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![Patina is a controversial subject; folks either like it or hate it. And of course it’s become a big fad, and fake patina is now commonly “applied” to old cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_1299.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1951 Chevrolet – How Do You Feel About Patina?")
Curbside Find: 1951 Chevrolet – How Do You Feel About Patina?
Posted on August 6, 2024 | 33 CommentsPatina is a controversial subject; folks either like it or hate it. And of course it’s become a big fad, and fake patina is now commonly “applied” to old cars […] -
![Establishing one’s own, unique persona and identity is important to a youth. It’s part of the path to increased self-ownership and healthy individuation from the family unit. This process can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/058-1991-Mercury-Capri-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1991 Mercury Capri – Do Anything But Copy")
Curbside Musings: 1991 Mercury Capri – Do Anything But Copy
Posted on August 6, 2024 | 32 CommentsEstablishing one’s own, unique persona and identity is important to a youth. It’s part of the path to increased self-ownership and healthy individuation from the family unit. This process can […] -
![(first posted 9/28/2012) I love Studebaker. Pretty much any South Bend-built model gets my immediate attention, but I have to acknowledge that, in the end, Studebaker did itself in. We […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/aa-09-08-2012-084.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1964 Studebaker Cruiser – Brooks Stevens’s Last Pass For South Bend")
Car Show Classic: 1964 Studebaker Cruiser – Brooks Stevens’s Last Pass For South Bend
Posted on August 5, 2024 | 97 Comments(first posted 9/28/2012) I love Studebaker. Pretty much any South Bend-built model gets my immediate attention, but I have to acknowledge that, in the end, Studebaker did itself in. We […] -
![(first posted 7/5/2018) Third generation Corollas have become a bit scarce, but since they are Corollas, there will undoubtedly always be a few around, forever. Could life in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CC-353-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1976 (or so) Toyota Corolla (E30) Wagon – And a Toyota Pickup in the Alley")
CC Outtake: 1976 (or so) Toyota Corolla (E30) Wagon – And a Toyota Pickup in the Alley
Posted on August 5, 2024 | 30 Comments(first posted 7/5/2018) Third generation Corollas have become a bit scarce, but since they are Corollas, there will undoubtedly always be a few around, forever. Could life in […] -
![Production Opel GT 1968-1973 (first posted 8/6/2018) Sports car fever of the ’50s and ’60s infected enthusiasts, car designers, and car stylists alike on both sides of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Opel-GT-1968-1600-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Opel GT. 1968-1973 – The Long Road From Inspiration To Production with Many Cooks Adding to the Broth Along The Way")
Automotive History: The Opel GT. 1968-1973 – The Long Road From Inspiration To Production with Many Cooks Adding to the Broth Along The Way
Posted on August 5, 2024 | 17 CommentsProduction Opel GT 1968-1973 (first posted 8/6/2018) Sports car fever of the ’50s and ’60s infected enthusiasts, car designers, and car stylists alike on both sides of the […] -
Curbside Find: 1968 Chevelle SS396 – Dreams, Today
Posted on August 5, 2024 | 7 CommentsPhoto from the CC Cohort by robadr. -
![How about this classy ride captured in motion by Jerome Solberg at the Cohort? If a 1950s Cadillac is just too common for you, how about this far more exclusive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/53885752560_55ed24064a_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Find: 1953 Packard Convertible In Motion")
Cohort Find: 1953 Packard Convertible In Motion
Posted on August 5, 2024 | 20 CommentsHow about this classy ride captured in motion by Jerome Solberg at the Cohort? If a 1950s Cadillac is just too common for you, how about this far more exclusive […] -
![Folks often tend to remember Car & Driver as cynical and anti-Detroit; actually that was all-too often not the case. Case in point: the AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler: they were a lot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sc-10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1969 AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler – AMC Pulls A Fast One On Us")
Vintage Review: 1969 AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler – AMC Pulls A Fast One On Us
Posted on August 5, 2024 | 12 CommentsFolks often tend to remember Car & Driver as cynical and anti-Detroit; actually that was all-too often not the case. Case in point: the AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler: they were a lot […] -
