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Curbside Classics Archives
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![(first posted 6/30/2012) It’s beginning to sound like a broken record, but the years 1960-1961 were undoubtedly GM’s most creative and adventuresome ever: rear-engine Corvair; aluminum V8, the Tempest […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GMC-1963-pickup.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 GMC Pickup – The Very Model Of A Modern V6 Truck Engine")
Curbside Classic: 1963 GMC Pickup – The Very Model Of A Modern V6 Truck Engine
Posted on October 3, 2021 | 92 Comments(first posted 6/30/2012) It’s beginning to sound like a broken record, but the years 1960-1961 were undoubtedly GM’s most creative and adventuresome ever: rear-engine Corvair; aluminum V8, the Tempest […] -
![(first posted 4/4/2011) 1970 was quite the party indeed, the grand blowout of the sixties muscle car explosion before the drugs were suddenly yanked away. There were plenty of reasons […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Dodge-challenger-1970.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Dodge Challenger – The Life Of The Party")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Dodge Challenger – The Life Of The Party
Posted on October 2, 2021 | 62 Comments(first posted 4/4/2011) 1970 was quite the party indeed, the grand blowout of the sixties muscle car explosion before the drugs were suddenly yanked away. There were plenty of reasons […] -
![Why has it taken over ten years for an early (1970 – 1973) gen2 Firebird to make its first appearance in a CC? The answer is simple: they sold poorly, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CC-395-066.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac Firebird Esprit – From Pony Car To Chicken Car")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac Firebird Esprit – From Pony Car To Chicken Car
Posted on October 1, 2021 | 49 CommentsWhy has it taken over ten years for an early (1970 – 1973) gen2 Firebird to make its first appearance in a CC? The answer is simple: they sold poorly, […] -
![(first posted 5/27/2013) It seems like CC has had B-body after B-body over the past few months–or is that years? Delta 88s, Caprices, Bonneville Broughams, over and over. Well, CC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aa-3-30-2013-001-1024x682.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock…")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock…
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 5/27/2013) It seems like CC has had B-body after B-body over the past few months–or is that years? Delta 88s, Caprices, Bonneville Broughams, over and over. Well, CC […] -
![(first posted 9/29/2015) The 1983 Executive limousine and the 1990 Imperial are krazy enough, but no k-car kan more klearly demonstrate just how krazed Khrysler’s kompulsive k-car konundrum was during […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_9941.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Chrysler’s TC by Maserati – The Chairman Has Gone Krazy")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Chrysler’s TC by Maserati – The Chairman Has Gone Krazy
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 80 Comments(first posted 9/29/2015) The 1983 Executive limousine and the 1990 Imperial are krazy enough, but no k-car kan more klearly demonstrate just how krazed Khrysler’s kompulsive k-car konundrum was during […] -
![(first posted 9/28/2015) After Ford spent the 1950s trying (and mostly failing) to be a better Chevrolet, the following decade would see the reverse, and the 1962 Chevy II was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Chevy-II-1963-b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova 400 – It’s Exciting!")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova 400 – It’s Exciting!
