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![(first posted 1/23/2014) The Gremlin always danced to a different tune. Its design (in the loosest sense of that word) was penned on an air-sickness bag. It was front heavy, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CC-79-030-950.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 AMC Gremlin – Pay 8% More, Get 13% Less HP and 33% Fewer Cylinders")
Curbside Classic: 1977 AMC Gremlin – Pay 8% More, Get 13% Less HP and 33% Fewer Cylinders
Posted on October 20, 2024 | 114 Comments(first posted 1/23/2014) The Gremlin always danced to a different tune. Its design (in the loosest sense of that word) was penned on an air-sickness bag. It was front heavy, […] -
![(first posted 10/19/2018) The Porsche Speedster of the 1950’s has a mystique and a desirability out of proportion to its actual performance. A 1954 Porsche 1500 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1957_Porsche_356_Speedster_A_rear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automobile Quarterly Vintage Review: The Porsche Speedster, Part 1.")
Automobile Quarterly Vintage Review: The Porsche Speedster, Part 1.
Posted on October 20, 2024 | 16 Comments(first posted 10/19/2018) The Porsche Speedster of the 1950’s has a mystique and a desirability out of proportion to its actual performance. A 1954 Porsche 1500 […] -
![(first posted Sept. 3, 2014) The Ultimate Driving Machine. With this famous advertising slogan in its 40th year and the BMW 3-Series entrenched worldwide for an equally long time as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1-photo-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977-83 BMW 320i (E21) – The Ur-Ultimate Driving Machine")
Curbside Classic: 1977-83 BMW 320i (E21) – The Ur-Ultimate Driving Machine
Posted on October 20, 2024 | 87 Comments(first posted Sept. 3, 2014) The Ultimate Driving Machine. With this famous advertising slogan in its 40th year and the BMW 3-Series entrenched worldwide for an equally long time as […] -
![Photos from the Cohort by Roshake. As is known, Ford’s Thunderbird was a nameplate that went through as many reinventions as a long-lived rock band does. From its classic (if […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54028296533_828d9457e2_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Garage Find: 1972 Ford Thunderbird – A Less Remembered ‘Bird?")
Garage Find: 1972 Ford Thunderbird – A Less Remembered ‘Bird?
Posted on October 20, 2024 | 14 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by Roshake. As is known, Ford’s Thunderbird was a nameplate that went through as many reinventions as a long-lived rock band does. From its classic (if […] -
![We’ve bestowed a lot of love on the slant six hereabouts, especially the legendary Hyper-Pak version. It’s been portrayed as a V8 killer and able to leap tall buildings. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/la-top.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1961 Dodge Lancer With Three Slant Sixes: 170, 225 & 225 Hyper-Pak – Does It Live Up To The Hype?")
Vintage Review: 1961 Dodge Lancer With Three Slant Sixes: 170, 225 & 225 Hyper-Pak – Does It Live Up To The Hype?
Posted on October 20, 2024 | 31 CommentsWe’ve bestowed a lot of love on the slant six hereabouts, especially the legendary Hyper-Pak version. It’s been portrayed as a V8 killer and able to leap tall buildings. But […] -
![Less than a month after competing in my first four-day, 1000-mile car rally (read about it here) I was in a business-class seat on an SAS flight from Newark Airport […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Landvetter-Airport-e1729287503330.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Working Where Volvos Are Born – Part One")
Auto-Biography: Working Where Volvos Are Born – Part One
Posted on October 20, 2024 | 13 CommentsLess than a month after competing in my first four-day, 1000-mile car rally (read about it here) I was in a business-class seat on an SAS flight from Newark Airport […] -
![(first posted 1/26/2014) “So,” said Estella, “I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_5141.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Matador X Coupe – <br>Great X-pectations")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Matador X Coupe –
Great X-pectationsPosted on October 19, 2024 | 73 Comments(first posted 1/26/2014) “So,” said Estella, “I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make […] -
![(first posted 10/15/2018) As the Pony Car Wars seen and experienced during the mid to late 1960’s-early 1970’s Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Trans-Am race […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CCI08032018.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: Road & Track April 1973 – Testing Nine Showroom Stock Sports Cars As SCCA Racers")
Vintage Review: Road & Track April 1973 – Testing Nine Showroom Stock Sports Cars As SCCA Racers
Posted on October 19, 2024 | 13 Comments(first posted 10/15/2018) As the Pony Car Wars seen and experienced during the mid to late 1960’s-early 1970’s Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Trans-Am race […] -
![Let’s go for a bit of variety with this mix of images of couples tying the knot. As I mentioned last time I covered the topic, the picking of a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Screenshot_20240512-225925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: The Wedding Car – 1950s-1960s")
Vintage Snapshots: The Wedding Car – 1950s-1960s
Posted on October 19, 2024 | 23 CommentsLet’s go for a bit of variety with this mix of images of couples tying the knot. As I mentioned last time I covered the topic, the picking of a […] -
Driveway Find: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – Hot Street Machine
Posted on October 19, 2024 | 12 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by Slant Six. -
![Here is another bus that was a routine sight in West Germany during the 50’s and 60’s – it’s a Deck and a Half urban transit model by coachbuilder Ludewig. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ludewig.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1950’s/60’s Ludewig Deck and a Half Urban Transit Coach – Popular in Germany, Nonexistent in North America")
Bus Stop Classics: 1950’s/60’s Ludewig Deck and a Half Urban Transit Coach – Popular in Germany, Nonexistent in North America
Posted on October 19, 2024 | 18 CommentsHere is another bus that was a routine sight in West Germany during the 50’s and 60’s – it’s a Deck and a Half urban transit model by coachbuilder Ludewig. […] -
![It was 1976 and my dad needed to buy a decent used car for my sister Sandy. You see, she’d recently gone through a divorce and landed on our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Our 1973 Ford LTD – A Special LTD And My Sister")
Our 1973 Ford LTD – A Special LTD And My Sister
Posted on October 19, 2024 | 16 CommentsIt was 1976 and my dad needed to buy a decent used car for my sister Sandy. You see, she’d recently gone through a divorce and landed on our […] -
![(Originally published 1/14/2014)This is it. The pinnacle of American Motors Corporation. Between 1958 and 1963, the Rambler automobile, in its frugal American, mid-price Classic and deluxe Ambassador lineup, hit a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/aa-4-07-2013-005.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car?")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car?
Posted on October 18, 2024 | 86 Comments(Originally published 1/14/2014)This is it. The pinnacle of American Motors Corporation. Between 1958 and 1963, the Rambler automobile, in its frugal American, mid-price Classic and deluxe Ambassador lineup, hit a […] -
![(first posted 10/18/2018) Throughout its lengthy history, the Chrysler Town & Country was a vehicle that came in many different shapes and sizes. Yet throughout nearly eight decades […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/thumb_IMG_4713_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Turbo – Most Downsized Vehicle Of The Malaise Era?")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Turbo – Most Downsized Vehicle Of The Malaise Era?
Posted on October 18, 2024 | 49 Comments(first posted 10/18/2018) Throughout its lengthy history, the Chrysler Town & Country was a vehicle that came in many different shapes and sizes. Yet throughout nearly eight decades […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Parking Lots In The ’50s-’60s
Posted on October 18, 2024 | 23 Comments
