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Curbside Classics Archives
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![(first posted 7/23/2018) By now you undoubtedly know that I’m not exactly a fan of Fords of the seventies. Most of my vitriol (so far) has been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CC-364-007.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977-1979 Ford LTD II S – The Longest Mid-Size Car Ever or The Stripper Mark V Sedan")
Curbside Classic: 1977-1979 Ford LTD II S – The Longest Mid-Size Car Ever or The Stripper Mark V Sedan
Posted on July 23, 2024 | 106 Comments(first posted 7/23/2018) By now you undoubtedly know that I’m not exactly a fan of Fords of the seventies. Most of my vitriol (so far) has been […] -
![As we continue our little two-week journey through Tokyo’s Most Wrecked Classics, I can state that there are two marques that (probably by sheer coincidence) are overrepresented in my files. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_20230411_102011_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d’Elegance – Aged To Putrefaction")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d’Elegance – Aged To Putrefaction
Posted on July 22, 2024 | 20 CommentsAs we continue our little two-week journey through Tokyo’s Most Wrecked Classics, I can state that there are two marques that (probably by sheer coincidence) are overrepresented in my files. […] -
![(first posted 10/14/2012) When I first saw this truck, I wanted to reach out, pick it up and give it a good run around the sandbox, just like I used […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/CC-31-070-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford F-250 Styleside – The Tonka Truck Truck")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford F-250 Styleside – The Tonka Truck Truck
Posted on July 20, 2024 | 49 Comments(first posted 10/14/2012) When I first saw this truck, I wanted to reach out, pick it up and give it a good run around the sandbox, just like I used […] -
![(first posted 7/20/2018) An unusual piece of trivia: Writing about any Chevrolet passenger car is often a daunting proposition. How so? They are generally common as dirt, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1967-Chevrolet-Ad-05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Sport Sedan – Draggin’ The High School Line")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Sport Sedan – Draggin’ The High School Line
Posted on July 20, 2024 | 40 Comments(first posted 7/20/2018) An unusual piece of trivia: Writing about any Chevrolet passenger car is often a daunting proposition. How so? They are generally common as dirt, and […] -
![(first posted 10/25/2012) The Fab Four: Those guys from Liverpool who went on to change popular music forever were constantly being categorized, especially compared with their fellow bandmates. So if we apply their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ford-Taurus-1996-rear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1996-1999 Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable – All Things Must Pass")
Curbside Classic: 1996-1999 Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable – All Things Must Pass
Posted on July 19, 2024 | 149 Comments(first posted 10/25/2012) The Fab Four: Those guys from Liverpool who went on to change popular music forever were constantly being categorized, especially compared with their fellow bandmates. So if we apply their […] -
![(first posted 11/27/2012. Update: it’s almost surprising how many previous readers/commenters didn’t get the point of this article. It’s clearly not about the first Monza’s rear engine, which was undoubtedly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Corvair-1960-Monza-fq.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Corvair Monza Club Coupe – How Some Auto Show Attendees Created The Most Influential Car Of The Decade")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Corvair Monza Club Coupe – How Some Auto Show Attendees Created The Most Influential Car Of The Decade
Posted on July 15, 2024 | 94 Comments(first posted 11/27/2012. Update: it’s almost surprising how many previous readers/commenters didn’t get the point of this article. It’s clearly not about the first Monza’s rear engine, which was undoubtedly […] -
![Ahh the K-car. So much can be said about it as a whole and its various derivatives, and quite honestly, so much has already been said about it here at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1994LeBaronLandau1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 Chrysler LeBaron Landau – Defiance Is Best Served With A Heavy Hand Of Brougham")
Curbside Classic: 1994 Chrysler LeBaron Landau – Defiance Is Best Served With A Heavy Hand Of Brougham
Posted on July 14, 2024 | 53 CommentsAhh the K-car. So much can be said about it as a whole and its various derivatives, and quite honestly, so much has already been said about it here at […] -
![(first posted 11/12/2012) I know that a couple of our regular contributing writers–and they know who they are–will be most interested in my latest CC find, a G-body Cutlass Supreme […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/09-30-2012-071-e1350848945589.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham Sedan – Why Brougham When You Can Supreme Brougham?")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham Sedan – Why Brougham When You Can Supreme Brougham?
