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![(first posted 10/24/2012) What is it about some people? Some folks just get no respect. Comedian Rodney Dangerfield made a career out of that observation. It is the same with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1962Mercury01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Mercury Monterey Custom – No Respect")
![I have wanted to write about a Continental Mark III since I began writing for CC over a decade ago. Not the gargantuan 1959 version, but the one from the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1970-Mark-III-Yellow.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / Cars of my Father: 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III – Lemon Yellow")
![(first posted 6/14/2016) Some time back, Paul Niedermeyer went on a two-door sedan jag here, bringing to us a renewed appreciation for that most lowly of body styles. I have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1956FordFairlaneFordorVictoria12-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Ford Fairlane Fordor Victoria – More Doors For Miss Vickie")
![(first posted 6/3/2016) From the close of the Second World War to the present, the variety of body styles offered by the American auto industry has been remarkably constant. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1956Oldsmobile8805.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Oldsmobile Super 88 – The Sedan Goes on Holiday")
![(first posted 6/19/2012) Every once in awhile, fun stuff really can happen when you get a text message while sitting on the couch on a Sunday afternoon. This is what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1948PontiacWagon01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1948 Pontiac DeLuxe Streamliner Station Wagon – At the Dawn of the Jet Age, a Varnishing Breed")
![(first posted 10/8/2013) By 1995, it was crystal clear that Chrysler’s minivan was a runaway success. Both of Mopar’s main domestic rivals had taken (at least) one swing at building […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1996HondaOdyssey02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Honda Odyssey EX: How Hard Can It Be to Make a Minivan? (Part 4)")
![(first posted 12/14/2012) The 1965 Ford, once common as dirt, has become a rare item of interest. Oddly, it has also been one of the most-chronicled cars here at CC: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1965-Ford-Galaxie-500-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Galaxie 500–A New Ford Fit for Goldilocks")
![(First published 6/27/2012) The nine years from 1970 to 1978 may have been the golden age of the “mid sized” sedan in America. In those days, “mid sized” was a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1978AMCMatador05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 AMC Matador Barcelona – The Bullfighter Dies in Full Costume")
![(first posted 3/11/2016) The story of Studebaker’s final few years are well known here. However, there is one vehicle that remains quite little known and has been seldom seen since […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Studebaker-zip-van.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Craigslist Classic: 1963 Studebaker Zip Van – Studebaker Goes Postal")
![Cars from the 1930’s are becoming a bit like a foreign language to many of us here. I am now north of sixty years on this orb and these were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1936-LaSalle-a-06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1936 LaSalle Series 36-50 – Almost, But Not Quite, A Cadillac")
![(first posted 2/17/2016) It is with sadness that we here at CC note the death of John Riccardo, the former Chairman of Chrysler Corporation, who died this past Saturday, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/hhgghgb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: John Riccardo – Old Chrysler’s Last Act")
![(first posted 1/28/2016) One of the benefits of a Hulu subscription is that there are a lot of obscure old television shows available for watching. Mrs. JPC and I stumbled […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Apollo_11_Parade.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Chrysler Imperial Parade Phaetons – The Royal Treatment")
![(first posted 11/23/2011) It started simply enough: Oh look – a great car to photograph for a CC. And then I saw the sign – Asking price of only […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1974PlymouthSatellite03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Plymouth Satellite Custom – Almost Our Thanksgiving Turkey")
![(first posted 11/27/2015) It is hard to believe that we here at CC have never gotten around to discussing one of the most polarizing cars of the entire 1950s. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bbui.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958 Buick Special – Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing To Excess")
![(first posted 9/23/2011) When I was growing up, there were more Oldsmobiles in my extended family than anything else. But if we go to second place, it would have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1968PontiacCatalina09-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Pontiac Catalina – Let’s Go Wide-Tracking")
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