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Curbside Classics: 1970 Camaro RS
After being trapped six weeks in a 1971 time warp, I had the controls of the Curbside Classics time machine all set for the mid-eighties. But once again, fate interceded. Running some errands, I had...
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Curbside Classic Clue
Last week’s fuel filler door clue for the Blazer was a bust. Everyone piled in on it, right from the start. But I’m going to give the win to CyCarConsulting, because Hank limited the time frame too...
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Paul Niedermeyer Says Farewell; Moves On To The Next Curbside Classic
Transitions are almost never easy, and leaving TTAC and Curbside Classics is downright painful. But for a number of reasons, that’s what needs to happen right now. Two of them are in the picture...
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Curbside Classic Outtake: EcoHUMMER
Nothing is worse than turning into something you’re not. I am not my father, and yet here I am besmirching his Curbside Classic series with this mystifying find. This Mk1 Scion xB is emphatically not...
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Curbside Classics Central: Portal To All Of Them Here
Alfa Romeo 1975 Alfetta GT/GTV Coupe 1991 Alfa Romeo 164 Allard 1954 Allard K2 (outtake)...
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1975 BMW 2002tii
Yes, owners of classic cars still drive them on the street during the winter in Denver (though we haven’t seen any real snow yet); I spotted this rare Bavarian at the park yesterday. It’s nowhere near...
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Shorty Shoebox-amino Astounds, Confounds
Not many of us wake up in the morning and say to ourselves, “I think I’m going to shorten and narrow a ’57 Chevy wagon, give it a truck bed, and install a 427 with a 5-speed!” Check out the powered...
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Snorkel-ized, RHD Diesel Land Cruiser Laughs At Denver Winter
In my first Denver winter after a driving lifetime in coastal California, I’m now experiencing my first real taste of driving in snow. My ’92 Civic is doing pretty well (i.e., I haven’t crashed or...
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Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
You’d think that all the Malaise Era Montes would have been crushed 15 years ago, but you still see the occasional survivor chugging around these days. I spotted this battered-but-solid example in a...
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Down On The Mile High Street: Subaru GL Hatchback Coupe
Denver being the Land of Subarus, I see plenty of 20-year-old GLs, Loyales, and whatever else the marketing wizards at Fuji Heavy Industries decided to call the Leone over here. What I don’t see often...
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Down On The Mile High Street: 1966 Dodge A100 Sportsman
It just occurred to me that my own A100 Hell Project hasn’t been featured on Whatever I’m Calling The Series Of Photographs Of Old Street-Parked Vehicles These Days. It’s a total nightmare to drive in...
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Down On The Mile High Street: 1951 Chevrolet Pickup
This truck has been parked a block from my house since I moved to Denver in June, but early-1950s GMC and Chevy trucks are sort of like fire hydrants or street signs to me— they’ve been around so long...
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Down On The Mile High Street: 1971 Chrysler Newport Custom
Plenty of interesting street-marked machinery in my Denver neighborhood; on the same block as the Subaru GL hatchback coupe is this huge survivor of three major fuel-price upswings. It didn’t get...
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Curbside Classic Special: 1959 Edsel “Eco-Boost”
Editor’s note: Ladies and gentlemen, for one night only, it’s the return of Curbside Classics to TTAC. You can catch Paul Niedermeyer’s work (along with contributions from an ever expanding crew of...
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Down On The Mile High Street: Volkswagen Beetle
I don’t see quite as many Old Beetles on the streets of Denver as I did when I lived on the Island That Rust Forgot, but a few of the clattery old Germans still serve as daily transportation in the...
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Down On The Alameda Street: 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible
Back when I lived in Alameda, California (also known as “The Island That Rust Forgot”), I photographed and posted nearly 600 interesting street-parked cars and trucks on Jalopnik. The first one was...
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Down On the Mile High Street: Fiat 124 Sport Spider
After seeing the sad little yellow Fiat convertible in a Denver junkyard, let’s admire a happy little yellow Fiat convertible that’s still managing to evade the cruel jaws of The Crusher. These things...
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Down On the Farm: The General’s Troops Wait For Orders In Wisconsin
I was born in Minnesota, my wife is from Wisconsin, and I have a job that ships me to the Upper Midwest several times per year. For all these reasons, I find myself in Door County every summer, eating...
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Steve Lang Says Farewell (For Now)
After the leadership change last week, we opened up some communication with Steve Lang about returning to TTAC. Most of our readers would like to see the man behind the gavel back in action here....
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