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![The 1965 Ford LTD was an ambitious move upmarket for the Ford brand, and it was a big success. But that didn’t translate to the limousine version by Lehmann-Peterson; only […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/52283330371_5a7aa63730_k.jpg "Vintage PR Photo: 1965 Ford LTD Limousine By Lehmann-Peterson – A Long Dud")
![The Newport was the entry-level Chrysler, and it was a lot of car for the money: 122″ wheelbase, 215″ long, 4225 lbs weight, a husky big V8, and in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/6-1.jpg "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1961 Chrysler Newport – Big, Strong, Fast And With Auto-Pilot")
![I can’t say I can remember running across an ad for the 600 before. Yes, it did take its place among the elite, if not at the head of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/5846490170_d137f7bc38_c.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1964 Mercedes-Benz 600 – “The Grand Mercedes Takes Its Place Among The Elite”")
![(first posted 3/17/2012) Once in a while it’s fun to peruse old photographs of parking lots just to get an idea of what the mix of cars really was like […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Rest-5.jpg "Vintage Photography: 1960s Restaurant Parking Lots – Mostly American Fare"){kind=small}
![We’ve paid our big tribute to the Bighorn here, but this is the first time I’ve run across an ad for it. Obviously the target was not the large fleet […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/5947585742_b82056c622_h.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1973 Dodge Bighorn – “For These (261) Men, Dodge Builds The Bighorn”")
![We’ve seen a lada Ladas here over the years, but this veteran from 1973 shot in Budapest by Roshake caught my eye. Why? The very clever way the owner is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/52684714710_691fcbd889_k1.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1973 Lada 2101 – With Blocked Off Radiator And Fresh Air Hood Scoops")
![gran turismo: a high-performance luxury sports car with a hard fixed roof, designed for covering long distances The Gran Turismo Hawk could only have come from Studebaker. Obviously, doh! Who […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/gt-9.jpg "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk – Does It Live Up To Its Name?")
![CC is now officially a pre-teen! No wonder we’re so obnoxious lovable. And we’d never have gotten this far without all of our many superb contributors. Our birthday has always […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/s-l500.jpg "CC’s 12th Birthday: Our Annual CC Contributor Appreciation Day")
![(first posted 5/4/2012) How many truly original cars are there? Here’s the test: take any car, and one can almost always find their antecedents or inspirations. One that stands out […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CC-164-108-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Citroen 2CV – The Most Original Car Ever")
![What a terrific shot by Roshake; small, medium and large. None of these three were ever sold in the US, but the prior generation of Starlet was. That was still […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/52684698415_bb4edefb62_c.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1989 Toyota Starlet 1.0 – The Starlet (And Others) We Didn’t Get")
![The Falcon instantly became America’s favorite compact after it arrived for 1960. By 1961, its somewhat anemic 85 hp 144 cubic inch six had been supplanted by an optional 101 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/f-1.jpg "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1962 Ford Falcon – 144 & 170 Six, Manual & Automatic – Who’s The Slowest Falcon Of Them All?")
![shot and posted by JM Solberg If one didn’t know better—and probably many don’t—it would be very easy to assume that this is one of those 25+ year-old Japanese imports […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/52597803643_07fbbfa327_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Jeep FC-150 – The Anti-Modern Pickup")
![Special trim models targeted to regional areas had undoubtedly been around for a while, but these 1967½ AMC Rebel wagons somehow escaped me so far. There were three of them, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/6012827313_d936b7135c_h.jpg "Vintage Ads: 1967.5 AMC Rebel Wagons Targeted To Specific Geographic Areas")
![The Mopar Max Wedge 413 (and 426) engines are of course legendary; almost mythical. Their day in the sun was short-lived, due to the arrival of the 426 Hemi in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/d-1.jpg "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1962 Dodge Dart 413 – The Max Wedge Legend Started Here")
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