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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Stephen Pellegrino
Posts by Stephen Pellegrino
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![While searching in some rather obscure corners of the Web, I found some period photos of vandalized and abandoned cars. Photos like these are relatively rare and hard to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/blackout_gallery_02.jpg.1ffa53631ef98d79a39ab96ff80bf6e61.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: Vandalized and Abandoned Cars, 1950s-80s")
Vintage Photos: Vandalized and Abandoned Cars, 1950s-80s
Posted on April 15, 2022 | 41 CommentsWhile searching in some rather obscure corners of the Web, I found some period photos of vandalized and abandoned cars. Photos like these are relatively rare and hard to […] -
![I was originally going to call this “Car Wars IV: Rise of the [Japanese] Machines”.](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/consumer-reports-vintage-magazine-apr-1-19761.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Consumer Reports Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 4 (1972-75)")
Consumer Reports Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 4 (1972-75)
Posted on April 10, 2022 | 62 CommentsI was originally going to call this “Car Wars IV: Rise of the [Japanese] Machines”. -
![How’s this for a fascinating discovery? Earl Scheib’s grandson Don Scheib is apparently having someone convert old 16mm films of Earl’s classic TV commercials to online digital formats for easy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/earlscheibphoto1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Film Vault: Earl Scheib Commercials from 1962-63–Not on YouTube")
CC Film Vault: Earl Scheib Commercials from 1962-63–Not on YouTube
Posted on March 19, 2022 | 20 CommentsHow’s this for a fascinating discovery? Earl Scheib’s grandson Don Scheib is apparently having someone convert old 16mm films of Earl’s classic TV commercials to online digital formats for easy […] -
![Since it’s 2022 now, you would think it would be much harder to find authentic Curbside Classics from the 40s-60s “in the wild” (i.e. not at car shows), but they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220311_160046.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Buick Special Sedan–Battleship")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Buick Special Sedan–Battleship
Posted on March 16, 2022 | 33 CommentsSince it’s 2022 now, you would think it would be much harder to find authentic Curbside Classics from the 40s-60s “in the wild” (i.e. not at car shows), but they […] -
![I call this one “The Time Machine”. I’m tooling along Route 46 in Denville, and I see this car parked just off the highway on Legion Place next to a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220304_150905-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Impala 4-Door Hardtop–Staying Close to Home")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Impala 4-Door Hardtop–Staying Close to Home
Posted on March 6, 2022 | 46 CommentsI call this one “The Time Machine”. I’m tooling along Route 46 in Denville, and I see this car parked just off the highway on Legion Place next to a […] -
CC For Sale: 1956 Volkswagen Beetle–Hibernating 50 Years, Now Running!
Posted on March 4, 2022 | 31 CommentsDateline Somerville, NJ: A classic 1956 Beetle has emerged after a long slumber. It is now running and available for purchase . . . for only $20,000! -
![When I read about this on the C Body Forum, I thought, “The odds of this happening are approaching Powerball levels!” I myself would have passed right by it. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/laFemmepurse1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Estate Sale Miracle! Can You Identify This?")
QOTD: Estate Sale Miracle! Can You Identify This?
Posted on February 28, 2022 | 30 CommentsWhen I read about this on the C Body Forum, I thought, “The odds of this happening are approaching Powerball levels!” I myself would have passed right by it. But […] -
![When I was a little kid, I was fascinated by maps. Old ones were especially interesting. I was surprised to see on some local maps that there was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Screenshot-2022-02-15-at-19-30-59-1887mcpg28-jpg-JPEG-Image-1142-%C3%97-1451-pixels.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Archeology: Searching For The Lost Village of Littleton, New Jersey")
CC Archeology: Searching For The Lost Village of Littleton, New Jersey
Posted on February 18, 2022 | 31 CommentsWhen I was a little kid, I was fascinated by maps. Old ones were especially interesting. I was surprised to see on some local maps that there was […] -
![This morning, February 13th 2022, I woke up to a Winter Wonderland of powdered-sugar snow. Everything looked so pretty that I decided to take a walk and capture on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/20220213_100048-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Winter Neighborhood Walk: Boonton, New Jersey")
Winter Neighborhood Walk: Boonton, New Jersey
Posted on February 16, 2022 | 29 CommentsThis morning, February 13th 2022, I woke up to a Winter Wonderland of powdered-sugar snow. Everything looked so pretty that I decided to take a walk and capture on […] -
![We now move solidly into the 1960s with this automotive issue of Consumer Reports. The winged, chromed monsters of the ’50s are now heading into the junkyard en masse, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_73571.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 3 (1964-70)")
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 3 (1964-70)
Posted on February 5, 2022 | 28 CommentsWe now move solidly into the 1960s with this automotive issue of Consumer Reports. The winged, chromed monsters of the ’50s are now heading into the junkyard en masse, and […] -
Curbside Classic at Night: 1960 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88–Ready for Launch!
Posted on January 27, 2022 | 20 CommentsI was bringing dinner home tonight and passed this–a 1960 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 hardtop coupe sitting on a car carrier. Or is it a launch pad? -
![So here we go with the second installment of our analysis of Consumer Reports magazine’s dot charts of late model used car repair incidence. (Here’s the first one, in case […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/81Tylk2lMtL._AC_SY879_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 2 (1960-66)")
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 2 (1960-66)
Posted on January 22, 2022 | 58 CommentsSo here we go with the second installment of our analysis of Consumer Reports magazine’s dot charts of late model used car repair incidence. (Here’s the first one, in case […] -
![This is a fascinating book–ahead of its time and prophetic. I first saw it when I was in the 8th or 9th grade. Then the local library put it in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/88593_96f562c06864fa2f_b1-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Library: Reading “God’s Own Junkyard” 58 Years Later")
CC Library: Reading “God’s Own Junkyard” 58 Years Later
Posted on January 16, 2022 | 40 CommentsThis is a fascinating book–ahead of its time and prophetic. I first saw it when I was in the 8th or 9th grade. Then the local library put it in […] -
![Consumer Reports has been testing new cars and writing about them since the 1930s. They also became semi-famous for their dot charts showing the repair incidence of used cars with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/s-l16001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts–Every Dot Has a Story: Part One–1954-63")
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts–Every Dot Has a Story: Part One–1954-63
Posted on January 10, 2022 | 49 CommentsConsumer Reports has been testing new cars and writing about them since the 1930s. They also became semi-famous for their dot charts showing the repair incidence of used cars with […] -
![The “purists” will scream–not because of the color choice; you could order a 1960 Dart with a Pewter Iridescent body and a white roof. But because I used . . […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211208_145313-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1960 Dart Update: I Painted The Roof Myself–It’s a Two-Tone Now!")
1960 Dart Update: I Painted The Roof Myself–It’s a Two-Tone Now!
Posted on December 11, 2021 | 46 CommentsThe “purists” will scream–not because of the color choice; you could order a 1960 Dart with a Pewter Iridescent body and a white roof. But because I used . . […]
