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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![(first posted 11/3/2017) When we look at old cars, each one tends to be something we consider on its own. Unless it is a Mustang or a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1948ChryslerNewYorker08Small-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Comparison: 1949 Chrysler New Yorkers – Early Or Late … Decisions, Decisions")
Curbside Classic Comparison: 1949 Chrysler New Yorkers – Early Or Late … Decisions, Decisions
Posted on November 3, 2023 | 89 Comments(first posted 11/3/2017) When we look at old cars, each one tends to be something we consider on its own. Unless it is a Mustang or a […] -
![Turning on the television in the hotel room, the movie preview soon ground to a halt and was instantaneously replaced by the smiling face of a somewhat familiar actor. With […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_0609.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Chevrolet Caprice – Changing Audiences")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Chevrolet Caprice – Changing Audiences
Posted on November 3, 2023 | 29 CommentsTurning on the television in the hotel room, the movie preview soon ground to a halt and was instantaneously replaced by the smiling face of a somewhat familiar actor. With […] -
![(first posted 11/1/2017) When I found this Fury Sport, I had two immediate reactions. Wow! I sure didn’t expect to find this. Wow! It sure reminds me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CC-333-015.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Plymouth Fury Sport – Suddenly It’s 1962")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Plymouth Fury Sport – Suddenly It’s 1962
Posted on November 1, 2023 | 117 Comments(first posted 11/1/2017) When I found this Fury Sport, I had two immediate reactions. Wow! I sure didn’t expect to find this. Wow! It sure reminds me […] -
![(first posted 10/29/2011) B-bodies are mighty popular with the CC crowd; every article on them generates peak readership and comments. Since I’m a long-range thinker (maybe medium-range is more accurate), […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CC-146-152-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Corpse-side Classic: 1986 Buick Hearse: The Ultimate (B)Body Wagon And Official CC Hearse")
Corpse-side Classic: 1986 Buick Hearse: The Ultimate (B)Body Wagon And Official CC Hearse
Posted on October 31, 2023 | 70 Comments(first posted 10/29/2011) B-bodies are mighty popular with the CC crowd; every article on them generates peak readership and comments. Since I’m a long-range thinker (maybe medium-range is more accurate), […] -
![These are not easy cars for me to write about, as they wood have been just about the last thing I wood have considered buying for a family hauler at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_1536.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Buick Estate Wagon – Well Aged Wood")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Buick Estate Wagon – Well Aged Wood
Posted on October 31, 2023 | 40 CommentsThese are not easy cars for me to write about, as they wood have been just about the last thing I wood have considered buying for a family hauler at […] -
![Well do ya? Yes. Yes I do. I will immediately admit that, unlike the movie Dirty Harry, which I misquoted in the title there, I haven’t yet seen Gran Torino. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20221211_101456_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport SportsRoof – Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport SportsRoof – Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?
Posted on October 30, 2023 | 51 CommentsWell do ya? Yes. Yes I do. I will immediately admit that, unlike the movie Dirty Harry, which I misquoted in the title there, I haven’t yet seen Gran Torino. […] -
![(first posted 10/26/2017) I present to you one of my first, serious car-crushes of my middle school years: the second-generation, front-wheel-drive, G-body Dodge Daytona. Long before the “Pacifica” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/001-1987-Dodge-Daytona-Pacifica-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Dodge Daytona Pacifica – An Impressive Transformation")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Dodge Daytona Pacifica – An Impressive Transformation
Posted on October 26, 2023 | 69 Comments(first posted 10/26/2017) I present to you one of my first, serious car-crushes of my middle school years: the second-generation, front-wheel-drive, G-body Dodge Daytona. Long before the “Pacifica” […] -
![Interesting things happen when worlds collide. Like when a perpetually struggling automaker enters a hot and competitive market segment… or when a company associated with fuddy-duddy conservatism hires an unconventional […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1970-AMC-Javelin-RF-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 American Motors Javelin SST – Wrangling A Non-Average Pony Car")
Curbside Classic: 1970 American Motors Javelin SST – Wrangling A Non-Average Pony Car
