Recent Curbside Classics
Curbside Classic: 1979 Lincoln Continental Collector's Series - What A Name; What A Car! 79 Comments- Curbside Classic: 1994 Lincoln Town Car - Best U.S. Luxury Car Of The '90s 66 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: 1969 Mercury Cougar - Premium Ponycar 77 Comments
- Ex-Curbside Classic: 2003 Volkswagen Golf - What Makes You Think You're Something Special When You Smile? 42 Comments
- Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1984 Ford Bronco II--The Bucking-Bronco Horsey Car 37 Comments
- Curbside Classic: 1955 Plymouth Belvedere Suburban - Suddenly It's...1956 37 Comments
Curbside Classic: 1987 Cadillac Brougham - The Elder Statesman 58 Comments- Curbside Classic: Innocenti Turbo De Tomaso - An Exotic Baby Turchia 19 Comments
- Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Custom - The End Of The Stripper Tudor Era 32 Comments
Random Automotive Histories
- Six Luxury Cars: A Car And Driver Comparison Test From 1965 (With Some CC Pictures) 130 Comments
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part I 1946-49) 21 Comments- Diesel-Electric Submarines: World's Biggest Hybrids 51 Comments
Regional Car Culture Explained: The History Of The Swedish A-Traktor 14 Comments- How GM Nickled And Dimed Americans (And Itself) To Death: Part 1 - Undersized Tires 169 Comments
- Aficionados Are Made, Not Born: A David E. Davis Memorial 9 Comments
- The Recurring Dream: A Survey Of A Century Of "People's Cars" 73 Comments
Blog Archive
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CC Is Moving Tonight; Will Be Down For A While
Posted on June 19, 2013 | 3 CommentsEnough of this “shared server” business; reminds me too much of some of the shared digs of my youth. I’ve been bitching and moaning about the site being slow for... -
CC Clue
Posted on June 19, 2013 | 1 CommentI have some Clue winner catching up to do. Dave Skinner got the ’94 TC, T Walton ID’d the ’60 Mark V, and Sherlock Homey got the big blue Continental... -
Cohort Classic Capsule: 1942 Lincoln Continental – The Beginning Of The End
Posted on June 19, 2013 | 7 Comments1941-1942 started a major new styling direction in Detroit: out with the graceful and delicate streamline-era front ends; in with the Wurlitzer juke-box look out front. As much as... -
Lincoln Week Outtake: Mark VI Grenade?
Posted on June 19, 2013 | 8 CommentsI’ve passed this ’80-83 Mark VI a zillion times walking the dog. It does move from time to time and it’s kept clean, so it’s a genuine CC. Not my... -
Sell The Sizzle, Not The Steak
Posted on June 19, 2013 | 10 CommentsThe 1923 Jordan Playboy “Somewhere West of Laramie” print ad was credited with being the first automotive ad to sell the sizzle rather than the steak. It had evocative art... -
1955 Lincoln Futura Morphs Into The Original Batmobile
Posted on June 19, 2013 | 14 CommentsWe can’t do Lincoln Week without acknowledging the brand’s contribution to popular culture, in the form of the original Batmobile. -
Lincoln Week Outtake: Little Wheels
Posted on June 19, 2013 | 12 CommentsThere’s so many Lincoln posts going up this week, I’m feeling (pleasantly) redundant. But I don’t want to come off like a slacker, so here’s one little contribution. -
CC Capsule: 1985 Lincoln Continental – Mr. Droopy Drawers
Posted on June 18, 2013 | 31 CommentsFor all I know, the Fox-based Continental was a joy to drive. Tom Klockau certainly has fond memories of the one his grandparents owned, the story of which he told... -
Miniature Curbside Classic: 1964 Citroen Ami 6
Posted on June 18, 2013 | 12 CommentsLet me get this out of the way for those that don’t know already; I love oddball cars. I am instantly drawn towards the weird, wacky and wonderful automobiles that... -
Car Show Classic: 1960 Continental Mark V – Taking The Fifth, The First Time
Posted on June 18, 2013 | 42 CommentsLet’s continue today’s Continental theme, shall we? None of the Continentals were exactly small cars–even the late-gen Taurus-based version, but the biggest of them all were undoubtedly the 1958-60 Continental...