![(first posted 9/30/2012) Nothing like seeing a car to jog the old memory banks. c5karl posted this ’67 Bonnie at the Cohort, and the lights flashed on: I “had” one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Pontiac-Bonneville-1967-fr.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic/Auto-Biography: 1967 Pontiac Bonneville – I Almost Forgot I Had One")
Cohort Classic/Auto-Biography: 1967 Pontiac Bonneville – I Almost Forgot I Had One
Posted on August 4, 2024 | 33 Comments(first posted 9/30/2012) Nothing like seeing a car to jog the old memory banks. c5karl posted this ’67 Bonnie at the Cohort, and the lights flashed on: I “had” one […] -
![(first posted 8/3/2018) Steve Cropley was originally employed as a writer/editor of the Australian Auto Magazine, “Wheels”, before emigrating to the UK where he became editor of British Auto […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CCI08032018_0056.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review & Curbside Classic: 1990 Ferrari Boxer — Steve Cropley drives 1974 365 GT4 BB — The Boxer… Plus a Boxer CC Caught in The Wild in Ohio")
Vintage Review & Curbside Classic: 1990 Ferrari Boxer — Steve Cropley drives 1974 365 GT4 BB — The Boxer… Plus a Boxer CC Caught in The Wild in Ohio
Posted on August 4, 2024 | 15 Comments(first posted 8/3/2018) Steve Cropley was originally employed as a writer/editor of the Australian Auto Magazine, “Wheels”, before emigrating to the UK where he became editor of British Auto […] -
![Here’s a gallery we should all have a relationship with, tollbooths. One about which I’ll admit I’ve conflicted feelings. After all, looking at the Golden Gate tollbooths just brings many […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/upload_2022-12-5_21-23-20.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Tollbooths In The ’50s-’60s")
Vintage Snapshots: Tollbooths In The ’50s-’60s
Posted on August 4, 2024 | 40 CommentsHere’s a gallery we should all have a relationship with, tollbooths. One about which I’ll admit I’ve conflicted feelings. After all, looking at the Golden Gate tollbooths just brings many […] -
![(Update: the text has been revised since publishing to amend one factual error regarding the project’s origin, plus some other minor revisions) Let’s revisit this Deadly Sin chapter through this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Review: 1983 Cadillac Cimarron – An Improved Upscale J-Car")
Vintage R&T Review: 1983 Cadillac Cimarron – An Improved Upscale J-Car
Posted on August 4, 2024 | 35 Comments(Update: the text has been revised since publishing to amend one factual error regarding the project’s origin, plus some other minor revisions) Let’s revisit this Deadly Sin chapter through this […] -
![At the show, I really thought I was taking some pictures of an exemplary, modern owner-operator tractor unit. Yet after some searching, it turned out that the 2011 Scania is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_2371.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truck Show Outtake: 2011 Scania R500 V8 6×2 – The Retiree’s Retired Owner-Operator Tractor")
Truck Show Outtake: 2011 Scania R500 V8 6×2 – The Retiree’s Retired Owner-Operator Tractor
Posted on August 4, 2024 | 14 CommentsAt the show, I really thought I was taking some pictures of an exemplary, modern owner-operator tractor unit. Yet after some searching, it turned out that the 2011 Scania is […] -
![Dear readers, you’ve reached the sixth chapter of the Volvo 240’s long-running stateside history. By the close of the 1988 model year, these stalwart examples of Swedish design had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Volvo-240-assembly-line-worker.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Volvo 240’s U.S. Journey – Chapter Six")
The Volvo 240’s U.S. Journey – Chapter Six
Posted on August 4, 2024 | 3 CommentsDear readers, you’ve reached the sixth chapter of the Volvo 240’s long-running stateside history. By the close of the 1988 model year, these stalwart examples of Swedish design had […] -
![(first posted 8/4/2018) It’s limousine season here in Thailand – more so than usual. I’ve had cause to write the occasional post about the stretchers I found here, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180731_165355.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classic: 2012-17 Rolls-Royce Phantom VII Extended Wheelbase – The Return Of HMS Phantom")
Future Classic: 2012-17 Rolls-Royce Phantom VII Extended Wheelbase – The Return Of HMS Phantom
Posted on August 3, 2024 | 31 Comments(first posted 8/4/2018) It’s limousine season here in Thailand – more so than usual. I’ve had cause to write the occasional post about the stretchers I found here, […]
