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![The role of the traditional large, rear-wheel-drive American car had changed by the mid-1980s. We’d been through the gas crisis, which led to the Japanese successfully wooing us with fuel-sipping, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/85ChevyImpala1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Chevrolet Impala – Going Out in Style")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Chevrolet Impala – Going Out in Style
Posted on May 12, 2025 | 7 CommentsThe role of the traditional large, rear-wheel-drive American car had changed by the mid-1980s. We’d been through the gas crisis, which led to the Japanese successfully wooing us with fuel-sipping, […] -
![(first posted 9/14/2013) Few Americans alive today remember a time before the extensive highway system we enjoy. We just get into our cars, and off we go. But just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Roads1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Automobile and the American Highway")
The Automobile and the American Highway
Posted on March 24, 2025 | 83 Comments(first posted 9/14/2013) Few Americans alive today remember a time before the extensive highway system we enjoy. We just get into our cars, and off we go. But just […] -
Great Grandma Sue Comes To Visit In Her 1967 Ford LTD
Posted on March 13, 2025 | 38 CommentsThis is my great grandmother Sue, walking up the path to our front door one sunny day in about 1971. That’s her 1967 Ford LTD parked curbside. -
![(first posted 3/8/2014) It was with the second generation that Honda’s Accord began to take a toehold in the Midwest. At the time, there was a lot more “Buy ‘Murican” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/CC-63-037-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Honda Accord – The Canary in the Coal Mine for the Traditional American Sedan")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Honda Accord – The Canary in the Coal Mine for the Traditional American Sedan
Posted on March 1, 2025 | 80 Comments(first posted 3/8/2014) It was with the second generation that Honda’s Accord began to take a toehold in the Midwest. At the time, there was a lot more “Buy ‘Murican” […] -
![My August birthday always happens during the Indiana State Fair, and what I often want for my birthday is a trip to the fair with as many of our (all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1967-Rambler-American-Rogue-d.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A 1967 Rambler American Goes Rogue At The Indiana State Fair")
A 1967 Rambler American Goes Rogue At The Indiana State Fair
Posted on February 27, 2025 | 29 CommentsMy August birthday always happens during the Indiana State Fair, and what I often want for my birthday is a trip to the fair with as many of our (all […] -
![Renting a car is like playing the slots — you never know when you’ll hit. I thought I hit big when renting a “Jetta or similar” netted me this BMW […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BMW_228i_01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rental Car Review: 2024 BMW 228i — Actually a Sideways Review of the 2024 VW Jetta GLI")
Rental Car Review: 2024 BMW 228i — Actually a Sideways Review of the 2024 VW Jetta GLI
Posted on December 18, 2024 | 34 CommentsRenting a car is like playing the slots — you never know when you’ll hit. I thought I hit big when renting a “Jetta or similar” netted me this BMW […] -
![(first posted 3/23/2013) Ford may have been first to the intermediate dance (among the Big Three, anyway), but GM came fashionably late and better dressed. Styling, they say, sells cars, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/6668FairlaneWagons1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Ford Fairlane GT – The Unexpected Wallflower")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Ford Fairlane GT – The Unexpected Wallflower
Posted on November 13, 2024 | 85 Comments(first posted 3/23/2013) Ford may have been first to the intermediate dance (among the Big Three, anyway), but GM came fashionably late and better dressed. Styling, they say, sells cars, […] -
![(first posted 10/25/2018) Since I’ve been writing for Curbside Classic I can count on one hand the number of Chevy Citations I’ve seen. This is the first one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/80Citation1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – It’s the First Chevy of the 80s")
CC Capsule: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – It’s the First Chevy of the 80s
