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![(first posted 6/4/2015) A couple years ago I shared some photos I’d taken of the typography on classic cars. It seems like such a minor detail, but obvious design work […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1971-Plymouth-GTX.jpg "Auto Typography 2")
![(first posted 5/13/2014) I remember clearly the first time I saw the new-for-1986 Ford Taurus. It was around the time I turned 18, late in the summer before the Taurus […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Taurus-1990-wagon.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1990 Ford Taurus Wagon – Redefining the Station Wagon")
![(first posted 3/24/2015) Did you ever notice how seldom I share classics actually found curbside? I’m forever finding old cars and trucks in parking lots. It’s because I live more […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-f250.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1979 Ford F-250 Explorer – At Its Age, Good To Be Anywhere")
![I was 22 when Ford introduced the Explorer. I was sitting in my living room watching TV with my girlfriend when we saw our first commercial for it. We were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93-94FordExplorer1.jpg "CC Capsule: 1993-94 Ford Explorer Limited – How Did It Escape Cash For Clunkers?")
![During the pandemic I’ve been working from home. I put about 4,000 miles on my car in 2020, as opposed to the 18,000 miles I put on it in 2019. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_3447.jpg "Spotted While Driving, or Curbside Classics Out and About During the Pandemic")
![(first posted 12/12/2014) Winter’s chill came early in central Indiana this year, with morning temperatures in the teens by mid November. My stupid Ford Focus cares not about the weather: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/CommandoAds.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1966 Kaiser Jeepster Commando – One Last Hurrah Before Winter")
![(first posted 11/19/2014) I’ve experienced The CC Effect before – within days of a rarely-seen Curbside Classic being posted here, I’ve stumbled upon the same make and model on the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Mazda-2-Wikipedia.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1996 Ford Aspire – OMG, I Found Another One")
![Even though air-cooled Volkswagens are hardly common in Indiana anymore, they’re still not exactly rare. I don’t keep track in my head of all the old cars I find; it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/VW_Thing_73-74_1.jpg "CC Capsule: Air-Cooled Volkswagens I Have Recently Known")
![(first posted 9/9/2014) Coming upon an early Panther-based Ford LTD Crown Victoria is pretty rare out here in Rustopia. Most of the ones that got inherited after Grandpa passed away […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1987-Ford-LTD-Crown-Victoria-h.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – Helloooooooo Kitty!")
![It’s not often anymore that I’m stopped dead in my tracks by a curbside classic. I think I’ve grown callous after having contributed here for seven years and counting. Another […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9297SevilleSLSa.jpg "CC Capsule: 1992-97 Cadillac Seville SLS – Styling That’s Aged Well")
![In the 1980s it wasn’t uncommon to see unrestored 1960s Mustangs still in use as transportation. It was uncommon by the 1990s. I assume collectors had bought the ones worth […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8789Mustang2.jpg "CC Capsule: 1987-89 Ford Mustang Convertible – Getting the Groceries")
![Camaros of this generation were common and cliché for a long, long time. But after 30 years, they’ve finally become uncommon. It was a pleasant surprise to find this one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/90CamaroAjg.jpg "CC Capsule: 1990 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 – Spoiler Alert")
![(first posted 3/29/2014) It had been a long, crappy day at the office, and I was headed home to a long night of leaning on the youngest boy to make […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/79PontiacGP1jg.jpg "CC Capsule: 1979 Pontiac Grand Prix – A Broughamified GM Deadly Sin")
![I’ve been writing for Curbside Classic off and on for a little more than seven years now. (Mostly off lately; life’s been a little crazy.) As I look back, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/8788CDVa.jpg "CC Capsule: 1987-88 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Age Mellows a Man")
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/6872GMCd.jpg "CC Capsule: 1968-72 GMC 2500 – Well-Amortized Truck Part Tooling")
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