![The “fuselage” Chrysler of 1969 is, if I may say so, a “love-it-or-hate-it” bodystyle, meaning that if you want a big collectible Chrysler from the 1960s, the sweet spot seems […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/68-300-1-e1792325429109-115x115.webp "1968 Chrysler 300 Convertible: The Last Stop Before The Fuselage Chrysler")
![The most obvious thing about the 1970 Pontiac Firebird is that it’s almost distractingly gorgeous. Pontiac styling chief Bill Porter, a man who could talk about styling as well as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/70-Firebird-1-e1792177773363-115x115.avif "1970 Pontiac Firebird Esprit: A Bright Red Two-Family Firebird From One Of Its Greatest Years")
![Almost every car fanatic, no matter how many cars they own, has a favorite genre of collector car. Maybe it’s the big prewar classics, or the pony cars of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/1963-Riviera-1965-Thunderbird-1962-GT-Hawk-1966-Toronado-Classic-Auto-Mall-montage-115x115.webp "Riviera, Thunderbird, Eldorado, Toronado, Or GT Hawk: Which 1960s Personal Luxury Coupe Is *Your* Favorite?")
![Is brand loyalty still a thing? If it’s not today, it certainly was in 1965, when a man walked into Poteet & Company, a Studebaker-Mercedes-Chrysler-Imperial dealer in Bristol, Tennessee, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/65-Chrysler-6-115x115.avif "1965 Chrysler 300 Four-Door Hardtop: The Perfect Ride For The Chrysler Man?")
![The Ford faithful had high hopes in 1996 when it was announced that the Mustang GT’s good old pushrod 5.0 was being replaced by a 4.6-liter single-overhead-cam “Modular” V8, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Cobra-1-e1791643581880-115x115.jpg "1996–97 Ford Mustang Cobra Coupe: The Four-Cam Cobra That *Almost* Caught Up To GM’s F-Bodies")
![As collector cars, I’m not the first nor will I be the last to say that Ramblers aren’t for everyone, especially the “so ugly they’re cute” 1958-60 Rambler Americans (heck, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/60-Rambler-3-e1791748447776-115x115.jpg "1960 Rambler American Super: A Cute And Fairly Inexpensive Way To Draw Attention")
![No Ford Falcon is rare; they were wildly popular when new and that popularity hung on for the entire first half of the 1960s. Some Falcons, however, are so bafflingly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/62-Falcon-1-115x115.avif "1962 Ford Falcon Futura: A Well-Documented, One-Option Falcon With A 144/Fordomatic")
![Demolition derby enthusiasts aside, you won’t find much pushback in saying that perhaps full-size General Motors cars took bigness a bit too far from 1971 to 1976, but a lot […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/72-Impala-1-115x115.webp "1972 Chevrolet Impala Convertible: The Best Neighbors Buy The Best-Looking Of The “Big” Chevy B-Bodies")
![Jeep made it easy for Buick guys to go four-wheeling for years to come, because for several years in the late 1960s and early 1970s, it installed Buick V6s and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/1970-Jeep-1-115x115.jpg "1970 Jeepster Commando Station Wagon With Its Original Toledo-Built Buick V-6 – And Its Original Paint")
![Twenty-five years ago, I was entering my mid-twenties and hell bent on finding a Pontiac Catalina two-door hardtop. Youth is filled with hope, but there were plenty of hitches in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PXL_20250628_142239183-scaled-e1791030751943-115x115.jpg "1964 Pontiac Catalina Ventura: When Choosing A Favorite Big Pontiac, Why Not A ’64?")
![Occasionally, I’ll find a 1955 Chevrolet that makes me stop and reappraise why it’s probably the best thing General Motors ever made. Too many are lowered, repowered, billeted, and otherwise […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/55-Chevy-1-115x115.jpg "1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible: A Three-Speed Stocker Reminds Us Why Everybody Loves ‘Em")
![Despite its reasonably strong collector popularity, some find the second-generation Plymouth Barracuda to be a little too close to its parent Valiant’s hard points to be a truly beautiful pony […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/68-Barracuda-1-e1791031648178-115x115.avif "1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S: A Factory Big-Block Barracuda With A Four-Speed? Yep.")
![In the 1950s and 1960s, full-size four-door hardtops were almost universally great-looking cars that sold very well, but for some reason, that magic never quite spread to General Motors intermediates. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/67-Skylark-6-115x115.avif "1967 Buick Skylark: An Uncommon Four-Door Hardtop With One-Family Ownership")
![(Updated 10/4/2026) According to Psychology Today, “cognitive dissonance is a term for the state of discomfort felt when two or more modes of thought contradict each other,” and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/111_0444a.jpg "1967 Plymouth Sport Fury: To Restore or Not to Restore? — A Case Of Automotive Cognitive Dissonance")
![(Updated 10/3/2026) The Gulf Oil logo ranks among the most recognizable in the petroleum industry, especially among gearheads. The Gulf colors of powder blue and orange adorned […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/111_0417.jpg "Manual Classic: 1970 Gulf Safety “Car-Chek” Guide – A Relic From When Service Stations Sold Tires Instead Of Twinkies")
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