![Is that new Escort or Fairmont great, but not quite perfect? Well, leaf through Ford’s Accessories Brochure to make that new car feel more like your own! If big-ticket items […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1981-Ford-Accessories-Brochure-Cover-b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1981 Ford Accessories Brochure: Make Your Ford Your Own")
![(first posted 2/5/2019) Success came relatively easy for 1980s SUVs, since the vehicles formerly known as off-roaders suddenly found themselves in a booming market segment. As the editor […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/LF-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Mitsubishi Montero – An Off-Roader In A Grocery-Getter World")
![Many people today consider the 1980s to be the Good Old Days. Folks at that time, though, might have found such a sentiment absurd. It was a tumultuous decade, including […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1983-Buick-Electra-Park-Avenue-RF-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Buick Electra Park Avenue – Grandpa, Tell Me ’Bout The Good Old Days")
![(first posted 3/15/2019) There are many things one might expect to come across on a blustery late winter morning: A 55-year-old Morgan being driven by a man in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/In-Motion-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "In Motion Classic: 1964 Morgan Plus 4 – Dry And Warm Are Overrated")
![(first posted 5/9/2016) Estate sales are great places to pick up household items you never knew you wanted, or at least to browse and see what unexpected treasures await. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/LF-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Volkswagen 411 – Searching For Its Niche")
![The idea seemed so simple. Ford could satisfy North Americans’ increasing appetite for sporty European cars by importing one already in production. A popular Euro sports coupe could siphon off […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1989-Merkur-XR4Ti-RF-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1989 Merkur XR4Ti – Straight From Germany To A Footnote")
![(first posted 4/22/2016) If cars were horses, the Isuzu Impulse would have been a thoroughbred. With an Italian design, a Lotus suspension, and built by one of Japan’s oldest carmakers, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/3-1988-Isuzu-Impulse.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "In Motion Classic: 1988 Isuzu Impulse – A Thoroughbred That Stumbled Out Of The Gate")
![(first posted 1/9/2019) Imagine an advertising agency employee in the early 1970s, working on Allstate Insurance Company’s latest campaign. One particular ad aims to call people’s attention to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Allstate-Clunker-1971.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Ad Classic: Allstate’s Studebaker Clunker")
![With 2024 in our collective rearview mirror, I figured it’s a good time to look back through my photographs at some cars that I only got a glimpse of – […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Dodge-Rampage.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: A Year’s Worth of Random Finds and Other Items")
![This fall I attended a truck show for the first time. My daughter and I had a great time at this event, wandering past about 200 big rigs and other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1984-Ford-LTL-9000-LF-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classic: 1984 Ford LTL-9000 – Fords Don’t Come Any Bigger Than This")
![(first posted 12/3/2018) For those who love anachronisms, this is a dream car. Not only does it feature a bustleback trunklid, but as a 1987 model, it is the last […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/RR-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Lincoln Continental – Last Of The Bustleback Breed")
![As someone who’s intrigued by special editions, my eyes immediately fell on this car’s stripes. Racing stripes on a Celica – yes, this was a package made to commemorate Toyota’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1980-Toyota-Celica-USGP-LF-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980 Toyota Celica USGP Limited Edition – An Excellent Condition Limited Edition")
![(first posted 10/25/2018) Oldsmobile sold nearly one million cars annually during the 1980s, but trouble loomed beneath the surface of those hearty sales. The Olds division was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/LF-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Coupe – Olds Takes A Holiday From The 1980s Blahs")
![When Consumer Guide reviewed the late 1980s Nissan Sentra for its annual auto guides, terms like “basic transportation,” “middle-of-the-pack,” “adequate” and “tolerable” were scattered throughout the reviews. Not quite a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nissan-Sentra-1989-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1989 Nissan Sentra – Tolerable, Basic and Well-Preserved")
![Many people collect mementos from their favorite celebrities. But how many choose to drive around with a celebrity’s signature on the side of their truck? It’s a phenomenon that’s rarely […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1986-Ford-F-150-John-Riggins-Signature-LR-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1986 Ford F-150 John Riggins Signature Series – A Truck For Old D.C.")
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