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- Simply put, cars are my greatest passion.
![Finding a classic car out in the open is always an exciting experience. However, as often the case, a classic car may look as out of place as a walker-supported grandma turning […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_6420.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe – Flashback Friday")
![On Christmas morning, I accompanied my mom on a morning stroll through her childhood neighborhood in South Boston. Walking along the waterfront, we passed this final-generation B-body Caprice wagon, parked exactly where I recall […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/IMG_7037.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Beached Whale")
![It was a chilly mid-December night in 1984. The tree had been trimmed, the stockings had been hung, and Robert and Monique Hamilton were on their way home from Robert’s office Christmas party […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/snow-night.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: Silent Night")
![(It was almost two years ago that I wrote my very first piece here at Curbside Classic on my mom’s 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I’ve often mentioned the ’99 that replaced […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Hinckley-Rd-Milton-MA.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My Mom’s Ex-COAL: 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo – Rotor Eater")
![The Lincoln Mark VIII was truly one of the last of its kind. In just two decades, from the 1970s to the 1990s, the personal luxury car market had gone from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/MarkVIIIconvertible3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1994 Lincoln Mark VIII Convertible – Hold On To Your Hat Abe")
![Amidst the Thanksgiving rush at Whole Foods the other day, I spotted this stately-looking 1995-1997 Lincoln Town Car parked at the edge of the parking lot. Its superb condition first […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_6579.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Bill Blass Is Back!")
![With over a century of history, it’s an understatement to say that the look of Mercedes-Benzes has changed substantially over the years. Yet through all the various styling trends that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_6494.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1991 Mercedes-Benz 190E (W201) – Snow White And The W124 Dwarf")
![Bi-monthly mandatory store meetings on Sundays at 6am are the very bane of my existence – but if there was one good thing to come out of our most recent one, it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_6187.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1981 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham – Loose Pillow Tumor Syndrome")
![It’s 1958. You’ve just gone to your local grocery store to buy some canned Dole pineapple chunks, because for whatever reason, fresh fruit just won’t do. You notice that Dole is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/WinAFamilyOfFords1958.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: Win A Whole Family Of 1958 Fords!")
![Although you don’t need me to tell you, take a look at this ravishing woman. Now whatever you may be imagining about this young twenty-something blonde, try to imagine what kind of car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1987-Cadillac-Ad-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: Every Young Girl’s Dream… A 1987 Cadillac Seville?")
![(Photo: AGuyInVancouver) A quick glance at this rather anonymous early-1990s Mazda sedan may have you thinking 626, but a keener look will make you want to flip your sixes around – this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/929r.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: 1992 Mazda 929 – The Ur-Millenia")
![As it was mentioned during the recent 1979 Newport post, the Chrysler R-body lacked both the station wagon and 2-door coupe body styles of its predecessors and competitors. Given Chrysler’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1980-NewYorkerFifthAvenue-coupe-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "What If: Chrysler R-Body Wagons and Coupes?")
![Whether you love it or hate it, the K-car is one of those automobiles that changed the course of automotive history. With their uncommon for-the-time front-wheel drive, 4-cylinder power, compact exterior dimensions, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Iacocca-and-K-car.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD/Poll: What’s Your Favorite K-Car Variant?")
![I recently made a day trip up to the coastal town of Beverly, MA for the 5th annual Misselwood Concours d’Elegance. Despite only being about half an hour north of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/IMG_5123.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: The 2014 Misselwood Concours d’Elegance")
![(photo: AGuyinVancouver) To many, the name “Pontiac Grand Am” stirs up rather dizzying thoughts of the over-styled, over-cladded N-body compact, that Pontiac peddled upon rental fleets and the general population […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GrandAm1978front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: 1978 Pontiac Grand Am – Neither “Grand” Nor “Am”")
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American Brands: GM 
American Brands: Ford 
American Brands: Chrysler 
American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
Automotive Histories and Misc. 
Asian Brands 
UK Brands 
Australian Brands 
European Brands 
Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
Buses 
Trucks, Pickups and Vans 
Design 
Trains, Planes & Ships 
Motorcycles, Trikes, Bicycles 
Engines, Transmissions and other Tech 
Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment 
RVs, Motorhomes, Trailers, Campers
