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![Tom Klockau’s CC this morning about the 1967 Plymouth VIP reminded me of my first-ever VIP sighting. I was passing through Peru, Indiana, one Saturday six years ago to find the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/66VIP3jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1966 Plymouth VIP – Playing Hard to Get (The Parts, Anyway)")
Car Show Classic: 1966 Plymouth VIP – Playing Hard to Get (The Parts, Anyway)
Posted on February 11, 2013 | 13 CommentsTom Klockau’s CC this morning about the 1967 Plymouth VIP reminded me of my first-ever VIP sighting. I was passing through Peru, Indiana, one Saturday six years ago to find the […] -
![Broad Ripple is one of Indianapolis’s few hip, happening neighborhoods, which makes it a happy old-car hunting ground. I suspect that the street-parked survivors are owned by locals, while the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/62KarmannGhia1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1967 Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia – The Perfect Curbside Classic for the Crunchy Granola Set?")
CC Capsule: 1967 Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia – The Perfect Curbside Classic for the Crunchy Granola Set?
Posted on February 9, 2013 | 61 CommentsBroad Ripple is one of Indianapolis’s few hip, happening neighborhoods, which makes it a happy old-car hunting ground. I suspect that the street-parked survivors are owned by locals, while the […] -
![GM’s first intermediates –the 1964-67 Chevelle, Tempest/LeMans, F85/Cutlass, and Special/Skylark–were well-proportioned and appealing automobiles. The hardtop coupes shared an elegant roof that pushed the A-body’s appeal right over the top. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/65Skylark1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Sighting: 1965 Buick Skylark–Very Ap-peel-ing")
Cohort Sighting: 1965 Buick Skylark–Very Ap-peel-ing
Posted on February 2, 2013 | 29 CommentsGM’s first intermediates –the 1964-67 Chevelle, Tempest/LeMans, F85/Cutlass, and Special/Skylark–were well-proportioned and appealing automobiles. The hardtop coupes shared an elegant roof that pushed the A-body’s appeal right over the top. […] -
![I am here to decry the formalization of American automobile styling that began sometime in the 1970s and had pervaded the lines of all US manufacturers by the early 1980s. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/81LeSabre5jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1981 Buick LeSabre Coupe–Overdressed for the Occasion")
CC Capsule: 1981 Buick LeSabre Coupe–Overdressed for the Occasion
Posted on January 27, 2013 | 59 CommentsI am here to decry the formalization of American automobile styling that began sometime in the 1970s and had pervaded the lines of all US manufacturers by the early 1980s. […] -
![After wrecking my red Toyota Matrix, I needed to buy a car in a hurry. I wanted another wagon to haul the kids and the dog, and the used-car lots […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Focus1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2003 Toyota Matrix XRS–The Blue Pill")
COAL: 2003 Toyota Matrix XRS–The Blue Pill
Posted on January 26, 2013 | 43 CommentsAfter wrecking my red Toyota Matrix, I needed to buy a car in a hurry. I wanted another wagon to haul the kids and the dog, and the used-car lots […] -
![My wife held out as long as she could, but had finally had her fill of cramming two child seats in the back of her beloved but tiny Corolla coupe. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BlueMatrix3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2003 Toyota Matrix–The Red Pill")
COAL: 2003 Toyota Matrix–The Red Pill
Posted on January 19, 2013 | 50 CommentsMy wife held out as long as she could, but had finally had her fill of cramming two child seats in the back of her beloved but tiny Corolla coupe. […] -
CC Outtake: This Mercury Wants to Hurt You
Posted on January 13, 2013 | 16 CommentsCheck the license plate. -
![So many pristine originals or restored classics were the lust objects of their day–the most expensive, the fastest, or the most wildly styled. Such cars make our collective minds go […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/80Fairmont1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Sighting: 1980 Ford Fairmont–The Finest Fairmont Anywhere")
Cohort Sighting: 1980 Ford Fairmont–The Finest Fairmont Anywhere
Posted on January 13, 2013 | 69 CommentsSo many pristine originals or restored classics were the lust objects of their day–the most expensive, the fastest, or the most wildly styled. Such cars make our collective minds go […] -
![Both my wife and I brought sporty little coupes to our marriage, and we enjoyed the young-and-free two-door image almost as much as we enjoyed owning two paid-for cars. So […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sienna3jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 Mercury Sable GS Wagon and 1998 Toyota Sienna XLE–Dreaded Family Cars")
COAL: 1996 Mercury Sable GS Wagon and 1998 Toyota Sienna XLE–Dreaded Family Cars
Posted on January 12, 2013 | 29 CommentsBoth my wife and I brought sporty little coupes to our marriage, and we enjoyed the young-and-free two-door image almost as much as we enjoyed owning two paid-for cars. So […] -
![“The red was so bright and shiny,” she said, “it was hard to look at.” But when I met her, four years post-purchase, the red finish on her 1989 Corolla […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Corolla4jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1989 Toyota Corolla SR5–Flying By You")
COAL: 1989 Toyota Corolla SR5–Flying By You
Posted on January 5, 2013 | 22 Comments“The red was so bright and shiny,” she said, “it was hard to look at.” But when I met her, four years post-purchase, the red finish on her 1989 Corolla […] -
![In 1989 I graduated from engineering school, got a job, rented an apartment and, since Dad wanted his ’83 Renault Alliance back, went car shopping. I wanted to buy a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BerettaInterior.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1989 Chevrolet Beretta–The Dentmobile")
COAL: 1989 Chevrolet Beretta–The Dentmobile
Posted on December 29, 2012 | 45 CommentsIn 1989 I graduated from engineering school, got a job, rented an apartment and, since Dad wanted his ’83 Renault Alliance back, went car shopping. I wanted to buy a […] -
![In 1984, at the age of 16, I went to Germany on an exchange program. At the time, our family’s only vehicle was that Chevy van with the unattached rear […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/renault3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1983 Renault Alliance MT–The Appliance")
COAL: 1983 Renault Alliance MT–The Appliance
Posted on December 15, 2012 | 32 CommentsIn 1984, at the age of 16, I went to Germany on an exchange program. At the time, our family’s only vehicle was that Chevy van with the unattached rear […] -
![We had been comfortably cruising around in the coolest car Dad ever owned – a 1974 AMC Matador Oleg Cassini coupe – when he decided to go into business for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IronMaiden1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1978 Chevrolet Van – The Iron Maiden")
COAL: 1978 Chevrolet Van – The Iron Maiden
Posted on December 8, 2012 | 29 CommentsWe had been comfortably cruising around in the coolest car Dad ever owned – a 1974 AMC Matador Oleg Cassini coupe – when he decided to go into business for […] -
![(ED: Welcome Jim Grey, who is starting a new Saturday COAL series today) During my 1970s kidhood, lots of dads on my block had two-door cars. Moms, on the other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/66galaxie.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1974 AMC Matador Oleg Cassini – Copper and Rust")
COAL: 1974 AMC Matador Oleg Cassini – Copper and Rust
Posted on December 1, 2012 | 71 Comments(ED: Welcome Jim Grey, who is starting a new Saturday COAL series today) During my 1970s kidhood, lots of dads on my block had two-door cars. Moms, on the other […]
