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![(first posted 1/10/2019) What is there to say about GM’s Colonnade cars of the mid 1970’s that we have not already said here at CC? Sometimes, however, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1976BuickRegalSedan12Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Buick Regal Sedan – The End-Stage Beater")
![(first posted 4/4/2012) In the months before the 1928 U. S. presidential election, Herbert Hoover’s campaign slogan was “A chicken in every pot and a car in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1937-PackardSix03-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1937 Packard Six – Prestige on the Installment Plan")
![(first posted 1/9/2018) Until it was discontinued some years back, the Oldsmobile Ninety Eight was one of the few nameplates that had been around for my entire […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1984Oldsmobile9803-crop1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight – Your Father’s Last Oldsmobile?")
![(first posted 2/14/2013) What is it that makes a car a “chick car?” Put another way, what is it about some cars that appeals to the fairer sex? And why […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1986VWCabriolet05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Volkswagen Cabriolet – What Women Want")
![(first posted 7/31/2014) We here at CC simply don’t do things part way. Maybe we have all been schooled by the Teutonic discipline of our founder, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1972AMCJavelin04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1972 AMC Javelin Pierre Cardin – No, Really…")
![Here at Curbside Classic, we have written up literally thousands of old (and not-so-old) cars photographed in habitats all around the world. I have, myself, been responsible for giving the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1977-Buick-LeSabre-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Buick LeSabre Custom Coupe – Mellow In Yellow")
![December of 2011, I came across this car, one of my most momentous Curbside Classic finds up to that time. I can remember when Silver Shadows were sometimes seen on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1975-Rolls-Royce-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow – Stuck In The In-Between")
![(first posted 1/24/2014) Lots of companies can claim some small connection to the late American Motors Corporation, but there is really only one company whose identity is virtually inseparable from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1953NashStatesman01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1953 Nash Statesman – AMC’s DNA")
![(first posted 10/11/2018) The title may be a little provocative – after all, “peak anything” is almost always more opinion than fact. Sometimes, however, a case […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1972LincolnContinental09Feature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1972 Lincoln Continental – Making The Case For Peak 1970s Lincoln")
![(first posted 9/13/2018) The classic prewar Ford V8 has always been something that danced in the background of my life. My mother grew up in one, almost […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1939FordDeluxe19-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1939 Ford Deluxe Coupe – This One’s A Keeper")
![I have spent a lot of seat time in minivans over the years. I have owned an early Honda Odyssey (the under-appreciated version with hinged doors), a 99 Town & […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2022-Chrysler-Voyager-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Rental Car Review: 2022 Chrysler Voyager – It Was Fine")
![(first posted 1/9/2013) Everybody has an opinion about pre-1974 Mustangs. The first four (well, four and a half) years are almost universally loved. There is also a small but dedicated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1969FordMustang06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Ford Mustang – Everybody’s Second Choice")
![As I recently wrote, the Kia Sedona minivan which I bought new in the early fall of 2011 is no more. Or, more accurately, was turned into an insurance check […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2007-Mazda3-02-feature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 2007 Mazda3 Grand Touring – Opportunity Knocks")
![(first posted 8/17/2018) Rambler. Say the word, if only in your mind. Does a car jump to mind? For some folks it might be the older Nash-derived Rambler from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1961RamblerClassic06Feature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic – Classic Rambler")
![In early 1978, I was driving home from my after-school job at about 9 p.m. on a cold winter night in my 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible. As I cleared […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2012-Kia-Sedona-Final-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 2012 Kia Sedona Suffers A Series Of Unfortunate Events")
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