […] -
![I heard an exhaust note that sounded old, unusual, and unfamiliar before I came upon the source: this ol’ GMC pickup, running at a fast idle as the owner tinkered […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/GMC_Truck_LF34.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1964-1966 GMC Truck – V6, Y’understand?")
CC Outtake: 1964-1966 GMC Truck – V6, Y’understand?
Posted on March 20, 2022 | 47 CommentsI heard an exhaust note that sounded old, unusual, and unfamiliar before I came upon the source: this ol’ GMC pickup, running at a fast idle as the owner tinkered […] -
![What do you need from a hire car over two days and 350 miles? Safety, security, dependability, decently comfortable and spacious enough for those using it (in this case just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20220303_132348.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Rental Review: 2021 Hyundai Kona Hybrid Premium – For Many, Competence And Convenience Will Win Out")
Curbside Rental Review: 2021 Hyundai Kona Hybrid Premium – For Many, Competence And Convenience Will Win Out
Posted on March 17, 2022 | 14 CommentsWhat do you need from a hire car over two days and 350 miles? Safety, security, dependability, decently comfortable and spacious enough for those using it (in this case just […] -
Curbside Outtakes: A Neighborhood Variety
Posted on March 5, 2022 | 12 CommentsOn a recent jog through the neighborhood, I encountered some new curbside sights that I thought were worth sharing. -
![You may have read my recent post on the Italian Car Day organised at Brooklands by a group of owner and enthusiast clubs, including the Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DSC00202.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Photo Report – Italian Car Day, Brooklands, October 2021 – Part 2")
Car Show Photo Report – Italian Car Day, Brooklands, October 2021 – Part 2
Posted on February 27, 2022 | 19 CommentsYou may have read my recent post on the Italian Car Day organised at Brooklands by a group of owner and enthusiast clubs, including the Alfa Romeo Owners’ Club. […] -
![Is it really twenty years since Ford ended production of the Escort van? Like the larger Transit, in the UK it defined its sector to the extent that vans became […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/51878544947_f48aa2471b_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1995-2002 Ford Escort Van – No Street Corner Should Ever Be Without One")
Cohort Outtake: 1995-2002 Ford Escort Van – No Street Corner Should Ever Be Without One
Posted on February 23, 2022 | 18 CommentsIs it really twenty years since Ford ended production of the Escort van? Like the larger Transit, in the UK it defined its sector to the extent that vans became […] -
![Edmund S. generally avoided performing work for others, instead staying busy on his own cars; a couple of 1980 beige Rabbits, and a faded black one of same vintage. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_20220102_160651787_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1980 VW Rabbit – Hellish Ride in GTI Guise via Westmoreland!")
COAL: 1980 VW Rabbit – Hellish Ride in GTI Guise via Westmoreland!
Posted on February 23, 2022 | 29 CommentsEdmund S. generally avoided performing work for others, instead staying busy on his own cars; a couple of 1980 beige Rabbits, and a faded black one of same vintage. […] -
![Here’s something a little different. A promotional film produced by Vauxhall in 1972 for the then new proving ground at Millbrook, just 30 minutes from the Engineering Centre in Luton, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2f5921d0-50e3-4614-8d36-41144160b7b5-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside History: Millbrook Proving Ground, 1972 – Where Vauxhall Got Tough on Quality")
Curbside History: Millbrook Proving Ground, 1972 – Where Vauxhall Got Tough on Quality
Posted on February 19, 2022 | 17 CommentsHere’s something a little different. A promotional film produced by Vauxhall in 1972 for the then new proving ground at Millbrook, just 30 minutes from the Engineering Centre in Luton, […] -
![Give me a long kiss goodnightAnd everything’ll be alrightTell me that I won’t feel a thingSo get me Novacaine. — “Get Me Novacaine”, American Idiot, Green Day (2004) (Because Billy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_20220118_094058.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1962 Chevy II 300 Station Wagon – Give Me Novacaine")
Curbside Outtake: 1962 Chevy II 300 Station Wagon – Give Me Novacaine
Posted on February 17, 2022 | 22 CommentsGive me a long kiss goodnightAnd everything’ll be alrightTell me that I won’t feel a thingSo get me Novacaine. — “Get Me Novacaine”, American Idiot, Green Day (2004) (Because Billy […] -
![There’s been some love on CC recently for the second generation Mitsubishi Colt/Mirage hatchback and its derivatives. It came in many forms, under various model names – as the Colt, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/20210907_120011-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1987- 90 Dodge Colt Station Wagon – Imported, Twice Over")
Curbside Outtake: 1987- 90 Dodge Colt Station Wagon – Imported, Twice Over
Posted on February 7, 2022 | 15 CommentsThere’s been some love on CC recently for the second generation Mitsubishi Colt/Mirage hatchback and its derivatives. It came in many forms, under various model names – as the Colt, […] -
![We now move solidly into the 1960s with this automotive issue of Consumer Reports. The winged, chromed monsters of the ’50s are now heading into the junkyard en masse, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_73571.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 3 (1964-70)")
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 3 (1964-70)
Posted on February 5, 2022 | 28 CommentsWe now move solidly into the 1960s with this automotive issue of Consumer Reports. The winged, chromed monsters of the ’50s are now heading into the junkyard en masse, and […] -
Vintage Ad: 1959 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer – “The Swing Out Seat Says ‘Please Come In'”
Posted on January 27, 2022 | 30 CommentsSo was this the ultimate pickup-mobile of 1959?
