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![(first posted May 15, 2012) The month of May means many things to many people. But if you are anywhere around Indianapolis, the month of May means only one thing: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1946LincolnPaceCar03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part I, 1946-49)")
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part I, 1946-49)
Posted on May 20, 2023 | 30 Comments(first posted May 15, 2012) The month of May means many things to many people. But if you are anywhere around Indianapolis, the month of May means only one thing: […] -
![(First posted 5/11/2011. Edited and updated 4/30/17) The 1959s were the last models of the most famous and infamous cars of Chrysler’s history. In the mid-’50s Chrysler was on a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CC-117-003-8001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Plymouth Fury – Love Transcends Reason")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Plymouth Fury – Love Transcends Reason
Posted on May 15, 2023 | 65 Comments(First posted 5/11/2011. Edited and updated 4/30/17) The 1959s were the last models of the most famous and infamous cars of Chrysler’s history. In the mid-’50s Chrysler was on a […] -
![I have been waiting a decade to find a genuine CC/driver-quality Studebaker Avanti. I have now checked another life-box after I stumbled across this one several weeks ago. My delight […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1963-Studbaker-Avanti-R1-07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Studebaker Avanti – Remembering A Mentor")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Studebaker Avanti – Remembering A Mentor
Posted on May 12, 2023 | 56 CommentsI have been waiting a decade to find a genuine CC/driver-quality Studebaker Avanti. I have now checked another life-box after I stumbled across this one several weeks ago. My delight […] -
![(first posted 5/6/2017) Spring is here, which brings about one of my twice-yearly urgings to buy an old car. I successfully resisted the urge last fall (no thanks to a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/JPCChairs19.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Patio Classics: Steel Lawn Chairs – A Restoration Project For JPC")
My Patio Classics: Steel Lawn Chairs – A Restoration Project For JPC
Posted on May 6, 2023 | 44 Comments(first posted 5/6/2017) Spring is here, which brings about one of my twice-yearly urgings to buy an old car. I successfully resisted the urge last fall (no thanks to a […] -
![Here are the links to all thirty vehicles (plus prequels and wrap up impressions). And if I outlive my current fleet (which I certainly hope to do as of mid […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1959-Plymouth-Futy-04a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "J P Cavanaugh’s COAL Series")
J P Cavanaugh’s COAL Series
Posted on May 6, 2023 | 4 CommentsHere are the links to all thirty vehicles (plus prequels and wrap up impressions). And if I outlive my current fleet (which I certainly hope to do as of mid […] -
![(first posted 5/1/2017) Can a guy who hates holds a healthy dislike for early ’60s Chevrolets as much as I do give one a fair shake here on CC? Well, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1961ChevroletImpala02-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe – Wherein The Author Meets His Nemesis And Finds Love")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe – Wherein The Author Meets His Nemesis And Finds Love
Posted on May 1, 2023 | 95 Comments(first posted 5/1/2017) Can a guy who hates holds a healthy dislike for early ’60s Chevrolets as much as I do give one a fair shake here on CC? Well, I […] -
![(first posted 1/29/2013) In their respective heydays, Chevrolet and California were made for each other. California was the land of milk and honey, with a fabulous climate, gorgeous coastal areas, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1976ChevroletLagunaS303.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Chevrolet Laguna S-3 – A Beach Too Far")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Chevrolet Laguna S-3 – A Beach Too Far
Posted on April 23, 2023 | 131 Comments(first posted 1/29/2013) In their respective heydays, Chevrolet and California were made for each other. California was the land of milk and honey, with a fabulous climate, gorgeous coastal areas, […] -
![Sometimes, a car that got away can make us wish things had turned out differently. But not always. Which brings me to another TOTGA – a car that was one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1960-Mercury-Comet-08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "TOTGA: 1960 (Not Yet Mercury) Comet – Crisis Averted")
TOTGA: 1960 (Not Yet Mercury) Comet – Crisis Averted
Posted on April 5, 2023 | 34 CommentsSometimes, a car that got away can make us wish things had turned out differently. But not always. Which brings me to another TOTGA – a car that was one […] -
![(first posted 3/27/2017) For so many years, 1959 seemed like such a normal year. Moreso for me than for others perhaps, because that was my birth year. I have been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1959PontiacCatalina09.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Pontiac Catalina Sport Coupe – Lessons In Aging")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Pontiac Catalina Sport Coupe – Lessons In Aging
Posted on March 27, 2023 | 73 Comments(first posted 3/27/2017) For so many years, 1959 seemed like such a normal year. Moreso for me than for others perhaps, because that was my birth year. I have been […] -
![(first posted 7/4/2011) I seem to have gotten carried away in a swoosh of nostalgia after seeing my old 89 Cadillac Brougham. The Cadillac Broughams got a more extensive treatment […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1990CadillacBrougham04-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Cadillac Brougham d’Elegance – Too Much Lipstick?")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Cadillac Brougham d’Elegance – Too Much Lipstick?
