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Curbside Classics Archives
Car Show Classic Archive
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![(first posted 3/20/2018) When I visit a car show, I reflexively compile my photographs afterwards and start to write an article covering what I saw. I attended All-Japanese […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/c110-nissan-skyline-gtr-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: 1973 Nissan Skyline C110 GT-R – Delectable, Rare Wagyu")
Car Show Capsule: 1973 Nissan Skyline C110 GT-R – Delectable, Rare Wagyu
Posted on April 1, 2024 | 24 Comments(first posted 3/20/2018) When I visit a car show, I reflexively compile my photographs afterwards and start to write an article covering what I saw. I attended All-Japanese […] -
![My mom and I both live within about 10 blocks of the places that we first called home. Dad, the latecomer, showed up in our neighborhood soon before he married […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/PXL_20230617_162746173a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1965 Mercury Park Lane Breezeway Sedan – The Old Neighborhood")
Car Show Classic: 1965 Mercury Park Lane Breezeway Sedan – The Old Neighborhood
Posted on February 5, 2024 | 53 CommentsMy mom and I both live within about 10 blocks of the places that we first called home. Dad, the latecomer, showed up in our neighborhood soon before he married […] -
![Can you believe we’ve had posts on the 1959 Imperial, Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, the exclusive 300E and even the fascinating Ozzie market Royal (with cheese), but the standard 1959 Chrysler […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_20230730_202117_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: 1959 Chrysler Windsor Coupe – Suddenly, It’s Still 1957!")
Car Show Capsule: 1959 Chrysler Windsor Coupe – Suddenly, It’s Still 1957!
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 21 CommentsCan you believe we’ve had posts on the 1959 Imperial, Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, the exclusive 300E and even the fascinating Ozzie market Royal (with cheese), but the standard 1959 Chrysler […] -
![If you look up “Datsun Sports DC-3” on the web, be it in English or Japanese, you will find a lot of sources – including Nissan themselves – claiming this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_20230402_142222_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: 1952 Datsun Sports DC-3 Roadster – Historical Revisionism Gone Mad")
Car Show Capsule: 1952 Datsun Sports DC-3 Roadster – Historical Revisionism Gone Mad
Posted on January 16, 2024 | 6 CommentsIf you look up “Datsun Sports DC-3” on the web, be it in English or Japanese, you will find a lot of sources – including Nissan themselves – claiming this […] -
![The story of the fall of Cadillac from the Standard of the World to a slightly fancier Chevrolet is one of the defining arcs of 20th-century automotive history. As such, It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_4360.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1970 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – The Last True Cadillac?")
Car Show Classic: 1970 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – The Last True Cadillac?
Posted on January 12, 2024 | 43 CommentsThe story of the fall of Cadillac from the Standard of the World to a slightly fancier Chevrolet is one of the defining arcs of 20th-century automotive history. As such, It […] -
![CC has not featured any Imperial models from the early 1970s, and it is not hard to understand why: By this time, the Imperial brand was on its last gasp. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4422.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1970 Imperial LeBaron – A Chrysler in Emperor’s Clothing")
Car Show Classic: 1970 Imperial LeBaron – A Chrysler in Emperor’s Clothing
Posted on January 8, 2024 | 43 CommentsCC has not featured any Imperial models from the early 1970s, and it is not hard to understand why: By this time, the Imperial brand was on its last gasp. […] -
![I wouldn’t wish being a 13-year-old boy on my worst enemy. Rarely in life is a person more self-conscious and annoying than they are at 13, but there is no […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/PXL_20230624_142105667a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 – Pressed In A Book")
Car Show Classic: 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88 – Pressed In A Book
Posted on January 3, 2024 | 51 CommentsI wouldn’t wish being a 13-year-old boy on my worst enemy. Rarely in life is a person more self-conscious and annoying than they are at 13, but there is no […] -
![(first posted 1/2/2013) New Year’s Day has come and gone; the holidays are officially over. As I write this, it is snowy and about twenty degrees outside, so what better […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/09-15-2012-026.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster – The Most Beautiful Car Of The Thirties?")
