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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Stephen Pellegrino
Posts by Stephen Pellegrino
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![This 1961 Dodge Dart Phoenix sedan was offered for sale in October 2022 in Hawthorne, New Jersey (just 25 miles from me), but I just found out about it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image.jpg.76e19f5670647b68471f5e9b74bba7ef1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Dart Phoenix – How Did I Miss This?")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Dart Phoenix – How Did I Miss This?
Posted on March 20, 2023 | 54 CommentsThis 1961 Dodge Dart Phoenix sedan was offered for sale in October 2022 in Hawthorne, New Jersey (just 25 miles from me), but I just found out about it […] -
![Note: This post is an expansion on a previous 1959 Edsel post and a comment I made on it. A LOT has been written about the Edsel. But there is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/173279_7a5df6991067f8471.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: 1959 Edsel–How Did Ford Sell 40,000 of These Things?")
QOTD: 1959 Edsel–How Did Ford Sell 40,000 of These Things?
Posted on March 15, 2023 | 78 CommentsNote: This post is an expansion on a previous 1959 Edsel post and a comment I made on it. A LOT has been written about the Edsel. But there is […] -
![“–not at a car show!” Yes, in fact I spotted this charming 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air in a funeral home parking lot on North Main Street in Boonton New Jersey, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230227_110843-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air–“Nice To See You”–")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air–“Nice To See You”–
Posted on February 28, 2023 | 44 Comments“–not at a car show!” Yes, in fact I spotted this charming 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air in a funeral home parking lot on North Main Street in Boonton New Jersey, […] -
CC Auto Painting: 1959 Chevrolet–“All New All Over Again!”
Posted on February 22, 2023 | 46 CommentsThat’s a 1959 Chevrolet advertising slogan. But it somewhat applies to my ’59 Biscayne even now, as it goes from solid color to fantastic two-tone! -
![Traveling along one of the older streets of Boonton, New Jersey I happened upon this 1955 Pontiac parked at curbside. I took out my phone and snapped this photo which […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230215_141011-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Pontiac Star Chief Coupe–Endangered Species")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Pontiac Star Chief Coupe–Endangered Species
Posted on February 18, 2023 | 30 CommentsTraveling along one of the older streets of Boonton, New Jersey I happened upon this 1955 Pontiac parked at curbside. I took out my phone and snapped this photo which […] -
CC Literature: Secret Classified Documents Revealed–“The Comet Story” (1960)
Posted on February 15, 2023 | 31 CommentsI classify these documents as “secret” because I have searched the internet for “The Comet Story” several times over the years and have never found any reference to it. -
![San Francisco, California is famous for its ornate Victorian houses, but not many people know that Los Angeles was once a very Victorian city too. To describe it generally, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/default1-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Photography: Losing Victorian Los Angeles–In Kodachrome (Part 1)")
CC Photography: Losing Victorian Los Angeles–In Kodachrome (Part 1)
Posted on February 3, 2023 | 40 CommentsSan Francisco, California is famous for its ornate Victorian houses, but not many people know that Los Angeles was once a very Victorian city too. To describe it generally, […] -
![Just saw this amazing black Imperial coupe on eBay. I could definitely see Batman and Robin driving around in this–that is, if George Barris had never customized the Lincoln Futura […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/s-l16001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "eBay Classic: 1960 Imperial Crown Coupe–If Batman Were a Mopar Guy")
eBay Classic: 1960 Imperial Crown Coupe–If Batman Were a Mopar Guy
Posted on January 26, 2023 | 31 CommentsJust saw this amazing black Imperial coupe on eBay. I could definitely see Batman and Robin driving around in this–that is, if George Barris had never customized the Lincoln Futura […] -
![In the late 1980s/early 1990s, I started noticing that my beloved cars of the ’50s were becoming evermore rare. So I began a project of photographing surviving examples that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20230115_113013-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Photography: Curbside Classics of 1991 – Freezing Time in a Rectangle")
CC Photography: Curbside Classics of 1991 – Freezing Time in a Rectangle
Posted on January 20, 2023 | 63 CommentsIn the late 1980s/early 1990s, I started noticing that my beloved cars of the ’50s were becoming evermore rare. So I began a project of photographing surviving examples that […] -
![Here’s something you don’t see every day (more likely, never)–a Spring Special 1955 Dodge Royal Lancer sedan in two-toned purple and white. With power steering! Super-wide “grandaddy” whitewall tires! A […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/571.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1955 Dodge Royal Lancer–Hemi V8, But Not Quite Plum Crazy Purple")
CC For Sale: 1955 Dodge Royal Lancer–Hemi V8, But Not Quite Plum Crazy Purple
Posted on January 16, 2023 | 14 CommentsHere’s something you don’t see every day (more likely, never)–a Spring Special 1955 Dodge Royal Lancer sedan in two-toned purple and white. With power steering! Super-wide “grandaddy” whitewall tires! A […] -
![It recently came to my attention that among the “loved-or-hated” 1958-60 generation of Lincoln motorcars, there are only curbside examples profiled on CC of the 1958 and 1960 models . […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_0019.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1958, 1959, & 1960 Lincolns Photographed Curbside (in Kodachrome!)")
Curbside Classics: 1958, 1959, & 1960 Lincolns Photographed Curbside (in Kodachrome!)
Posted on January 9, 2023 | 47 CommentsIt recently came to my attention that among the “loved-or-hated” 1958-60 generation of Lincoln motorcars, there are only curbside examples profiled on CC of the 1958 and 1960 models . […] -
![When you’re looking at cars for sale on Craigslist, you never know what you’re going to find. So when I saw this 1962 Dodge Dart listed with its accompanying pictures, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/101.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1962 Dodge Dart–Complex Modern Art Masterpiece")
CC For Sale: 1962 Dodge Dart–Complex Modern Art Masterpiece
Posted on December 21, 2022 | 76 CommentsWhen you’re looking at cars for sale on Craigslist, you never know what you’re going to find. So when I saw this 1962 Dodge Dart listed with its accompanying pictures, […] -
![CC has previously featured two of these cars before, including one with the decidedly odd-looking single headlights like this. However when I saw this eBay listing with its close-up shots […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/s-l16001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1960 Rambler Deluxe–Creepy!")
CC For Sale: 1960 Rambler Deluxe–Creepy!
Posted on December 18, 2022 | 35 CommentsCC has previously featured two of these cars before, including one with the decidedly odd-looking single headlights like this. However when I saw this eBay listing with its close-up shots […] -
![About 30 years ago, I noticed that a lot of familiar things from my youth that I took for granted and thought would always be . . . started […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20171005_111225_resized.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Recess: Vanishing Playground Equipment of the 1950s and ’60s")
CC Recess: Vanishing Playground Equipment of the 1950s and ’60s
Posted on December 6, 2022 | 59 CommentsAbout 30 years ago, I noticed that a lot of familiar things from my youth that I took for granted and thought would always be . . . started […] -
![Around 2014 or 2015, I saw a 1958 Studebaker in gold and white parked at a local repair shop. At that time, I had not yet heard of Curbside Classic, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Screenshot-2022-11-26-at-14-17-44-R.e28e1c889ccacd8d265e0877a854a593-JPEG-Image-1300-%C3%97-662-pixels.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Missed: 1958 Studebaker–The Last President")
CC Missed: 1958 Studebaker–The Last President
Posted on December 1, 2022 | 59 CommentsAround 2014 or 2015, I saw a 1958 Studebaker in gold and white parked at a local repair shop. At that time, I had not yet heard of Curbside Classic, […]
