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Museum Outtake: 1959 LARC LX – Our Largest Curbside Classic (So Far)
Posted on August 31, 2021 | 41 Comments(first posted 8/31/2015) Last week my family and I decided to go on an impromptu roadtrip to Nashville, Tennessee. While there, I somehow carved out time to visit the Lane […] -
Future Classic: 2019 Buick LaCrosse – Buick’s Last Sedan, But Should It Make The Ten-Best List?
Posted on August 25, 2021 | 79 CommentsIn my recent article on the Buick Enclave, I highlighted the fact that crossover SUV models have completely taken over Buick’s North American model lineup. 2020 was the last model […] -
1976 Volvo 245 DL — Bringing Hans Home, An August Road Trip
Posted on August 22, 2021 | 29 CommentsFour years ago this week (as I write this in the middle of August) it came to be that our standard fleet of two cars became three. Fortunately, the third […] -
CC Roadside Refreshments: The Food Shark of Marfa
Posted on August 17, 2021 | 28 CommentsThe 2010 US census recorded all of 1,981 people living in Marfa, Texas, so you’re probably not one of them. I’m not, either. But if I were, I’d -
Vintage Renderings: 1959 Imperial – Not Quite To Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman Standards
Posted on August 12, 2021 | 39 CommentsDreamy renderings were the hot thing for several decades, and peaked with the Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman era of Pontiacs. So in comparison, these 1959 Imperial renderings are a […] -
Future Curbside Classic: Chevrolet SSR – Dodge Did It, We Can Do It Better
Posted on August 10, 2021 | 76 Comments(first posted 8/10/2015) Every so often, a manufacturer gets it into their head that what the market really wants, nay, needs is a convertible pickup truck. And every so often […] -
Museum Photo Report: Seeing Red At The Haynes Museum
Posted on August 9, 2021 | 11 CommentsRed. Even the word says something. Short. Clear. It says something important quickly, somehow. It seems to link with the translations – rot, rouge, rosso, rojo, rood, rød. Red the […] -
The Mackinac Bridge – A Bridge To Somewhere
Posted on August 8, 2021 | 106 Comments(first posted 8/8/2015) That, way back there in the distance, is the Mackinac Bridge. First, let’s get the measurements out of the way before we get a little closer to […] -
Museum Photo Report: The Haynes International Motor Museum, Sparkford, Somerset
Posted on August 7, 2021 | 14 CommentsThe name Haynes, of John Haynes CBE, Haynes manuals and Haynes publishing probably needs little introduction to a CC audience. The manuals have sold over 200 million copies; the publicly […] -
COAL: 2018 Range Rover V8 Supercharged – When The Queen Is In A Hurry
Posted on August 3, 2021 | 29 CommentsThe 2019 Suburban COAL I wrote up is doing great at my wife’s real estate firm. They took it almost a year ago at 40,000 miles and it has close […] -
The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – Searching for a Theme
Posted on August 2, 2021 | 33 CommentsThe Great Beater Challenge is a go pending any further COVID-19 outbreaks and I, along with my three teenage sons, are registered. As some of you may recall I bought a […] -
Forgotten Concept: 1966 Jaguar FT Bertone 420 Coupe – Influential, But Not On Jaguar
Posted on July 30, 2021 | 28 CommentsThumbing through an Road and Track’s car show coverage from 1966, I came across a car that I had totally forgotten about: the 1966 Jaguar Bertone FT 420 Coupe. It’s […] -
Craigslist Classic: 1963 Studebaker Lark Cruiser – Someone’s For Just $1.52 Per Mile
Posted on July 30, 2021 | 35 CommentsWe have been on an off-and-on low-mile time capsule jag here at the Curbside, thanks to several findings by Poindexter and some other contributors. I have found it a lot […] -
Vintage Ad: This Is Why Cars Aren’t Sold Like Frozen Peas – Or Are They?
Posted on July 26, 2021 | 72 CommentsI didn’t intend to jump in the fray with Daniel Stern’s comment about why cars aren’t sold like frozen peas, meaning the price is clearly marked and there’s no room […] -
Cohort Outtake: 1983 Citroen CX24 IE Safari – Was This The Best Estate Car?
Posted on July 23, 2021 | 29 CommentsThe sight of this Citroen CX Safari on the Cohort, posted by Nathan Williams, reminds me of an arguably irrefutable fact. That for the European buyer from the late 1970s […]