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![(first posted 7/28/2012) What exactly is the American Dream? Was it easier to answer that question fifty years ago? If you were seven years old, and had just arrived from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CC-172-158-1200-crop.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1963 Thunderbird Landau – The American Dream Car")
![This was a short-lived experiment, like a number of others in the past in the US. The Perkins 4.236, a four cylinder making 82 hp, was offered for one year […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/3835407485_6e78f68c46_h.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1968 Checker – “Introducing The Only American-Built Diesel Powered Automobiles”")
![This is the first legitimate curbside E-Body Barracuda ever at CC. How odd is that? An icon of the pony car era, but presumably the survivors have all become garage […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/52411384874_30359d5a01_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1970 Plymouth Barracuda – Having The Last Laugh")
![Mike Hayes has found some real gems over the years, but this one is right at or near the top, as in the rust-perforated top of this ’77 or ’78 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/52413945656_07b60d3784_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Month: 1977 or 1978 Dodge Charger – Got Rust?")
![This PR shot of a 1953 Willys Aero in front of (a big photo of) London’s Tower Bridge is an interesting choice, as the Aero does rather look like one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/3949865542_c317f3f883_b.jpg "Vintage PR Shot: I Say, Is That The New Humber Super Snipe?")
![Yes, the Mercedes SL occupied a niche of one in the market. There was no other roadster that was so solidly engineered and built; essentially a Mercedes sedan cut down […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/280-SL-1a.jpeg "Vintage R&T Road Test: 1968 Mercedes 280 SL – “It’s Alone In Its Field”")
![I saw the familiar outline and front end of a Mercedes L406 van in the guise of a German fire truck sitting in the alley that is part of our […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_9546.jpg "Alleyside Outtake: Mercedes Fire Truck – Not Here To Put Out Any Fires")
![I don’t know the origin of this rendering, but the artist has eclectic taste. The ’57 Fury is of course a classic, but the choice of the plane and truck […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/51962969121_2df98ccdc0_k.jpg "An Unusual Threesome: 1957 Plymouth Fury, C-46, and Ford Thames Truck")
![Here’s a vehicle that’s never seen on the pages of CC but will finally have its day of fame here, thanks to one being for sale here in Eugene, no […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1200,height=900,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/00n0n_cnASRmHyaYXz_0CI0t2_1200x900.jpg "Craigslist Classic: 1954 Austin Champ – The Other British “Jeep”")
![This ad had me totally stumped, for about 20 seconds. “The Luxury Six For The man Who Wants Something Better”? By 1964, the American was the furthest thing from that, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/51974497710_a928b6498d_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1964 Rambler American – “The Luxury Six For The Man Who Wants Something Better” – What?")
![Cohort poster JC’s shots are all from Carmel, CA, a very exclusive and expensive little enclave. So it’s not surprising that the cars he shoots are almost invariably very expensive […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/52291448004_894e27ad9e_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1986 or 1987 Toyota 4Runner Turbo – Red Hot In Carmel")
![Yes, we were down for some hours today, and some posts are still throwing 404 errors. David Saunders has been hard at work in the evenings after work to make […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/png-clipart-amc-gremlin-american-motors-corporation-jeep-amc-hornet-jeep-logo-car.jpg "Housekeeping: Still Trying To Track Down The Gremlins"){kind=logo}
![Roshake found this LeBaron resting in a courtyard in Budapest. These LeBarons have become quite rare in my part of the world; it’s been years. It was the first of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/52401846078_e8379b8502_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Chrysler LeBaron (K) Spotted Resting In Budapest")
![(curbside Mark II photos by robadr) (first posted 10/4/2016) There were three primary reasons Ford spent (and lost) a whole lot of money on the Continental Mark II: 1. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Continental-1956-sfq.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1956 Continental Mark II – Caught In The Pincers")
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