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![(first posted 12/4/2013) I’m on a quest to find a first-year example of each of the FWD GM A bodies. I haven’t found one yet, but every time I spy […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/87BuickCentury1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Buick Century – Direct from the Waning Years of the Great Brougham Epoch")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Buick Century – Direct from the Waning Years of the Great Brougham Epoch
Posted on January 10, 2020 | 74 Comments(first posted 12/4/2013) I’m on a quest to find a first-year example of each of the FWD GM A bodies. I haven’t found one yet, but every time I spy […] -
![(First Posted November 9, 2013) Here it is, the car to which most of my male peers aspired during my 1980s teenagerhood: the second-generation Camaro. The Colonnade Cutlass Supreme may […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/80ChevyCamaro1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1980 Chevrolet Camaro and Camaro RS – The Object of High-School Dreams")
Curbside Classics: 1980 Chevrolet Camaro and Camaro RS – The Object of High-School Dreams
Posted on October 31, 2019 | 43 Comments(First Posted November 9, 2013) Here it is, the car to which most of my male peers aspired during my 1980s teenagerhood: the second-generation Camaro. The Colonnade Cutlass Supreme may […] -
![(First Posted November 2, 2013) Was it rust or ricers that brought so many 1980s Corollas to their unfortunate demise here in Indiana? These cars were certainly hardy enough to […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/88ToyotaCorollaFX1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Toyota Corolla FX – Not Even Broken In Yet")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Toyota Corolla FX – Not Even Broken In Yet
Posted on October 30, 2019 | 42 Comments(First Posted November 2, 2013) Was it rust or ricers that brought so many 1980s Corollas to their unfortunate demise here in Indiana? These cars were certainly hardy enough to […] -
![Is there any way to tell the model year of a 1967-72 GMC truck other than decoding the VIN? I’m not aware that GMC made any styling changes to this […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/6872GMCd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1968-72 GMC 2500 – Well-Amortized Truck Part Tooling")
CC Capsule: 1968-72 GMC 2500 – Well-Amortized Truck Part Tooling
Posted on October 7, 2019 | 22 CommentsIs there any way to tell the model year of a 1967-72 GMC truck other than decoding the VIN? I’m not aware that GMC made any styling changes to this […] -
![I thought it was going to be a lean year for spotting and photographing old cars through the windshield of my car. The town I live in now is known […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_2281.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Spotted While Driving, or It Would Be Creepy If I Followed You Until You Parked, So I Photographed You In Traffic Instead")
Spotted While Driving, or It Would Be Creepy If I Followed You Until You Parked, So I Photographed You In Traffic Instead
Posted on August 8, 2019 | 27 CommentsI thought it was going to be a lean year for spotting and photographing old cars through the windshield of my car. The town I live in now is known […] -
![(first posted 5/18/2013) My phone vibrated. It was a text from my brother, with this photo attached. “I’m in Columbus, Ohio, and look what I found!” “What is it?” I […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/66Renault-Caravelle1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Renault Caravelle – Drama, Intrigue, A Man Named Exner and Disappointing Sales")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Renault Caravelle – Drama, Intrigue, A Man Named Exner and Disappointing Sales
Posted on July 13, 2019 | 39 Comments(first posted 5/18/2013) My phone vibrated. It was a text from my brother, with this photo attached. “I’m in Columbus, Ohio, and look what I found!” “What is it?” I […] -
![(first posted 7/6/2013) 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 […]](https://i1.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 14, 2019 | 39 Comments(first posted 7/6/2013) 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 […] -
![Two jobs ago I worked for a company owned by a group of partners. Two of the partners used to take all of the IT directors, including me, to lunch […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/97bmwm3-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1997 BMW M3 – The Car I Want For My Midlife Crisis")
CC Capsule: 1997 BMW M3 – The Car I Want For My Midlife Crisis
Posted on April 24, 2019 | 18 CommentsTwo jobs ago I worked for a company owned by a group of partners. Two of the partners used to take all of the IT directors, including me, to lunch […] -
![I’m a fan of the first-generation Ford Ranger, especially post-facelift when they got the composite headlamps. This is just a good-looking little truck. And this one is in surprisingly good […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ranger3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1990 Ford Ranger XLT – Direct from Pizza Planet")
CC Capsule: 1990 Ford Ranger XLT – Direct from Pizza Planet
Posted on April 17, 2019 | 42 CommentsI’m a fan of the first-generation Ford Ranger, especially post-facelift when they got the composite headlamps. This is just a good-looking little truck. And this one is in surprisingly good […] -
![(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 20, 2019 | 70 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 […] -
![(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://i1.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 2, 2019 | 77 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” […] -
![When I wrapped my COAL series in 2013, I had just bought this 2006 Ford Focus as my daily driver and had demoted my 2003 Toyota Matrix (COAL story here) […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Focus1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 2006 Ford Focus ZX5 SES – Passed Down to Three Generations")
COAL Update: 2006 Ford Focus ZX5 SES – Passed Down to Three Generations
Posted on December 19, 2018 | 73 CommentsWhen I wrapped my COAL series in 2013, I had just bought this 2006 Ford Focus as my daily driver and had demoted my 2003 Toyota Matrix (COAL story here) […] -
![(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://i2.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, 2018 | 83 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, […] -
![It was a random day in Crown Point, a town of about 27,000 in Indiana’s northwest-most county. We were there visiting one of my wife’s sisters and her husband for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/vwbus3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip: Classics on the Square in Crown Point")
CC Road Trip: Classics on the Square in Crown Point
Posted on November 8, 2018 | 25 CommentsIt was a random day in Crown Point, a town of about 27,000 in Indiana’s northwest-most county. We were there visiting one of my wife’s sisters and her husband for […] -
![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 I’ve seen parked. But every […]](https://i2.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, 2018 | 122 CommentsSince 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 I’ve seen parked. But every […]
