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Curbside Classics Archives
Volvo Archive
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![Since the CC comment section has (almost) always been a model of civil discourse, I thought it would the perfect forum for a question that’s been bothering me. When […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_0370.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: When Did Clear Coat Come Along? My My My Patina")
QOTD: When Did Clear Coat Come Along? My My My Patina
Posted on December 14, 2024 | 20 CommentsSince the CC comment section has (almost) always been a model of civil discourse, I thought it would the perfect forum for a question that’s been bothering me. When […] -
![I suppose this may seem a silly question depending upon the extent to which you consider Curbside Classic to be a “car forum”. Actually, my question is about a different […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/su13MZfm.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD – Do You Spend Time On Car Forums?")
QOTD – Do You Spend Time On Car Forums?
Posted on November 23, 2024 | 55 CommentsI suppose this may seem a silly question depending upon the extent to which you consider Curbside Classic to be a “car forum”. Actually, my question is about a different […] -
![Doesn’t that lovely line of Volvo 140 butts make you want to say “Man, I remember when cars came in so many different colors!”? That’s been my comment on that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DSC_0129.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: Bringing Color Back – There’s Actually A Lot Out There, Curbside and Otherwise")
Curbside Musings: Bringing Color Back – There’s Actually A Lot Out There, Curbside and Otherwise
Posted on November 14, 2024 | 71 CommentsDoesn’t that lovely line of Volvo 140 butts make you want to say “Man, I remember when cars came in so many different colors!”? That’s been my comment on that […] -
![Autumn is my favorite time of year, especially here in the Pacific Northwest. This fall there was a great pumpkin harvest, and a bumper crop of old trucks. Mix […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0780.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Fall Harvest of Old Trucks (and Some Yummy Looking Volvos)")
A Fall Harvest of Old Trucks (and Some Yummy Looking Volvos)
Posted on November 12, 2024 | 12 CommentsAutumn is my favorite time of year, especially here in the Pacific Northwest. This fall there was a great pumpkin harvest, and a bumper crop of old trucks. Mix […] -
![Last week Håns and I decided to run up the (miraculously still functioning) odometer and head to Maine for the Volvo Club of America’s National Meet. Mostly this was just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1424.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Volvo P1900 – A Not So Facile Volvo")
The Volvo P1900 – A Not So Facile Volvo
Posted on September 30, 2024 | 23 CommentsLast week Håns and I decided to run up the (miraculously still functioning) odometer and head to Maine for the Volvo Club of America’s National Meet. Mostly this was just […] -
![Here in New England, we savor the times of the year when weather accommodates the parking of cars on grass en-masse and having a good old fashioned lawn event car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DSC_0079-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics — Driving on Isabel’s Lawn, Swedish Car Day 2024")
Car Show Classics — Driving on Isabel’s Lawn, Swedish Car Day 2024
Posted on August 23, 2024 | 16 CommentsHere in New England, we savor the times of the year when weather accommodates the parking of cars on grass en-masse and having a good old fashioned lawn event car […] -
![The Volvo 240 series is certainly no stranger to Curbsiders, with 9 separate COAL entries and numerous other pieces on the site covering the model quite comprehensively. So is there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240218_082921.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Driving Impressions: 1988 Volvo 240GL – Brick Loving")
CC Driving Impressions: 1988 Volvo 240GL – Brick Loving
Posted on April 26, 2024 | 6 CommentsThe Volvo 240 series is certainly no stranger to Curbsiders, with 9 separate COAL entries and numerous other pieces on the site covering the model quite comprehensively. So is there […] -
![This could have been a QOTD: what post (or posts) first got you hooked on CC? I confess I cannot recall the exact one, but among the very earliest ones […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_20220223_165923_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Volvo 240 GL Wagon – Going Meta-CC")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Volvo 240 GL Wagon – Going Meta-CC
Posted on February 12, 2024 | 21 CommentsThis could have been a QOTD: what post (or posts) first got you hooked on CC? I confess I cannot recall the exact one, but among the very earliest ones […] -
![“What happened to the little Sportswagon?” “Oh, no! The Sportswagon’s much too small. Besides, I got a great deal on this one.” I imagine most of you have seen the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_1966.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2017 Volvo XC90 Inscription T6 – Family Truckster")
COAL: 2017 Volvo XC90 Inscription T6 – Family Truckster
Posted on August 26, 2023 | 28 Comments“What happened to the little Sportswagon?” “Oh, no! The Sportswagon’s much too small. Besides, I got a great deal on this one.” I imagine most of you have seen the […] -
![(first posted 8/18/2016) Although I virtually exhausted myself of everything I could possibly say regarding the Volvo 900 Series earlier this year, this 1993 Volvo 940 sitting all alone […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1993-Volvo-940-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1993 Volvo 940 – Dignified Luxury")
Curbside Classic: 1993 Volvo 940 – Dignified Luxury
Posted on August 18, 2022 | 41 Comments(first posted 8/18/2016) Although I virtually exhausted myself of everything I could possibly say regarding the Volvo 900 Series earlier this year, this 1993 Volvo 940 sitting all alone […] -
![Since its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_0063-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri")
CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 16 CommentsSince its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […] -
![(first posted 5/31/2014) “Character. Grounded in substance not rhetoric, character is earned not claimed. As with people, so too with automobiles, character reveals itself, slowly, over time through a demonstrated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/5-4-2013-025-800x533-e1400452642564.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1993 Volvo 240 Sedan – Will The Last 240 Turn Out The Lights Please?")
Curbside Classic: 1993 Volvo 240 Sedan – Will The Last 240 Turn Out The Lights Please?
Posted on May 10, 2020 | 49 Comments(first posted 5/31/2014) “Character. Grounded in substance not rhetoric, character is earned not claimed. As with people, so too with automobiles, character reveals itself, slowly, over time through a demonstrated […] -
![(Connor Kleck’s COAL Series picks up again from where it left off here) It was 2013, I was graduating high school and headed to college, and I was on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/thumbnail-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1987 Volvo 740 GLE – Ole Blue")
COAL: 1987 Volvo 740 GLE – Ole Blue
Posted on March 14, 2020 | 20 Comments(Connor Kleck’s COAL Series picks up again from where it left off here) It was 2013, I was graduating high school and headed to college, and I was on the […] -
![In 2012 my ’07 Tahoe was burning oil faster than GM knew what to do with it, so my dad decided to trade it in. I was given task to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_7123.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2008 Volvo XC90 – How Swede It Is")
COAL: 2008 Volvo XC90 – How Swede It Is
Posted on November 22, 2019 | 26 CommentsIn 2012 my ’07 Tahoe was burning oil faster than GM knew what to do with it, so my dad decided to trade it in. I was given task to […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day – 1966 Volvo 122S Wagon
Posted on November 14, 2019 | 19 CommentsThank you to Mike Hayes
