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![If you wandered into a Pontiac showroom in the summer of 1977 seeking a new car that DIDN’T look like a refugee from Smokey and the Bandit or The Rockford Files, you might […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1977-Pontiac-Bonneville-Brougham-CP-Berkshire-Green-Bahia-Green-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-left-lede-115x115.webp "1977 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham Coupe: A Pontiac For Grownups, In Two-Tone Green")
![If you wanted a full-size family car in 1962, there were plenty of choices, including a whole array from General Motors. A Buick LeSabre was far from the cheapest choice […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1962-Buick-LeSabre-4HT-Teal-Mist-Arctic-White-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "1962 Buick LeSabre Four-Door Hardtop: The Best Mid-Priced Family Car Of 1962")
![By 1967, the once-fashionable Pontiac Grand Prix had fallen out of favor. This 1967 hardtop still had all the sporty cues, including bucket seats and the seldom-ordered 4-speed manual transmission, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1967-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-Fathom-Blue-Bring-a-Trailer-28-front-3q-right-inset-115x115.webp "1967 Pontiac Grand Prix With Rare 4-Speed: No Longer Grand Enough")
![Bucket seats aren’t usually associated with vintage Cadillacs, but they were a factory option through most of the 1960s — for a while, they were even available on the four-door […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1963-Cadillac-Sedan-de-Ville-Aspen-White-Bring-a-Trailer-12-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1963 Cadillac Sedan De Ville With Rare Factory Bucket Seats And Center Console")
![Before World War 2 and again briefly in the late ’50s, Buick had antagonized Cadillac with its ultra-lux top-of-the-line Limited model. The Limited returned in 1967, this time as a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1968-Buick-Electra-225-Limited-4HT-Regal-Black-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-right-e1784169760420-115x115.webp "1968 Buick Electra 225 Limited: “I Didn’t Know They’re Building A Car Like This Today”")
![This black-over-red 1980 Pontiac Phoenix might well be the best-dressed, best-preserved FWD X-car still on the road, a relatively rare two-door notchback coupe in plush LJ trim. But, would you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1980-Pontiac-Phoenix-LJ-2CP-Starlight-Black-Bring-a-Trailer-2-front-3q-left-high-115x115.webp "1980 Pontiac Phoenix LJ Coupe: Two Doors, Four Speeds, 32,349 Miles, Zero Credibility")
![Pink Cadillacs have become something of a cliche — you used to see at least one at any car show, often in some wilder shade of pink or mauve that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1961-Cadillac-Sedan-de-Ville-4W-Fontana-Rose-craigslist-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1961 Cadillac Sedan De Ville: Rare Four-Window Hardtop Eye Candy In Fontana Rose")
![Although the market for full-size performance cars declined rapidly after the introduction of GM’s A-body intermediates and midsize muscle cars like the Pontiac GTO, there were still some buyers who […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1965-Pontiac-Catalina-2HT-Capri-Gold-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-left-crop-115x115.webp "1965 Pontiac Catalina 421 Tri-Power With 4-Speed: Full-Size Pontiac Muscle, Good As Gold")
![Did you know that leather bucket seats were available on the Buick Electra 225 hardtop in 1962? I didn’t, so I was somewhat surprised to find them in this beautifully […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1962-Buick-Electra-225-2HT-Cadet-Blue-Arctic-White-Carolina-Muscle-Cars-front-3q-left-inset-115x115.webp "1962 Buick Electra 225 Sport Coupe: Rare Bucket Seats In A Loaded C-Body Hardtop")
![Although they have a following today, the bigger Buick and Oldsmobile C-body versions of GM’s 1961 “bubbletop” two-door hardtop body style weren’t very popular at the time, and by 1962, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1962-and-1961-Oldsmobile-98-Holiday-Coupes-side-right-merged-labeled-115x115.webp "1962 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Coupe: A Sharper-Edged Roof Squares Off The Bubbletop")
![Although it was marketed as an intermediate, the 1962–1963 Ford Fairlane was essentially a reinvention of the mid-’50s full-size Ford with more modern engineering. This carefully optioned two-tone stick-shift 1963 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1963-Ford-Fairlane-500-4SD-Peacock-Blue-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-left-crop-115x115.webp "1963 Ford Fairlane 500 Sedan With 260 V8 And 3-Speed/Overdrive: Suddenly It’s 1955")
![The 1957 Chrysler 300-C was one of the pinnacles of U.S. car design of the 1950s: the flagship of the “Forward Look,” a big, brash American supercar with serious performance […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1957-Chrysler-300-C-Champagne-Gold-Bring-a-Trailer-4-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "1957 Chrysler 300-C Hardtop: “America’s Greatest Performing Car” In Ultra-Rare Champagne Gold")
![If you believe pop star Billy Joel, a true baby blue Continental is your best bet. For Lincoln fanciers near Orlando, Florida, this cheerful, mostly original 1973 Lincoln Continental sedan […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1973-Lincoln-Continental-4SD-Pastel-Blue-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-right-crop-115x115.webp "1973 Lincoln Continental Sedan In Powder Blue: A True Baby Blue Continental")
![This lavishly equipped, beautifully restored 1959 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight was a product of a weird era in GM styling, when designers went overboard trying to reclaim their position as the dictators […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1959-Oldsmobile-98-4HT-Cardinal-Red-Polaris-White-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-left-high-115x115.webp "1959 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday SportSedan: A Flatroof Hardtop With Almost Every Toy In The Box")
![In 1968, the Cadillac Sedan de Ville faced one of its toughest critics: Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, which normally didn’t rate luxury cars at all. They came away […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1968-Cadillac-Sedan-de-Ville-Caribe-Aqua-Bonhams-side-right-crop-115x115.webp "Vintage Review: 1968 Cadillac Sedan De Ville: Smooth, Powerful, But “Not A Superior Investment”")
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