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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Ed Stembridge
Posts by Ed Stembridge
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![(first posted 8/17/2013) Following a decent 14,634 unit run of the Austin-Healey 100 from 1953–56, Leonard Lord, the Managing Director of Austin, asked Donald Healey to design an affordable, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sprite_front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958-61 Austin-Healey Mark I Sprite – A Sports Car For The Masses")
Curbside Classic: 1958-61 Austin-Healey Mark I Sprite – A Sports Car For The Masses
Posted on April 12, 2025 | 48 Comments(first posted 8/17/2013) Following a decent 14,634 unit run of the Austin-Healey 100 from 1953–56, Leonard Lord, the Managing Director of Austin, asked Donald Healey to design an affordable, […] -
![(first posted 1/5/2013) I never knew my paternal grandfather—he died when my Dad was just 16, but from the stories I’ve heard, he was instrumental in setting up the Air […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/800px-SR_Caravelle.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Photo Album Outtake: 1957 Sud Aviation Caravelle—Dawn of the Modern Commercial Jet")
Photo Album Outtake: 1957 Sud Aviation Caravelle—Dawn of the Modern Commercial Jet
Posted on November 30, 2024 | 56 Comments(first posted 1/5/2013) I never knew my paternal grandfather—he died when my Dad was just 16, but from the stories I’ve heard, he was instrumental in setting up the Air […] -
![(first posted 2/12/2013) In 1966, the American Motors Corporation (AMC) unveiled a pair of radically styled concept cars called AMX (American Motors eXperimental) in an attempt to better connect with the youth […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/amx_grill_badge.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic/Automotive History: 1977 AMC Hornet AMX – The Long Slow Decline Of The AMX")
Curbside Classic/Automotive History: 1977 AMC Hornet AMX – The Long Slow Decline Of The AMX
Posted on November 19, 2024 | 82 Comments(first posted 2/12/2013) In 1966, the American Motors Corporation (AMC) unveiled a pair of radically styled concept cars called AMX (American Motors eXperimental) in an attempt to better connect with the youth […] -
![(first posted 1/26/2014) “So,” said Estella, “I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_5141.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Matador X Coupe – <br>Great X-pectations")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Matador X Coupe –
Great X-pectationsPosted on October 19, 2024 | 73 Comments(first posted 1/26/2014) “So,” said Estella, “I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make […] -
![(first posted 5/16/2013) Okay, boss, here’s the copy for the Firenza brochure (I can’t believe I went to college for this *sigh*). Corporate keeps pushing these tin cans on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/86_firenza_badge.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1986 Oldsmobile Firenza S Coupe – J-School Graduate")
Curbside Capsule: 1986 Oldsmobile Firenza S Coupe – J-School Graduate
Posted on June 11, 2024 | 118 Comments(first posted 5/16/2013) Okay, boss, here’s the copy for the Firenza brochure (I can’t believe I went to college for this *sigh*). Corporate keeps pushing these tin cans on […] -
Lawnside Capsule: 1972–83 Ford LGT Garden Tractors
Posted on February 2, 2024 | 62 Comments(first posted 2/2/2018) I ran across this ad recently which prompted me to learn a little about these neat garden tractors Ford offered from 1972–1983. -
![(first posted 11/14/2017) In Part I, we were introduced to Darlene Dorgan and her 1926 Ford Model T Touring Car, in which she and four other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/darlene_01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1926 Ford Model T Touring Car – Part III, “The Gypsy Coeds” Ride Again")
Curbside Classic: 1926 Ford Model T Touring Car – Part III, “The Gypsy Coeds” Ride Again
Posted on November 15, 2023 | 40 Comments(first posted 11/14/2017) In Part I, we were introduced to Darlene Dorgan and her 1926 Ford Model T Touring Car, in which she and four other […] -
Curbside Classic: 1926 Ford Model T Touring Car – Part II, “A Jalopy Load of Feminity”
Posted on November 14, 2023 | 29 Comments(first posted 11/14/2017) In Part I, we were introduced to Darlene Dorgan and her 1926 Ford Model T Touring Car, in which she and four other girls […] -
Curbside Classic: 1926 Ford Model T Touring Car – Part I, Darlene’s ‘Silver Streak’
Posted on November 13, 2023 | 41 Comments(first posted 11/13/2017) Darlene Dorgan was a 5′-2″ tall, 110 lb. spark plug of a girl who graduated from Bradford (Illinois) High School in 1930. Although […] -
![(first posted 10/31/2017) In 1949, Volkswagen officially began exporting the Type I to the United States, which, in ‘Deluxe’ trim, featured a few more color options over the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/DSCN1246.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: <i>“In Ordnung”</i> – The New Beetle Turns 20")
Curbside Classic: “In Ordnung” – The New Beetle Turns 20
Posted on October 30, 2023 | 64 Comments(first posted 10/31/2017) In 1949, Volkswagen officially began exporting the Type I to the United States, which, in ‘Deluxe’ trim, featured a few more color options over the […] -
![(first posted 9/28/2017) Kewanee, Illinois is recognized as the “Hog Capital of the World,” and actually was just that back in the late 1940s when the town processed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1981_bremen-minimark_RF.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1981 Bremen Mini Mark – That Time When VW-based Kit Cars Roamed the Land")
Curbside Capsule: 1981 Bremen Mini Mark – That Time When VW-based Kit Cars Roamed the Land
Posted on September 28, 2023 | 73 Comments(first posted 9/28/2017) Kewanee, Illinois is recognized as the “Hog Capital of the World,” and actually was just that back in the late 1940s when the town processed […] -
![(first posted 7/23/2017) “Knee-high by the Forth of July” is a saying that’s become obsolete out here in the Middle West, the heart of corn and soybean country […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ag06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rampside & Fieldside Classic: 1967 Aero Commander S-2D – Stick & Rudder Down in the Corn")
Rampside & Fieldside Classic: 1967 Aero Commander S-2D – Stick & Rudder Down in the Corn
Posted on July 23, 2023 | 47 Comments(first posted 7/23/2017) “Knee-high by the Forth of July” is a saying that’s become obsolete out here in the Middle West, the heart of corn and soybean country […] -
![(first posted 7/5/2017) It’s not uncommon to see Craigslist ads with improperly identified vehicles, but this one’s sitting in front of one of the mid-sized used car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/64montereyrear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1964 Mercury Monterey Breezeway – A Case of Mistaken Identity?")
Curbside Capsule: 1964 Mercury Monterey Breezeway – A Case of Mistaken Identity?
Posted on July 5, 2023 | 66 Comments(first posted 7/5/2017) It’s not uncommon to see Craigslist ads with improperly identified vehicles, but this one’s sitting in front of one of the mid-sized used car […] -
![(first posted 8/12/2012) I keep scoring big at my favorite local garage… I noticed this 1968 Imperial convertible when I had some work done on my beater farm […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/2012_0811_1968ImperialConv_06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1968 Imperial Convertible")
Curbside Capsule: 1968 Imperial Convertible
Posted on June 19, 2023 | 60 Comments(first posted 8/12/2012) I keep scoring big at my favorite local garage… I noticed this 1968 Imperial convertible when I had some work done on my beater farm […] -
![(first posted 1/28/2013) The Chevrolet Vega’s genesis goes back to the fall of 1959, a point in time up to which the compact car market was primarily served by imports […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Vega_hatchback.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Many Faces of the GM H-Body")
Automotive History: The Many Faces of the GM H-Body
Posted on April 28, 2023 | 162 Comments(first posted 1/28/2013) The Chevrolet Vega’s genesis goes back to the fall of 1959, a point in time up to which the compact car market was primarily served by imports […]
