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Curbside Classics Archives
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![(first posted 11/1/2012) The 1930s were the greatest decade of automotive innovation and change. At its beginning, cars looked like tea tins with wheels sticking out; by its end, some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ssssws.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1936 Chevrolet Master DeLuxe – Is It Too Early For A Dubonnet?")
Curbside Classic: 1936 Chevrolet Master DeLuxe – Is It Too Early For A Dubonnet?
Posted on March 30, 2022 | 74 Comments(first posted 11/1/2012) The 1930s were the greatest decade of automotive innovation and change. At its beginning, cars looked like tea tins with wheels sticking out; by its end, some […] -
![(first posted 3/30/2016) In the late 1940’s, Henry J. Kaiser had an idea. This idea was to create a car for the “less affluent”; those that usually could only afford […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/aallj.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic – 1952-54 Sears Allstate: The American Dream, As Sold Through A Sears Store")
Car Show Classic – 1952-54 Sears Allstate: The American Dream, As Sold Through A Sears Store
Posted on March 30, 2022 | 131 Comments(first posted 3/30/2016) In the late 1940’s, Henry J. Kaiser had an idea. This idea was to create a car for the “less affluent”; those that usually could only afford […] -
![(first posted 3/29/2016) At the outdoor display area at last year’s Motorclassica show there were a few cars in a ‘park and sell’ area, including this 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/hghgk.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Laguna S-3")
Car Show Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Laguna S-3
Posted on March 29, 2022 | 75 Comments(first posted 3/29/2016) At the outdoor display area at last year’s Motorclassica show there were a few cars in a ‘park and sell’ area, including this 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna […] -
![CC loves the old Wagoneer. Who doesn’t? They have a very keen following in Japan too; I keep seeing them about quite regularly. It was only a matter of time […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20220320_162514-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Jeep Wagoneer Limited – Unlimited Appeal")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Jeep Wagoneer Limited – Unlimited Appeal
Posted on March 28, 2022 | 32 CommentsCC loves the old Wagoneer. Who doesn’t? They have a very keen following in Japan too; I keep seeing them about quite regularly. It was only a matter of time […] -
![(first posted 3/25/2016) As soon as I pulled up to Sam Bond’s Garage last night, I knew that at least someone else had shown up for our little local […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/jhjhiop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 – But Where’s The Fastback?")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 – But Where’s The Fastback?
Posted on March 25, 2022 | 47 Comments(first posted 3/25/2016) As soon as I pulled up to Sam Bond’s Garage last night, I knew that at least someone else had shown up for our little local […] -
![(first posted 3/25/2016) Considering the grave situation Chrysler was in by the late-1970s, it was nothing short of a miracle (and a little help from Uncle Sam) that the automaker […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IMG_1033.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Dodge Omni – Brighter Days Are On The Horizon")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Dodge Omni – Brighter Days Are On The Horizon
Posted on March 25, 2022 | 82 Comments(first posted 3/25/2016) Considering the grave situation Chrysler was in by the late-1970s, it was nothing short of a miracle (and a little help from Uncle Sam) that the automaker […] -
![It’s easy to forget just what a milestone–or grave stone–these cars represent: the end of the road of almost a hundred years of traditional big American RWD cars from General […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_8471.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Caprice – The Sun Sets On GM’s Big RWD Cars")
Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Caprice – The Sun Sets On GM’s Big RWD Cars
Posted on March 22, 2022 | 40 CommentsIt’s easy to forget just what a milestone–or grave stone–these cars represent: the end of the road of almost a hundred years of traditional big American RWD cars from General […] -
![curbside Avanti images posted at the CC Cohort by Foden Alpha (first posted 8/30/2013) Every car has a story, but some are a hell of a lot more compelling than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Avanti-CC-s2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Studebaker Avanti – Flawed Brilliance")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Studebaker Avanti – Flawed Brilliance
Posted on March 20, 2022 | 98 Commentscurbside Avanti images posted at the CC Cohort by Foden Alpha (first posted 8/30/2013) Every car has a story, but some are a hell of a lot more compelling than […] -
![(first posted 3/18/2016) I’d say the 1978 – ’87 A-body (turned G-Body) Olds Cutlass four-door sedan had a pretty rough go of life from the time it appeared. The newly-downsized […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/022-1985-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-sedan-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Sedan – Hand-Me-Downs")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Sedan – Hand-Me-Downs
Posted on March 18, 2022 | 63 Comments(first posted 3/18/2016) I’d say the 1978 – ’87 A-body (turned G-Body) Olds Cutlass four-door sedan had a pretty rough go of life from the time it appeared. The newly-downsized […] -
![(first posted 2/11/2013) I think it is safe to say that most of us here at CC are familiar with the origins of the Great Brougham Epoch. In a nutshell, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/12-18-2012-002.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Plymouth VIP – Very Important Plymouth Or Footnote To The Great Brougham Epoch?")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Plymouth VIP – Very Important Plymouth Or Footnote To The Great Brougham Epoch?
