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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![It looks like CC’s own Jim Brophy is not the only Tokyo inhabitant to have a thing for these gigantic beasts. This one has had a lot of “work” done, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220323_110415-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1966 Lincoln Continental Coupé – Swing (Too) Low, Sweet Chari-Yacht")
CC Capsule: 1966 Lincoln Continental Coupé – Swing (Too) Low, Sweet Chari-Yacht
Posted on May 24, 2022 | 25 CommentsIt looks like CC’s own Jim Brophy is not the only Tokyo inhabitant to have a thing for these gigantic beasts. This one has had a lot of “work” done, […] -
![(first posted 5/23/2016) In 1968, I was fifteen, rebellious and insolent. I was a smoker, and my intoxicant of choice late that year switched over from alcohol to marijuana, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/CC-290-074-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Ford LTD – Peak Ford Hate Turns To…")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Ford LTD – Peak Ford Hate Turns To…
Posted on May 23, 2022 | 77 Comments(first posted 5/23/2016) In 1968, I was fifteen, rebellious and insolent. I was a smoker, and my intoxicant of choice late that year switched over from alcohol to marijuana, and […] -
![(first posted 9/16/2012) I’m well aware of the Church of the B-body. I understand that for a lot of people, there’s no other way to make your average American sedan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/6055373392_8aa09ea89f_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham – “H” is for Harmony")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham – “H” is for Harmony
Posted on May 22, 2022 | 114 Comments(first posted 9/16/2012) I’m well aware of the Church of the B-body. I understand that for a lot of people, there’s no other way to make your average American sedan […] -
![(first posted 5/21/2016) Clearly, it’s not a car , but I mean, it is a classic and it’s laying on the curb- well, on the edge of the side walk […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ttttv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Toshiba Digital CRT – Hang On, There’s Also a Corsica In There Somewhere")
Curbside Classic: Toshiba Digital CRT – Hang On, There’s Also a Corsica In There Somewhere
Posted on May 21, 2022 | 127 Comments(first posted 5/21/2016) Clearly, it’s not a car , but I mean, it is a classic and it’s laying on the curb- well, on the edge of the side walk […] -
![(first posted 6/19/2012) Every once in awhile, fun stuff really can happen when you get a text message while sitting on the couch on a Sunday afternoon. This is what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1948PontiacWagon01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1948 Pontiac DeLuxe Streamliner Station Wagon – At the Dawn of the Jet Age, a Varnishing Breed")
Curbside Classic: 1948 Pontiac DeLuxe Streamliner Station Wagon – At the Dawn of the Jet Age, a Varnishing Breed
Posted on May 19, 2022 | 37 Comments(first posted 6/19/2012) Every once in awhile, fun stuff really can happen when you get a text message while sitting on the couch on a Sunday afternoon. This is what […] -
![(first posted 3/18/2011) Four door hardtops make no sense, but what’s that ever had to do with cars? They were a status symbol: “No, I don’t drive no stinking sedan, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-92-024-801.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Buick Century Riviera Four-Door Hardtop – See And Be Seen")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Buick Century Riviera Four-Door Hardtop – See And Be Seen
Posted on May 17, 2022 | 84 Comments(first posted 3/18/2011) Four door hardtops make no sense, but what’s that ever had to do with cars? They were a status symbol: “No, I don’t drive no stinking sedan, […] -
![(first posted 5/17/2016) Billed as “Precision Crafted Performance”, Acura, Honda’s upscale brand, launched in March 1986 with the sporty-looking Integra 3-door and 5-door hatchbacks, and the conservative yet sleek-styled Legend […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_2005.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Acura Legend Coupe – Precision Crafted Performance")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Acura Legend Coupe – Precision Crafted Performance
Posted on May 17, 2022 | 43 Comments(first posted 5/17/2016) Billed as “Precision Crafted Performance”, Acura, Honda’s upscale brand, launched in March 1986 with the sporty-looking Integra 3-door and 5-door hatchbacks, and the conservative yet sleek-styled Legend […] -
![Being gifted as an adolescent with my very first copy of the Encyclopedia Of American Cars 1930 – 1980 from the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide, written by Richard M. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1975-AMC-Matador-coupe-CC-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 AMC Matador Coupe – The Matador & Me")
Curbside Classic: 1975 AMC Matador Coupe – The Matador & Me
