American brands are categorized alphabetically by brand and in chronological order, by year of manufacture.
American Motors (incl. Nash, but not Jeep)
1950 Nash Statesman Airflyte: Did Somebody Say Bathtub?
1957 Nash Metropolitan: Toy Cars Are For Kids
1959 Rambler Custom Six: The Prophet
1961 American 220: The Hip Un-American
1961 Rambler Cross Country: The Ultimate Motel
1964 Rambler Classic 770 Coupe: A True Classic?
1964 Rambler Classic 770 Sedan: Miss LuAnn’s Ride
1965 Rambler American 440 Sedan: One Of The “Sensible Spectaculars”
1967 Rambler Marlin: The Humpback Whale – AMC’s Deadly Sin #1
1967 Rambler Rebel SST convertible: Rambler Tries Flexing Its Muscles Again, Belatedly
1971 Gremlin (1971 Small car Comparison #6)
1976 Hornet Hatchback: AMC’s High Water Mark
My (Ex) Curbside Classic: 1976 AMC Pacer
1973 Matador Sedan: The Stench Of Death
1980 Eagle Wagon and Sedan: “What The Hell Is This?”
1981 Eagle SX/4: The Trickster
1981 Concord DL Coupe: The Underdog Learns One More New Trick
Buick
1948 Series 40 Special Sedanet: Just A Few Inches Short Of A GM’s Greatest Hit
1955 Special: Comparison With 1955 Olds 88
1956 Century Riviera Four-Door Hardtop: The Facebook Friend Magnet Of Its Time
1963 Skylark Convertible: Knocking On Heaven’s Door
1963 Wildcat: I Think I Want To Fight
1964 Riviera: The Peak GM Experience
1965 Wildcat Convertible: Sabre Tooth Cat Or Dodo Bird?
1966 Special Deluxe Sedan: Not All That Special
1966 Riviera: The Ultimate Bill Mitchell-Mobile
1967 Electra 225 Convertible: The Jayne Mansfield Of Cars
1972 Riviera Boattail: Swan Song Or Big Ugly Duck?
1974 Estate Wagon: Hold The Fake Wood, Please
1977-1978 Riviera: A Short Life In Hard Times
1986 Riviera: GM’s Deadly Sin #1
1987 LeSabre Hearse: The Official CC Hearse
1989 Reatta: A Pudding With No Theme
1989 Riviera: What The 1986 Riviera Should Have Been
1990 Century Coupe: If We Make It Forever It Will Be Good
1991 Regal GS: The Open Source CC
1995 Regal GS Coupe: Is It Worthy?
1993-1998 Skylark: Bye-Bye Birdie (Capsule)
Buses (other than GM)
Cadillac
1950 Series 61 Hot Rod Coupe: The CC Logomobile
1959 Coupe de Ville: False Prophet Of A New Era?
1962 Series 62 Sedan: Don Draper’s Dream
1965-1966 Sedan de Ville: The King’s Last Stand
1967 Eldorado: On The Dark Side
1969 De Ville Convertible: Please Turn Out The Lights When You Leave
1972 Coupe de Ville: A Beginning As Well As The Beginning Of The End
1972 Eldorado Convertible: The End Of An Exceptional Era
1980-1985 Seville: From Halo To Devil’s Pitchfork – GM’s Deadly Sin #17
1980-1985 Seville: Context Is Everything
1987 Brougham: The Elder Statesman
1988 Coupe de Ville: How Not To Downsize A Luxury Car
1990 Brougham d’Elegance: Too Much Lipstick?
1991 Sedan de Ville: Almost Doesn’t Count
1997-2001 Catera: Caddy’s Dead Duck
Cord
1936-37 810/812: Rolling Sculpture
Chevrolet
1954 210: See The USA, In Your Chevrolet
1955 Nomad: Stealing The Thunder From The High Priced Cars
1957 210 Handyman Wagon: My Backyard Classic – Now What?
