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![(first posted 9/4/2017) When Virgil Exner’s Forward Look burst onto the scene at dowdy, conservative old Chrysler Corporation in 1955, it marked a new era for the company […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1964Dodge880-01-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1964 Dodge Custom 880 – The Forward Look Goes Out With A Whimper")
Car Show Classic: 1964 Dodge Custom 880 – The Forward Look Goes Out With A Whimper
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 115 Comments(first posted 9/4/2017) When Virgil Exner’s Forward Look burst onto the scene at dowdy, conservative old Chrysler Corporation in 1955, it marked a new era for the company […] -
![(I ran into this old friend at a local show recently and remembered featuring it here on September 13, 2011. It is still owned and loved by the same lady. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1967FordMustang05-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Mustang – Forty-Four Years of Wedded Bliss")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Mustang – Forty-Four Years of Wedded Bliss
Posted on August 23, 2023 | 49 Comments(I ran into this old friend at a local show recently and remembered featuring it here on September 13, 2011. It is still owned and loved by the same lady. […] -
![(first posted 10/16/2013, Revised and updated 8/19/2023) We keep coming back to this topic, first with yesterday’s Comet and then today’s Falcon Sprint. That era was indeed the beginning […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/books_004.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: 1963 Days – Popular Science Tests the Hot Compacts")
Automotive History: 1963 Days – Popular Science Tests the Hot Compacts
Posted on August 19, 2023 | 88 Comments(first posted 10/16/2013, Revised and updated 8/19/2023) We keep coming back to this topic, first with yesterday’s Comet and then today’s Falcon Sprint. That era was indeed the beginning […] -
![(first posted 10/16/2013) The 1963 Chrysler has always been an odd vehicle, one that seems to have fallen from the sky bearing little stylistic relationship to its predecessors. It disappeared […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1963ChryNewYorker051.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Chrysler New Yorker – Virgil Exner Comes Full Circle (with some help?)")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Chrysler New Yorker – Virgil Exner Comes Full Circle (with some help?)
Posted on August 17, 2023 | 118 Comments(first posted 10/16/2013) The 1963 Chrysler has always been an odd vehicle, one that seems to have fallen from the sky bearing little stylistic relationship to its predecessors. It disappeared […] -
![(first posted 8/9/2017) I often hear my twenty-something children and their friends talk about “adulting”. Adulting seems to be the practice of what we of an earlier generation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1979OldsCutlassSupreme04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – Adulting, 1970s Style")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – Adulting, 1970s Style
Posted on August 9, 2023 | 106 Comments(first posted 8/9/2017) I often hear my twenty-something children and their friends talk about “adulting”. Adulting seems to be the practice of what we of an earlier generation […] -
![(first posted 8/5/2011) Once upon a time, there were few more desirable things on earth than a big, expensive, luxurious convertible. From the 1920s through the jet age, the luxury […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1969CadillacDeVilleConv04-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Cadillac DeVille Convertible – Please Turn Out the Lights When You Leave")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Cadillac DeVille Convertible – Please Turn Out the Lights When You Leave
Posted on July 27, 2023 | 91 Comments(first posted 8/5/2011) Once upon a time, there were few more desirable things on earth than a big, expensive, luxurious convertible. From the 1920s through the jet age, the luxury […] -
![The year was 2011. I was in the thrall of my new avocation, which was that thing called (then, as now) Curbside Classic. It seemed that every day I stopped […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1979-Ford-Thunderbird-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Ford Thunderbird – It’s All In The Name")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Ford Thunderbird – It’s All In The Name
Posted on July 27, 2023 | 36 CommentsThe year was 2011. I was in the thrall of my new avocation, which was that thing called (then, as now) Curbside Classic. It seemed that every day I stopped […] -
