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![(first posted 1/6/2012) Why was and is the ’64 Chevy so commonly loved? Well, it’s not because of its willowy X-frame (update: it actually wasn’t willowy), crappy drum brakes, Powerglide, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CC-98-011-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Bel Air Wagon – Love Transcends All")
![(first posted 2/7/2019) Toyota experienced spectacular success in the US with its first two cars, the Corona and the Corolla. These were both highly affordable cars in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CC-374-013.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 Toyota Corona Mark II (X10) – Moving Up, or Down?")
![(first posted 2/8/2019) During the 1980s, GM had its greatest loss of market share ever, setting the stage for its ultimate demise. It was a remarkable performance, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CC-381-035.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988-1991 Buick Reatta – GM’s Deadly Sin #30 – The Death of Sex and Soul")
![Starting in 1948, American cars entered a new developmental phase marked by the sprouting of curious and rather excessive body extensions at their rear ends, often adorned by fins, rockets, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/a-bonn-59.jpg "Which Car Had The Longest Rear Overhang? The Top 10 In Absolute Length And Percentage Of Body Length")
![Every time the subject of the 1967-1969 Barracuda hardtop coupe comes up, invariably there will be comments about how excessively long its tail is. And how it was undoubtedly a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/a-cuda-side-vert-1.jpg "Why Does Everyone Think That The 1967-1969 Barracuda Coupe And The 1965-1969 Corvair Coupe Have Such Long Tails? They’re Actually Shorter Than Typical")
![(first posted 2/2/2019) The awnings on the salon in the background seem to be asking for dimensions of these two Cadillacs sot and posted by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/39912266023_ec77794dbd_o.jpg "Cohort Outtake: 1953 & 1958 Cadillacs – Dimensions")
![My ’66 F100—with the 240 six—didn’t have the owner’s manual when I bought it in 1987. When I stumbled into one in a used book store some years later, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/a-o1-b-vert.jpg "A 1966 Ford F100 240 Six Needed New Pistons, Rings And Bearings At 24,333 Miles And Again At 27,017 Miles? What Caused That?")
![(first posted 1/31/2019) We’re going to have us a Jeep theme day, and this Gladiator is a fitting participant. We’ve done these in a lot […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CC-380-005.jpg "Jeep Day Outtake: 1968 Jeep Gladiator J3000 – Buick Power")
![I was paying attention to my driving—for a change—when Stephanie said: “Oh, look at that cute woodie Element”. At first it didn’t quite register; I thought maybe she was talking […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/el3.jpg "Curbside Find: 2003 Honda Element Woodie – Genuine Wood At That")
![Now here’s a brilliant spin on the news of Studebaker’s South Bend factory having shut down production in December of 1963—it’s now an import brand, with all the prestige that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/st1-vert.jpg "Vintage Review: 1964 Studebaker Cruiser – A New Prestige Import Brand Arrives")
![(first posted 5/14/2014) Olds Vista Cruisers and their corresponding twin, the Buick Sportwagons hold a special place in the history of the American station wagon. It was a highly unusual […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CC-25-027-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – GM’s Greatest Hit No. 8")
![Seeing the 2.8 badge on the right side of the trunk of this 300E threw me for a moment. Is this a European gray market import? Did someone replace the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_2634.jpeg "Curbside Find: 1993 Mercedes 300E 2.8 – Rare One-Year-Only Variant Of The W124")
![The odds of this Thunderbird flying majestically again are almost nil. Its sequential taillights are dimmed forever, unless someone comes along and strips them, as the rear bumper and enclosed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_2654.jpeg "Curbside Classic: 1966 Thunderbird Town Hardtop – This Bird Is Grounded, For Good")
![(first posted 1/21/2019) It’s no secret that Portland, OR has been one of the fastest growing cities in the country in recent years. It’s “where young […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/31716242047_9b9c47653e_k.jpg "Curtis Perry Outtake: 1965 Rambler Classic 550 – Portland, Old and New")
![(first posted 1/20/2019. Update 1/19/2025: Aiden still has the Camaro. He graduated from the U of Arizona is working in Phoenix but the Camaro is still sitting at his parents’house […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CC-380-204.jpg "Curbside Classic & Driving Impressions: 1979 Camaro Z-28 – Nephew Aidan’s First Car")
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