1958 Biscayne Three-Door Sedan: The Chevy Cherry Gets Popped
1959 Impala Hardtop Sedan: Holy Batwing Die-Cast Dreams
1961 Corvair 95 Rampside: It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
1962 Corvair Monza Wagon (Lakeside): Why Did We Go Ahead And Build This?
1962 Corvette: The Marilyn Monroe of Cars (NSFW in USA)
1963 Corvair Greenbriar: GM’s Greatest Hit #6 – We Don’t Want A Better VW Bus
1964 Chevelle Malibu SS: The Belle Late For The Ball
1964 Bel Air Wagon: Love Transcends All
1966 Caprice Coupe – Chevy Joins The Great Brougham Epoch
1967 Chevelle Malibu: The American Big Opel
1968 Camaro: The Morning After
1968 Impala (with Olds 455 engine): Hybrid Of A Different Sort
1969 Chevelle Nomad: More Name Debasement And Confusion
1970 Camaro: GM’s Greatest Hits No.1 – Even Pininfarina Praised It
1971 Vega Kammback: Winner Of 1971 Small Car Comparison And GM’s Deadly Sin #2
1972 Caprice Coupe: Cadillac Carbon Copy?
1974 Vega Kammback: Deadly Sexy
1977 Nova Sedan: Incognito Camaro
1980 Chevette Scooter: A New Category Of Vehicle
1982 Camaro RS: Rally Wheels Absolve Many Sins
1982 El Camino: Every Day Is Satyr-day
1982-1988 Celebrity: When Life Hands You Lemons…
1983 Cavalier: 20/20 Hindsight 30 Years Down The Road
1985 Nova (NUMMI): Lessons Not Learned
1994 Caprice Classic LS: Last Of The Best
1941 COE: Streamlining Arrives Down On The Farm
1949 Loadmaster Tow Truck: My Bias Is Showing, And Feel Free To Say So
1951 3100 Pickup: America’s (And My) Favorite Pickup
1959 Apache 32 Pickup (with 1953 Budger travel trailer)
1970 Suburban: The Third Door On The Right
1970 C30 Longhorn Custom Camper: Very Aptly Named Indeed
1979 LUV 4×4 (Isuzu Faster): Tough Love
1980 C30 Dana V-Drive 4×4 Van: A Rarity Indeed
1993 Astro Van: How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan?
Chrysler/Imperial
1956 Chrysler Windsor Town & Country: You’ve Come A Long Way
1960 Saratoga Sedan: Forward Fini
1962 Chrysler 300 Sport: Funny Face
1965 Newport Coupe: Two Grizzled Old Toughs
1968 300 Coupe: Elwood’s Designs Were Jake
1968 Imperial Convertible: Fall back, Men, Fall Back!
1973 Imperial LeBaron: My Curbside Classic
Fender Blades On A Fuselage: Styling Analysis Of The 1973 Imperial By Chrysler
1975 Imperial LeBaron Coupe: The Last One Worthy Of Its Name
1978 Cordoba: The Fine Little Chrysler
1979 New Yorker: Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #3 – The Rolling Coffin
1980 LeBaron: A Car (and a Company) In Transition
1981 Imperial by Chrysler: It’s Your Time – Or Not
1984 Executive Limousine: The Ultimate Eighties Folly-Mobile
1986 Chrysler LeBaron: Have A Cup Of CAFE
1986 Chrysler Le Baron Town & Country Wagon (Capsule)
1989 Chrysler’s TC By Maserati: The Deadly Sin Of Pretentious Overreaching
1990 Town & Country: What Happened To My Wagon?
1991 New Yorker: Paging Bill Blass
1994 Chrysler LHS: The (Belated) Graduation Gift
DeLorean
Detroit
1917 Electric Brougham: Charged Up For Another Century
DeSoto
1958 Fireflite: The Forward Look Falls Flat On Its Face
Diamond T Trucks
1953 Model 323: A Rare Diamond In The Rough
Dodge
1949 Dodge Special DeLuxe: What The Plodge? (Canadian Version)
1965 Coronet 500 Hardtop Coupe: Family Carma
1965 Dart GT: The Elemental MoPar
1967 A-100 Van: What Are You Doing Here, Eugene
1968 Dart 270 Sedan: Which Old Folks Remember As A POS
1970 Challenger: The Life Of The Party
1970 Challenger: Vanishing Paint
1972 Charger: The End Of An Era
1973 Coronet: Bi-Directional, Twin-440 Powered Experimental Police Pursuit