![(first posted 7/7/2017) My daughter is working out of town this summer and only gets home every couple of weeks. When her car needed some service work […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1998HondaCivic06-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Driving Impression: 1998 Honda Civic LX – My Two Weeks With A Curbside Classic")
CC Driving Impression: 1998 Honda Civic LX – My Two Weeks With A Curbside Classic
Posted on July 7, 2023 | 73 Comments(first posted 7/7/2017) My daughter is working out of town this summer and only gets home every couple of weeks. When her car needed some service work […] -
![(first posted 7/7/2017) The cars from early in our lifetimes can be hugely influential things. The cars we learn to love at a tender age can chart our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1954-Ford-Mainline-15.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1954 Ford Mainline – An Alternate Take On Life")
Curbside Classic: 1954 Ford Mainline – An Alternate Take On Life
Posted on July 7, 2023 | 71 Comments(first posted 7/7/2017) The cars from early in our lifetimes can be hugely influential things. The cars we learn to love at a tender age can chart our […] -
![The early 1990’s was a big decade at Jeep, in all kinds of ways – including making changes. After almost thirty years of continuous production, the Jeep Grand Wagoneer was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1993-Jeep-Grand-Wagoneer-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1993 Jeep Grand Wagoneer – The Not-So-Grand Wagoneer")
Curbside Classic: 1993 Jeep Grand Wagoneer – The Not-So-Grand Wagoneer
Posted on July 6, 2023 | 28 CommentsThe early 1990’s was a big decade at Jeep, in all kinds of ways – including making changes. After almost thirty years of continuous production, the Jeep Grand Wagoneer was […] -
![Some cars are immortalized in music. The cool cars, mostly. From the rockabilly classic Hot Rod Lincoln to the Beach Boys’ T-Bird (that was so Fun Fun Fun) to Prince […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1970-AMC-Rebel-Machine-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1970 AMC Rebel Machine – A Tale Of Two Machines, Only One Of Them Sexy")
Car Show Classic: 1970 AMC Rebel Machine – A Tale Of Two Machines, Only One Of Them Sexy
Posted on June 29, 2023 | 39 CommentsSome cars are immortalized in music. The cool cars, mostly. From the rockabilly classic Hot Rod Lincoln to the Beach Boys’ T-Bird (that was so Fun Fun Fun) to Prince […] -
![(first posted 8/17/2011) There have been very, very few vehicles produced in post WWII America that can be accurately described as unique. Not “sort of” unique, but unique in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1961ChevroletCorvairRampside06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside – It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside – It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
Posted on June 24, 2023 | 106 Comments(first posted 8/17/2011) There have been very, very few vehicles produced in post WWII America that can be accurately described as unique. Not “sort of” unique, but unique in the […] -
![(first posted 6/23/2017) We live in a day and age of opposites. You may say black while I say white. We have red states and blue states, Fox News […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TwilightZone.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer – The Anti-Impala")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer – The Anti-Impala
Posted on June 23, 2023 | 133 Comments(first posted 6/23/2017) We live in a day and age of opposites. You may say black while I say white. We have red states and blue states, Fox News […] -
![I am a contrarian. This is, of course, well known hereabouts. Many things that are popular bore me. I, instead, seek out things that are unusual. When I was in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1973-Chevrolet-Corvette-07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Chevrolet Corvette – A Car And An Author Come To Terms")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Chevrolet Corvette – A Car And An Author Come To Terms
Posted on June 12, 2023 | 63 CommentsI am a contrarian. This is, of course, well known hereabouts. Many things that are popular bore me. I, instead, seek out things that are unusual. When I was in […] -
![(first posted 6/5/2017) Some cars just have a way of making a connection with a guy. There are cars that have become iconic in film. There are cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1960LincolnMkV01a-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V Convertible – A Long Way From Mount Rushmore")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V Convertible – A Long Way From Mount Rushmore
Posted on June 5, 2023 | 106 Comments(first posted 6/5/2017) Some cars just have a way of making a connection with a guy. There are cars that have become iconic in film. There are cars […]