Posted on September 28, 2021 | 90 Comments(first posted 9/28/2015) After Ford spent the 1950s trying (and mostly failing) to be a better Chevrolet, the following decade would see the reverse, and the 1962 Chevy II was […] -
![I’m something of a popular culture junkie. Perhaps not to the extent that I subscribe to any websites, blogs, or the like, but when I’m surfing the internet in my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/015-Customized-1990-Chevrolet-CK-1500-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet C/K 1500 – A Little Sheetmetal Surgery")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet C/K 1500 – A Little Sheetmetal Surgery
Posted on September 28, 2021 | 40 CommentsI’m something of a popular culture junkie. Perhaps not to the extent that I subscribe to any websites, blogs, or the like, but when I’m surfing the internet in my […] -
![(first posted 9/25/2015) I had first spotted this penultimate-year ’74 Grand Ville from the train during my weekday commute when it was parked in a lot near the famous Aragon […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/031-1974-Pontiac-Grand-Ville-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / CC Fiction: 1974 Pontiac Grand Ville – A Love Gone Horribly Wrong")
Curbside Classic / CC Fiction: 1974 Pontiac Grand Ville – A Love Gone Horribly Wrong
Posted on September 25, 2021 | 46 Comments(first posted 9/25/2015) I had first spotted this penultimate-year ’74 Grand Ville from the train during my weekday commute when it was parked in a lot near the famous Aragon […] -
![(first posted 9/23/2015) What you’re looking at behind that Ford Excursion SUV is a Cadillac Coupe DeVille from its second-most-plentiful year, 1979. With just under 122,000 coupes sold (out of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/023-1979-Cadillac-Coupe-DeVille-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Many A Pensioner’s Reward")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Many A Pensioner’s Reward
Posted on September 23, 2021 | 79 Comments(first posted 9/23/2015) What you’re looking at behind that Ford Excursion SUV is a Cadillac Coupe DeVille from its second-most-plentiful year, 1979. With just under 122,000 coupes sold (out of […] -
![(first posted 9/21/2015) Small cars have never been a strong talent for General Motors. Throughout the history of America’s largest automaker, the corporation has always placed a greater emphasis and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_3738_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Corsica – A Fitting Exile For Napoleon")
Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Corsica – A Fitting Exile For Napoleon
Posted on September 21, 2021 | 133 Comments(first posted 9/21/2015) Small cars have never been a strong talent for General Motors. Throughout the history of America’s largest automaker, the corporation has always placed a greater emphasis and […] -
![I’ll state right off the bat that my knee-jerk reaction to crustaceans is that they’re nasty. I’ve never been a seafood person, per se. Back when I was in high […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/011-1986-Dodge-Ram-Van-InterVec-Falcon-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Dodge Ram Van InterVec Falcon – An Ode To The Hermit Crab")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Dodge Ram Van InterVec Falcon – An Ode To The Hermit Crab
Posted on September 21, 2021 | 21 CommentsI’ll state right off the bat that my knee-jerk reaction to crustaceans is that they’re nasty. I’ve never been a seafood person, per se. Back when I was in high […] -
![(first posted 5/30/2013) For years–nay, decades, Oldsmobile made its bones on three primary cars: The 88, the Ninety-Eight, and the Cutlass. This secret formula of comfort, style and attainability served […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/2-21-2013-009-800x512-e1368975682196.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency Brougham – Before The Storm")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency Brougham – Before The Storm
Posted on September 20, 2021 | 76 Comments(first posted 5/30/2013) For years–nay, decades, Oldsmobile made its bones on three primary cars: The 88, the Ninety-Eight, and the Cutlass. This secret formula of comfort, style and attainability served […] -
![(first posted 6/23/2013) Back in 1994, my Dad decided we needed a minivan and we test-drove a Windstar. We ordered a GL in this very shade (“Tuscan Bronze”), not knowing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Ford-Windstar.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Ford Windstar GL – Bullets Dodged")
Curbside Classic: 1995 Ford Windstar GL – Bullets Dodged
Posted on September 16, 2021 | 118 Comments(first posted 6/23/2013) Back in 1994, my Dad decided we needed a minivan and we test-drove a Windstar. We ordered a GL in this very shade (“Tuscan Bronze”), not knowing […] -
![(first posted 9/15/2021) Lucille’s Story is rather unremarkable since her inception in 1972 at Ford’s Los Angeles Assembly plant. It was the archetypal little old lady car that racked up […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Ford-1972-CS.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Ford Country Sedan (“Lucille”) – Another 1972 Ford Finds A New Home In Germany")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Ford Country Sedan (“Lucille”) – Another 1972 Ford Finds A New Home In Germany
Posted on September 15, 2021 | 62 Comments(first posted 9/15/2021) Lucille’s Story is rather unremarkable since her inception in 1972 at Ford’s Los Angeles Assembly plant. It was the archetypal little old lady car that racked up […] -
![(first posted 9/14/2015) In the battle between the Chevrolet Lumina and the Ford Taurus, the latter not only sold better, it was almost universally considered to be the superior car. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Chevrolet-lumina-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990-94 Chevrolet Lumina – Not Quite Saving The Best ‘Til Last")
Curbside Classic: 1990-94 Chevrolet Lumina – Not Quite Saving The Best ‘Til Last
Posted on September 14, 2021 | 101 Comments(first posted 9/14/2015) In the battle between the Chevrolet Lumina and the Ford Taurus, the latter not only sold better, it was almost universally considered to be the superior car. […]