Posted on May 17, 2022 | 85 CommentsBeing gifted as an adolescent with my very first copy of the Encyclopedia Of American Cars 1930 – 1980 from the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide, written by Richard M. […] -
![(First posted 5/28/2012) Jason Shafer recently had a post on a 1975-76 Plymouth Valiant, the sturdy, stalwart compact Ma Mopar wisely produced for most of the ’70s, then sadly replaced […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ytfbnn.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Plymouth Valiant Brougham – Least Likely Brougham")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Plymouth Valiant Brougham – Least Likely Brougham
Posted on May 13, 2022 | 103 Comments(First posted 5/28/2012) Jason Shafer recently had a post on a 1975-76 Plymouth Valiant, the sturdy, stalwart compact Ma Mopar wisely produced for most of the ’70s, then sadly replaced […] -
![The passenger car-based mini pickup niche is as old as as the Crosley Roadside, if not older yet. It’s also a highly ephemeral one, that seemed to repeatedly draw car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/nnnnga.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1982 Dodge Rampage – No Thanks; We Like Our Pickups Extra Large")
Curbside Classic: 1982 Dodge Rampage – No Thanks; We Like Our Pickups Extra Large
Posted on May 12, 2022 | 106 CommentsThe passenger car-based mini pickup niche is as old as as the Crosley Roadside, if not older yet. It’s also a highly ephemeral one, that seemed to repeatedly draw car […] -
![(first posted 6/12/2012) In the late Forties and early Fifties, Chrysler was considered a luxurious, well-engineered, high powered (starting in ’51 with the Saratoga) line of cars but at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/6556566.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe St. Regis – How’s That For A Long Name?")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Chrysler New Yorker Deluxe St. Regis – How’s That For A Long Name?
Posted on May 12, 2022 | 64 Comments(first posted 6/12/2012) In the late Forties and early Fifties, Chrysler was considered a luxurious, well-engineered, high powered (starting in ’51 with the Saratoga) line of cars but at […] -
![(first posted 5/30/2012) The early sixties was the most fertile era for so many things, including motorhomes. In 1960, the Big Three unleashed their new compacts, including the rugged slant […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cortez.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Clark Cortez Motorhome – The Revolutionary Compact RV: FWD, Slant Six, Torsion Bar Independent Suspension, And Built Like A Forklift")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Clark Cortez Motorhome – The Revolutionary Compact RV: FWD, Slant Six, Torsion Bar Independent Suspension, And Built Like A Forklift
Posted on May 10, 2022 | 131 Comments(first posted 5/30/2012) The early sixties was the most fertile era for so many things, including motorhomes. In 1960, the Big Three unleashed their new compacts, including the rugged slant […] -
![(first posted 5/10/2016) As of the published date of this article, the most expensive regular production car (sans options) one can buy in the U.S. from an American brand is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0196.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1978 Continental Mark V Diamond Jubilee Edition – A Grandiose Name For A Car Of Grandiose Proportions")
Car Show Classic: 1978 Continental Mark V Diamond Jubilee Edition – A Grandiose Name For A Car Of Grandiose Proportions
Posted on May 10, 2022 | 140 Comments(first posted 5/10/2016) As of the published date of this article, the most expensive regular production car (sans options) one can buy in the U.S. from an American brand is […] -
![Convertibles were hot again in the 1980s after having been sworn off by domestic manufacturers less than a decade earlier. For ’82, Chrysler fielded a K-platform LeBaron convertible in two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/7732342864_15c65f88e0_o-1984-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Ciera-Convertible-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera Brougham Convertible – A-Body Beauty")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera Brougham Convertible – A-Body Beauty
Posted on May 10, 2022 | 17 CommentsConvertibles were hot again in the 1980s after having been sworn off by domestic manufacturers less than a decade earlier. For ’82, Chrysler fielded a K-platform LeBaron convertible in two […] -
![Dearly beloved, we are gathered here, on Monday for some reason, to witness the improbable product of the marriage of a cheap neo-retro convertible kit and an innocent mid-‘70s VW […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_20220109_125037-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 197x Gazelle SSK – For Weddings And Good Taste’s Funeral")
Curbside Classic: 197x Gazelle SSK – For Weddings And Good Taste’s Funeral
Posted on May 9, 2022 | 16 CommentsDearly beloved, we are gathered here, on Monday for some reason, to witness the improbable product of the marriage of a cheap neo-retro convertible kit and an innocent mid-‘70s VW […]