1976 Royal Monaco: Gone, And Forgotten
1987 Diplomat SE: Absolution Granted
1989 Caravan Turbo: Desperate Measure
1994 Shadow: Something For Everyone, Everything For No One
Dodge Truck
WM300 Power Wagon: Immortality Attained
1954 V8 Job-Rated Truck: That Thing Got A Hemi?
1967 D-200 Camper Special: We’re Number Three So We Try Harder, Dude!
1974 Club Cab Pickup: Another Dodge First, Not That It Helped All That Much
1989 Ramcharger LE: Mopar Joins The 4×4 Craze
Eagle
Edsel
Ford
1926 Model T Coupe: T Stands For Tall
1929 Model A: The Best Ford Ever
1950 Hot Rod Ford: A True Love Story
1953 Ford Customline: You’ll Never Guess What’s Under Its Hood
1956 Fairlane: Beautiful, But Still The Bridesmaid
1958 Fairlane 500: Movin’ On Up
1960 Starliner: Haste Makes Waste
1960 Thunderbird: The Squarebird That Flew Away (to Sweden) (Outtake)
1961 Falcon: How To Build A Winning Compact
1960-1965 Falcon: #1 In Classic Cars Among Hipsters
1962 Fairlane: Sometimes It Is About The Destination (also Auto-Biography)
1963 Falcon Club Wagon: A “Compact” Minivan
1964 Falcon Standard Sedan: Plain And Simple
1965 Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe: The Failane
1965 LTD: Revolutionary? It Singlehandedly Launched The Great Brougham Epoch
1965 Custom Two Door Sedan: The End Of The Stripper Tudor Era
1966 Galaxie 500 7 Litre: Maybe It Should Have Had 7 Gallons
1966 Galaxie 500: All-Points Bulletin (Fiction)
1967 Mustang Convertible: Forty-Four Years Of Wedded Bliss
1968 Thunderbird: Who Am I? Why Am I Here?
1969 Mustang Mach 1: Sliding Down The Slippery Fastback Slope
1970-1978 Maverick: The Simple(ton) Machine
1970 1/2 Falcon: Mission Implausible
1970 Thunderbird Sportsback: What Bunkie Took With Him On The Way Out The Door
1971 Pinto: 1971Small Car Comparison #4
1974 Thunderbird: A Mark By Any Other Name…
1975 Country Squire: The Car That Made Di-Noc Millions
1976 Mustang II Cobra: Ford’s Deadly Sin No. 2
1976 Elite: A Highfalutin’ Hash
1978 Fairmont: That Very Rare Honest American Car
1978 LTD: The Last Of The Whoppers
1980 Pinto Wagon: The Pinto’s Long Colorful End
1981-1990 Escort: You Never Get A Second Chance To Make A Good Impression
1987 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe (Capsule)
1994 Mustang GT: The Car That Almost Wasn’t
1995 Aerostar: How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan?
1995 Club Wagon Chateau: Welcome To The Club
1998 Crown Victoria LX: Beginning Of The End
1999 Escort ZX2: Pride Comes From Within
Ford Trucks
1952 F-1: The Owner’s First Vehicle
The Almost Immortal 1957-90 C-Series
1957 Ranchero: The First respectable Truck
1961 F-350: The Y-Chromosone Butch Brother
1962 F-100 Styleside: That Most Feminine Truck
1964 F600 Dump Truck: Still Hard At Work
1969 Ranchero: The Anti-Paternity Mobile
1969 Bronco: The Mustang’s Bucking Side-Kick
1992 Ranger Extended Cab: It Was Meant To Be (My CC)
1995 Club Wagon Chateau : Welcome To The Club
GEO
Metro Convertible: Did I Take The Autopia Offramp?
GMC & GM Coach
1949 TDH-5105 Old Look Transit Bus: GM’s Greatest Hit #9, Despite Being The Agent Of A GM Deadly Sin
Graham
1940 Supercharged Sedan: Graham Jumps The Shark
GM’s Deadly Sins: (also found under the corresponding division brand)
On The Purpose And Nature Of GM’s Deadly Sins
#7 1976 Chevrolet Malibu Classic
#8 1984 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham
#11 1975-1979 Cadillac Seville
#12 1990 Pontiac LeMans (Daewoo)
