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The Latest Ultimate Curbside Classic: 1946 Chevrolet Pickup – The Oldest...
(first posted 4/12/2014) The overarching purpose of CC is to document the older vehicles still on the streets. And when they’re in front-line duty, as daily drivers or work trucks, the goal is...
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1976 American LaFrance Fire Engine For Sale – Just What You Need
I’d been meaning to check out the Sixes Grange Marketplace near Port Orford, and when I saw this firetruck for sale sitting out front, it was just the incentive I needed. It’s a 1976 American...
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Curbside Find: 1978 Sport King Motor Home – What Happens When An RV Company...
Yes, I’m a bit obsessed with all of these many 1970s Dodge-based Class C motorhomes. Why? Unlike the more modern era, there were dozens of smaller manufacturers back then, resulting in a wide variety...
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The Legendary Detroit Diesel V12 (12V-71) – The Most Powerful Engine Built...
Although more powerful four-cycle diesel engines would eventually surpass the DD 12V-71 as the most powerful engine built for highway trucks, it was certainly true in its heyday. With 475 hp and a...
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Curbside Classic: 1963 Pontiac Catalina – The Sexiest Big Sedan Of Its Time
(first posted 7/20/2013) The 1963 Pontiac was the very crest of the wave that swept the Excitement brand to glorious heights in the sixties. The upwelling first appeared out of seemingly nowhere in...
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Curbside Classic: 1959 Mercury Monterey Cruiser Hardtop Coupe – Mercury...
(first posted 10/3/2018) It wasn’t just Edsel that got creamed in the late 50s. Ford’s huge push to compete mano-a-mano with GM’s three powerful mid-market brands was a two-pronged attack. Edsel...
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Curbside Classic: 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Monza – The Best European Car Ever...
(first posted 7/25/2013) If a car ever inspired me to emote and wax poetically, it was the Corvair, especially the second generation that delighted us upon its arrival in 1965. So I’ll try hard to...
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Curbside Classic: 1956 Ford F350 With 9′ Express Bed – Yes, Express; Not Pickup
Yes, there was a difference between a pickup and a truck with an express bed. It’s pretty irrelevant in the bigger scheme of things, but then we’re all about the irrelevant little anachronisms of...
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Cohort Find: VW 411 – Just Needs A 911 Engine
Roshake found this VW 411 in Budapest; it’s the first one found and posted at CC since 2016. Jeez; are they getting a bit rare, or? No love for VW’s near-deadly sin? It was pretty roomy and...
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Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford Granada Coupe With 250 Six and Four Speed Stick –...
(first posted 10/7/2018) My affinity for these mid-70s Ford products must act like a powerful magnetic force, as I seem to keep running into them. Recently it was the very rare LTD II S. But that...
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CC For Sale: 1982 VW Diesel Pickup – Not Much Pickup But It Still Hauls
(first posted 10/6/2018) That the VW Pickup was designed specifically for the US, despite it being a tiny FWD unibody thing, may seem rather odd from today’s perspective, given how big trucks have...
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Cohort Outtake: Plum Crazy Dodge Caravan C/V R/T – Or Something Like That
(first posted 9/22/2018) Dodge’s Plum Crazy purple, which first appeared in 1970, is of course back on the option list. But it never went out of fashion for hard core Dodge Fever guys (the ones...
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Curbside Classic: 1988 Subaru Justy 4WD – The Mother Earth Newsmobile
(first posted 11/10/2013) Never Buy Gas Again! How to convert your Subaru Justy into a chicken manure-fed methane powered hybrid using old washing machine parts and a garden hose. Deep in the bowels...
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Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevrolet Apache 32 Fleetside and 1953 Budger Trailer...
(first posted 2/26/2011. Since we’re getting ready to hit the road again tomorrow in the van, this one came to mind) Let’s hit the road, honey! I’ve got the truck all ready to roll; how’re you doin’...
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Tesla’s Cybercab Robotaxi Raises Many Questions Including Why It Has Bigger...
I wasn’t going going to do a post on Tesla’s Cybercab Robotaxi, as it’s a bit out of our mission here, but here’s the thing: I immediately noticed that it has significantly larger rear wheels on the...
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Someone Loves Dark Blue 2005 Escapes and Tributes – Coincidence Or Obsession?
Despite being from different manufacturers, not only are these cars the same color and largely the same otherwise, but they’re even the same MY, based on a plate check. Coincidence, or does someone...
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Vintage R&T Technical Analysis and Driving Impressions: Mustang II –...
Let’s return to a favorite polarizing topic at CC, the much beloved and maligned Mustang II. I’ve said my piece on it here, so I’m going to leave it mostly to Road and Track to clarify the MII’s...
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Vintage R&T Feature: Development And Evolution Of The Mustang, 1960-1973 –...
I’m sure most of you are familiar with the origins of the Mustang and evolution through 1973, but this R&T feature encapsulates very concisely, especially its origins as a response to the surprise...
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Curbside Classic: 1963 Studebaker Champ Long Bed Pickup – I’m a Chump for...
(first posted 10/16/2018) Life is full of unexpected twists and turns. I’ve had my fun with the Champ, suggesting one of the stepside versions be turned into a horse-drawn wagon, and calling...
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Vintage Road Test: Car & Driver Tests The New 1964 Rambler American, Rather...
(first posted 1/22/2014) A not uncommon accusation around these parts is that folks who haven’t driven a certain car have no right to write articles or comment on them. There’s some validity in...
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