Car Show Classic: 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster – The Most Beautiful Car Of The Thirties?
Posted on January 2, 2024 | 32 Comments(first posted 1/2/2013) New Year’s Day has come and gone; the holidays are officially over. As I write this, it is snowy and about twenty degrees outside, so what better […] -
![(first posted 12/20/2017) These days it seems everyone is gaga over survivor cars, especially those with a nice helping of patina. This has led to the overuse of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1974-Mecury-Meteor-Rideau-500.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1974 Mercury Meteor Rideau 500 – A Real Canadian Survivor")
Car Show Classic: 1974 Mercury Meteor Rideau 500 – A Real Canadian Survivor
Posted on December 20, 2023 | 53 Comments(first posted 12/20/2017) These days it seems everyone is gaga over survivor cars, especially those with a nice helping of patina. This has led to the overuse of […] -
![(first posted 12/19/2013) Last weekend, I winged out to Denver to spend some time with an old high school buddy. During my visit, I ran up to Fort Collins, Colorado to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1-Engine.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1968 Pontiac- A Bit of Canadian Flavor")
Car Show Classic: 1968 Pontiac- A Bit of Canadian Flavor
Posted on December 19, 2023 | 76 Comments(first posted 12/19/2013) Last weekend, I winged out to Denver to spend some time with an old high school buddy. During my visit, I ran up to Fort Collins, Colorado to […] -
![(first posted 12/11/2013) Britain in the 1970s was a country full of contrasts, with many examples of the best and of the worst – the best summers I can remember […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/3500-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1985 Rover 3500 (SD1) – The Best of British; The Worst of British")
Car Show Classic: 1985 Rover 3500 (SD1) – The Best of British; The Worst of British
Posted on December 13, 2023 | 77 Comments(first posted 12/11/2013) Britain in the 1970s was a country full of contrasts, with many examples of the best and of the worst – the best summers I can remember […] -
![(first posted 12/8/2017) Every time I visit a Classic Park event I also stroll around in their showroom. Early September I faced an automotive legend: a Lotus Omega, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_4531.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1992 Lotus Omega – An Opel Executive Sedan Gone Berserk")
Car Show Outtake: 1992 Lotus Omega – An Opel Executive Sedan Gone Berserk
Posted on December 12, 2023 | 46 Comments(first posted 12/8/2017) Every time I visit a Classic Park event I also stroll around in their showroom. Early September I faced an automotive legend: a Lotus Omega, […] -
![At the end of The Tempest, one of Shakespeare’s final works, protagonist Prospero lamented that “we are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1954-Corvette-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1954 Chevrolet Corvette – Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On")
Car Show Classic: 1954 Chevrolet Corvette – Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Posted on November 27, 2023 | 28 CommentsAt the end of The Tempest, one of Shakespeare’s final works, protagonist Prospero lamented that “we are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a […] -
![As you might be able to tell from my pen name, I have a major soft spot for streamliners of the ‘30s and ‘40s. There’s no denying that, like everything […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20230730_204007_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1946 Oldsmobile 78 Dynamic Club Sedan – The Greatest Generation")
Car Show Classic: 1946 Oldsmobile 78 Dynamic Club Sedan – The Greatest Generation
Posted on November 24, 2023 | 8 CommentsAs you might be able to tell from my pen name, I have a major soft spot for streamliners of the ‘30s and ‘40s. There’s no denying that, like everything […] -
![Virgil Exner’s raft of 1957 models have rightfully earned their place in the pantheon of automotive design history, and everyone knows the story about how Exner one-upped GM and stole […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PXL_20230917_154446109a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1955 DeSoto Fireflite Sportsman – Did The Forward Look Ever Look So Good?")
Car Show Classic: 1955 DeSoto Fireflite Sportsman – Did The Forward Look Ever Look So Good?
Posted on November 20, 2023 | 55 CommentsVirgil Exner’s raft of 1957 models have rightfully earned their place in the pantheon of automotive design history, and everyone knows the story about how Exner one-upped GM and stole […]
