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![(first posted 9/19/2013) While walking back to my car after attending the recent Hooters show (home of the surrey-topped Cushman and other CCs you’ll see here a bit down the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/40000.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1982 Dodge 400 Convertible – Pepperoni Wheels Make Everything Better")
CC Capsule: 1982 Dodge 400 Convertible – Pepperoni Wheels Make Everything Better
Posted on May 18, 2022 | 63 Comments(first posted 9/19/2013) While walking back to my car after attending the recent Hooters show (home of the surrey-topped Cushman and other CCs you’ll see here a bit down the […] -
![(First posted 5/28/2012) Jason Shafer recently had a post on a 1975-76 Plymouth Valiant, the sturdy, stalwart compact Ma Mopar wisely produced for most of the ’70s, then sadly replaced […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ytfbnn.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Plymouth Valiant Brougham – Least Likely Brougham")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Plymouth Valiant Brougham – Least Likely Brougham
Posted on May 13, 2022 | 103 Comments(First posted 5/28/2012) Jason Shafer recently had a post on a 1975-76 Plymouth Valiant, the sturdy, stalwart compact Ma Mopar wisely produced for most of the ’70s, then sadly replaced […] -
![(first posted 12/10/2012) I don’t know how it was where you were, but in northeastern Oklahoma in the 1980s, Dodge pickups were never much of a factor until the the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/jdjbs.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Club Cab – Another Dodge First, Not That It Helped All That Much")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Club Cab – Another Dodge First, Not That It Helped All That Much
Posted on April 30, 2022 | 65 Comments(first posted 12/10/2012) I don’t know how it was where you were, but in northeastern Oklahoma in the 1980s, Dodge pickups were never much of a factor until the the […] -
![(first posted 4/15/2016) While you most likely see despair and sorrow weeping from every blemish and rust hole on this seemingly decrepit looking Charger, I don’t. For me, the optimism […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/xxxcx.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Charger SE – Context Is Everything")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Charger SE – Context Is Everything
Posted on April 15, 2022 | 117 Comments(first posted 4/15/2016) While you most likely see despair and sorrow weeping from every blemish and rust hole on this seemingly decrepit looking Charger, I don’t. For me, the optimism […] -
![(first posted 10/18/2013) Before we discuss this “Little Dodge Coupe,” a little history- In the late seventies and early eighties, Chrysler stuck gold in the Personal Luxury Coupe segment with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/opening-view.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1982 Dodge 400 – Dodge Does Not Do Personal Luxury")
Curbside Classic: 1982 Dodge 400 – Dodge Does Not Do Personal Luxury
Posted on April 2, 2022 | 84 Comments(first posted 10/18/2013) Before we discuss this “Little Dodge Coupe,” a little history- In the late seventies and early eighties, Chrysler stuck gold in the Personal Luxury Coupe segment with […] -
![(first posted 2/17/2016) It is with sadness that we here at CC note the death of John Riccardo, the former Chairman of Chrysler Corporation, who died this past Saturday, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/hhgghgb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: John Riccardo – Old Chrysler’s Last Act")
Automotive History: John Riccardo – Old Chrysler’s Last Act
Posted on February 17, 2022 | 71 Comments(first posted 2/17/2016) It is with sadness that we here at CC note the death of John Riccardo, the former Chairman of Chrysler Corporation, who died this past Saturday, […] -
![Recently, my wife and I accompanied our daughter, Eileen, to the Western National Roundup in Denver, an event hosted by Colorado State University. The event was the national finals for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_0346.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Urban Neighborhood Walk & Talk: Denver, Colorado")
Urban Neighborhood Walk & Talk: Denver, Colorado
Posted on January 21, 2022 | 29 CommentsRecently, my wife and I accompanied our daughter, Eileen, to the Western National Roundup in Denver, an event hosted by Colorado State University. The event was the national finals for […] -
![(first posted 3/15/2013) I’m a bit prone to spending occasional nights on Craigslist, hoping to hit on the perfect feasible-classic-to-modest-budget ratio. Today, I’m telling the story of how I will […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ddcgf.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Dodge Custom 880 Sedan – The One That Got Away")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Dodge Custom 880 Sedan – The One That Got Away
Posted on November 29, 2021 | 121 Comments(first posted 3/15/2013) I’m a bit prone to spending occasional nights on Craigslist, hoping to hit on the perfect feasible-classic-to-modest-budget ratio. Today, I’m telling the story of how I will […] -
![(first posted 3/20/2013) It was a warm day in the spring of 1974, and Clyde and Lorriane were sitting at their kitchen table that Sunday morning discussing their need for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/pdg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Dart Custom – “A Body” In Motion Tends To Stay In Motion")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Dart Custom – “A Body” In Motion Tends To Stay In Motion
Posted on November 12, 2021 | 73 Comments(first posted 3/20/2013) It was a warm day in the spring of 1974, and Clyde and Lorriane were sitting at their kitchen table that Sunday morning discussing their need for […] -
![According to family lore, my car obsession started pretty early – as it must have for many of you. I had learned to read by age three and liked to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_20210524_105043-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge Coronet 500 Coupe – Lean Mean Green Pleasure Machine")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge Coronet 500 Coupe – Lean Mean Green Pleasure Machine
Posted on August 30, 2021 | 24 CommentsAccording to family lore, my car obsession started pretty early – as it must have for many of you. I had learned to read by age three and liked to […] -
![(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 7/27/2015) Throughout the 1970s, financial thunder clouds were constantly dumping over the Chrysler Corporation. From the poorly timed introduction and sales disappointment of their new 1974 full-sized line […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/dodge-st-regis.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 to 1981 Dodge St. Regis – The Perfect Storm")
Curbside Classic: 1979 to 1981 Dodge St. Regis – The Perfect Storm
Posted on July 27, 2021 | 113 Comments(first posted 7/27/2015) Throughout the 1970s, financial thunder clouds were constantly dumping over the Chrysler Corporation. From the poorly timed introduction and sales disappointment of their new 1974 full-sized line […] -
![(first posted 7/27/2012) The 1959 Dodge: Polarizing, to say the least. Perhaps its styling was over the top, piling even more chrome atop Mopar’s already-chromy original 1957 Forward Look […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Dodge-1959-coronet.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Dodge Coronet Sedan: Chrome, Fins, And More Chrome")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Dodge Coronet Sedan: Chrome, Fins, And More Chrome
Posted on July 5, 2021 | 115 Comments(first posted 7/27/2012) The 1959 Dodge: Polarizing, to say the least. Perhaps its styling was over the top, piling even more chrome atop Mopar’s already-chromy original 1957 Forward Look […] -
![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) Yesterday in Part 1 of this two part series, we covered the cars of my father from 1946 to 1981. Today we shall cover 1983 to the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1983-Mercury-Full-Line-041.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 2")
Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 2
Posted on June 20, 2021 | 39 Comments(first posted 6/20/2015) Yesterday in Part 1 of this two part series, we covered the cars of my father from 1946 to 1981. Today we shall cover 1983 to the […]
