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About Author: Laurence Jones
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![(first posted 3/20/2012) Chrysler had indeed come a long way from the dowdy boxes K.T. Keller insisted on for the late 1940s and early 1950s. But before the flamboyant plumage […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Chrysler-1956-TC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Chrysler Windsor Town & Country – You’ve Come A Long Way")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Chrysler Windsor Town & Country – You’ve Come A Long Way
Posted on August 2, 2021 | 55 Comments(first posted 3/20/2012) Chrysler had indeed come a long way from the dowdy boxes K.T. Keller insisted on for the late 1940s and early 1950s. But before the flamboyant plumage […] -
![(first posted 7/9/2012) Call it what you may, but this rather handsome convertible was one of the nails in the coffin of American Motors. How could something this good […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AMC-1966-amby-conv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 AMC Ambassador 990 Convertible – Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption")
Curbside Classic: 1966 AMC Ambassador 990 Convertible – Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption
Posted on June 12, 2021 | 61 Comments(first posted 7/9/2012) Call it what you may, but this rather handsome convertible was one of the nails in the coffin of American Motors. How could something this good […] -
![(first posted 2/27/2012) Here I am again, resident defender of some underdog car (whether it be in looks, sales, relevancy, etc.) This time I’m going to go as far […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Plymouth-1962-fury.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Plymouth Fury – If You Think This Is Bad…")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Plymouth Fury – If You Think This Is Bad…
Posted on April 11, 2021 | 97 Comments(first posted 2/27/2012) Here I am again, resident defender of some underdog car (whether it be in looks, sales, relevancy, etc.) This time I’m going to go as far […] -
![(first posted 9/22/2011) One of the best classic television shows for the car nut is the ABC supernatural sitcom Bewitched. Beyond the magical spells and campy acting was some of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-chevelle.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Culture: The Chevrolets of Bewitched – Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered")
Curbside Culture: The Chevrolets of Bewitched – Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered
Posted on March 21, 2021 | 129 Comments(first posted 9/22/2011) One of the best classic television shows for the car nut is the ABC supernatural sitcom Bewitched. Beyond the magical spells and campy acting was some of […] -
![(first published 4/20/2012) Here we have another question of where to go between extremes. Normally it’s the retreat from extremes of excess when we think of cars from the 1950s. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-st.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Studebaker President – Sadly Squared Up")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Studebaker President – Sadly Squared Up
Posted on March 6, 2021 | 60 Comments(first published 4/20/2012) Here we have another question of where to go between extremes. Normally it’s the retreat from extremes of excess when we think of cars from the 1950s. […] -
![(first published 4/11/2012) From time to time we all get a bit insecure about our appearance. Whether it’s our clothes, the angle of our nose or our lack of muscles, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-val.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Plymouth Valiant – When The Curious Looking Get Self Conscious And Conform.")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Plymouth Valiant – When The Curious Looking Get Self Conscious And Conform.