#17 1980-1985 Cadillac Seville
Hudson
1952 Hornet: A Victorious Dead End
1956 Hornet: Waiting For Death In A Borrowed Four-Tone Suit
International
1947 Bus “Further”: Ken Kesey’s Merry Prankster-Mobile
1966 R 190 AWD Truck: My Current Lust Object
1968 Loadstar Bookmobile and Truck – Is There A Book On IH History On Board?
Jeep
1945 Willys Jeep MB: The Icon Of Freedom
1947 Willys CJ-2A Jeep: The Universal
1951 Willys Truck: The Antidote To Modern Life
1967 and 1972 Jeepster Commando: Jeep Gets Stuck
1986-1992 Jeep Comanche: It Coulda Been A Contender
Kaiser
1946 Articulated Bus (History Capsule)
Kit Cars/Vintage Fiberglass
1967 Kellison Astra X-300 GT: Dreams Are Made Of Fiberglass
197? Bradley GT: Lamborghini Dreamin’
1976 Tri-Magnum Prototype: Now We Know What You Are
Lincoln/Continental
1968 Continental Coupe: At Last
1978 Continental Mark IV: Gas Fed Beef
1978 Continental Mark V: Old School’s Last Graduate
1978 Town Coupe: CAFE Is Coming
1984-92 Continental Mark VII: The Forgotten Car
1988 Town Car Signature Series: My Curbside Classic – A Tactful Rebuttal
1990-92 Mark VII LSC SE: Not Your Uncle Max’s Mark
Mack
1970 CF-608 Pumper Firetruck: Manning Up
Mercury
1942 “Woody” Station Wagon: An American Icon
1959 Monterey: A Little More Chrome, Please?
1960 Comet: Orphan Looking For A Home
1961 Meteor 800: The Beginning Of The End
1963 Meteor: Falling To Earth With A Resounding Thud
1963 Monterey Breezeway: The Cure For The Heatwave
1964 Comet 202: To The Moon And Back
1966 Monterey: And The Indian Summer Of The Full-Sized Convertible
1966 Mercury Commuter Wagon (and Ford Country Sedan)
1969 Montego: Another Mercury Moment
1971-1978 Capri: Ponycar Reborn
1971-1973 Cougar: The Brougham Pony Car (and Moms First Ride
1973 Monterey Custom: A Great Name’s Last Ride
1978 Bobcat: The Incredible 12 Second Quarter Mile 75 MPG Steam-Injected Bobcat
1986 Sable Wagon: Station Wagon Envy #1
1988 Colony Park: Colonizing Mercury
1989 Grand Marquis LS: Panthers Run In The Family
(Canadian) Mercury Trucks: We Do Things A Bit Differently Up Here
Military Vehicles
Nevco
Oldsmobile
1937 Oldsmobile Six: A Christmas Story
1955 Eighty-Eight Holiday Coupe: Comparison With 1955 Buick Special
1963 Starfire: The Pageant Loser, But Good Enough For Denise Huxtable
1964 & 1965 Ninety Eight: In The Key Of C
1966 Toronado: GM’s Deadly Sin #16 – Let’s Try A Different Position
1969 Vista Cruiser: GM’s Greatest Hit No. 8
1972 98 Hardtop Coupe: Not Just Another Pretty (Huge) Car
1973 Delta 88: GM’s Deadly Sin #15
1984 Ninety Eight: Your Father’s Last Oldsmobile
1987 Delta 88 Royale Brougham: H Is For Harmony
1991 Ninety Eight: 1961 Revisited
1992 Ninety Eight Touring Sedan: A Regency With An Attitude
2002 Aurora: Into That Quiet Good Night
The Curbside Classic Complete Cutlass Chronicles (CCCCC)
The CCCCC Central: All Chapters Accessible From Here
(1961-1963): Ambitions Unfulfilled (Part 1)
1964 F-85 Coupe: From Modest Beginnings (Part 2)
(1966-1967) A Love Supreme (Part 3)
1970 Cutlass S Coupe: The End Of An Era (Part 4)
1970 Cutlass Supreme Coupe: A New Supreme Era Begins (Part5)
1976 Cutlass Colonnade Coupe: Expletive Deleted (Part 6)
1975 Cutlass Supreme Colonnade Sedan: The Huge Surprise (Part 7)
1977 Cutlass Supreme and Brougham Coupes: Coupe Supremacy (Part 8 )
1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon: We Don’t Want No Stinkin’ Fastbacks (Part 9)
1978 Cutlass Supreme Brougham Coupe: Supremely Popular, with Certain Exceptions (Part 10)
1980-1987 Cutlass Supreme Four-Door Sedans: The Oldsmobile Seville (Part 11)