Posted on October 26, 2023 | 36 CommentsInteresting things happen when worlds collide. Like when a perpetually struggling automaker enters a hot and competitive market segment… or when a company associated with fuddy-duddy conservatism hires an unconventional […] -
![(first posted 3/1/2013) In the early 1980s, no auto company had to make more out of less than Chrysler. Sometimes, as with the minivans, the company was spectacularly successful. Other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1986ChryTCConv02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Convertible – Some Things Just Don’t Translate")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Convertible – Some Things Just Don’t Translate
Posted on October 24, 2023 | 112 Comments(first posted 3/1/2013) In the early 1980s, no auto company had to make more out of less than Chrysler. Sometimes, as with the minivans, the company was spectacularly successful. Other […] -
![(first posted 6/8/2012) This might not be the prettiest 1963 standard-size car. But to the loyal Plymouth buyer at the end of 1962, these crisply-styled new cars were a cool […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMAG0275.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Plymouth Belvedere – Exner Could Do Normal, Mostly")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Plymouth Belvedere – Exner Could Do Normal, Mostly
Posted on October 23, 2023 | 45 Comments(first posted 6/8/2012) This might not be the prettiest 1963 standard-size car. But to the loyal Plymouth buyer at the end of 1962, these crisply-styled new cars were a cool […] -
![(first posted 3/25/2013) Mercury, that recently-departed Ford division, never really had an easy life. From the beginning, in 1939, it vacillated between fancy Ford and cheap Lincoln while never really […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cc-4-9-2012-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Mercury Cougar – Premium Ponycar")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Mercury Cougar – Premium Ponycar
Posted on October 22, 2023 | 131 Comments(first posted 3/25/2013) Mercury, that recently-departed Ford division, never really had an easy life. From the beginning, in 1939, it vacillated between fancy Ford and cheap Lincoln while never really […] -
![(first posted 10/21/2017) Earlier this year, while wandering through a cruise night, I came across this 1964 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88. At first glance, I didn’t give […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_7493.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 1964 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible – 394 cubic inches and 3-on-the Tree")
Car Show Classics: 1964 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Convertible – 394 cubic inches and 3-on-the Tree
Posted on October 22, 2023 | 75 Comments(first posted 10/21/2017) Earlier this year, while wandering through a cruise night, I came across this 1964 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88. At first glance, I didn’t give […] -
![(first posted 3/19/2013) Although the powertrain provided adequate motivation, no one would ever mistake one of the vast majority of Tempo/Topazes with a milquetoast 2.3-liter, four cylinder engine and three-speed automatic […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Mercury-Topaz-GS-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Mercury Topaz GS V6 / Five-speed Coupe – Oxymoron, or Just Moronic?")
Curbside Classic: Mercury Topaz GS V6 / Five-speed Coupe – Oxymoron, or Just Moronic?
Posted on October 21, 2023 | 120 Comments(first posted 3/19/2013) Although the powertrain provided adequate motivation, no one would ever mistake one of the vast majority of Tempo/Topazes with a milquetoast 2.3-liter, four cylinder engine and three-speed automatic […] -
![(first posted 10/9/2017) History has shown that styling trends of mainstream cars tend to be cyclical. The pendulum has swung between straight-edged, more geometric designs, through an intermediate blend […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/002-1966-Mercury-Monterey-convertible-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Mercury Monterey Convertible – Geometry Class")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Mercury Monterey Convertible – Geometry Class
Posted on October 20, 2023 | 60 Comments(first posted 10/9/2017) History has shown that styling trends of mainstream cars tend to be cyclical. The pendulum has swung between straight-edged, more geometric designs, through an intermediate blend […] -
![(first posted 5/24/2013) I called GM’s decision to build a giant personal-luxury coupe with front wheel drive a Deadly Sin (here). The dubious advantages hardly outweighed the disadvantages, as well […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CC-194-170-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Home-Built Toronado-Based Motor Home")
Curbside Classic: Home-Built Toronado-Based Motor Home
Posted on October 19, 2023 | 52 Comments(first posted 5/24/2013) I called GM’s decision to build a giant personal-luxury coupe with front wheel drive a Deadly Sin (here). The dubious advantages hardly outweighed the disadvantages, as well […]
