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Curbside Classics Archives
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Curbside Classic: 1975 AMC Pacer X – The Spacer
Posted on August 15, 2021 | 81 Comments(originally posted 4/26/2011) The Pacer is the poster child of how questionable ideas and good intentions go awry. -
![(first posted 8/13/2015) Since its introduction, the Jeep Grand Cherokee has been an immensely successful vehicle and arguably Chrysler’s most valuable current nameplate in terms of prestige, brand equity, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1995_GrandCherokee_9783.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee Orvis Edition – Explorer Eddie Bauers Are Just So Ordinary")
Curbside Classic: 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee Orvis Edition – Explorer Eddie Bauers Are Just So Ordinary
Posted on August 13, 2021 | 53 Comments(first posted 8/13/2015) Since its introduction, the Jeep Grand Cherokee has been an immensely successful vehicle and arguably Chrysler’s most valuable current nameplate in terms of prestige, brand equity, and […] -
![(first posted 3/23/2011) A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hudson-1956-hornet.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Hudson Hornet – Waiting For Death In A Borrowed Four-Tone Suit")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Hudson Hornet – Waiting For Death In A Borrowed Four-Tone Suit
Posted on August 13, 2021 | 73 Comments(first posted 3/23/2011) A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to […] -
![(first posted 8/12/2015) Of all the cars I would expect to see on the way to the subway, I never would have anticipated spotting a Bricklin SV-1. Waking up that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bricklin-sv1-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Bricklin SV-1 – Safety Colorful")
Curbside Classic: Bricklin SV-1 – Safety Colorful
Posted on August 12, 2021 | 42 Comments(first posted 8/12/2015) Of all the cars I would expect to see on the way to the subway, I never would have anticipated spotting a Bricklin SV-1. Waking up that […] -
![(first posted 8/10/2015) The final Riviera was a powerful volley fired directly into a battlefield where most soldiers were long dead or mortally wounded. Featuring a unique interior and the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/buick-riviera-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995-99 Buick Riviera – Out to Sea")
Curbside Classic: 1995-99 Buick Riviera – Out to Sea
Posted on August 10, 2021 | 102 Comments(first posted 8/10/2015) The final Riviera was a powerful volley fired directly into a battlefield where most soldiers were long dead or mortally wounded. Featuring a unique interior and the […] -
![My first and only tent-camping trip happened when I was in the sixth grade in the mid-1980s. The two teachers for our large class at the gifted elementary school I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/022-Jeep-CJ-7-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: c. 1981 Jeep CJ-7 – No Glamping Here")
Curbside Classic: c. 1981 Jeep CJ-7 – No Glamping Here
Posted on August 10, 2021 | 37 CommentsMy first and only tent-camping trip happened when I was in the sixth grade in the mid-1980s. The two teachers for our large class at the gifted elementary school I […] -
![A low production two seater with a manual transmission, turbo-charged four cylinder and factory Koni suspension from the eighties certainly sounds like it would be a sought after classic […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ford-exp-1983-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Forgotten Classic: Ford EXP Turbo – A Lost SVO Masterpiece?")
Forgotten Classic: Ford EXP Turbo – A Lost SVO Masterpiece?