1983 Cutlass Supreme Brougham Coupe: A Classic Death (Part 12)
1992 Cutlass Supreme: How The Mighty Have Fallen (Part 13)
Packard
1937 Six: Prestige On The Installment Plan
1946 Clipper Super: Farewell My Beastly Black Beauty
1956 Patrician Sedan: Please Proceed To The Lifeboats
Plymouth
1936 Plymouth: I Can Take It For A Spin?
1950 All-Steel Wagon: The First Modern Wagon (Photos by CC Cohort Davo)
1951 Cranbrook: Automotive Immortality
1955 Belvedere Suburban: Suddenly It’s…1956
1959 Plymouth Fury: Love Transcends Reason
1960 Fury: What Planet Are YOU From?
1961 – 1962 Valiant: No One’s Kid Brother
1962 Fury: If You Think This Is Bad
1963 Valiant: When The Curious Looking Get Self Conscious, Conform
1965 Barracuda: Better Than A Mustang In Horse Country
1969 Fury: Somewhere West Of Ogallala
1972 Duster 340: The Speed Freak
1973 Satellite Sebring Plus: Haven’t I Heard That Name Before?
1974 Satellite Custom: Almost Our Thanksgiving Turkey
1975 Gran Fury: Bad Timing (Capsule)
1978 Fury (ex Cop car): I’d Recognize That Shape A Half-Mile Away
1994 Sundance: Something For Everyone, Everything For No One
Pontiac
1957 Chieftan Safari Nine-Passenger Wagon: Are We There Yet?
1960 Ventura Hardtop Coupe: Have The Wheels Come Off The American Dream?
1960 Bonneville and Catalina (Capsule)
1962 Star Chief: Does This Color Make My Butt Look Big?
1965 LeMans Coupe: The 3 Series Of Its Day
1967 Tempest Custom Coupe: A GTO By Any Other Name
1968 Firebird 400: Teliving Childhood Memories, Twice Daily
1968 Catalina Convertible: Let’s Go Wide-Tracking
1969 Grand Prix: The Most Beutiful Pontiac Ever
1969 Tempest Custom S Coupe: The Ex-secretary’s Wanna-be GTO
1971 Ventura II: Badge Engineering Begins In Earnest – GM’s Deadly Sin #3
1977 Bonneville Brougham: This Grandma Had Class
1978 Grand Prix: GM’s Deadly Sin #14
1978 Bonneville: No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The Seventies
1986 Parisienne: Yours For $400
1988 Transvertible: Long Lost GM Prototype Discovered
REO
1949 REO Speedwagon One-ton Pickup
Riker
1897 Riker Electric: Back To The Future
Saturn:
1992 SL: GM’s Deadly Sin #4 – The Eulogy
Studebaker
1949 Landcruiser: Top Of The World
1951 Starlight Coupe: Design Ananlysis
1953 – 1954 Starliner Coupe: Star Light, Star Bright
1955 President Speedster: Look What They’ve Done To The Starliner
1956 Studebaker President: Sadly Squared Up
1957 Studebaker Scotsman: Discount Life Preserver
1960 Champ Pickup: Needs Some Fresh Horsepower
1962 Gran Turismo Hawk: A Beautiful Death
1962 Gran Turismo Hawk: Irrational Exuberance (Second Take by jpcavanaugh)
1963 Lark Wagonaire: A Real Vista For The Cruiser
Willys
1953 Aero-Lark: The Failed Sneak Preview Of The Falcon, Lark and Other 1960 Compacts
RVs
1968 Winnebago F17: The Biggest Revolution In Wheeled Vehicles Since The Model T
Homebuilt RV with Toronado drive train
Dodge Travco Motorhome: The Grandaddy Of The Motorhome Name And Genre
A More Modest Homebuilt RV (Outtake)
Tractors And Other Off-Road Only Vehicles
1978 International Cub: America’s Mechanical Mule
Instant Replays/Concours/Junkyards/Parking Lots/Sales Lots
The CC GraveYard Tour: Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five
CC Concours: Ten Terrific Station Wagons Around Town
Paul’s Official CC Sales Lot – Today’s Special: 1974 Vega for $1495 (It Runs!)
CC Instant Replay: The Snow Holiday Walk and Talk
CC Instant Replay: My Cornucopia Lunch-Time Walk and Talk
Dockside Classics:
1968 Chris Craft 38′ Commander: Dream Boat
Trackside Classics:
PRR GG1 (and DB E18/19) The Greatest Electric Locomotives Ever
Miscellaneous
Jalopy: Window To Its Owner’s Soul?
1964 Montgomery Ward 3 HP Mower: Why I’ll Never Buy A New Mower
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