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![One of my favorite search terms on YouTube is ‘passage (très) difficile’. Then you’ll find yourself in France, watching modern big rigs rolling through old small towns. AubeAgri_Production posted a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Videos: French Truckin’ Wizards – Door-To-Door Transport")
CC Videos: French Truckin’ Wizards – Door-To-Door Transport
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 13 CommentsOne of my favorite search terms on YouTube is ‘passage (très) difficile’. Then you’ll find yourself in France, watching modern big rigs rolling through old small towns. AubeAgri_Production posted a […] -
Vintage Dealers: Oldsmobile Dealers In The ’50s-’60s
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 27 CommentsDunlap’s Oldsmobile, Ames, IA. -
![Being empty nesters (physically, if not financially) has allowed my wife and I to travel a bit more, and it’s something we very much enjoy. During the Pandemic up until […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/TAP-A321neo-A321LR-21040101-1024x683-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rental Car Review: 2024 Opel Astra Sports Tourer")
Rental Car Review: 2024 Opel Astra Sports Tourer
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 34 CommentsBeing empty nesters (physically, if not financially) has allowed my wife and I to travel a bit more, and it’s something we very much enjoy. During the Pandemic up until […] -
![’58 Ford Custom 300 photo by Stephen Pellegrino. My name is Rafael Fabius, I live in Uruguay, a small country wedged between Argentina and Brazil; a place a little bit […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/42101249785_feb524a500_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Dad’s Cars – In My Beginning, There Was a ’58 Ford… And Then A ’68 Nova")
My Dad’s Cars – In My Beginning, There Was a ’58 Ford… And Then A ’68 Nova
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 30 Comments’58 Ford Custom 300 photo by Stephen Pellegrino. My name is Rafael Fabius, I live in Uruguay, a small country wedged between Argentina and Brazil; a place a little bit […] -
![(first posted 3/31/2014) When it comes to the domestic manufacturers, the products of Ford Motor Co taken as a whole rank low on my list of desired models. However, that’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Mystique1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1996 Mercury Mystique – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished")
Curbside Classic: 1996 Mercury Mystique – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 98 Comments(first posted 3/31/2014) When it comes to the domestic manufacturers, the products of Ford Motor Co taken as a whole rank low on my list of desired models. However, that’s […] -
![(first posted 1/17/2019) Trust me to find cars in Venice. My poor brother thought he’d gotten a reprieve during our Europe trip when we arrived in Venice. No […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/autobianchi-y10-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1992-95 Autobianchi/Lancia Y10 – The Last Autobianchi")
Curbside Capsule: 1992-95 Autobianchi/Lancia Y10 – The Last Autobianchi
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 35 Comments(first posted 1/17/2019) Trust me to find cars in Venice. My poor brother thought he’d gotten a reprieve during our Europe trip when we arrived in Venice. No […] -
![canadiancatgreen is one of our most prolific Cohort posters. He doesn’t even shy away from visiting junkyards in the depths of winter in Canada. So let’s tag along and see […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/54255679811_458f3008a7_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Finds In The Snow: When Automotive Hell Freezes Over")
Junkyard Finds In The Snow: When Automotive Hell Freezes Over
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 29 Commentscanadiancatgreen is one of our most prolific Cohort posters. He doesn’t even shy away from visiting junkyards in the depths of winter in Canada. So let’s tag along and see […] -
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to view some hardtops, a favorite for many during the fifties, sixties and part of the seventies. They have the sporty look […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot_20231004-022922.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: A Hardtop Gallery – Hardtops In The 1950s – 1960s")
Vintage Snapshots: A Hardtop Gallery – Hardtops In The 1950s – 1960s
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 16 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to view some hardtops, a favorite for many during the fifties, sixties and part of the seventies. They have the sporty look […] -
![To close this Week of Small JDM curios, what could be better than Autozam, a marque whose brief existence personified the concept of strange and petite on this market in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20230411_091908_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Autozam Revue – Not So Big In Japan")
Curbside Classic: 1995 Autozam Revue – Not So Big In Japan
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 14 CommentsTo close this Week of Small JDM curios, what could be better than Autozam, a marque whose brief existence personified the concept of strange and petite on this market in […] -
![For modern enthusiasts and nostalgists, the popularity of postwar Chevrolet cars (and trucks) is so tied up with the SBC V-8 engine that it’s almost hard to believe that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1949-Chevrolet-Styleline-ClassicCars-front-3q.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History – 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline And Styleline – Seize The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolets")
Automotive History – 1949 Chevrolet Fleetline And Styleline – Seize The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolets
Posted on January 17, 2025 | 33 CommentsFor modern enthusiasts and nostalgists, the popularity of postwar Chevrolet cars (and trucks) is so tied up with the SBC V-8 engine that it’s almost hard to believe that […] -
![(first posted 1/1/2012) For most of us, the turn of the calendar represents a new (hopeful) beginning. A fresh start, if you will, to take stock, begin anew, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/70-ford-falcon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1970½ Ford Falcon: Mission Implausible")
1970½ Ford Falcon: Mission Implausible
Posted on January 16, 2025 | 147 Comments(first posted 1/1/2012) For most of us, the turn of the calendar represents a new (hopeful) beginning. A fresh start, if you will, to take stock, begin anew, […] -
![(first posted 1/16/2019) I came across the catalogue for a James Bond exhibition which had some great behind-the-scenes images and sketches. This one’s by Michael White for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/007minorsketch.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Cinema: 007 The Cars That Never Were – Morris Minor GPO Van")
CC Cinema: 007 The Cars That Never Were – Morris Minor GPO Van
Posted on January 16, 2025 | 71 Comments(first posted 1/16/2019) I came across the catalogue for a James Bond exhibition which had some great behind-the-scenes images and sketches. This one’s by Michael White for […] -
![Inland Steel Complex, East Chicago. Time to pay another brief visit to Chicago in the early ’70s, a city we have paid a couple of visits to in the last […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/16478343746_cf21914aef_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Chicago In The Early ’70s")
Vintage Snapshots: Chicago In The Early ’70s
Posted on January 16, 2025 | 29 CommentsInland Steel Complex, East Chicago. Time to pay another brief visit to Chicago in the early ’70s, a city we have paid a couple of visits to in the last […] -
![For the world at large, Subaru was mostly known as a maker of boxer-engined AWD saloons and wagons. But domestically, the Gunma-based automobile arm of Fuji Heavy Industries (formerly known […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20220609_155134_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Subaru Rex VX Open Top – The King’s Last Stand")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Subaru Rex VX Open Top – The King’s Last Stand
Posted on January 16, 2025 | 8 CommentsFor the world at large, Subaru was mostly known as a maker of boxer-engined AWD saloons and wagons. But domestically, the Gunma-based automobile arm of Fuji Heavy Industries (formerly known […] -
![My curbside friends, I have found the deal of a lifetime for you. Just look at this magnificent specimen from the time when these really big Lincoln Continentals were the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_2665.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1976 Lincoln Continental Town Car For Sale – Only $1995! Hurry To Lou Glutz Motors")
1976 Lincoln Continental Town Car For Sale – Only $1995! Hurry To Lou Glutz Motors
Posted on January 16, 2025 | 21 CommentsMy curbside friends, I have found the deal of a lifetime for you. Just look at this magnificent specimen from the time when these really big Lincoln Continentals were the […]
