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![Buick’s 1971–1973 “Boattail” Riviera has always been controversial, but its 1974–1976 successor remains a non-entity, a car you could easily forget had existed at all. That’s not just a latter-day […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/1976-Buick-Riviera-Judicial-Black-Bring-a-Trailer-3-front-3q-left-Road-Test-115x115.webp "Vintage Review: 1976 Buick Riviera – “Once Big, Flashy, Fast And Unique, It Is Now Simply Big”")
![Introduced during the 1961 model year, the Oldsmobile Starfire was a flashy, well-equipped sporty version of the full-size Olds 88. It survived through 1966, but by the end, changing buyer […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/1966-Oldsmobile-Starfire-Target-Red-Midwest-Car-Exchange-front-3q-right-badge-115x115.webp "1966 Oldsmobile Starfire: The Last Full-Size Starfire, Lost In the Shadow Of The Toronado"){kind=icon}
![While the 1967–1968 Cougar remains most people’s favorite Mercury, the brand’s most distinctive models were certainly the 1963–1966 Breezeway cars, with their reverse-slant C-pillars and retractable rear windows. Although most […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/1963-Mercury-Monterey-S-55-2HT-Pink-Frost-Connors-Motorcar-Company-side-right-and-buckets-115x115.webp "1963 Mercury Monterey S-55: One-Year-Only Bucket-Seat Sporty Version Of Mercury’s Weird Breezeway Roof")
![Buick sold fewer than 200,000 vehicles in the U.S. in 2025, but seven decades earlier, they were one of America’s top automotive brands, accounting for more than one in every […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/1955-Buick-Special-2HT-Dover-Gray-Cadet-Blue-RM-Sothebys-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "1955 Buick Special Riviera: This Buick Was As Popular In 1955 As A Camry Is Today — And It Has Only 5,000 Miles")
![The early ’60s bucket seat craze centered on two-door coupes, hardtops, and convertibles, but buckets were offered on some four-door models as well. For 1963 and 1964, Ford expanded its […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1963-Ford-Galaxie-500XL-4HT-Heritage-Burgundy-Connors-Motorcar-Company-front-3q-right-badge-115x115.webp "1963 Ford Galaxie 500/XL: Buckets And Console In Ford’s Short-Lived “Extra Lively” Four-Door Hardtop"){kind=icon}
![By 1966, the sporty car market had shifted inexorably to intermediates and pony cars, but Detroit thought there might be still some remaining demand for full-size performance models. Even Buick […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1966-Buick-Wildcat-Custom-GS-2HT-Flame-Red-Bring-a-Trailer-5-side-right-badge-inset-115x115.webp "1966 Buick Wildcat Custom Gran Sport: One-Year-Only Full-Size Buick Muscle “For Young People Of All Ages”"){kind=icon}
![In 1961, Oldsmobile added a sporty Starfire convertible with bucket seats, aimed squarely at the Ford Thunderbird. A year later, they added a hardtop Starfire Coupe. As if that wasn’t […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1963-Oldsmobile-98-Custom-Sports-Coupe-Provincial-White-RM-Auctions-right-side-and-buckets-left-115x115.webp "1963 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Custom Sports Coupe: A Bucket Seat Thunderbird-Fighter In Size XXL")
![The 1965 full-size Ford was as new as it had been since 1949, with a brand-new coil spring chassis beneath its crisp new styling. While 87.8 percent of these cars […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1965-Ford-Galaxie-500-2HT-Vintage-Burgundy-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-right-inset-115x115.webp "1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Fastback: Bench Seat And Rare 4-Speed With A Z-Code 390")
![With only 280 gross horsepower and a 2-speed automatic, this 1968 Buick GS 350 hardtop wasn’t going to run with GM’s big-engine A-body muscle cars, but when equipped with the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1968-Buick-GS350-2HT-Ivory-Gold-Connors-Motorcar-Company-front-3q-right-badge-inset-115x115.webp "1968 Buick GS 350 Sport Coupe: Not Quite A Muscle Car, This Junior GS Was The Best-Handling Buick Of Its Time"){kind=icon}
![The 1965 300-L was the last of the original Chrysler “Letter Series,” an illustrious line of full-size performance cars launched in 1955. Although the “L” was the softest and mildest […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1965-Chrysler-300L-convert-Formal-Black-Mecum-Auctions-W118-front-3q-right-4-speed-inset-115x115.webp "1965 Chrysler 300-L Convertible: Ultra-Rare 4-Speed Manual Transmission In The Last And Least Of The Letter Cars")
![Given how many times this, uh, striking neoclassical Stutz coupe has been flipped in the past few years, you’d think that former owner Willie Mays must have been a gymnast […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1978-Stutz-Blackhawk-VI-teal-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-left-Mays-inset-115x115.webp "Willie Mays’ 1978 Stutz Blackhawk: This Virgil Exner-Designed Stutz Is The World’s Fanciest Pontiac Grand Prix")
![For 1969, Buick chassis engineers tried a new suspension concept they called Accu-Drive, which was featured in all full-size models and the Riviera. The February 1969 Car Life included a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1969-Buick-Riviera-GS-Polar-White-Bring-a-Trailer-10-front-3q-left-Car-Life-inset-115x115.webp "Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Buick Riviera With Accu-Drive – Buick Tries Something New In The Suspension Department")
![At Ford, 1960 was really the year of the Falcon — as the new compact soared, the bigger-than-ever full-size Fords languished, with unpopular styling, cumbersome handling, and indifferent quality control. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1960-Ford-Galaxie-4SD-Sultana-Turquoise-Druk-Auto-Sales-front-3q-left-lede-115x115.webp "1960 Ford Galaxie Town Sedan: Rare Six And Overdrive In One Of Ford’s Biggest Full-Size Flops")
![The very rare nine-passenger Chrysler New Yorker Town & Country four-door hardtop was the most expensive station wagon made in America in 1962, with a base price closing on Cadillac […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1962-Chrysler-New-Yorker-Town-Country-9P-Oyster-White-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-right-e1789359547195-115x115.webp "1962 Chrysler New Yorker Town & Country: 1962’s Most Expensive Luxury Wagon Was A 1961 Plymouth In Disguise")
![Chrysler advertised its posh 1963–1964 New Yorker Salon as “the world’s most completely equipped automobile,” with upscale interior trim and a lengthy array of standard features — from air conditioning […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1964-Chrysler-New-Yorker-Salon-Embassy-Gold-Druk-Auto-Sales-front-3q-lede-inset-115x115.webp "1964 Chrysler New Yorker Salon: This Rare Top-Of-The-Line Chrysler Cost More Than A Cadillac Or An Imperial")
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