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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
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- JustPassinThru on Lincoln Week Outtake: Little Wheels
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- LeBaron on Lincoln Week Outtake: Mark VI Grenade?
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- GN on Car Show Classic: 1960 Continental Mark V – Taking The Fifth, The First Time
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Curbside Classic: 1979 Lincoln Continental Collector’s Series – What A Name; What A Car!
Posted on June 19, 2013 | 79 CommentsSince I have decreed this week Lincoln Continental Week, I would be remiss in not mentioning what is perhaps the most collectible four-door Lincoln of the Seventies: The ’79 Collector’s... -
Curbside Classic: 1994 Lincoln Town Car – Best U.S. Luxury Car Of The ’90s
Posted on June 18, 2013 | 66 CommentsBy the late ’80s, Lincoln and Chrysler were essentially selling caricatures of their ’70s offerings. Hey, I like the square-rigged Panther Town Cars, and the FWD EEK New Yorkers too... -
Curbside Classic: 1986 Lincoln Continental – The Rose Quartz-Colored Linchpin Of My Formative Years
Posted on June 17, 2013 | 82 CommentsWe all have cars in our lives that are fondly recalled. Sometimes it’s one of our parent’s cars, or an uncle’s, or maybe just the neighbor’s next door when you... -
Car Show Classic: 1969 Ford LTD – My Fathers Day Present
Posted on June 16, 2013 | 51 CommentsWhat is it about our fathers’ cars? Those of us who were car-crazed little boys (and girls) certainly lapped up every car experience we could get our little hands on. ... -
Curbside Classic Capsule: 1978 Chevy Corvette Silver Anniversary Edition
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 19 CommentsLast weekend I was helping a friend reshingle the roof on his garage. While we were on the roof I heard a tough-sounding V8 fire-up out at the road. It... -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata – Nothing Complicated; But Done Properly
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 25 CommentsA sports car, with nothing complicated, is enough for the huge majority of sports car drivers and owners – we want a car that is above all, enjoyable to drive.... -
Curbside Classic: Datsun 510 (Bluebird/1600) – How To Fly
Posted on June 14, 2013 | 45 CommentsThere were three key ingredients that that made the Datsun 510 fly: the BMW 1600, “Mr. K”, and a certain sharp rise taken flat-out on Bunker Hill Road. -
Curbside Classic: 1928 Ford Model A Speedster – Four Banger Lust Object
Posted on June 13, 2013 | 11 CommentsWhen we think of the quintessential American engine. the V8 undoubtedly comes to mind first. Understandable, given how Henry Ford’s 1932 flat head V8 and its successors came to symbolize... -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Toyota Celica Coupe – Betting on The Wrong Pony
Posted on June 12, 2013 | 62 CommentsToday’s Curbside Classic is a cautionary tale; a lesson in how difficult it is to predict the future, and how humbling it can be to bet on the wrong pony... -
Road Trip Classics: 1957 DeSotos – Still Riding in Chrysler’s Shadow
Posted on June 12, 2013 | 33 CommentsIt’s now time to return to the account of my recent road trip to visit my father in Central Georgia. When we last left the story, I was being Passed...









