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Curbside Classics Archives
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Curbside Classic: 1960 Chrysler Saratoga Sedan – Forward Fini
Posted on August 29, 2022 | 72 Comments(first posted 4/13/2012) So, it’s actually 1960. Aren’t you happy with the portrait I painted? What do you mean no? No? What do you want then? -
![(first posted 2/2/2012) We build cars to sit in, not to pee over. Chrysler Persident K.T. Keller’s delicately-chosen words resulted in boxy tall-boy sedans out of sync with the market, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CC-159-030-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Plymouth Belvedere Suburban – Suddenly It’s…1956")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Plymouth Belvedere Suburban – Suddenly It’s…1956
Posted on August 24, 2022 | 72 Comments(first posted 2/2/2012) We build cars to sit in, not to pee over. Chrysler Persident K.T. Keller’s delicately-chosen words resulted in boxy tall-boy sedans out of sync with the market, […] -
![(first posted 8/21/2016) Spring was in full swing when I came across this second-year Chevy Camaro convertible while taking a Saturday afternoon walk through the adjacent neighborhood community of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/079-1968-Chevrolet-Camaro-Convertible-CC-.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Six Convertible – Have It Your Way")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Six Convertible – Have It Your Way
Posted on August 22, 2022 | 54 Comments(first posted 8/21/2016) Spring was in full swing when I came across this second-year Chevy Camaro convertible while taking a Saturday afternoon walk through the adjacent neighborhood community of […] -
![(first posted 8/22/2016) If I could describe what I see in this picture in just a few words, it would be “generic-looking Eighties coupe”. And the sad truth is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_6739.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo – The Downward Spiral")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo – The Downward Spiral
Posted on August 22, 2022 | 94 Comments(first posted 8/22/2016) If I could describe what I see in this picture in just a few words, it would be “generic-looking Eighties coupe”. And the sad truth is […] -
![(first posted 4/27/2012) Grab the Kleenex; the Graham story is a real tearjerker. All too often, the good guys do lose; and timing is everything. The three Indiana-bred Graham brothers […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/CC-164-066-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1940 Graham Supercharged Sedan – Graham Jumps The Shark")
Curbside Classic: 1940 Graham Supercharged Sedan – Graham Jumps The Shark
Posted on August 20, 2022 | 89 Comments(first posted 4/27/2012) Grab the Kleenex; the Graham story is a real tearjerker. All too often, the good guys do lose; and timing is everything. The three Indiana-bred Graham brothers […] -
![(first posted 8/19/2016) A humble confession: This car has been pestering me continually throughout ten vain attempts at some degree of literary (in)justice over the last fifteen months. While […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_0916.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – Reading The Tea Leaves Near Stage Left")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – Reading The Tea Leaves Near Stage Left
Posted on August 19, 2022 | 69 Comments(first posted 8/19/2016) A humble confession: This car has been pestering me continually throughout ten vain attempts at some degree of literary (in)justice over the last fifteen months. While […] -
![As a devout lover of ‘30s vehicles, I don’t get many chances to unearth and write about my favourite era. But luckily, one such gem was to be found hidden […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_20220805_174915-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1935 Ford Model 50 Half-Ton Pickup – Going Stag?")
CC Capsule: 1935 Ford Model 50 Half-Ton Pickup – Going Stag?
