![If someone with no prior knowledge of General Motors were dropped into their Warren Tech Center somewhere between 1960 and 1964, in the manner of Hertz dropping a guy into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-v6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Advertising Classics: The GMC 60 Degree V6 – An Almost Forgotten Entry From GM’s Most Creative Period")
![(first posted 1/5/2015) This ongoing series (should I decide to continue it) will focus on my “Great 28,” a list of my favorite cars. To be on the list, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-linc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Great 28, Car #1: 1940/41 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet – The Most Beautiful Car in the World")
![If you’ve ever driven a carbureted car from the 1950s through the 1970s, chances are pretty good that it had a Carter AFB under the hood. Introduced in 1957 and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/049.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carburetor Classic: The Carter AFB – A Closer Look Into A 64-Year Veteran")
![This handsome rig resides at the R.E. Olds Museum in Lansing, Michigan, which is a wonderful small museum to visit if you’re interested in Oldsmobile or REO history. In 1967, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/109_0289.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museum Outtake: 1974 Diamond REO Raider – Diamonds Aren’t Forever")
![As a reader or listener, when I see that an author or musician labels a work “Part 1,” I expect a Part 2. James Brown was famous, among other things, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/016.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Drag Strip Classics: Dog Dish Afternoon, Part II – A Smattering Of Fair Fare For The Frugal")
![(first posted 12/8/2014) For years, the simple dog dish hubcap signified the domain of the cheapskate, the hack, the socially awkward, and the old maid. It was a placeholder for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/a-dog.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Drag Strip Classics: Dog Dish Afternoon, Part I–1969 Chevy Nova 396 and 1969 Plymouth GTX")
![A hangover from the Saturnalian revelry of the 1959 models, the facelifted 1960 full-size General Motors line seems to inhabit a peculiar place. More subdued than their immediate counterparts, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/111_0542.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1960 Pontiac Bonneville Vista Hardtop – A Few Extra Inches Of Prestige")
![One of my favorite colors is lime green. My parents allowed me to choose the paint color in my bedroom when I was four – I chose lime green. Lime […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-Mustang-Capture-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Multiple Curbside Classics: 2020 Ford Mustang Ecoboost and Dad’s 1971 Mach 1 – Family Traditions And Being At Odds With My Riviera Money")
![When Willie Nelson released “Ten with a Two” in 1990, he wasn’t singing about shopping for a Camaro, but the concept of coming home with something that belies a drunken […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/111_0629.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dealer Classic: 1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z – “Ten With A Two”")
![During the summer of 1992, I was 15 years old. One would think that my fondest memories would involve first or second loves and long days hanging out with my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Smith-System-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Driver’s Ed Video: Harold Smith And The Smith System Of No-Accident Driving – Saving Us From Ourselves")
![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 one need not have a degree […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/111_0444a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Trackside Classic: 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury – Cognitive Dissonance")
![There’s no point in belaboring the fact that it’s been an odd year for just about everybody. Just recently, I mentioned how a dearth of car events this summer has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/111_0585a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Rolling COAL: A Firebird, A T-Bird, And A Corvair Go On A Drive – Day Trips And A Short Discussion Of Ownership Philosophy")
![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 the flanks of such heady […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/111_0417.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Manual Classic: 1970 Gulf Safety “Car-Chek” Guide – A Relic From When Service Stations Sold Tires Instead Of Twinkies")
![Last week while I was out for a ride in my ’74 Firebird, I noticed a clunk beneath my feet in the driver’s floorboard. My first thought was that the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/111_0400a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Was Your Easiest Or Strangest Repair Job?")
![Pessimism has had it made over the past six months, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that good times are in the doghouse. For example, I’ve had an excellent car week, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/109_0375a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 International Transtar – The Star Atop A Busy Week Of Fun With Cars")
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