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![For some people, any pink Cadillac is reason enough to take notice, but this 1957 Sedan de Ville has an unusual story to tell. It was allegedly purchased by Elvis, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1957-Cadillac-Sedan-de-Ville-Mountain-Laurel-Mecum-Auctions-T152.1-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1957 Cadillac Sedan De Ville In “Mountain Laurel”: A Pink Cadillac, Elvis Presley, And Mary Kay Pink?")
![Although it’s currently registered in Oregon, this black Corvette was one of 3,221 1980 ‘Vettes originally sold in California with the LG4 305-cid V-8. The 305 Corvette is often reviled […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1980-Chevrolet-Corvette-LG4-Black-AutoHunter-front-3q-right-lights-115x115.webp "1980 Chevrolet Corvette LG4 305: The Rare 180 HP 5.0L ‘Vette Everybody Loves To Hate")
![This curious-looking wood-paneled 1951 Cadillac Fleetwood Series 75 sedan, which last sold for more than $250K in 2023, was customized by famed Pasadena coachbuilder Maurice Schwartz and was owned for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/f1951-Cadillac-Series-75-Schwartz-woodie-Empress-Blue-Gooding-Christie-front-3q-left-high-115x115.webp "A Cadillac Woodie Sedan? This Wood-Paneled 1951 Cadillac Series 75 Was Once Owned By Gene Autry")
![Since the big-engine midsize muscle cars faded away in the 1970s, auto enthusiasts have blamed the demise of these cars on everything from emissions controls to Ralph Nader. However, one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1970-Plymouth-Road-Runner-Superbird-Sublime-Mecum-Auctions-T141.1-compressed-banner-115x115.webp "What Really Killed Muscle Cars In The ’70s – Two Vintage Articles Try To Explain: “The Insurance Squeeze” And “What Price Muscle”")
![Since the ’80s, the primer coat of most new cars and trucks has been applied using a process called electrocoating. “E-coating” was first developed by Ford Motor Company in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Ford-Escort-Mk1-Halewood-Electropainting-Fig-93-115x115.webp "Electrocoating: How Ford Revolutionized Auto Painting, Why It Took Detroit 20 Years To Get Onboard, And Why It Didn’t Stop ’70s Rust")
![This striking 1956 DeSoto ad certainly catches the eye, but in the atomic age, billowing yellow-orange clouds in the sky had rather ominous implications. Maybe it was foreshadowing: Late ’50s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1956-DeSoto-ad-Drive-a-DeSoto-Before-You-Decide-convertible-115x115.webp "1956 DeSoto Fireflite Convertible – A Rare And Beautiful Car, But Why Do The Clouds In This Ad Look Like A Nuclear Explosion?")
![Car and Driver ran a lot of stunts in its heyday, but this was one of their most bizarre: In spring 1968, they sent English associate editor Charles Fox on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Car-and-Driver-1968-08-60-61-joined-115x115.webp "Vintage C/D Review: New York To D.C. With No Cash, No Cards, 12 Checks, And A New Lincoln Continental Mark III")
![In its heyday, the small and sporty 1984–1987 Honda CRX was a fairly common sight on this side of the Pacific, but as Honda fans know, the Japanese domestic market […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Honda-Ballade-CR-X-Si-Hyperpack-side-right-115x115.jpg "Car Show Find: 1985 Honda CRX: Faux JDM DOHC Clone With A Skeleton At The Wheel")
![The Chevrolet Laguna Type S-3 was the sportiest midsize Chevy you could buy in 1974, and it was still available with the big-block LS4 Turbo-Jet 454 engine. Car and Driver […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1974-Chevrolet-Laguna-Type-S-3-Antique-White-OnAllCylinders-front-3q-left-banner-115x115.webp "Vintage C/D Review: 1974 Chevrolet Laguna Type S-3 454 – Was This Rare Big-Engine Chevy A Muscle Car Or Just Another Freeway Cruiser?")
![Ford sold almost 224,000 full-size and intermediate station wagons for 1967, but not many buyers ordered the fancier woodgrain-clad Fairlane Squire, and very few of those had the standard 3-speed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1967-Ford-Fairlane-Squire-4SW-Dark-Green-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-left-inset-115x115.webp "1967 Ford Fairlane Squire 3-Speed: Rare Midsize Stick-Shift Faux Woodie Wagon, But Why Did It Sell For $20K?")
![As the leading manufacturer of earthmoving, road building, and construction equipment, Caterpillar Tractor Co. had a lot to gain from the ambitious federal-aid highway program that began in 1956, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Saturday-Evening-Post-Jan-25-1958-Caterpillar-highway-ad-115x115.webp "Vintage 1958 Ad: Caterpillar Urges — Build Better Highways To Escape The Bomb")
![The Cadillac Eldorado was one of America’s preeminent automotive status symbols, an expensive and much sought after personal luxury car. Yet, the center spread of this 1970 Car and Driver […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Car-and-Driver-1970-04-34-35-joined-Humphrey-Sutton-3-115x115.webp "Vintage C/D Review: 1970 Cadillac Eldorado Was Powerful, Pricey, and Prestigious – So, Why Did They Photograph It Outside A Check-Cashing Place?")
![In 1975, Lincoln offered the Continental Mark IV in 21 different colors, from Pastel Blue to Moondust Metallic Gold. Yet, almost 28 percent of buyers chose white, often in a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1975-Lincoln-Continental-Mark-IV-white-on-white-ad-Motor-Trend-Jan-1975-1-115x115.webp "1975 Lincoln Continental Mark IV: Lincoln Advertised This White-On-White Mark As “America’s Most Colorful Luxury Car”")
![Before World War 2, Ford Motor Company had dominated the station wagon market with its glamorous wood-bodied wagons. Ford held onto its woodies a little too long after the war, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Ford-woodie-wagon-montage-1946-1948-M-H-1950-1954-115x115.webp "How Postwar Ford Station Wagons Went From Real Woodies To Woodgrain Country Squires")
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