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Curbside Classics Archives
1965 Archive
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![It was about three or so years ago when coworker Rand retired and that was the last time I had talked to him. In a conversation the other day, Rand’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_0235.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Fieldside Classics & Recycling: 1964 and 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 (Plus Surprise Bonus) – Unraveling, And Finding, A Few Mysteries")
Fieldside Classics & Recycling: 1964 and 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 (Plus Surprise Bonus) – Unraveling, And Finding, A Few Mysteries
Posted on December 9, 2021 | 29 CommentsIt was about three or so years ago when coworker Rand retired and that was the last time I had talked to him. In a conversation the other day, Rand’s […] -
![(first posted 10/10/2012) I became really interested in AMC in the late ’90s, due in large part to my purchase of Pat Foster’s American Motors: The Last Independent. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fkjl.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 880 – Kenosha Cadillac?")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 880 – Kenosha Cadillac?
Posted on November 7, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 10/10/2012) I became really interested in AMC in the late ’90s, due in large part to my purchase of Pat Foster’s American Motors: The Last Independent. I […] -
![Skylark is one of those names that probably wouldn’t sell today no matter what it would be attached to, however back in 1965 it was a different story for Buick. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_1566.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1965 Buick Skylark Sedan")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1965 Buick Skylark Sedan
Posted on July 16, 2021 | 44 CommentsSkylark is one of those names that probably wouldn’t sell today no matter what it would be attached to, however back in 1965 it was a different story for Buick. […] -
![Since its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_0063-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri")
CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 16 CommentsSince its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […] -
![(first posted 6/20/2015) Doesn’t time quickly slip by? Having had the realization I can remember my father as being significantly younger than I am now, it seemed wise to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Jasons-dad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 1")
Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 1
Posted on June 19, 2021 | 35 Comments(first posted 6/20/2015) Doesn’t time quickly slip by? Having had the realization I can remember my father as being significantly younger than I am now, it seemed wise to […] -
![(first posted 6/10/2015) How can we have Convertible Week without a four-door convertible Continental? Long, low, and lithe. Rival Cadillac may have been at the top of its styling game […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lincoln-1965-conv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule (and Bonus QOTD): 1936 Cadillac Series 75 and 1965 Lincoln Continental: What Four-Door Convertibles Do You Know Of?")
CC Capsule (and Bonus QOTD): 1936 Cadillac Series 75 and 1965 Lincoln Continental: What Four-Door Convertibles Do You Know Of?
Posted on June 10, 2021 | 93 Comments(first posted 6/10/2015) How can we have Convertible Week without a four-door convertible Continental? Long, low, and lithe. Rival Cadillac may have been at the top of its styling game […] -
![An admission: This 1965 Ford was like bulk meat in a storage case. I could see it from afar but it required specific effort to procure it. There was an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_1338.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Custom 500 – A Cut Above?")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Custom 500 – A Cut Above?
Posted on January 6, 2021 | 54 CommentsAn admission: This 1965 Ford was like bulk meat in a storage case. I could see it from afar but it required specific effort to procure it. There was an […] -
![(first posted 11/26/2014) The original generation of the Chevy Corvair certainly never lit the sales charts on fire, at least not by Chevrolet standards. Neither did the Y body compacts […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1965ChevyCorvair50004.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Double or Nothing!")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Double or Nothing!
Posted on November 26, 2020 | 134 Comments(first posted 11/26/2014) The original generation of the Chevy Corvair certainly never lit the sales charts on fire, at least not by Chevrolet standards. Neither did the Y body compacts […] -
![(first posted 8/26/2014) Certain cities are inextricably linked to the vehicles their residents made. Everyone who knows cars can pair the Michigan cities of Flint with Buick, Lansing with Oldsmobile […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1965JeepGladiator03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Jeep Gladiator J-2000 – Holy Toledo!")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Jeep Gladiator J-2000 – Holy Toledo!
Posted on August 26, 2020 | 70 Comments(first posted 8/26/2014) Certain cities are inextricably linked to the vehicles their residents made. Everyone who knows cars can pair the Michigan cities of Flint with Buick, Lansing with Oldsmobile […] -
![Note: After reading the recent CC on a 1974 Mercury Marquis, my daughter, Eileen, had an abundance of questions. She and I have had car conversations before. Soon thereafter Editor Jim […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_1051.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1965 Mercury Park Lane – The Interrogation")
Junkyard Classic: 1965 Mercury Park Lane – The Interrogation
Posted on June 1, 2020 | 48 CommentsNote: After reading the recent CC on a 1974 Mercury Marquis, my daughter, Eileen, had an abundance of questions. She and I have had car conversations before. Soon thereafter Editor Jim […] -
![When I started at CC I would not have argued that this car was a Chrysler Deadly Sin. But I have gotten to the place where I believe (much as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1971-Chrysler-Newport-Royal-07-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Chrysler Newport Royal – Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #6, The Fuselage Years")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Chrysler Newport Royal – Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #6, The Fuselage Years
Posted on January 22, 2020 | 101 CommentsWhen I started at CC I would not have argued that this car was a Chrysler Deadly Sin. But I have gotten to the place where I believe (much as […] -
![(Ed. Note: I didn’t realize my friend Crip and his wife owned this awesome J-3000 Gladiator until I was taking pictures of it in town last week and he walked […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Gladiator-9-18-2019-31.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Curbside Classic: 1965 ‘Jeep’ Gladiator J-3000 Townside – We Got A New (To Us) Gladiator Before Anyone Else")
My Curbside Classic: 1965 ‘Jeep’ Gladiator J-3000 Townside – We Got A New (To Us) Gladiator Before Anyone Else
Posted on September 20, 2019 | 24 Comments(Ed. Note: I didn’t realize my friend Crip and his wife owned this awesome J-3000 Gladiator until I was taking pictures of it in town last week and he walked […] -
![We recently took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because this almost […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1966-Dodge-D100-01-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 – New Old Stock?")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 – New Old Stock?
Posted on September 4, 2019 | 50 CommentsWe recently took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because this almost […] -
![The 2018 CC Midwest Gathering is now in the history books. Well, almost. As I began writing this, one of the contributors who attended was still en route back home […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_7722.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The 2018 CC Midwest Gathering Recap: LTDs and Goooles")
The 2018 CC Midwest Gathering Recap: LTDs and Goooles
Posted on September 27, 2018 | 57 CommentsThe 2018 CC Midwest Gathering is now in the history books. Well, almost. As I began writing this, one of the contributors who attended was still en route back home […] -
![(please welcome our latest COALman, Michael Ionno, who has had quite the eclectic collection of cars. Links to all of them at bottom) I was not supposed to be the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Image-1-Renault-8.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Renault 8 – Beginnings")
COAL: 1965 Renault 8 – Beginnings
Posted on January 9, 2016 | 71 Comments(please welcome our latest COALman, Michael Ionno, who has had quite the eclectic collection of cars. Links to all of them at bottom) I was not supposed to be the […]
