- Website
- https://jpcavanaugh.com/
![Ford and Chevrolet had been locked in mortal combat since at least the late 1920s. From that point through the 1970’s it was more often than not that Chevrolet came […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1973-Ford-F-150-08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Ford F-100 Ranger XLT – Slow And Steady Wins The Race")
![(first posted 9/2/2011) This is the second installment of an occasional series called How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan? What do you do when you are the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1995FordAerostar09-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Ford Aerostar – How Hard Can It Be to Make a Minivan? (Part 2)")
![If there is a car that came out in the 1970’s and retained its popularity as desirable daily transportation longer than these Lincolns of late in the decade, I don’t […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1978-Lincoln-Continental-Town-Car-03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Lincoln Continental Town Car – Best Prom Car Ever")
![We have aired out many disagreements here at the Curbside, but I think there is one thing on which we can all agree: 2020 sucked. Because all of us here […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD – What Car Best Represents 2020 And Your (Realistic) Hopes For 2021?")
![(first posted 8/10/2011) “Memo to Chevrolet Product Planning from GM Central Committee, January 1984: Gentlemen, it appears that Chrysler has stumbled upon something with its Hail Mary minivan. Poor, desperate, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1985ChevroletAstro02-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1993 Chevrolet Astro – How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan? (Part 1)")
![(first posted 12/24/2014) For fifteen glorious years, Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors led a charmed existence. Under General Managers Semon (Bunkie) Knudsen, Elliot (Pete) Estes and John Z. DeLorean, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1971PontiacT3706.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac T-37 – We Build Confusion")
![The 1987 Chevrolet Beretta was a big deal. It marked a return to a 2-door compact Chevrolet that was something more than just a sedan afterthought. It also saw Chevrolet […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Beretta-Z26-07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994-96 Chevrolet Beretta Z26 – Cool, But Not Cool Enough")
![(first posted 11/26/2014) The original generation of the Chevy Corvair certainly never lit the sales charts on fire, at least not by Chevrolet standards. Neither did the Y body compacts […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1965ChevyCorvair50004.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Double or Nothing!")
![(first posted 11/14/2014) Some cars invite controversy the moment you mention them. Vega anyone? Others seem to almost blend into history. You know it’s there, but there isn’t really much […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1964FordCountrySedan12.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford Country Sedan – Just As Good Without the Wood")
![(first posted 2/17/12) What do you get when you cross the marketing savvy of Lee Iacocca, the star power of Frank Sinatra, and an attractive personal luxury coupe with tried […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1981Imperial01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 Imperial by Chrysler – It’s Time For You. Or Not.")
![(first posted 10/14/2011) There was a sad and dark time in the 1980s when the world was shrinking, and the big American sedan was forced to shrink with it. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1991ChryslerNewYorker02-crop1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker – Paging Bill Blass")
![(first posted 10/21/2014) Yawn. Another restored squarebird convertible in resale red. Aren’t there a couple of these at every car show? But I didn’t find this one at a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1960FordThunderbird08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford Thunderbird – Fancy Meeting You Here")
![(first posted 2/17/2012) Aside from my well-known love of old cars, I am also a huge fan of Frank Sinatra. From his early days as The Voice to his twilight […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1955-TBird1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Cars of Frank Sinatra")
![(first posted 7/4/2011) I would be willing to bet that there is no car that General Motors made more money on than this generation of Cadillac. For those under about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1987-CadillacBrougham02-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Cadillac Brougham – The Elder Statesman")
![The place: Dearborn, Michigan. The date: March 1, 1994. “We here in the Ford organization (that we like to think of as a big family) are on the verge of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1998-Ford-Windstar-07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1998 Ford Windstar – How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan (part 7)")
-
-
-
American Brands: GM 
American Brands: Ford 
American Brands: Chrysler 
American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
Automotive Histories and Misc. 
Asian Brands 
UK Brands 
Australian Brands 
European Brands 
Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
Buses 
Trucks, Pickups and Vans 
Design 
Trains, Planes & Ships 
Motorcycles, Trikes, Bicycles 
Engines, Transmissions and other Tech 
Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment 
RVs, Motorhomes, Trailers, Campers
