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- I write about anything I find interesting. Hopefully that aligns with what at least some readers also find interesting. I adopted my avatar after writing an article about the 1953 movie Crime Wave (see Curbside Cinema: A Crime Wave Of Lincolns) because I liked the movie and the character. I later found out that the actor Sterling Hayden was quite a character, not a typical actor at all. Look him up, it's worth the time!
![Ignore the newer vehicles in the background, and this battered-but-proud 1969 Buick Electra 225 makes you feel that if you switched on the radio, the Bee Gees would be playing, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20231108_113954-e1750183582664.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Buick Electra 225 – Drive It Like It’s 1979")
![GM’s Colonnades were possibly the most common cars on U.S. roads in the 1970’s. I was a young kid in the late 70’s and just becoming car conscious, but even […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190522_193819.jpg "Curbside Find: 1974 Buick Century – Colonnade Still Standing")
![The other day we looked at some great dashboards of the pre-war period seen in Arizona this January. Today, we’ll see the huge changes and flights of fancy that took […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-27-at-14-50-08-1961-Chrysler-300-G-Convertible-Amelia-Island-2021-RM-Sothebysedit.jpg "Dashboard Evolution Part 2 of 2: Post-War Rocket Ship Cockpits")
![I recently finished up the series on cars I found at the Arizona auctions from 1903-1939, where there was an unusually deep inventory of these amazing early cars that one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250123_111858.jpg "Dashboard Evolution Part 1 of 2, Pre-War Symmetry")
![(first posted 5/10/2019) The GM N-body cars of the ’80’s have been covered several times over the years here at Curbside Classic, usually when a tired, can’t-believe-this-is-still-on-the-road […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190505_185610.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1985 Oldsmobile Calais Supreme – A Happy Baby")
![By the 1930’s, automobiles were really coming into their own. Cars were faster and more reliable. Moving far beyond simple transportation, status-conscious and well-to-do buyers had a wide selection of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot-2025-04-24-at-21-06-22-1934-Packard-1108-Twelve-Sport-Sedan-by-Derham-Arizona-2025-RM-Sothebys.jpg "Auction Classics: The Rapid Evolution Of American Cars, Part 4 of 4 1931-1939")
![The first few decades in the U.S. automobile market were an amazing time of rapid technical and styling advancement. In my last article, we looked at cars through 1919. Today, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cadillac20250123_132814.jpg "The Rapid Evolution Of American Cars, Part 3 of 4: 1920-1930")
![This is the continuation of a look at many of the amazing very early automobiles I was privileged to see in Arizona this January. See Part 1 if you missed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250123_122701.jpg "Auction Classic: The Rapid Evolution Of American Cars, part 2 of 4 – 1914-1919")
![The oldest cars are now well over 100 years old and they are almost never seen on public roads or even most car shows. Today they seem so primitive, it’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250123_112913-ornament-1.jpg "Auction Classic: The Rapid Evolution Of American Cars, part 1 of 4 1903-1912")
![(first posted 1/31/2019) It’s the early 1980’s and you are president of AMC/Jeep. The question is this: How do you replace one of the most iconic vehicles […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20180630_163633.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1993 Jeep YJ Wrangler – Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear")
![Is it better to buy a fancy version of a cheap car or a cheap version of a fancy car? Here we have a beguilingly plain survivor that urges you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-06-7.39.51-PM.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1965 Mercury Monterey – Classy Stripper With A 390 V8 And Three On The Tree")
![Weathered just shy of the point of no return, you can practically hear this old truck crying out to anyone close enough to see it to please find it a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/20200124_140035.jpg "Museum Classic: 1927 Seagrave Fire Engine – Future Hall Of Flamer?")
![(update: More information came to light after this article originally ran, from a commenter and from an old magazine feature buried deep in the internet, which is linked at the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG00264-20110820-1912blur-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Impala SS Station Wagon – Factory-Built Unicorn")
![The 1994-96 Impala SS has long been a legit cult classic and probably the quintessential example of Chevrolet’s Modern Era Super Sport (M.E.SS) models. It’s popular with enthusiasts and even […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20240416_123709.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1996 Chevrolet Impala SS – Three Reasons Darth Vader Was A Winner (M.E.SS #2)")
![The time has come for a change in my driveway! I bought my former car, a 2011 Mustang GT, new in 2010. I loved the car, which was remarkably reliable […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240810_195311-1-e1727323119863.jpg "My 2015 Ford Mustang GT (Update) – How NOT To Buy A Used Car")
