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About Author: Greg Beckenbaugh
Posts by Greg Beckenbaugh
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Curbside Classic: 1994 Mustang – The Car That Almost Wasn’t
Posted on March 31, 2026 | 87 Comments(Updated 3/31/2026) The fourth generation Mustang is the car that almost wasn’t. If Ford had stuck to its original plans, a very different Mustang would have been on the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1955 Cadillac Eldorado – If Only It Could Talk
Posted on May 25, 2025 | 9 Comments“There are eight million stories in the naked city,” the narrator solemnly intoned at the end of the famous 1948 film noir and the 1958-63 television series. There aren’t that […] -
Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford Starliner – Haste Makes Waste
Posted on March 3, 2025 | 162 Comments(originally posted 7/31/2011) Follow your own path. Have the courage of your convictions. Haste makes waste. Ford would prove each of these adages with its 1960 full-size cars, although not […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 AMC Ambassador SST – When Borrowing Is A Deadly Sin
Posted on October 17, 2024 | 126 Comments(first posted 4/30/2014) Automakers have always been happy to borrow ideas from their competitors and proudly claim them as their own. It’s a trick even the proudest of parents have […] -
CCCCC Part 13: 1992 Cutlass Supreme – How The Mighty Have Fallen
Posted on February 24, 2024 | 71 Comments(first posted 8/11/2011) From tiny acorns grow mighty oak trees. The 1961 Oldsmobile F-85 planted the seed that grew into the best-selling Cutlass Supreme. Unfortunately, during the 1980s […] -
Curbside Classic: 1976 Hornet Hatchback – AMC’s High Water Mark
Posted on September 12, 2021 | 121 Comments(first posted 2/22/2012) Growing up in south-central Pennsylvania, trips to the Gettysburg battlefield were a regular family outing. My father has always been a history buff, which meant that […] -
Car Show Classic: 1955 Cadillac Eldorado – Oh, The Stories I Could Tell
Posted on May 21, 2019 | 51 Comments(first posted 6/25/2013) “There are eight million stories in the naked city,” the narrator solemnly intoned at the end of the famous 1948 film noir and the 1958-63 television series. […] -
CC Capsule: 1987 Honda Civic – A Thank You Gift That Is Still Giving
Posted on May 20, 2014 | 36 CommentsThe fun part of watching for Curbside Classics is that they appear in the most unexpected places–at least in Pennsylvania, where road salt and winter weather sends most cars to […]
![Curbside Classic: 1994 Mustang – The Car That Almost Wasn’t (Updated 3/31/2026) The fourth generation Mustang is the car that almost wasn’t. If Ford had stuck to its original plans, a very different Mustang would have been on the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Mustang-GB-2-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1955 Cadillac Eldorado – If Only It Could Talk “There are eight million stories in the naked city,” the narrator solemnly intoned at the end of the famous 1948 film noir and the 1958-63 television series. There aren’t that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Cad-55-807-900.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford Starliner – Haste Makes Waste (originally posted 7/31/2011) Follow your own path. Have the courage of your convictions. Haste makes waste. Ford would prove each of these adages with its 1960 full-size cars, although not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Greg_pictures_Dec_2010_-_June_2011_131.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 AMC Ambassador SST – When Borrowing Is A Deadly Sin (first posted 4/30/2014) Automakers have always been happy to borrow ideas from their competitors and proudly claim them as their own. It’s a trick even the proudest of parents have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/DSC_0213.jpg)
![CCCCC Part 13: 1992 Cutlass Supreme – How The Mighty Have Fallen (first posted 8/11/2011) From tiny acorns grow mighty oak trees. The 1961 Oldsmobile F-85 planted the seed that grew into the best-selling Cutlass Supreme. Unfortunately, during the 1980s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Cutlass-GM-10-002-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1976 Hornet Hatchback – AMC’s High Water Mark (first posted 2/22/2012) Growing up in south-central Pennsylvania, trips to the Gettysburg battlefield were a regular family outing. My father has always been a history buff, which meant that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Hornet-side-800.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1987 Honda Civic – A Thank You Gift That Is Still Giving The fun part of watching for Curbside Classics is that they appear in the most unexpected places–at least in Pennsylvania, where road salt and winter weather sends most cars to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0607.jpg)


