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About Author: Daniel Stern
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![(First posted 7 February, 2017. Reposting today in honour of Tina Turner, who died yesterday.) The American half of yesterday’s Chrysler/Dodge Spirit CCC raised eyebrows with its yeah-no-that-didn’t-happen factor. Plymouth, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Commercial: I Can’t Stand Acclaim…")
CC Commercial: I Can’t Stand Acclaim…
Posted on May 25, 2023 | 49 Comments(First posted 7 February, 2017. Reposting today in honour of Tina Turner, who died yesterday.) The American half of yesterday’s Chrysler/Dodge Spirit CCC raised eyebrows with its yeah-no-that-didn’t-happen factor. Plymouth, […] -
In-Motion Classic: Hippie Bus, As Interpreted From Afar
Posted on May 6, 2023 | 9 CommentsI was almost too late—but not quite!—to snag a pic of this fab VW Bus and its well-matched driver on a June afternoon in 2018. -
![Wow, that’s a lot of 1960 Valiants all in one place! I count about 50 of ’em, but it gets a bit difficult at the far end of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Valiants_on_Train_cleaned-up.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photo: Valiants on a Train")
Vintage Photo: Valiants on a Train
Posted on April 27, 2023 | 27 CommentsWow, that’s a lot of 1960 Valiants all in one place! I count about 50 of ’em, but it gets a bit difficult at the far end of the […] -
Automotive History: Ultrasonic Fuel Systems We Could’ve Had
Posted on March 26, 2023 | 55 CommentsUltrasonic humidifiers—hang on; I promise relevance—were all the rage in the ’80s. These were great -
![This is a Stromberg Model W carburetor—says so right there on the side. More specifically, it’s a Bendix Stromberg WA3-219 carburetor. “W” for the design family of the carburetor, “A” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Stromberg-W_5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Weirdly One-Year-Only Parts")
QOTD: Weirdly One-Year-Only Parts
Posted on March 11, 2023 | 72 CommentsThis is a Stromberg Model W carburetor—says so right there on the side. More specifically, it’s a Bendix Stromberg WA3-219 carburetor. “W” for the design family of the carburetor, “A” […] -
Alternate-Timeline CC: Befinned 1973 Dodge Dart(s!)
Posted on March 7, 2023 | 17 CommentsHey, look, this ’73 Dart is…well, it’s finished! -
1993 Volvo 850 GLT – Brick, Red
Posted on March 3, 2023 | 55 CommentsHey, look; it’s a first-year 850. And it’s eligible for those collector licence plates on it because that first year was three -
1987-’91 Ford F-Series Bustruck – Monster Mashup
Posted on February 28, 2023 | 29 CommentsHere’s a compelling argument for body-on-frame construction, eh! Somebody cut together a -
![Subtract two decades from this morning’s ’91 NYer and we arrive at this indubitably collectible, elegant, extremely present 1971 I spotted a few years ago not far away. With standard-issue […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/71-Chrysler-New-Yorker_RF34.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1971 Chrysler New Yorker – Whale, That’s More Like It!")
CC Capsule: 1971 Chrysler New Yorker – Whale, That’s More Like It!
Posted on January 22, 2023 | 32 CommentsSubtract two decades from this morning’s ’91 NYer and we arrive at this indubitably collectible, elegant, extremely present 1971 I spotted a few years ago not far away. With standard-issue […] -
CC’s Best of 2023—CC Capsule: 1988 Chrysler New Yorker – Whence R/T Thou?
Posted on January 22, 2023 | 78 CommentsHello, what’s this? There on the right headlight door, what is that? There isn’t-never-was a thing such as a Chrysler New Yorker R/T, and -
![[Originally posted 25 December 2017 @ 14:00] Or actually this might be more of a Chrysmas card. Either way,](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Chrysler_Christmas.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Christmas Card: Do You See What I See?")
CC Christmas Card: Do You See What I See?
Posted on December 25, 2022 | 91 Comments[Originally posted 25 December 2017 @ 14:00] Or actually this might be more of a Chrysmas card. Either way, -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Mercury M-100, Mostly – Heavens to Mercuroid!
Posted on November 15, 2022 | 18 CommentsThis isn’t quite still a 1964 Mercury M-100 pickup truck, but mostly it is. Certainly it faces the world that way, as -
![Ever since I was smol, as today’s hep young people say, I’ve had something of a loathe-on for GM’s ’71-’76 big cars. When there were still a lot of them […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/71-Olds-Delta-Royale-CV-Headlamps.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Oldsmobile Delta Royale – Getting Warmer")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Oldsmobile Delta Royale – Getting Warmer
Posted on October 19, 2022 | 104 CommentsEver since I was smol, as today’s hep young people say, I’ve had something of a loathe-on for GM’s ’71-’76 big cars. When there were still a lot of them […] -
![This ad ran in Spring-Summer 1965, about 3½ years before the Plymouth Superbird’s name was surely finalised. Pure chance, nudged a little by the limited number of possible [superlative] + […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Buick-Superbird_May-1965.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Advertising : Buick Superbird – Wait, who?")
CC Advertising : Buick Superbird – Wait, who?
Posted on September 20, 2022 | 29 CommentsThis ad ran in Spring-Summer 1965, about 3½ years before the Plymouth Superbird’s name was surely finalised. Pure chance, nudged a little by the limited number of possible [superlative] + […] -
CC Outtake: 1966 Studebaker Wagonaire – Convertible Wayback
Posted on September 17, 2022 | 57 CommentsI’m a bigger fan of the quad-headlamp ’64-’65 Studebaker front end; this ’66 configuration seems a big downscale skid towards the generic. And
