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Curbside Classics Archives
Mercury Archive
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![Summer is flying by and this is the first time I’ve been to the monthly car show that is all of two miles away. Part of it has been due […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_5160.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Report: The June 2015 Jefferson City Car Show – Studebakers, E-Bodies, and A Few Other Surprises")
Car Show Report: The June 2015 Jefferson City Car Show – Studebakers, E-Bodies, and A Few Other Surprises
Posted on July 2, 2015 | 44 CommentsSummer is flying by and this is the first time I’ve been to the monthly car show that is all of two miles away. Part of it has been due […] -
![Could there possibly be a more appropriately-named car for a mattress to lie in front of, as if implying an invitation for well… you know? Oh, the very many innuendos […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_95331.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Mercury Cougar LS Bostonian Edition – What’s That You Say, Mrs. Robinson?")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Mercury Cougar LS Bostonian Edition – What’s That You Say, Mrs. Robinson?
Posted on June 24, 2015 | 73 CommentsCould there possibly be a more appropriately-named car for a mattress to lie in front of, as if implying an invitation for well… you know? Oh, the very many innuendos […] -
![Step right up, ladies and gentlemen. This is a battle of giants, a showdown for the ages, a rumble to remember. You don’t often see such a sparring of two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_2180.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Smackdown: Battle of the 1969 Blues")
CC Smackdown: Battle of the 1969 Blues
Posted on June 8, 2015 | 54 CommentsStep right up, ladies and gentlemen. This is a battle of giants, a showdown for the ages, a rumble to remember. You don’t often see such a sparring of two […] -
![(first posted 5/20/2011) One of the cool things about living down here in the greater Daytona Beach, Florida area is the fact that we have a bunch of car related […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1-101.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Mercury Monterey: A Little More Chrome Please?")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Mercury Monterey: A Little More Chrome Please?
Posted on June 1, 2015 | 42 Comments(first posted 5/20/2011) One of the cool things about living down here in the greater Daytona Beach, Florida area is the fact that we have a bunch of car related […] -
![Sitting on the lawn mower is always a wonderful time to have some uninterrupted thoughts. Knowing Wagon Week was coming up, I was pondering which wagon from the year of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1972-AMC-Full-Line-12-13.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History and QOTD: The American Wagons of 1972 – Which Would You Choose?")
Automotive History and QOTD: The American Wagons of 1972 – Which Would You Choose?
Posted on April 23, 2015 | 135 CommentsSitting on the lawn mower is always a wonderful time to have some uninterrupted thoughts. Knowing Wagon Week was coming up, I was pondering which wagon from the year of […] -
![Mr. Gump’s mother is credited with the assertion that life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get. With no disrespect to Mama Gump, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/26022011288.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Ford Tempo – Holiday Remembrances")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Ford Tempo – Holiday Remembrances
Posted on April 12, 2015 | 32 CommentsMr. Gump’s mother is credited with the assertion that life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get. With no disrespect to Mama Gump, […] -
![Situated in the middle of a corn field near the tiny Northeast Missouri town of Bethel is a community called Heartland. Amongst the restaurants, housing developments, and dairy is the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_3845.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: The Heartland Ford Museum")
Museum Classics: The Heartland Ford Museum
Posted on April 2, 2015 | 39 CommentsSituated in the middle of a corn field near the tiny Northeast Missouri town of Bethel is a community called Heartland. Amongst the restaurants, housing developments, and dairy is the […] -
![Sometimes, an automaker will launch a model and quickly realize it’s not worth any more investment. Maybe it was a stopgap solution to plug a hole in a model lineup […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1977-mercury-cougar-villager.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "(The Not Often Seen) Curbside Classics 2")
(The Not Often Seen) Curbside Classics 2
Posted on February 23, 2015 | 70 CommentsSometimes, an automaker will launch a model and quickly realize it’s not worth any more investment. Maybe it was a stopgap solution to plug a hole in a model lineup […] -
![One needs to make the best of a crummy situation. About to go crazy from fighting a fever the last few days, I have regenerated enough vitality to take a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/IMG_0307.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Walk and Talk: Rooting Around in the Photo Archives")
Walk and Talk: Rooting Around in the Photo Archives
Posted on December 17, 2014 | 66 CommentsOne needs to make the best of a crummy situation. About to go crazy from fighting a fever the last few days, I have regenerated enough vitality to take a […] -
CC Wordless Outtake: The Sheriff Of Broughamville
Posted on December 16, 2014 | 47 Comments -
![This rather interesting car was seen at the Hot Rod Power Tour when they stopped in the Quad Cities last summer, on their way up to Wisconsin. Yes, yes, this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/6-12-2014-178.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: A 2003-04 Mercury Marauder – With A Carriage Roof?")
CC Outtake: A 2003-04 Mercury Marauder – With A Carriage Roof?
Posted on November 27, 2014 | 52 CommentsThis rather interesting car was seen at the Hot Rod Power Tour when they stopped in the Quad Cities last summer, on their way up to Wisconsin. Yes, yes, this […] -
CC Outtake: 1963 Mercury Monterey – Red is the Color of Love’s Unheeded Call
Posted on November 19, 2014 | 75 CommentsThis is precisely the kind of unloved old car that calls to me, and precisely the kind of unloved old car I know I have to stay away from. -
Wordless Outtake: CC Busted!
Posted on November 14, 2014 | 44 Comments -
![When the MN-12 Cougars and Thunderbirds were unveiled in 1988, they were considered a breath of fresh European air that was going to inject new life into the declining personal […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cougar Day Classic: 1994-95 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Special Edition – The Downfall Of The American Dream, American Exceptionalism, And The Personal Luxury Car")
Cougar Day Classic: 1994-95 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Special Edition – The Downfall Of The American Dream, American Exceptionalism, And The Personal Luxury Car
Posted on November 5, 2014 | 56 CommentsWhen the MN-12 Cougars and Thunderbirds were unveiled in 1988, they were considered a breath of fresh European air that was going to inject new life into the declining personal […] -
CC Outtake: 1980 Mercury Cougar – When You Cross a Cat With a Fox
Posted on November 5, 2014 | 22 CommentsOn my way to Auburn, and what do I see?
