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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Kevin Martin
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![The Professor and Texn nailed it but Dr Lemming and NZ Skyliner get points for accuracy while under the effect of psychotropic drugs. Monday, December 17 It’s 1:30 am. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Wyoming.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "2012 Victory Tour")
2012 Victory Tour
Posted on December 21, 2012 | 17 CommentsThe Professor and Texn nailed it but Dr Lemming and NZ Skyliner get points for accuracy while under the effect of psychotropic drugs. Monday, December 17 It’s 1:30 am. I […] -
![My uncle by marriage, Eldon Leroy “Bud” Lingafelter, owned and operated Lingafelter’s Tire Shop in Aledo, Illinois, a small burg (pop. 3700) in western Illinois, about 15 miles east of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1921-Tire-Shop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Small Town History, My Uncle’s Tire Shop")
Small Town History, My Uncle’s Tire Shop
Posted on December 15, 2012 | 22 CommentsMy uncle by marriage, Eldon Leroy “Bud” Lingafelter, owned and operated Lingafelter’s Tire Shop in Aledo, Illinois, a small burg (pop. 3700) in western Illinois, about 15 miles east of […] -
![Ever wonder what Richard Petty’s NASCAR ride would have looked like had he driven for Citroen rather than Plymouth? Didn’t think so. But being an aficionado of things Citroen, especially […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/43-2CV.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Fantasy is Better Than Reality")
Fantasy is Better Than Reality
Posted on December 11, 2012 | 11 CommentsEver wonder what Richard Petty’s NASCAR ride would have looked like had he driven for Citroen rather than Plymouth? Didn’t think so. But being an aficionado of things Citroen, especially […] -
CC Clue: Speed Lines
Posted on December 10, 2012 | 17 CommentsThis should be easy for most of you. No more clues. Tom and Paul, you are disqualified a priori. -
![Let’s get one thing clear at the outset: The 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix was a completely conventional large American sedan. It broke no new technical or manufacturing ground. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Pontiac-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CCOTY Nomination: 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix")
CCOTY Nomination: 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix
Posted on December 7, 2012 | 30 CommentsLet’s get one thing clear at the outset: The 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix was a completely conventional large American sedan. It broke no new technical or manufacturing ground. It […] -
![Hard to believe, but with the running of Speed Week next August (2013), it will have been ten years since I shot this wonder at Bonneville. The guy sitting behind […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/01-Mabee-Spl.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bonneville Classics: 1953 Mabee Special")
Bonneville Classics: 1953 Mabee Special
Posted on November 29, 2012 | 17 CommentsHard to believe, but with the running of Speed Week next August (2013), it will have been ten years since I shot this wonder at Bonneville. The guy sitting behind […] -
![In the early 1950s, my spinster aunt bought some toys to keep me amused during family get-togethers at her home. Among the toys in the toy box were a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Hudson-Blue-Sedan-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Miniatures: When Is A Hudson Not A Hudson?")
CC Miniatures: When Is A Hudson Not A Hudson?
Posted on November 13, 2012 | 20 CommentsIn the early 1950s, my spinster aunt bought some toys to keep me amused during family get-togethers at her home. Among the toys in the toy box were a […] -
![While browsing Netflix for something to watch the other night, I stumbled across The Fast and the Furious, a 1955 picture with John Ireland and Dorothy Malone. But something was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Movie-Poster.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Cinema: The Fast and the Furious: A Review, and the Whole Movie, Right Here")
CC Cinema: The Fast and the Furious: A Review, and the Whole Movie, Right Here
Posted on November 12, 2012 | 14 CommentsWhile browsing Netflix for something to watch the other night, I stumbled across The Fast and the Furious, a 1955 picture with John Ireland and Dorothy Malone. But something was […] -
![[We’ll start of with a nomination from one of our Contributing Editors–but don’t let that stop you from nominating your own choices.] On a strictly intellectual basis, I would posit […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ds19.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CCOTY 1956: I Nominate The 1956 Ford Sunliner")
CCOTY 1956: I Nominate The 1956 Ford Sunliner
Posted on November 10, 2012 | 34 Comments[We’ll start of with a nomination from one of our Contributing Editors–but don’t let that stop you from nominating your own choices.] On a strictly intellectual basis, I would posit […] -
![In 1963 my parents and I amicably separated. They went to San Juan, PR, and I went to Subiaco Academy in northwest Arkansas for my sophomore year of high […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1953-Ford.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: The Nickmobiles – Extra-Carricular Activities")
COAL: The Nickmobiles – Extra-Carricular Activities
Posted on November 4, 2012 | 12 CommentsIn 1963 my parents and I amicably separated. They went to San Juan, PR, and I went to Subiaco Academy in northwest Arkansas for my sophomore year of high […] -
![Our 1956 Olds was a solid and trouble-free car, which explains why my Dad kept it for more than a year. I remember him looking at new ’57 Oldsmobiles […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1958-Plymouth-Wagons.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: My Parents’ Cars, Part Three: Suddenly It’s The Sixties!")
COAL: My Parents’ Cars, Part Three: Suddenly It’s The Sixties!
Posted on October 21, 2012 | 12 CommentsOur 1956 Olds was a solid and trouble-free car, which explains why my Dad kept it for more than a year. I remember him looking at new ’57 Oldsmobiles […] -
![It was a rainy, chilly April 1954 day in Lowell, MA. I was in my kindergarten class, doing some mind-numbing exercise, when all of a sudden my dad walked […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1954-Mercury-tailight.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: My Parents’ Cars, Part Two: The (Heart)Pace Quickens, Considerably")
COAL: My Parents’ Cars, Part Two: The (Heart)Pace Quickens, Considerably
Posted on October 14, 2012 | 25 CommentsIt was a rainy, chilly April 1954 day in Lowell, MA. I was in my kindergarten class, doing some mind-numbing exercise, when all of a sudden my dad walked […] -
![My mother and her older sister would begin high school in 1931. The family farm, in Hamlet, IL, was about 10 miles from the closest high school, in Aledo, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1930-Ford.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: My Parents’ Cars, Part 1")
COAL: My Parents’ Cars, Part 1
Posted on October 7, 2012 | 8 CommentsMy mother and her older sister would begin high school in 1931. The family farm, in Hamlet, IL, was about 10 miles from the closest high school, in Aledo, […] -
![I really liked my Rabbit and was interested in exploring its higher-performance aspects. (This was well before the arrival of the first American GTI, in 1984.) I was back in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Delaney-1-S1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: The Brougham Antidote, Part Four – Run, Rabbit, Run")
COAL: The Brougham Antidote, Part Four – Run, Rabbit, Run
Posted on September 30, 2012 | 6 CommentsI really liked my Rabbit and was interested in exploring its higher-performance aspects. (This was well before the arrival of the first American GTI, in 1984.) I was back in […] -
![I already had a replacement for the 1960 Fury: a 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 XL convertible that had been my father’s company car. He traded it to me for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/62-Ford-S3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: The Brougham Antidotes, Part 2 – Honoring Diversity")
COAL: The Brougham Antidotes, Part 2 – Honoring Diversity
Posted on September 16, 2012 | 10 CommentsI already had a replacement for the 1960 Fury: a 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 XL convertible that had been my father’s company car. He traded it to me for […]