Posted on August 19, 2022 | 16 CommentsAs a devout lover of ‘30s vehicles, I don’t get many chances to unearth and write about my favourite era. But luckily, one such gem was to be found hidden […] -
![(first posted 8/17/2016) The reason that the childhood story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears resonates so deeply with many of us is that there are so […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1961FordFalcon14a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Simply Original and Just Right")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Simply Original and Just Right
Posted on August 17, 2022 | 165 Comments(first posted 8/17/2016) The reason that the childhood story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears resonates so deeply with many of us is that there are so […] -
![(Mildly revised since first posted August 22, 2012) You previously met Albert and Iris in a story about their trip to Houston, Texas, in their 1970 Chevrolet Caprice (here). Let’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/P8120015.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1978 Chevrolet Scottsdale – Iris and Albert Go Fishing")
Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1978 Chevrolet Scottsdale – Iris and Albert Go Fishing
Posted on August 16, 2022 | 82 Comments(Mildly revised since first posted August 22, 2012) You previously met Albert and Iris in a story about their trip to Houston, Texas, in their 1970 Chevrolet Caprice (here). Let’s […] -
![“Low miles, runs good.” These four words were in almost every car advertisement I had circled in the classifieds of the Flint Journal newspaper when I was a teenager. Don’t […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/286-1977-Chevrolet-Caprice-Classic-Landau-Coupe-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau – Memoirs Of A Former Paperboy")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau – Memoirs Of A Former Paperboy
Posted on August 16, 2022 | 38 Comments“Low miles, runs good.” These four words were in almost every car advertisement I had circled in the classifieds of the Flint Journal newspaper when I was a teenager. Don’t […] -
![(Refined and expanded since first published January 2, 2013) You must be looking at this picture and saying, “A ’92 F-150! What in the world is so special about this?” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/P8220014.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1992 Ford F-150 – My Road Trip With Grandpa Albert")
Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1992 Ford F-150 – My Road Trip With Grandpa Albert
Posted on August 15, 2022 | 51 Comments(Refined and expanded since first published January 2, 2013) You must be looking at this picture and saying, “A ’92 F-150! What in the world is so special about this?” […] -
![(first posted 5/24/2012) The Chrysler New Yorker was a very long lived model for Chrysler. Between the late 1930s and the early 1980s, it was the biggest, fanciest model Chrysler […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2-10-2012-001-e1337551180204.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1992 Chrysler Fifth Avenue – The End Of Mopar’s Broughamance")
Curbside Classic: 1992 Chrysler Fifth Avenue – The End Of Mopar’s Broughamance
Posted on August 14, 2022 | 87 Comments(first posted 5/24/2012) The Chrysler New Yorker was a very long lived model for Chrysler. Between the late 1930s and the early 1980s, it was the biggest, fanciest model Chrysler […] -
![(First posted December 5, 2012) In 1953, my grandfather, Albert, was 29 years old; his younger brother, Clem, was 24. They were on a joint mission, which involved Clem’s 1950 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/P7090029.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1950 Pontiac Chieftain Eight Deluxe Sedan – A Spark In The Night")
Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1950 Pontiac Chieftain Eight Deluxe Sedan – A Spark In The Night
Posted on August 13, 2022 | 48 Comments(First posted December 5, 2012) In 1953, my grandfather, Albert, was 29 years old; his younger brother, Clem, was 24. They were on a joint mission, which involved Clem’s 1950 […] -
![(Mildly revised since first published on July 11, 2012) John Johnson always fascinated me. Married to my grandmother Iris’s older sister, Margie, he worked in the oil business in Houston, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/P6220710.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1976 Mercury Marquis – John and Margie Come Visting From Cut And Shoot")
Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1976 Mercury Marquis – John and Margie Come Visting From Cut And Shoot
Posted on August 12, 2022 | 81 Comments(Mildly revised since first published on July 11, 2012) John Johnson always fascinated me. Married to my grandmother Iris’s older sister, Margie, he worked in the oil business in Houston, […] -
![(first posted 6/7/2012) Ah, the early Sixties. In a way, it was like graduation. Suddenly, all of the carefree and foolish (though fun) things of the recent past […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/5-09-and-5-10-2012-016-e1338576437852.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Chevrolet Impala – Gullwing, Take Two")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Chevrolet Impala – Gullwing, Take Two
Posted on August 12, 2022 | 103 Comments(first posted 6/7/2012) Ah, the early Sixties. In a way, it was like graduation. Suddenly, all of the carefree and foolish (though fun) things of the recent past […]
