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1957 Rambler Rebel – They Didn’t All Have Continental Kits
Posted on September 8, 2025 | 17 CommentsI have long felt that the only car that should wear a Continental kit is a first-generation Lincoln Continental, but that’s an exaggeration – I’ll give a pass to any […] -
Museum Classic: 1911 Hupmobile Model 20 – Around The World For Posterity
Posted on September 6, 2025 | 25 Comments(first posted 12/6/2016) Humankind is unique among animals for its need to stamp out a legacy for itself; after all, few willingly meet death’s long embrace without raging […] -
1952 Oldsmobile Super 88 – A Classic That Entertains From Any Angle
Posted on September 3, 2025 | 15 CommentsStrother MacMinn, an ex-GM designer and long-time teacher at the Art Center College of Design, had this to say about Harley Earl: “[He] designed so you could walk around a […] -
Car Show Classic: 1967 Pontiac Tempest — In A Sea Of GTOs, Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Posted on September 2, 2025 | 15 CommentsAlthough a 1969 GTO convertible ignited my love for General Motors products at the tender age of 20 or 21, GTOs mostly escape my notice anymore. In my sleepy little […] -
1950 Mercury Coupe – The Designer’s Surprise Favorite Over The 1940 Continental
Posted on September 1, 2025 | 15 CommentsThe small town of Auburn, Indiana, was the ancestral home of some of the most titanic machines of the Classic era, and is now home to one of the world’s […] -
1959 Pontiac Catalina: No Frills, Jet-Age Wide-Track Survivor – Options? I Hate Options
Posted on August 28, 2025 | 16 CommentsTempus fugit. The classic Pontiac arrowhead hasn’t graced a motor vehicle for several years now. Considering its ignominious end, it may be unbelievable to some that Pontiac was perhaps the […] -
1960 Dodge Dart Seneca – Is This The Best Of The Forward Look?
Posted on August 27, 2025 | 21 CommentsBy 1960, the freshness of Chrysler Corporation’s “Forward Look” was starting to wilt, and Virgil Exner’s tenure as styling chief would culminate in cars like the ’61 Plymouth and the […] -
1956 Buick Centurion – Motorama’s Vision Of A Future Without Rearview Mirrors
Posted on August 26, 2025 | 24 CommentsWhen did our conceptions of the future become terrifying? Dystopian fiction had been warning us about the dangers of technology for decades by the time General Motors introduced the fantastic […] -
Car Show Finds: 1968 Pontiac Tempest & 1969 Pontiac LeMans – Muscle Car Flair For The Masses
Posted on August 21, 2025 | 6 CommentsCarl Jung, the famous psychologist, conceived the idea of the collective unconscious, and in doing so, he explained that there were archetypes and images that humans innately understood from birth. […] -
1960 Jensen 541R: They Weren’t All Interceptors, You Know – Little Known, Fantastic British Coupe
Posted on August 18, 2025 | 17 CommentsOne of the clues in today’s New York Times “The Mini” is, “There are roughly ten million billion (10^16) of these in a grain of salt.” (Of course, the answer is “atoms.”) […] -
1959 Ford F-250: Accessory Overload – “I’ll Never Know What That Was About!”
Posted on August 14, 2025 | 24 CommentsThere are too many things in life that are frustrating because of a lack of context. You can fill in your own blanks, but I’m reminded of a Peanuts cartoon strip […] -
Museum Classic: 1964 Pontiac Tempest Custom Convertible – A Very Tempting Summer Fling
Posted on August 11, 2025 | 14 CommentsIn music, the concept of a summer fling was perhaps best captured in Chad and Jeremy’s “A Summer Song,” which reached Number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October […] -
My Newly Acquired 1967 Volvo 1800S – “Is That One Of Those James Bond Cars?”
