![(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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-chry.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1962 Chrysler 300 Sport – Funny Face")
![(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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/6372625555_6402498748_b.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1952 Hudson Hornet – A Victorious Dead End")
![(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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/6143247012_119815a886_z.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 Mercury Comet 202 – To the Moon and Back")
![(first posted 10/25/2011) I didn’t realize I had another Buick-Olds mid market smackdown hiding in my photo collection. And due to some Mopar outcries, I’ll throw in the previously-covered crazy-faced […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6247723173_cc1782dfd6_z.jpg "Curbside Comparison: 1962 Buick Invicta vs. 1962 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight vs. 1962 Chrysler 300 Sport- Wide Eyes and Double Chins")
![(first posted 10/12/2011) So it’s 1955, and you aren’t necessarily a brand loyalist, yet still a General Motors loyalist. The all new for 1954 B-Body by Fisher cousins, the Oldsmobile […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6224888742_1921ccaecc_z-1.jpg "Curbside Comparison: 1955 Oldsmobile Eighty Eight vs. 1955 Buick Special – Battle of The B’s")
![(first posted 1/10/2012. Have things changed since then?) If you wonder “What is the most popular classic car among fashionable urban individuals 18-34 (i.e Hipsters)?” Given my non-scientific guess […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/5969449436_9eac37d710_z.jpg "Curbside Trends: The Ford Falcon – #1 In Classic Cars Among Hipsters")
![(first posted 11/29/2011) Of all brands that tried to make the name “Special” for its cars actually seem, well, “special,” no one did a better job of framing that name […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/6319893577_124872c0e0_b.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1966 Buick Special Deluxe Sedan – Not All That Special")
![One is majorly spoiled living in Northern California. No matter the time of the year, one can step right out their front door and, if they’re quick with their camera, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image-16-e1424634550280.jpg "CC Capsule: 1956 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria – The Ever-Eager Dalmatian")
![(first published 4/16/2013) The Thunderbird: So irrational, so illogical, so often successful. Out of all the cars that make no sense–at least on paper– I’m willing to give the beguiling bird […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0023f.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Thunderbird Landau – Fancy Feast")
![I’ve noted previously that October is really “high convertible season” in the San Francisco Bay Area. As Friday slides into Saturday Brunches and Farmers Markets, the first weekend of October […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/10660263_10152333469887201_4685983160681827395_n-e1412398969956.jpg "CC Outtake: 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible – Things Go Better With Coke")
![When Virgil Exner and the Highland Park Studios had to finish off the 1950’s, the final Forward Look interpretations for the decade got a heavy dose of new make up. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DesotoLer-e1410320058156.jpg "CC Design Question: 1959 Forward Face Off – Who Wore Their Make-Up Better?")
![Social Networking can bring about some really awkward interactions with parents if they are young enough and/or technologically savvy. In my case, they center around my mother and her opinions […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-1-3-e1406683044820.jpg "CC Outtake: 1971 Mercury Comet – My Mother (And) The Car")
![(first posted 8/12/2011) One of the most unheralded but perpetually popular chassis designations in General Motors alphabet soup was the “C” Body cars. We’ve recently seen the praise of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5991971173_6b56f8dfd3_b.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 & 1965 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight – In the Key of C (Part 1)")
![I was first entranced by the 8:40-something sunset over western San Leandro as I dropped a friend at home, but sparkling in the soft hues of Pink, Orange and blue […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/10502420_10152131102707201_2296631319162384151_n-e1403332251910.jpg "CC Outtake: 1963 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Summer Solstice Status Symbol")
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