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Curbside Classics Archives
1971 Archive
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![The title phrase, which sounds like the beginning of a joke, immediately popped into my mind when I came across this sight. With some cars I might attempt to flesh […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/TwoOpels06Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Two Opels Drive Into A Gas Station . . .")
CC Outtake: Two Opels Drive Into A Gas Station . . .
Posted on May 17, 2019 | 38 CommentsThe title phrase, which sounds like the beginning of a joke, immediately popped into my mind when I came across this sight. With some cars I might attempt to flesh […] -
![(first posted 7/12/2013) Let’s start a list. Name the top 10 cars least likely to be found parked at a Sam’s Club in a small city in the Midwestern U.S. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1971LamboEspada07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Lamborghini Espada S2- An Exotic Blends In With the Locals")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Lamborghini Espada S2- An Exotic Blends In With the Locals
Posted on May 5, 2019 | 84 Comments(first posted 7/12/2013) Let’s start a list. Name the top 10 cars least likely to be found parked at a Sam’s Club in a small city in the Midwestern U.S. […] -
![There’s no doubt parts of the continental United States have had some bone-chilling temperatures this winter. A polar vortex last week brought temperatures of -8 Fahrenheit (-22 C) according to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_0041.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1971 Plymouth Road Runner – A Golden Ray Of Much Needed Sunshine")
CC Capsule: 1971 Plymouth Road Runner – A Golden Ray Of Much Needed Sunshine
Posted on February 6, 2019 | 35 CommentsThere’s no doubt parts of the continental United States have had some bone-chilling temperatures this winter. A polar vortex last week brought temperatures of -8 Fahrenheit (-22 C) according to […] -
![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 […] -
![I’ve always had a soft spot for International Scouts. My parents had one when I was little, and it was replaced with another after my mother rolled it. I’d had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/108_0828.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1971 International Scout 800B – Orange Oddball")
COAL: 1971 International Scout 800B – Orange Oddball
Posted on August 18, 2018 | 33 CommentsI’ve always had a soft spot for International Scouts. My parents had one when I was little, and it was replaced with another after my mother rolled it. I’d had […] -
![(Author’s Note: This actually started off as a CC, but inspiration took me in a different direction.) (first posted 4/3/2013) Seventeen-year-old Rodney was excited. It was the first weekend […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/miss-jane.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Saturday Night: 1971 Buick Riviera – Papa Was A Rolling Stone")
Curbside Saturday Night: 1971 Buick Riviera – Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Posted on June 2, 2018 | 50 Comments(Author’s Note: This actually started off as a CC, but inspiration took me in a different direction.) (first posted 4/3/2013) Seventeen-year-old Rodney was excited. It was the first weekend […] -
![For a moment upon seeing this 1972-ish Chevrolet 3/4 ton with Colorado plates, I couldn’t help but wonder if it was an intrepid CC reader heading to the meet-up in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_7382.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Road To Detroit Outtakes, Part 3: Somewhere On I-70 In Illinois")
The Road To Detroit Outtakes, Part 3: Somewhere On I-70 In Illinois
Posted on January 10, 2018 | 12 CommentsFor a moment upon seeing this 1972-ish Chevrolet 3/4 ton with Colorado plates, I couldn’t help but wonder if it was an intrepid CC reader heading to the meet-up in […] -
![This true story is about these three sisters. At the time this picture was taken in Spring 1967, Ruth was 42, Thelma was 44, and Mary was 46. From what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ruth-thelma-mary.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC’s Best Of 2017: The Automotive Journeys Of Three Sisters")
CC’s Best Of 2017: The Automotive Journeys Of Three Sisters
Posted on December 26, 2017 | 57 CommentsThis true story is about these three sisters. At the time this picture was taken in Spring 1967, Ruth was 42, Thelma was 44, and Mary was 46. From what […] -
![In everyone’s lives, there are a handful of moments in which the figurative lightbulb illuminates in one’s head. One of mine began illuminating in late 1979 or early 1980 when […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/roscoe-and-enos.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "An Introduction To Practicality, Automotive And Otherwise, Via A 1971 Ford Maverick")
An Introduction To Practicality, Automotive And Otherwise, Via A 1971 Ford Maverick
Posted on September 25, 2017 | 40 CommentsIn everyone’s lives, there are a handful of moments in which the figurative lightbulb illuminates in one’s head. One of mine began illuminating in late 1979 or early 1980 when […] -
CC Outtake: 1971 Plymouth Satellite – Poetry In The Parking Lot
Posted on July 10, 2017 | 42 CommentsOn a recent warm, sunny, summer day, There was a needed item for which I’d have to pay. -
![This is an ongoing CC serial. The last installment can be found here. Louis Broderick was seething mad. To make matters worse he was in no position to do anything […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_2070.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: The Absent Passenger")
Curbside Fiction: The Absent Passenger
Posted on October 12, 2016 | 17 CommentsThis is an ongoing CC serial. The last installment can be found here. Louis Broderick was seething mad. To make matters worse he was in no position to do anything […] -
![Recently I decided to take a few days off from work to get some various tasks done around the house. Going through a cabinet in the basement uncovered a photo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2-cadillacs-and-2-plymouths-Version-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Photo Album: Go West (And South And East), Young Man")
CC Photo Album: Go West (And South And East), Young Man
Posted on August 8, 2016 | 32 CommentsRecently I decided to take a few days off from work to get some various tasks done around the house. Going through a cabinet in the basement uncovered a photo […] -
![(first posted 10/31/2012) A while back, jpcavanaugh told us about a Ford product that didn’t get any respect. Here’s another one: The “fat” 1971-73 Mustang. And while the Boss 351 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/09-30-2012-034-e1351093575575.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Mustang Grande – Como Se Dice Brougham?")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Mustang Grande – Como Se Dice Brougham?
Posted on June 27, 2016 | 83 Comments(first posted 10/31/2012) A while back, jpcavanaugh told us about a Ford product that didn’t get any respect. Here’s another one: The “fat” 1971-73 Mustang. And while the Boss 351 […] -
![Last week’s COAL on my Datsun 510 ended ignominiously in the Catskills when I borrowed my boss’s car and drove from Vermont to New York to retrieve my belongings from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1-Saab-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1975 Saab 99 EMS And 1971 Saab 95 – Different Thinking From Sweden")
COAL: 1975 Saab 99 EMS And 1971 Saab 95 – Different Thinking From Sweden
Posted on February 13, 2016 | 62 CommentsLast week’s COAL on my Datsun 510 ended ignominiously in the Catskills when I borrowed my boss’s car and drove from Vermont to New York to retrieve my belongings from […] -
![It was 1979. I was still in Vermont and after almost a year with last week’s Dodge Dart I was ready for something that could better scratch my driving itch. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1-Datsun-510-e1454709329838.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1971 Datsun 510 – It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times")
COAL: 1971 Datsun 510 – It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times
Posted on February 6, 2016 | 33 CommentsIt was 1979. I was still in Vermont and after almost a year with last week’s Dodge Dart I was ready for something that could better scratch my driving itch. […]
