Recent Curbside Classics
Curbside Classic: 1979 Lincoln Continental Collector's Series - What A Name; What A Car! 5 Comments- Curbside Classic: 1994 Lincoln Town Car - Best U.S. Luxury Car Of The '90s 60 Comments
Curbside Classic: 1986 Lincoln Continental - The Rose Quartz-Colored Linchpin Of My Formative Years 82 Comments
Car Show Classic: 1969 Ford LTD - My Fathers Day Present 51 Comments- Curbside Classic Capsule: 1978 Chevy Corvette Silver Anniversary Edition 19 Comments
Curbside Classic: 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata - Nothing Complicated; But Done Properly 25 Comments- Curbside Classic: Datsun 510 (Bluebird/1600) - How To Fly 45 Comments
Random Curbside Classics
- Curbside Classic: 1985 BMW 318i - Teutonic Respite At The Tail End Of The Great Brougham Epoch 66 Comments
- Curbside Classic: 1973 Australian Ford Fairlane ZXGLQ-FU Found In Eugene - That Thing Got A FEMI? 69 Comments
CC: 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne Three Door Sedan - The Chevy Cherry Gets Popped 30 Comments- Curbside Classic: 1974 Thunderbird - A Mark By Any Other Name... 76 Comments
- CC Capsule: 1977 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham - This Grandma Had Class 101 Comments
- Curbside Classic: 1985 BMW 635 CSi - Love Or Lust? 42 Comments
- Curbside Classic: The Elusive 1955 Plymouth Savoy 27 Comments
Random Automotive Histories
- CC Feature: Feeding Frenzy - A History Of The Dumb Masses On America's Roads 63 Comments
- Automotive Aerodynamics: Drag Area - Size Matters 68 Comments
- The GM B-Body: A Love Song In B Major 97 Comments
America’s Home Grown Kei Car - The Rise and Fall Of The Crosley Automobile 85 Comments- 1967 Cadillac Eldorado vs. Renault R-10: An Unfair Comparison Thanks To A GM Deadly Sin 160 Comments
- 1957-1958 Studebaker Scotsman: Discount Life Preserver 45 Comments
- The Recurring Dream: A Survey Of A Century Of "People's Cars" 73 Comments
Automotive Histories Archive
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Lincoln Week: An Illustrated History Of Lincoln Up To 1958
Posted on June 17, 2013 | 16 CommentsIt’s going to be a Lincoln Week at Curbside Classic, so let’s cover the brand with a brief history to set us up for 1958, when our featured cars begin,... -
Cars For the Proletariat: Soviet Car Building In The 1930s
Posted on June 4, 2013 | 11 CommentsThe best thing about the world wide web is the opportunity to share one’s interests with others and to help bring disparate bits of information from one field of interest... -
Big Cummins Diesels Come To The Indianapolis 500
Posted on May 24, 2013 | 15 CommentsOne of the more unique chapters in the colorful history of the Indy 500 was written by Clessie Cummins, the irrepressible founder and promoter of his pioneering diesel engine manufacturing... -
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 8, 1980-84)
Posted on May 24, 2013 | 43 CommentsAs we accelerate into “Turn One” of Race Weekend, we continue our look back at previous Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars. We have reached a point in Pace Car history where,... -
GM: How The Giant Lost Its Voice – An Insider’s Perspective
Posted on May 21, 2013 | 248 Comments[CraigInNC is a former GM employee, and has been sharing the benefits of his insider's knowledge and perspective since he arrived here at CC. In this post, which was originally... -
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 7, 1975-79)
Posted on May 17, 2013 | 30 CommentsWe Midwestern CC contributors are still recovering from our Iowa confab, but are back nonetheless, with the latest installment of our Indianapolis 500 Pace Car retrospective. The last half of... -
Saab: The Eulogy
Posted on May 15, 2013 | 20 Comments(Originally posted at TTAC after Saab’s demise) Brethren, we are once again gathered together to mourn the passing of another automobile company. Saab was of that rare breed of... -
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 6, 1970-74)
Posted on May 10, 2013 | 25 CommentsThe 1970s marked a beginning of a change in Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars. As the ’70s unfolded, the undertaking of supplying a Pace Car, along with all of the other... -
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 5 1965-1969)
Posted on May 3, 2013 | 26 CommentsIt is May in Indianapolis (again). Last year, we featured a retrospective look at some of the Official Pace Cars used at the annual Indianapolis 500 mile race. In 2012,... -
Why The 1959 Studebaker Lark Front End Looked So Much Like The 1960 Valiant Front End
Posted on April 23, 2013 | 22 CommentsIt’s an issue that has bugged me for way to many decades: why did the 1959 Lark and 1960 Valiant have such similar front ends? There’s the vee’d and inset...
