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Curbside Classics Archives
Car Show Classic Archive
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![(first posted 3/29/2016) At the outdoor display area at last year’s Motorclassica show there were a few cars in a ‘park and sell’ area, including this 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/hghgk.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Laguna S-3")
Car Show Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Laguna S-3
Posted on March 29, 2022 | 75 Comments(first posted 3/29/2016) At the outdoor display area at last year’s Motorclassica show there were a few cars in a ‘park and sell’ area, including this 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna […] -
![(first posted 10/31/2013) This car, the infamous 1953-54 Hudson Jet, is one of the most reviled cars in history. Just like GM’s many Deadly Sins, this car hammered many nails […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/popopopo.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1954 Hudson Jet – A Torpedo In A Plain Beige Wrapper (Or Hudson’s Deadly Sin #1)")
Car Show Classic: 1954 Hudson Jet – A Torpedo In A Plain Beige Wrapper (Or Hudson’s Deadly Sin #1)
Posted on March 27, 2022 | 39 Comments(first posted 10/31/2013) This car, the infamous 1953-54 Hudson Jet, is one of the most reviled cars in history. Just like GM’s many Deadly Sins, this car hammered many nails […] -
![(first posted 3/24/2016) Considering Vauxhall was part of the largest manufacturing concern in the world and was its flag bearer in the UK market, the company spent the 1960s and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1964vauxhallvivaHA.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1964 Vauxhall Viva HA Saloon – Viva Vauxhall?")
Carshow Classic: 1964 Vauxhall Viva HA Saloon – Viva Vauxhall?
Posted on March 24, 2022 | 22 Comments(first posted 3/24/2016) Considering Vauxhall was part of the largest manufacturing concern in the world and was its flag bearer in the UK market, the company spent the 1960s and […] -
![As surely as September nights turn chilly in Michigan, I’ll start combing the classifieds for Model A’s when the “gathering swallows twitter in the skies.” The urge lasts for about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/111_1668.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 1928-31 Ford Model A Sport Coupes – See You In September")
Car Show Classics: 1928-31 Ford Model A Sport Coupes – See You In September
Posted on March 21, 2022 | 21 CommentsAs surely as September nights turn chilly in Michigan, I’ll start combing the classifieds for Model A’s when the “gathering swallows twitter in the skies.” The urge lasts for about […] -
![(first posted 3/14/2016) Have you ever considered how odd it is that Ford, that manufacturer of solid, reliable, conservative transportation, produced a true competitor to Cadillac and Lincoln? The T-Bird, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/tbgb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1965 Ford Thunderbird–Unique in All the World")
Car Show Classic: 1965 Ford Thunderbird–Unique in All the World
Posted on March 14, 2022 | 63 Comments(first posted 3/14/2016) Have you ever considered how odd it is that Ford, that manufacturer of solid, reliable, conservative transportation, produced a true competitor to Cadillac and Lincoln? The T-Bird, […] -
![(first posted 3/9/2016) The Meteors are probably Ford of Canada’s most well known product but there are a couple more Canadian Ford marques including Monarch. The smaller Mercury 114 (and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ddmjh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1956 Monarch Richelieu – Canadian Royalty")
Car Show Classic: 1956 Monarch Richelieu – Canadian Royalty
Posted on March 9, 2022 | 68 Comments(first posted 3/9/2016) The Meteors are probably Ford of Canada’s most well known product but there are a couple more Canadian Ford marques including Monarch. The smaller Mercury 114 (and […] -
![Every once in a while, I will have an “a-ha” moment prompted by absolutely nothing, or so it seems. I was born somewhere in the middle of the Ford Pinto’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_9644-Ford-Pinto-Runabout-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1974 Ford Pinto Runabout – Little Boat")
Car Show Classic: 1974 Ford Pinto Runabout – Little Boat
Posted on March 1, 2022 | 49 CommentsEvery once in a while, I will have an “a-ha” moment prompted by absolutely nothing, or so it seems. I was born somewhere in the middle of the Ford Pinto’s […] -
![It may seem unAmerican, but I’ve never truly wanted to own a Corvette. I’ve respected them, cheered for their LeMans-winning race teams, helped my neighbor work on his ’65 roadster, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/111_1628.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1963 Corvette Sting Ray – A Sting Ray With A Saginaw?")
Car Show Classic: 1963 Corvette Sting Ray – A Sting Ray With A Saginaw?