Posted on August 10, 2025 | 38 CommentsI am on the whole an indecisive man, but put me in front of an internet auction with a car I’ve never seen, and I will never waver. That’s how […] -
Shouldn’t A Buick Be Quiet? Silencing The Wind Noise By Replacing The Vent Windows In A 1963 Riviera
Posted on August 8, 2025 | 28 CommentsOne of the great joys of hoarding collecting a wide variety of old cars is that you invariably learn their quirks, whether you want to or not. Early on, I […] -
Curbside Find: 1977 Pontiac Ventura – Dumb Luck
Posted on August 4, 2025 | 19 CommentsBeing too philosophical is rarely a recipe for happiness, but as a guy who finds comfort in Platonic dialogues and was recently told on an automotive forum that I “may […]
![1957 Rambler Rebel – They Didn’t All Have Continental Kits I have long felt that the only car that should wear a Continental kit is a first-generation Lincoln Continental, but that’s an exaggeration – I’ll give a pass to any […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54754990754_4754d33187_k-e1756642412511.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Museum Classic: 1911 Hupmobile Model 20 – Around The World For Posterity (first posted 12/6/2016) Humankind is unique among animals for its need to stamp out a legacy for itself; after all, few willingly meet death’s long embrace without raging […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/034a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1952 Oldsmobile Super 88 – A Classic That Entertains From Any Angle Strother MacMinn, an ex-GM designer and long-time teacher at the Art Center College of Design, had this to say about Harley Earl: “[He] designed so you could walk around a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52-Olds-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1967 Pontiac Tempest — In A Sea Of GTOs, Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On Although a 1969 GTO convertible ignited my love for General Motors products at the tender age of 20 or 21, GTOs mostly escape my notice anymore. In my sleepy little […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/009a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1950 Mercury Coupe – The Designer’s Surprise Favorite Over The 1940 Continental The small town of Auburn, Indiana, was the ancestral home of some of the most titanic machines of the Classic era, and is now home to one of the world’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20241026_160603147.MP_.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1959 Pontiac Catalina: No Frills, Jet-Age Wide-Track Survivor – Options? I Hate Options Tempus fugit. The classic Pontiac arrowhead hasn’t graced a motor vehicle for several years now. Considering its ignominious end, it may be unbelievable to some that Pontiac was perhaps the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/050.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1960 Dodge Dart Seneca – Is This The Best Of The Forward Look? By 1960, the freshness of Chrysler Corporation’s “Forward Look” was starting to wilt, and Virgil Exner’s tenure as styling chief would culminate in cars like the ’61 Plymouth and the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54727535341_b80bb7aab9_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1956 Buick Centurion – Motorama’s Vision Of A Future Without Rearview Mirrors When did our conceptions of the future become terrifying? Dystopian fiction had been warning us about the dangers of technology for decades by the time General Motors introduced the fantastic […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20240622_172938718.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Finds: 1968 Pontiac Tempest & 1969 Pontiac LeMans – Muscle Car Flair For The Masses Carl Jung, the famous psychologist, conceived the idea of the collective unconscious, and in doing so, he explained that there were archetypes and images that humans innately understood from birth. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Tempest-and-LeMans.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1960 Jensen 541R: They Weren’t All Interceptors, You Know – Little Known, Fantastic British Coupe One of the clues in today’s New York Times “The Mini” is, “There are roughly ten million billion (10^16) of these in a grain of salt.” (Of course, the answer is “atoms.”) […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20240714_150133860.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1959 Ford F-250: Accessory Overload – “I’ll Never Know What That Was About!” There are too many things in life that are frustrating because of a lack of context. You can fill in your own blanks, but I’m reminded of a Peanuts cartoon strip […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/54697491597_6c3e12f275_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Museum Classic: 1964 Pontiac Tempest Custom Convertible – A Very Tempting Summer Fling In music, the concept of a summer fling was perhaps best captured in Chad and Jeremy’s “A Summer Song,” which reached Number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250731_170243854.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![My Newly Acquired 1967 Volvo 1800S – “Is That One Of Those James Bond Cars?” I am on the whole an indecisive man, but put me in front of an internet auction with a car I’ve never seen, and I will never waver. That’s how […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250730_180942559.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Shouldn’t A Buick Be Quiet? Silencing The Wind Noise By Replacing The Vent Windows In A 1963 Riviera One of the great joys of hoarding collecting a wide variety of old cars is that you invariably learn their quirks, whether you want to or not. Early on, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PXL_20250708_232844857.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Find: 1977 Pontiac Ventura – Dumb Luck Being too philosophical is rarely a recipe for happiness, but as a guy who finds comfort in Platonic dialogues and was recently told on an automotive forum that I “may […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/54677423006_738b17971c_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


