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- Senior Editor and also the owner of Ate Up With Motor.
![It’s no secret that four-door cars are much less likely to be preserved than convertibles or two-door sedans, but 1967 Mercury Comet sedans weren’t common even when they were new, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1967-Mercury-Comet-Caliente-4SD-Burgundy-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-left-level-115x115.webp "1967 Mercury Comet Caliente Sedan: Rare, Ultra-Low-Mileage Four-Door In One-Year-Only Grandé Luxury Trim")
![The sheer popularity of vintage Chevrolets can have a numbing effect. Most people like these cars, but they’re so ubiquitous that it can be hard to get excited about them. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1965-Chevrolet-Impala-SS-409-Evening-Orchid-Mecum-Auctions-F295-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1965 Chevrolet Impala SS 409 4-Speed: In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening Orchid")
![Lincoln-Mercury hadn’t had much luck with its senior full-size Mercury models until 1969, when they made the big Mercury Marquis look a lot like a Lincoln Continental. For 1970, the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1970-Mercury-Marquis-Brougham-4HT-Dark-Ivy-Green-Met-Bring-a-Trailer-2-front-3q-left-inset-115x115.webp "1970 Mercury Marquis Brougham Four-Door Hardtop: The Budget Continental")
![The compact Henry J, named for Kaiser-Frazer chairman Henry J. Kaiser, was as notorious a “stripper” as famed exotic dancer turned playwright Gypsy Rose Lee. Even for an era when […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1951-Kaiser-Henry-J-2SD-Satin-Blue-Bullet-Motorsports-front-3q-road-with-ad-comp-115x115.webp "1951 Kaiser-Frazer Henry J: A Well-Known “Stripper” Wins A Scandal-Plagued Fashion Award")
![Since the 1990s, the car magazines of the world have pushed the idea that serious luxury cars must have rear-wheel drive. However, there have been plenty of luxury sedans that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1987-Lincoln-Continental-Givenchy-Rose-Quartz-Dark-Taupe-Bring-a-Trailer-2-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1987 Lincoln Continental Givenchy Designer Series: The Last RWD Continental")
![Introduced for 1949, the famous Oldsmobile “Rocket” engine was the first of the modern postwar V-8s that kicked off the horsepower race of the 1950s. However, when Olds originally launched […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1949-Oldsmobile-98-4SD-Crest-Blue-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-right-banners-115x115.webp "1949 Oldsmobile Rocket V-8 And The Ultra-High-Compression Economy Version That Never Made It")
![The fourth-generation Oldsmobile Toronado was never a common sight even when it was new, but if the 1990–1992 version had come out about five years earlier, it could have been […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1992-Oldsmobile-Toronado-Trofeo-Platinum-Met-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-right-e1780894357270-115x115.webp "1992 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo: The Ultimate ’80s Car, A Few Years Too Late")
![During America’s roughly 25-year love affair with hardtops, the four-door hardtop enjoyed solid popularity in most domestic full-size lines, but the style never really caught on for smaller domestic models. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1972-Pontiac-Luxury-LeMans-4HT-Springfield-Green-Bring-a-Trailer-2-front-3q-left-trees-115x115.webp "1972 Pontiac Luxury LeMans: The Rise And Fall Of The Midsize Four-Door Hardtop")
![Ford’s embrace of aerodynamic styling was big news in the 1980s, and sleek, modern designs like the 1983 Thunderbird and 1986 Taurus put the company back on the map after […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ford-aero-layers-115x115.webp "How The Aero Look Saved Ford In California In The 1980s")
![For a significant chunk of the American public, cars like this immaculate, ultra-low-mileage 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car — last of the really gigantic Lincolns — once represented the peak […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1979-Lincoln-Continental-4SD-Black-Bring-a-Trailer-7-front-3q-left-odometer-115x115.webp "1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car: A Car This Big Should Come With A Chauffeur")
![This startlingly clean, ultra-low-mileage yellow Toyota is a 1979 Corona LE sedan, the first year of the last Corona generation to be sold in the U.S. Critics groused that the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1979-Toyota-Corona-LE-4SD-Modern-Yellow-Mecum-Auctions-F177-side-right-115x115.webp "1979 Toyota Corona LE: Plush, Pricey, Conservative American-Style Luxury In A Smaller Package")
![In spring 1979, as GM rolled out its all-new, highly promising, supposedly revolutionary FWD X-body compacts, the editors of Car and Driver remembered that it had been almost exactly 10 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1979_05_CD_Corvair_lead-115x115.webp "Vintage C/D Editorial: The Chevrolet Corvair Gets A 10-Year Postmortem")
![In May 1968, Ford Motor Company announced that it would shortly offer an electronic anti-skid brake system to automatically prevent a car’s rear wheels from locking in a sudden stop. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1969-Lincoln-Continental-Mark-III-White-Raleigh-Classic-Car-Auctions-front-3q-right-insets-1-115x115.webp "1969–1979 Ford–Kelsey-Hayes Sure-Track Brake System: Detroit’s First Antilock Brakes")
![For many years, a whole range of common automotive features were technically optional on all but the most expensive Detroit cars, allowing automakers to advertise unrealistically low prices. Did anyone […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1961-Oldsmobile-Dynamic-88-4SD-Ebony-Black-Bring-a-Trailer-3-front-3q-left-inset-115x115.webp "1961 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88: Would You Pay $43,500 For A 3-Speed Stick-Shift Car With No Radio Or Outside Mirrors?")
![When was the last time you saw such a clean example of the ill-fated Chevrolet Citation? A big sales success in 1980 and 1981, the X-body Citation could easily have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1981-Chevrolet-Citation-5HB-White-Bring-a-Trailer-2-front-3q-left-115x115.webp "1981 Chevrolet Citation 4-Speed Hatchback: A Well-Preserved Example Of GM’s Greatest Failure")
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