Posted on February 14, 2022 | 35 CommentsIt may seem unAmerican, but I’ve never truly wanted to own a Corvette. I’ve respected them, cheered for their LeMans-winning race teams, helped my neighbor work on his ’65 roadster, […] -
![In his heavily anthologized short story titled “The Swimmer,” John Cheever wrote that his drunken protagonist Neddy Merrill’s “life was not confining.” Fortunately for me, that’s all I have in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/xkkl.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1969 Ford LTD – How My Dad (Temporarily) Turned My Grandpa Into A Ford Man")
Car Show Classic: 1969 Ford LTD – How My Dad (Temporarily) Turned My Grandpa Into A Ford Man
Posted on January 31, 2022 | 47 CommentsIn his heavily anthologized short story titled “The Swimmer,” John Cheever wrote that his drunken protagonist Neddy Merrill’s “life was not confining.” Fortunately for me, that’s all I have in […] -
![The history of the fastback roofline is one of crests and troughs; wildly popular in the 1940s, it was almost instantly deemed unfashionable and unceremoniously dumped in the early 1950s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/020a-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1949 Buick Super Sedanet – Superannuated Super, Some Said")
Car Show Classic: 1949 Buick Super Sedanet – Superannuated Super, Some Said
Posted on January 24, 2022 | 31 CommentsThe history of the fastback roofline is one of crests and troughs; wildly popular in the 1940s, it was almost instantly deemed unfashionable and unceremoniously dumped in the early 1950s […] -
![(first posted 12/12/2015) Let me start with a confession. In 2012, I very nearly bought a 1980 Triumph TR7 roadster (or Drop Head Coupe as it was officially labelled). It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1976TriumphTR7-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1976 Triumph TR7 Fixed Head Coupe – The Case For The Defence")
Carshow Classic: 1976 Triumph TR7 Fixed Head Coupe – The Case For The Defence
Posted on December 12, 2021 | 56 Comments(first posted 12/12/2015) Let me start with a confession. In 2012, I very nearly bought a 1980 Triumph TR7 roadster (or Drop Head Coupe as it was officially labelled). It […] -
![(first posted 12/10/2015) Was there ever a truly appealing J-car? I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never been a fan of any J-car. But if I was forced […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_0031.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1992 Pontiac Sunbird SE Convertible – The Most Appealing J-Car?")
Car Show Classic: 1992 Pontiac Sunbird SE Convertible – The Most Appealing J-Car?
Posted on December 10, 2021 | 100 Comments(first posted 12/10/2015) Was there ever a truly appealing J-car? I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve never been a fan of any J-car. But if I was forced […] -
![(first posted 11/15/2015) 1966 sales literature proudly proclaimed the Mercury Colony Park as “The finest this side of the Lincoln Continental”, and 1968 even claimed “If Lincoln Continental made a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_0279.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1966 Mercury Colony Park – The Finest This Side Of The Lincoln Continental?")
Car Show Classic: 1966 Mercury Colony Park – The Finest This Side Of The Lincoln Continental?
Posted on November 26, 2021 | 80 Comments(first posted 11/15/2015) 1966 sales literature proudly proclaimed the Mercury Colony Park as “The finest this side of the Lincoln Continental”, and 1968 even claimed “If Lincoln Continental made a […] -
![This is perhaps subconsciously the second Robert Frost-referencing title I’ve used this year, but it’s appropriate when considering Studebaker’s declining years. Frost and Studebaker’s lives fundamentally overlapped, with Frost being […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ihgfd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 1963 Studebaker Avanti and 1964 Studebaker Daytona Wagonaire – “Nothing Gold Can Stay”")
Car Show Classics: 1963 Studebaker Avanti and 1964 Studebaker Daytona Wagonaire – “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Posted on November 15, 2021 | 47 CommentsThis is perhaps subconsciously the second Robert Frost-referencing title I’ve used this year, but it’s appropriate when considering Studebaker’s declining years. Frost and Studebaker’s lives fundamentally overlapped, with Frost being […] -
![While selling in smaller numbers than the mini trucks from Datsun and Toyota during the 1970s the Mazda B-series still made an impact on the North American market. Admittedly some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/mazda-pu.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: Time Warp 1975 Mazda B1800 Pickup")
Car Show Classic: Time Warp 1975 Mazda B1800 Pickup
Posted on October 10, 2021 | 38 CommentsWhile selling in smaller numbers than the mini trucks from Datsun and Toyota during the 1970s the Mazda B-series still made an impact on the North American market. Admittedly some […]
