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![Pure “Killer” Brougham Energy — Jerry Lee Lewis’ Cadillac Eldorado Paris Opera Coupe At first glance, this 1983 Cadillac Eldorado Paris Opera Coupe feels like Brougham excess taken to its logical tacky extreme—piled high with ornate trim and unapologetic flair. It’s the kind […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/a-paris-2-115x115.jpg)
![Museum Classic: 1947 Playboy – It Had A Short Life But It Gave Its Name To A Long-Running Enterprise (Updated 2/5/2026) I had some time on my hands recently with the MLK day holiday, so I went up to the Saratoga auto museum. It was pretty much your […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Playboy-1.jpg)
![The Cars Of Elvis Presley How many of us would like to call the local Cadillac dealer at midnight, order a Fleetwood or two, and pick them up after waking up at about 3:30 in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pink_cadillac_graceland.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V Collector’s Series – The Mayor of Brougham City? (first posted 5/2/2014) We all like to talk about the great brougham epoch, and we have an idea of when and how it began, but establishing its peak–and more importantly, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/100_3365.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: Buick Roadmaster – Flint’s Last Land Yacht (first posted 6/2/2014) This Buick is a rarity, not in that it is a Roadmaster, but in that it is unmolested. There are plenty of Roadmasters in Memphis, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/100_3440.jpg)
![Automotive History: Stutz, Take Two – It’s True, You Can’t Go Home. 1979 Stutz Blackhawk (image: conceptcarz.com) (first posted 4/3/2014) Haven’t we all indulged in wasting some time imagining what Mercer, Stutz, Duesenberg and Packard would be building if they were still […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/79-Stutz-Bearcat-Conv-DV-09-AP-001.jpg)

![CC Capsule: 1958 Packard Hawk – Last Flight of a Once-Proud Bird Photos by ReturnoftheYeti at the Cohort (first posted 2/15/2014) I was tempted to do this with a humorous theme (“Hi, I’m Pauline the Packard. I was living at the Parkview retirement […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Packard_Hawk.jpg)
![Automotive History: The Cars Of Elvis Presley Image: http://sharoncarrell_1.tripod.com/Home.html (first posted 3/16/2014) How many of us would like to call the local Cadillac dealer at midnight, order a Fleetwood or two, and pick them after waking up […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/elvis-stutz-lead.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: Dodge Stealth – Not What Its Name Implies When it comes to cars, we expect them to be named to be evocative and suggestive of their missions in life. More than once in a while, though, a model […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/clue-1.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: Lexus RX 300 – Toyota Crosses Over To The Future It’s a little hard to realize that this is nearly a fifteen year old design now, as it presaged a number of trends (jeweled taillights, the quarter window in front […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/100_3431.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1983 Datsun 280ZX – Mission Creep Comes To The Z Car One of the few things that I remember from high school was taking a business writing class, where I had to compose a letter about a defective car. Of course, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/100_3469.jpg)


![Automotive History: 1946-70 King Midget – “World’s Most Exciting Small Car.” All images courtesy of The International King Midget Car club: kingmidgetcarclub.org I know the sight of this vehicle causes about a third of you to say “that’s a lawnmower!” while […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mod11-back.jpg)


