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![Johannes Dutch left this in the comments at today’s L-series post. I watched and was mesmerized. This is one of the more remarkable automotive feats on video. It’s almost unbelievable […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Video: A Battered Old Mercedes L-Series Truck Conquers the Most Brutal “Road” In Africa")
CC Video: A Battered Old Mercedes L-Series Truck Conquers the Most Brutal “Road” In Africa
Posted on December 8, 2018 | 25 CommentsJohannes Dutch left this in the comments at today’s L-series post. I watched and was mesmerized. This is one of the more remarkable automotive feats on video. It’s almost unbelievable […] -
COAL Update: The Jag Hits The Road, Sortof
Posted on December 8, 2018 | 30 CommentsI previously wrote about our 1988 Jaguar XJ-SC here. It recently hitched a ride to the tire and brake shop. -
![Last month, Kawasaki announced that their KLR650, shown above in a picture from kawasaki.com, would not be offered for the 2019 model year. The KLR650 was introduced for the 1987 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/klr1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Motorcycle with a Long Lifetime: Kawasaki KLR650")
Motorcycle with a Long Lifetime: Kawasaki KLR650
Posted on December 8, 2018 | 11 CommentsLast month, Kawasaki announced that their KLR650, shown above in a picture from kawasaki.com, would not be offered for the 2019 model year. The KLR650 was introduced for the 1987 […] -
![Taken the day I bought the car. The VW Cabrio made such an impression on me, I wanted a Volkswagen to pound around in for the winter. This one fit the bill. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/20141003_173144.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL:1999 Volkswagen New Beetle – Cheap Fun Winter Beater")
COAL:1999 Volkswagen New Beetle – Cheap Fun Winter Beater
Posted on December 8, 2018 | 27 CommentsTaken the day I bought the car. The VW Cabrio made such an impression on me, I wanted a Volkswagen to pound around in for the winter. This one fit the bill. […] -
Auction Classic Flashback: Barrett-Jackson 2010 (part 2 of 2)
Posted on December 7, 2018 | 27 CommentsWhen I went to the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona this year, it was the first time since 2010. Though there was no shortage of drool worthy cars and […] -
![Those who have read my pieces are probably confused in regards to my latest daily driver, a 2018 Volkswagen SportWagen Comfortline, with manual transmission. After all, I was always the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_20180919_135910-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2018 VW Golf SportWagen – The Return of the Bunny")
COAL: 2018 VW Golf SportWagen – The Return of the Bunny
Posted on December 7, 2018 | 79 CommentsThose who have read my pieces are probably confused in regards to my latest daily driver, a 2018 Volkswagen SportWagen Comfortline, with manual transmission. After all, I was always the […] -
![We’ve seen quite a lot of the Motorclassica show already, from the cars driving to the show, outdoor club displays and the special classes, now here are some of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/1960-Holden-wagon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics More Highlights From Motorclassica")
Car Show Classics More Highlights From Motorclassica
Posted on December 6, 2018 | 46 CommentsWe’ve seen quite a lot of the Motorclassica show already, from the cars driving to the show, outdoor club displays and the special classes, now here are some of the […] -
Wordless Outtake: Curbside Diversity
Posted on December 6, 2018 | 22 Comments -
![In October I wrapped up my unintentionally epic series of 20 articles based on my trip to the Scottsdale classic car auctions this year. I profiled a couple hundred […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/50sJaguar.01-10-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auction Classic Flashback: Barrett-Jackson 2010 (part 1 of 2)")
Auction Classic Flashback: Barrett-Jackson 2010 (part 1 of 2)
Posted on December 6, 2018 | 31 CommentsIn October I wrapped up my unintentionally epic series of 20 articles based on my trip to the Scottsdale classic car auctions this year. I profiled a couple hundred […] -
![The wagon. It’s a car that hasn’t found much appreciation in North America for several decades now, apart from versions jacked up several inches and laden with plastic body cladding […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/thumb_IMG_6793_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip/Rental Review (Part 2): 2018 Volvo V90 Inscription T8 AWD – Trekking Across The Alps In One Sweet Swede")
CC Road Trip/Rental Review (Part 2): 2018 Volvo V90 Inscription T8 AWD – Trekking Across The Alps In One Sweet Swede
Posted on December 6, 2018 | 37 CommentsThe wagon. It’s a car that hasn’t found much appreciation in North America for several decades now, apart from versions jacked up several inches and laden with plastic body cladding […] -
![(first posted 12/19/2012. It’s bizarre enough to see the light of day again) Tim in Thailand sent me these pictures, asking if I knew what this car was, as he’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Falcon-Cougar-fr.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake From Thailand: Bizarre Falcon–Cougar Mashup")
CC Outtake From Thailand: Bizarre Falcon–Cougar Mashup
Posted on December 5, 2018 | 35 Comments(first posted 12/19/2012. It’s bizarre enough to see the light of day again) Tim in Thailand sent me these pictures, asking if I knew what this car was, as he’s […] -
Vintage Video: Jefferson City, Missouri, in 1958
Posted on December 4, 2018 | 27 CommentsThis video sort of fell into my lap, as it was posted to the Facebook page of a local old car club. -
![Having read of my off-road travails with my Promaster, CC reader and contributor Dave Skinner decided to make me feel bad about having ditched my ’77 Dodge Chinook. He sent […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Chinook-4x4-badge.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1978 Dodge Chinook 4×4 With Cummins Diesel – What I Should Have Gotten")
CC For Sale: 1978 Dodge Chinook 4×4 With Cummins Diesel – What I Should Have Gotten
Posted on December 4, 2018 | 38 CommentsHaving read of my off-road travails with my Promaster, CC reader and contributor Dave Skinner decided to make me feel bad about having ditched my ’77 Dodge Chinook. He sent […] -
![Previously I detailed the detailing of the ’08 Hyundai Sonata that I gifted to my son. See the original COAL here. Mid August I gifted it to him […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/4-sonata-update-40.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Update: ’08 Hyundai Sonata GLS – The Recycled Gift")
COAL Update: ’08 Hyundai Sonata GLS – The Recycled Gift
Posted on December 3, 2018 | 37 CommentsPreviously I detailed the detailing of the ’08 Hyundai Sonata that I gifted to my son. See the original COAL here. Mid August I gifted it to him […] -
![We are nearing the end of my Carlisle Ford Nationals coverage, and I haven’t covered the Mustangs, Cougars and Thunderbirds yet. As I mentioned in my first post in this series, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Ford-Carlisle-2018328.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 2018 Carlisle Ford Nationals – Part Four – Mustang, Cougar and Thunderbird")
Car Show Classics: 2018 Carlisle Ford Nationals – Part Four – Mustang, Cougar and Thunderbird
Posted on December 3, 2018 | 20 CommentsWe are nearing the end of my Carlisle Ford Nationals coverage, and I haven’t covered the Mustangs, Cougars and Thunderbirds yet. As I mentioned in my first post in this series, […]
