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Curbside Classics Archives
Car Show Classic Archive
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![We already looked at a blue Chevrolet a few days ago, but it was a Corvette and Corvettes are hardly rare. How about a Marina Blue ’67 Impala instead? I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/6-28-13-067.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: A Different Type Of Blue Chevy")
Car Show Outtake: A Different Type Of Blue Chevy
Posted on July 11, 2013 | 24 CommentsWe already looked at a blue Chevrolet a few days ago, but it was a Corvette and Corvettes are hardly rare. How about a Marina Blue ’67 Impala instead? I […] -
![It’s been a while since I’ve done a true “walk and talk” car show post, save the VW one a month or so ago. So, time for a post where […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/08-25-2012-001-800x584-e1365035423886.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics – In The Shadow Of The Silvis Train Yard")
Car Show Classics – In The Shadow Of The Silvis Train Yard
Posted on July 9, 2013 | 37 CommentsIt’s been a while since I’ve done a true “walk and talk” car show post, save the VW one a month or so ago. So, time for a post where […] -
Car Show Outtake: A Real Live LeMans!
Posted on June 27, 2013 | 22 CommentsHere’s a real treat. A 1968 Pontiac LeMans that is–yes, really folks–STILL a LeMans! -
![Time to say so long to Lincolns for a while, and what better way to end it than with some of the most beautiful Lincolns ever made. Let’s take a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/6-22-2013-002-800x551-e1371957227294.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Lincoln Week Finale – The Lincoln-Zephyr Owners Club Comes To Town")
Lincoln Week Finale – The Lincoln-Zephyr Owners Club Comes To Town
Posted on June 23, 2013 | 15 CommentsTime to say so long to Lincolns for a while, and what better way to end it than with some of the most beautiful Lincolns ever made. Let’s take a […] -
![If you regularly attend car shows and were born before, say, 1990, you could be forgiven for thinking that all Firebirds between 1970 and 1981 were Trans Ams. But there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/5-24-2013-071-800x533-e1371077897839.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1979 Formula Firebird – Nope, Not A Trans Am!")
Car Show Outtake: 1979 Formula Firebird – Nope, Not A Trans Am!
Posted on June 14, 2013 | 37 CommentsIf you regularly attend car shows and were born before, say, 1990, you could be forgiven for thinking that all Firebirds between 1970 and 1981 were Trans Ams. But there […] -
![This is long overdue. When I attended this show last August, I was very happy with my finds and planned on running a post within a week or so. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/08-19-2012-023-1024x768-e1368931252616.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: The 2012 Bi-State VW Club Show – Hope You Like Beetles And Buses…")
Car Show Classics: The 2012 Bi-State VW Club Show – Hope You Like Beetles And Buses…
Posted on June 3, 2013 | 31 CommentsThis is long overdue. When I attended this show last August, I was very happy with my finds and planned on running a post within a week or so. I […] -
![Every year in mid-May, the giant Mecum Spring Classic muscle-car auction descends on the Indiana State Fairgrounds here in Indianapolis. It lasts for six days; easily 2,000 cars roll by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1948Oldsmobile1jg1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auction Classics: Unrestored at the Mecum Spring Classic")
Auction Classics: Unrestored at the Mecum Spring Classic
Posted on May 25, 2013 | 59 CommentsEvery year in mid-May, the giant Mecum Spring Classic muscle-car auction descends on the Indiana State Fairgrounds here in Indianapolis. It lasts for six days; easily 2,000 cars roll by […] -
![Here’s another cool old car from–that’s right!–the Geneseo car show, home to the Turbo-Thrift Six ‘70.5 Camaro, ’64 Stude Cruiser, the nicest Dodge Omni in the world, and other stamped-steel […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/09-08-2012-013-1024x698-e1368386568967.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1957 GMC Suburban – All Business")
Car Show Outtake: 1957 GMC Suburban – All Business
Posted on May 12, 2013 | 12 CommentsHere’s another cool old car from–that’s right!–the Geneseo car show, home to the Turbo-Thrift Six ‘70.5 Camaro, ’64 Stude Cruiser, the nicest Dodge Omni in the world, and other stamped-steel […] -
![This is going back a ways: I shot this Allard back in 2008. We saw a “civilian” Allard not too long ago, but I prefer my Allards in racing trim–and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/allard1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: Lovely Allard")
Car Show Outtake: Lovely Allard
Posted on May 2, 2013 | 10 CommentsThis is going back a ways: I shot this Allard back in 2008. We saw a “civilian” Allard not too long ago, but I prefer my Allards in racing trim–and […] -
![So many car shows, so many cars, so many photos taken. I still have approximately two hundred pictures from car shows from summer 2012, and have not had time to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/09-08-2012-0341.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: A Genuine Retired Rampside")
Car Show Capsule: A Genuine Retired Rampside
Posted on April 25, 2013 | 26 CommentsSo many car shows, so many cars, so many photos taken. I still have approximately two hundred pictures from car shows from summer 2012, and have not had time to […] -
![I am not a real big fan of hot rodded cars, but must admit that some can look pretty good. For example: This circa-1970 Rally Green Nova I saw on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Cambridge-show-014.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Dooryard Outtake: Rally Green Nova")
Dooryard Outtake: Rally Green Nova
Posted on April 12, 2013 | 28 CommentsI am not a real big fan of hot rodded cars, but must admit that some can look pretty good. For example: This circa-1970 Rally Green Nova I saw on […] -
![Here in NW Illinois, we are getting our January weather late – as I left for work this morning (March 20), it was fourteen degrees out. On the official first […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/09-09-2012-142.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule – 1963 Ford Country Sedan – Di-Noc Free")
Car Show Capsule – 1963 Ford Country Sedan – Di-Noc Free
Posted on March 29, 2013 | 20 CommentsHere in NW Illinois, we are getting our January weather late – as I left for work this morning (March 20), it was fourteen degrees out. On the official first […] -
![I always make a point to attend the local swap meet which has become much easier to do since the organizers have stopped holding it on Valentine’s Day. I generally […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Swap-Meet.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Swap Meet Classics: A Mixed Bag With Some Canadianna")
Swap Meet Classics: A Mixed Bag With Some Canadianna
Posted on March 20, 2013 | 15 CommentsI always make a point to attend the local swap meet which has become much easier to do since the organizers have stopped holding it on Valentine’s Day. I generally […] -
![After I showed you a nice blue Caprice Classic convertible a couple of days ago, mention of the other 1975 B-body convertibles was made in the comments, and I recalled that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/07-27-2012-023-e1362000020988.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Question: Final B-Body Convertibles – Decisions, Decisions…")
Curbside Question: Final B-Body Convertibles – Decisions, Decisions…
Posted on February 28, 2013 | 68 CommentsAfter I showed you a nice blue Caprice Classic convertible a couple of days ago, mention of the other 1975 B-body convertibles was made in the comments, and I recalled that […] -
![Well, it is almost March, but we had a big storm here last Thursday with more on the way this week. I do take comfort in the fact that winter […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/7-29-2012-011-e1361744065600.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1975 Caprice Classic Convertible – Summer Is Coming…")
Car Show Outtake: 1975 Caprice Classic Convertible – Summer Is Coming…
Posted on February 25, 2013 | 80 CommentsWell, it is almost March, but we had a big storm here last Thursday with more on the way this week. I do take comfort in the fact that winter […]