Posted on March 2, 2021 | 84 Comments(first published 4/11/2012) From time to time we all get a bit insecure about our appearance. Whether it’s our clothes, the angle of our nose or our lack of muscles, […] -
![(first posted 9/26/2011) If you didn’t know, this is what a “Plucked Chicken” looks like. No longer the wild roosters of The Forward Look, the next-to-last Chryslers that Virgil […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-chry.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Chrysler 300 Sport – Funny Face")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Chrysler 300 Sport – Funny Face
Posted on February 1, 2021 | 100 Comments(first posted 9/26/2011) If you didn’t know, this is what a “Plucked Chicken” looks like. No longer the wild roosters of The Forward Look, the next-to-last Chryslers that Virgil […] -
![(first posted 12/3/2011) The automotive market is cruel. What is once brilliant, within a year or so can be a has-been. And one of the greatest automobiles this fall […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/6372625555_6402498748_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1952 Hudson Hornet – A Victorious Dead End")
Curbside Classic: 1952 Hudson Hornet – A Victorious Dead End
Posted on December 13, 2020 | 88 Comments(first posted 12/3/2011) The automotive market is cruel. What is once brilliant, within a year or so can be a has-been. And one of the greatest automobiles this fall […] -
![(first posted 9/18/2011) How many of us can say we’ve owned and loved a car so long that we could have driven it to the Moon and back if we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/6143247012_119815a886_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Mercury Comet 202 – To the Moon and Back")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Mercury Comet 202 – To the Moon and Back
Posted on November 23, 2020 | 33 Comments(first posted 9/18/2011) How many of us can say we’ve owned and loved a car so long that we could have driven it to the Moon and back if we […] -
![(first posted 2/15/2012) For all middle children life is hard. And no life is harder in the automotive world than the middle model or trim level. The most difficult life […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/296638_10150329430992201_501872200_8455172_230128943_n.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Buick Wildcat – I Think I Want To Fight")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Buick Wildcat – I Think I Want To Fight
Posted on October 5, 2020 | 63 Comments(first posted 2/15/2012) For all middle children life is hard. And no life is harder in the automotive world than the middle model or trim level. The most difficult life […] -
![(first posted 9/23/2014) The Studebaker is the most Christ-like of all personal coupes. I’m not too sure that the end of production at South Bend fell on a Friday, or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a-avanti.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Studebaker Avanti – Fall Forward Onto The Sword, Rise Like The Phoenix")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Studebaker Avanti – Fall Forward Onto The Sword, Rise Like The Phoenix
Posted on September 23, 2020 | 61 Comments(first posted 9/23/2014) The Studebaker is the most Christ-like of all personal coupes. I’m not too sure that the end of production at South Bend fell on a Friday, or […] -
![(first posted 8/13/2014) This particular zone of the Broadway Auto Row in Oakland has long been a lucky spot for me to spot cars on gloomy days. This is the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/14870503304_33bc4e5b89_h-e1407646318657.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Convertible – Carefree Conclusions")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Convertible – Carefree Conclusions
Posted on August 13, 2020 | 48 Comments(first posted 8/13/2014) This particular zone of the Broadway Auto Row in Oakland has long been a lucky spot for me to spot cars on gloomy days. This is the […] -
![(originally posted 3/6/2014) Finned, fresh and fantastic: The Forward Look Mopar cars shocked and awed both the buying public and the competition in the fall of 1956–but by the fall […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/6060790881_46359fdfcb_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958 DeSoto Fireflite: The Forward Look Falls Flat On Its Face")
Curbside Classic: 1958 DeSoto Fireflite: The Forward Look Falls Flat On Its Face
Posted on March 7, 2019 | 105 Comments(originally posted 3/6/2014) Finned, fresh and fantastic: The Forward Look Mopar cars shocked and awed both the buying public and the competition in the fall of 1956–but by the fall […] -
![(first posted 2/12/2013) To continue on the trajectory of early -’60s Oldsmobiles that continues to haunt me, I present this Dynamic 88, which I first met under the cover of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/8299012768_d2ee3d5880_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Parking Lot Classic: 1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Holiday Hardtop – Happy Haunting")
Parking Lot Classic: 1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Holiday Hardtop – Happy Haunting
Posted on November 20, 2018 | 54 Comments(first posted 2/12/2013) To continue on the trajectory of early -’60s Oldsmobiles that continues to haunt me, I present this Dynamic 88, which I first met under the cover of […] -
![(first posted 1/11/2013) Or deadly? One always has to question why Chrysler even bothered with DeSoto after a certain point. Five years after offering this befinned model, DeSoto would cease […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DSC_1159.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 DeSoto Firedome Sedan – DeLovely")
Curbside Classic: 1956 DeSoto Firedome Sedan – DeLovely
Posted on August 15, 2018 | 30 Comments(first posted 1/11/2013) Or deadly? One always has to question why Chrysler even bothered with DeSoto after a certain point. Five years after offering this befinned model, DeSoto would cease […]