Posted on March 17, 2022 | 94 Comments(first posted 2/11/2013) I think it is safe to say that most of us here at CC are familiar with the origins of the Great Brougham Epoch. In a nutshell, […] -
![(first posted 3/17/2016) The FWD GM A-Bodies are perpetual fodder for CC. We’ve found and looked at just about every variation of the theme in A-major, except for the elusive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nnb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Buick Century Limited Two-Door Sedan – Even If Buick Insists It’s A Coupe")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Buick Century Limited Two-Door Sedan – Even If Buick Insists It’s A Coupe
Posted on March 17, 2022 | 97 Comments(first posted 3/17/2016) The FWD GM A-Bodies are perpetual fodder for CC. We’ve found and looked at just about every variation of the theme in A-major, except for the elusive […] -
![The poor last-of-the-BoF-RWD-dinosaurs 1993-96 Fleetwood Brougham gets no respect, no respect at all. Even at CC – there is no “proper” long-form post to commemorate this now genuinely classic vehicle. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_20210422_091203-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1995 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Premature Heir Loss")
CC Capsule: 1995 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Premature Heir Loss
Posted on March 17, 2022 | 11 CommentsThe poor last-of-the-BoF-RWD-dinosaurs 1993-96 Fleetwood Brougham gets no respect, no respect at all. Even at CC – there is no “proper” long-form post to commemorate this now genuinely classic vehicle. […] -
![(first posted 3/16/2016) Just like Oldsmobile and their proliferation of various, vastly different from one another Cutlass models, Chrysler was also guilty of this same-name frenzy, first with its LeBaron […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IMG_3980.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2002 Chrysler Sebring LXi – Fading Hope")
Curbside Classic: 2002 Chrysler Sebring LXi – Fading Hope
Posted on March 16, 2022 | 67 Comments(first posted 3/16/2016) Just like Oldsmobile and their proliferation of various, vastly different from one another Cutlass models, Chrysler was also guilty of this same-name frenzy, first with its LeBaron […] -
![Since it’s 2022 now, you would think it would be much harder to find authentic Curbside Classics from the 40s-60s “in the wild” (i.e. not at car shows), but they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220311_160046.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Buick Special Sedan–Battleship")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Buick Special Sedan–Battleship
Posted on March 16, 2022 | 33 CommentsSince it’s 2022 now, you would think it would be much harder to find authentic Curbside Classics from the 40s-60s “in the wild” (i.e. not at car shows), but they […] -
![[first posted 6/1/2011. Updated 3/13/2022] Desperate times call for desperate measures, and sometimes the result is nothing short of spectacular. The Studebaker Gran Turismo manages to be quite stunning, despite […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CC-73-025.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk – A Beautiful Death")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk – A Beautiful Death
Posted on March 14, 2022 | 60 Comments[first posted 6/1/2011. Updated 3/13/2022] Desperate times call for desperate measures, and sometimes the result is nothing short of spectacular. The Studebaker Gran Turismo manages to be quite stunning, despite […]