Posted on August 9, 2021 | 47 CommentsA low production two seater with a manual transmission, turbo-charged four cylinder and factory Koni suspension from the eighties certainly sounds like it would be a sought after classic […] -
![(first posted 7/30/2015) Normally I am not one to gawk, but this time I did. Even my non-car enthusiastic co-worker was curious as he turned us around to head back. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Nash-1957-Ambassador.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Nash Ambassador – Getting Its Kicks on Route 66")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Nash Ambassador – Getting Its Kicks on Route 66
Posted on August 8, 2021 | 91 Comments(first posted 7/30/2015) Normally I am not one to gawk, but this time I did. Even my non-car enthusiastic co-worker was curious as he turned us around to head back. […] -
![(first posted 8/28/2012) As I remember the early 1970s, there were two kinds of Dads. There were the guys who were reasonably fashionable and with the times, who kept with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1975DodgePowerWagon11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Dodge Power Wagon – A (Sort-Of) Civilized Outdoorsman")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Dodge Power Wagon – A (Sort-Of) Civilized Outdoorsman
Posted on August 5, 2021 | 61 Comments(first posted 8/28/2012) As I remember the early 1970s, there were two kinds of Dads. There were the guys who were reasonably fashionable and with the times, who kept with […] -
![(first posted 8/5/2015) Edsel. Could there possibly be another car in all of history that is more notoriously associated with failure? Famously referred to as “the wrong car at the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IMG_0138.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1958 Edsel Corsair – Failure Is A Five-Letter World")
Car Show Classic: 1958 Edsel Corsair – Failure Is A Five-Letter World
Posted on August 5, 2021 | 159 Comments(first posted 8/5/2015) Edsel. Could there possibly be another car in all of history that is more notoriously associated with failure? Famously referred to as “the wrong car at the […] -
![(first posted 8/4/2015) After the fuel crisis, it took the major US auto manufacturers the rest of the 1970s to fully respond with roomy, fuel-efficient family cars. They all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Chrysler-1983-E-class.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Chrysler E-Class – Not Passing for Luxury")
Curbside Classic: 1983 Chrysler E-Class – Not Passing for Luxury
Posted on August 4, 2021 | 104 Comments(first posted 8/4/2015) After the fuel crisis, it took the major US auto manufacturers the rest of the 1970s to fully respond with roomy, fuel-efficient family cars. They all […] -
![(first posted 3/20/2012) Chrysler had indeed come a long way from the dowdy boxes K.T. Keller insisted on for the late 1940s and early 1950s. But before the flamboyant plumage […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Chrysler-1956-TC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Chrysler Windsor Town & Country – You’ve Come A Long Way")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Chrysler Windsor Town & Country – You’ve Come A Long Way
Posted on August 2, 2021 | 55 Comments(first posted 3/20/2012) Chrysler had indeed come a long way from the dowdy boxes K.T. Keller insisted on for the late 1940s and early 1950s. But before the flamboyant plumage […] -
![(first posted 5/22/2014) I think it’s time for a bit of seventies F-body love. In fact, I’m betting that between the California sun and those classic F-body curves in front […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/77-78-Firebird-interior.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977/78 Firebird – Jim Rockford’s Kissin’ Cousin?")
Curbside Classic: 1977/78 Firebird – Jim Rockford’s Kissin’ Cousin?
Posted on August 1, 2021 | 45 Comments(first posted 5/22/2014) I think it’s time for a bit of seventies F-body love. In fact, I’m betting that between the California sun and those classic F-body curves in front […] -
![Yes, technically there was a 1979 RWD Skylark, for half the year before the all-new FWD X-Cars arrived in the spring of 1980. But for our purposes, 1978 is close […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_5753.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Buick Skylark – The End Of The Road For The RWD Skylark")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Buick Skylark – The End Of The Road For The RWD Skylark
Posted on August 1, 2021 | 29 CommentsYes, technically there was a 1979 RWD Skylark, for half the year before the all-new FWD X-Cars arrived in the spring of 1980. But for our purposes, 1978 is close […] -
![(first posted 7/31/2015) Pontiac’s existence had always been a bit tenuous. It was by far the youngest of the GM brands, dating to 1926, when it was introduced as a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Pontiac-1959.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Pontiac Catalina Vista Sedan – Wide-Tracking To Success")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Pontiac Catalina Vista Sedan – Wide-Tracking To Success
Posted on July 31, 2021 | 74 Comments(first posted 7/31/2015) Pontiac’s existence had always been a bit tenuous. It was by far the youngest of the GM brands, dating to 1926, when it was introduced as a […]