Posted on March 20, 2023 | 88 Comments(first posted 7/4/2011) I seem to have gotten carried away in a swoosh of nostalgia after seeing my old 89 Cadillac Brougham. The Cadillac Broughams got a more extensive treatment […] -
![This will be the first in an occasional and sporadic series about cars that, for any of a million reasons, I was never able to add to the list of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1970-Chrysler-Newport-03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "TOTGA : 1970 Chrysler Newport – What Beautiful Music This Golden Oldie And I Could Have Made Together")
TOTGA : 1970 Chrysler Newport – What Beautiful Music This Golden Oldie And I Could Have Made Together
Posted on March 9, 2023 | 20 CommentsThis will be the first in an occasional and sporadic series about cars that, for any of a million reasons, I was never able to add to the list of […] -
![Yes, I know that we do mostly old cars here, but I have built up a respect for the brain trust of CC readers, so maybe some of you can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/BMW-Hybrid-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD/CC Tech – What’s The Best Way To Store A Plug-In Hybrid Car?")
QOTD/CC Tech – What’s The Best Way To Store A Plug-In Hybrid Car?
Posted on March 7, 2023 | 17 CommentsYes, I know that we do mostly old cars here, but I have built up a respect for the brain trust of CC readers, so maybe some of you can […] -
![(first posted 2/20/2017. Note: this is a CJ2A painted in MB military dress) The Book of Genesis says that In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. There […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1948WillysJeepMB09-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1948 Willys Jeep CJ2A – In The Beginning")
Curbside Classic: 1948 Willys Jeep CJ2A – In The Beginning
Posted on February 20, 2023 | 33 Comments(first posted 2/20/2017. Note: this is a CJ2A painted in MB military dress) The Book of Genesis says that In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. There […] -
![It has been a long road from February 1977 and a Lime Gold Galaxie 500 convertible to February 2023 with a Honda Fit and a Kia Sedona. That comes to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Galaxie-Fleetwood-Fit-Sedona.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Epilogue To A Life Of 30 Cars")
COAL: Epilogue To A Life Of 30 Cars
Posted on February 12, 2023 | 56 CommentsIt has been a long road from February 1977 and a Lime Gold Galaxie 500 convertible to February 2023 with a Honda Fit and a Kia Sedona. That comes to […] -
![From the start of this COAL series lo those many months ago, something has been bothering me. It was that I have owned 29 cars. Something deep within me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1998-Honda-Civic-07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1998 Honda Civic LX – Chapter 30, Hey Look, I Found Another Car!")
COAL: 1998 Honda Civic LX – Chapter 30, Hey Look, I Found Another Car!
Posted on February 5, 2023 | 42 CommentsFrom the start of this COAL series lo those many months ago, something has been bothering me. It was that I have owned 29 cars. Something deep within me […]