Posted on July 12, 2024 | 103 Comments(first posted 11/12/2012) I know that a couple of our regular contributing writers–and they know who they are–will be most interested in my latest CC find, a G-body Cutlass Supreme […] -
![Although it didn’t invent the car, America has embraced it and shaped it like no other nation on earth. And as in so many other forms of popular culture, technology […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CC-362-045.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Del Rio Ranch Wagon – The Pickup Of Its Time")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Del Rio Ranch Wagon – The Pickup Of Its Time
Posted on July 12, 2024 | 40 CommentsAlthough it didn’t invent the car, America has embraced it and shaped it like no other nation on earth. And as in so many other forms of popular culture, technology […] -
![Take a basic “mainstream” car, slap on a lot of extra chrome, a more prominent grille, some fancier wheels, a more luxurious interior, and (optional) some sort of distinctive signature […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/thumb_IMG_2892_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2002 Lincoln Blackwood – Versailles, Part II")
Curbside Classic: 2002 Lincoln Blackwood – Versailles, Part II
Posted on July 10, 2024 | 78 CommentsTake a basic “mainstream” car, slap on a lot of extra chrome, a more prominent grille, some fancier wheels, a more luxurious interior, and (optional) some sort of distinctive signature […] -
![In spite of its heroics producing B-24 bombers, Jeeps, tanks, trucks and lots of other hardware, Ford Motor Company was in tough shape during and after World War II, losing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/50Ford-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1950 Ford Custom Deluxe Convertible – The Car That Saved Ford the Second Time")
Curbside Classic: 1950 Ford Custom Deluxe Convertible – The Car That Saved Ford the Second Time
Posted on July 8, 2024 | 49 CommentsIn spite of its heroics producing B-24 bombers, Jeeps, tanks, trucks and lots of other hardware, Ford Motor Company was in tough shape during and after World War II, losing […] -
![Photos from the Cohort by Slant Six, captured at Rose Enterprise Motors in Greigsville, Piffard, NY. If you have ever read the least bit about Edsels, you pretty much know […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53830248752_9fc849e926_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1959 Edsel Corsair Convertible – One Of 1,300 Built – The Coolest Edsel Of ‘Em All?")
Curbside Find: 1959 Edsel Corsair Convertible – One Of 1,300 Built – The Coolest Edsel Of ‘Em All?
Posted on July 8, 2024 | 11 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by Slant Six, captured at Rose Enterprise Motors in Greigsville, Piffard, NY. If you have ever read the least bit about Edsels, you pretty much know […] -
![(first posted 3/19/2011) It’s no secret I’m a big fan of big old buses. The challenge is what direction to take with them. Given today’s weather, that would be South. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-118-139-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Blue Bird All American Bus: The All American Dream Comes In Many Variations And Colors")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Blue Bird All American Bus: The All American Dream Comes In Many Variations And Colors
Posted on July 5, 2024 | 71 Comments(first posted 3/19/2011) It’s no secret I’m a big fan of big old buses. The challenge is what direction to take with them. Given today’s weather, that would be South. […] -
![I spied this Oldsmobile in a well-hidden valley in Watkins Glen, NY. From over 500 feet away and looking at the rear of the car through brush and such, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/53834834509_2dd91a9a72_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Oldsmobile Regency 98, 2-Door Hardtop – The Great White Olds")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Oldsmobile Regency 98, 2-Door Hardtop – The Great White Olds
Posted on July 5, 2024 | 23 CommentsI spied this Oldsmobile in a well-hidden valley in Watkins Glen, NY. From over 500 feet away and looking at the rear of the car through brush and such, I […] -
![(first posted 9/6/2011) This car made me embarrassed to be a newly minted American in the fall of 1960. We had just arrived for the unveiling of Detroit’s spectacular […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/CC-142-121-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler American – The Hip Ugly American")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler American – The Hip Ugly American
Posted on July 4, 2024 | 101 Comments(first posted 9/6/2011) This car made me embarrassed to be a newly minted American in the fall of 1960. We had just arrived for the unveiling of Detroit’s spectacular […]
