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![Introduced midway through 1969, the 1970 Ford Maverick was Ford’s budget-priced import fighter, offering very basic transportation at a low, low price. The early Maverick had few real virtues, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1970-Ford-Maverick-Original-Cinnamon-Ford-Motor-Company-neg-C1173-8-front-3q.webp "Why The 1970 Ford Maverick Was A Hit: The Right Dismal Car At The Right Dismal Time")
![Ford’s first stab at a mass-market intermediate muscle car, the 1966 Fairlane GT/GTA, hadn’t been any too convincing, but things had perked up with the arrival of the hot […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1969-Ford-Cobra-SportsRoof-Meadowlark-Yellow-Mecum-Auctions-T197.1-front-3q-right.webp "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1969 Ford Cobra 428 CJ – Ford’s Road Runner Fighter “Eats Birds For Breakfast,” But Doesn’t Sell")
![Depending on your age, it may be hard to get your head around the idea that the once-ubiquitous first-generation Toyota Celica is now over 50 years old. As Paul […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1971-Toyota-Celica-US-ST-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-right.webp "1971 Toyota Celica: Revisiting The Japanese Pony Car That Helped Put Toyota On The Map In America (And Beyond)")
![Yesterday, I explained how the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado and 1966 Buick Riviera were closely related structurally and yet very different mechanically. Today, let’s conclude this comparison by taking a look […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1966-Buick-Riviera-GS-and-1966-Oldsmobile-Toronado-DX-left-side-composite-labeled-1.webp "1966 Buick Riviera Versus 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – Closely Related, Yet So Different (Part 2)")
![The two most impressive new cars of 1966 both came from rival General Motors divisions, and both shared the same GM E-body shell. Yet, they both looked and were quite […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1966-Buick-Riviera-and-1966-Oldsmobile-Toronado-side-composite-labeled-1.webp "1966 Buick Riviera Versus 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado – Closely Related, Yet So Different (Part 1)")
![Judging by the popularity of the Vintage Photo features, a lot of people are interested not only in specific cars, but the glimpses of earlier eras they represent. I thought […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1969-Chevrolet-Impala-hardtop-gold-Mecum-Auctions-W74-front-3q-left.webp "What Cars And Trucks Did Americans Buy In 1969? – A CC Auto Yearbook Feature")
![For 1967, Plymouth got into the midsize Supercar game by installing the big Super Commando 440 engine in the intermediate Plymouth Belvedere, creating a muscular new high-performance model called […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1967-Plymouth-GTX-hardtop-Bright-Red-Mecum-Auctions-F160-front-3q-left.webp "Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Plymouth GTX — A Hemi Killer On The Street")
![In my recent post on the last RWD Cadillac Eldorado, I said that the Eldorado had grown less and less distinctive through the early 1960s. There was one exception I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1964-Cadillac-Eldorado-Aquamarine-Mecum-Auctions-S45-front-3q-right.webp "1964 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado – The Brief Return Of The Open-Wheel Eldorado")
![It only took Ford until 1967 to stuff a big block engine in the Mustang, but the 390 Mustang didn’t offer the performance to make up for its clumsier […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1969-Ford-Mustang-Mach-I-Candyapple-Red-Mecum-Auctions-F248.1-side-left.webp "Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Ford Mustang 428 Mach 1 – Faster Than A Hemi")
![Any automaker can create performance models by discreetly offering its most powerful engines in the smallest, cheapest cars that will accommodate them, but to put those models (and their […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1968-Plymouth-Road-Runner-coupe-Buffed-Silver-Mecum-Auctions-S103.1-front-3q-left.webp "Vintage Car Life Review: 1968 Plymouth Road Runner 383 – As Hot As It’s Been Made Out To Be?")
![As automotive conversation pieces go, few speak louder than the 1969 AMC SC/Rambler, a preposterous limited-edition Rambler, concocted by American Motors and Hurst-Campbell, that offered giant-killing performance in a gaudy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1969-AMC-SCRambler-A-paint-scheme-Mecum-Auctions-F133-front-3q-left.webp "Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler – “By George, It Is A Fast Little Car”")
![Although The Trammps’ hit “Disco Inferno” wouldn’t drop until Dec. 28, 1976, the fire was already burning by 1975: Disco and funk were warring with easy listening and classic rock […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1975-Chevrolet-Monte-Carlo-Landau-red-and-1975-Chrysler-Cordoba-green-left-side-composite-labeled.webp "1975 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Landau Vs. Chrysler Cordoba – Personal Luxury Coupes For The Disco Inferno")
![Dressed in bright orange (“Carousel Red”) and festooned with decals; offering flashy looks, high performance, and a lengthy list of gimmicks; and bearing a name inspired by a popular TV […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1969-Pontiac-GTO-Judge-RAIV-Carousel-Red-Mecum-Auctions-R309-front-3q-right.webp "Vintage Car Life Review: 1969 Pontiac GTO Ram Air IV – Here Come “The Judge”")
![In concocting ideas for posts, I spend a lot of time looking for suitable photos, sometimes shelving a promising idea because I can’t find any. On the other hand, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1967-Cadillac-Fleetwood-Sixty-Special-Grecian-White-Bring-a-Trailer-6-front-3q-right.webp "1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special And Brougham: Cadillac Builds The Ultimate Passenger’s Car")
![Although the launch of the second-generation Chevrolet Camaro was delayed until the middle of the 1970 model year, it arrived in late February with a splash, earning rave reviews […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1970-Chevrolet-Camaro-RS-Z28-Citrus-Green-Mecum-Auctions-S77-front-3q-left.webp "Vintage Car Life Review: 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 – “Close To A Mild-Mannered Race Car”")
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