Posted on October 25, 2024 | 132 Comments(first posted 10/25/2018) Since I’ve been writing for Curbside Classic I can count on one hand the number of Chevy Citations I’ve seen. This is the first one […] -
![(first posting 9/20/2018) Go looking online for information about the GMC version of the Advance Design trucks and you’ll come up with very little. For the Chevy you’ll […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/68000016-proc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1952-53 GMC Pickup – New Design, Not Advance Design")
CC Capsule: 1952-53 GMC Pickup – New Design, Not Advance Design
Posted on September 19, 2024 | 39 Comments(first posting 9/20/2018) Go looking online for information about the GMC version of the Advance Design trucks and you’ll come up with very little. For the Chevy you’ll […] -
![(first posted 9/5/2018) Here at CC we’ve seen lots of American cars, especially muscular ones from the 60s and 70s, now prowling about Europe. But here’s one that made […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/67GP1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auction Classic: 1967 Pontiac Grand Prix – Wide Tracking It Down Under")
Auction Classic: 1967 Pontiac Grand Prix – Wide Tracking It Down Under
Posted on September 5, 2024 | 34 Comments(first posted 9/5/2018) Here at CC we’ve seen lots of American cars, especially muscular ones from the 60s and 70s, now prowling about Europe. But here’s one that made […] -
![It’s always good to come upon an old Mini still doing its thing. They’re vanishingly rare in the Midwestern United States, where we live. In this case, we were on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1962-68-Austin-Mini-b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: Austin Mini – Still Rolling in Berlin")
Curbside Find: Austin Mini – Still Rolling in Berlin
Posted on August 15, 2024 | 27 CommentsIt’s always good to come upon an old Mini still doing its thing. They’re vanishingly rare in the Midwestern United States, where we live. In this case, we were on […] -
![(first posted 7/26/2018) This will always be exactly what I think of when I think of the Chevrolet Corvette: the 1970s-style boulevard cruiser, T tops removed, in some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_1596.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1977 Chevrolet Corvette – You Must Have At Least This Much Chest Hair To Ride This Ride")
CC Capsule: 1977 Chevrolet Corvette – You Must Have At Least This Much Chest Hair To Ride This Ride
Posted on July 29, 2024 | 41 Comments(first posted 7/26/2018) This will always be exactly what I think of when I think of the Chevrolet Corvette: the 1970s-style boulevard cruiser, T tops removed, in some […] -
![(first posted 4/23/2013) In the 1970s, when I was a lad, the Studebaker Lark was my hometown’s favorite beater. If some other car was your town’s cheap-transportation choice in those […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/60StudebakerLark1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Studebaker Lark – South Bend’s Beater King")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Studebaker Lark – South Bend’s Beater King
Posted on June 11, 2024 | 63 Comments(first posted 4/23/2013) In the 1970s, when I was a lad, the Studebaker Lark was my hometown’s favorite beater. If some other car was your town’s cheap-transportation choice in those […] -
![(first posted 7/27/2013) Tom Klockau’s post about a ’74 Delta 88 Royale convertible last weekend reminded me of my own photos of a ’71 Delta 88 Royale taken a couple […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/71OldsDelta88Royale1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1971 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – A Real G-Ride")
CC Capsule: 1971 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – A Real G-Ride
Posted on June 2, 2024 | 67 Comments(first posted 7/27/2013) Tom Klockau’s post about a ’74 Delta 88 Royale convertible last weekend reminded me of my own photos of a ’71 Delta 88 Royale taken a couple […] -
![(first posted 5/16/2018) My wife and I currently live in the most expensive suburb of Indianapolis. Lest you think our ship has come in, understand that this suburb […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_1126.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1961 Ford Falcon – Oh, to Live in a Neighborhood Where I Can Encounter Curbside Classics on a Stroll")
CC Capsule: 1961 Ford Falcon – Oh, to Live in a Neighborhood Where I Can Encounter Curbside Classics on a Stroll
Posted on May 16, 2024 | 50 Comments(first posted 5/16/2018) My wife and I currently live in the most expensive suburb of Indianapolis. Lest you think our ship has come in, understand that this suburb […]
