Curbside Classic Archives
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American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
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Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
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Design 
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Engines, Transmissions and other Tech 
Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment 
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About Author: Stephen Pellegrino
Posts by Stephen Pellegrino
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Curbside Classic: 1955 Buick Special Sedan–Battleship
Posted on March 16, 2022 | 33 CommentsSince it’s 2022 now, you would think it would be much harder to find authentic Curbside Classics from the 40s-60s “in the wild” (i.e. not at car shows), but they […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Impala 4-Door Hardtop–Staying Close to Home
Posted on March 6, 2022 | 46 CommentsI call this one “The Time Machine”. I’m tooling along Route 46 in Denville, and I see this car parked just off the highway on Legion Place next to a […] -
CC For Sale: 1956 Volkswagen Beetle–Hibernating 50 Years, Now Running!
Posted on March 4, 2022 | 31 CommentsDateline Somerville, NJ: A classic 1956 Beetle has emerged after a long slumber. It is now running and available for purchase . . . for only $20,000! -
QOTD: Estate Sale Miracle! Can You Identify This?
Posted on February 28, 2022 | 30 CommentsWhen I read about this on the C Body Forum, I thought, “The odds of this happening are approaching Powerball levels!” I myself would have passed right by it. But […] -
CC Archeology: Searching For The Lost Village of Littleton, New Jersey
Posted on February 18, 2022 | 33 CommentsWhen I was a little kid, I was fascinated by maps. Old ones were especially interesting. I was surprised to see on some local maps that there was […] -
Winter Neighborhood Walk: Boonton, New Jersey
Posted on February 16, 2022 | 29 CommentsThis morning, February 13th 2022, I woke up to a Winter Wonderland of powdered-sugar snow. Everything looked so pretty that I decided to take a walk and capture on […] -
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 3 (1964-70)
Posted on February 5, 2022 | 28 CommentsWe now move solidly into the 1960s with this automotive issue of Consumer Reports. The winged, chromed monsters of the ’50s are now heading into the junkyard en masse, and […] -
Curbside Classic at Night: 1960 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88–Ready for Launch!
Posted on January 27, 2022 | 20 CommentsI was bringing dinner home tonight and passed this–a 1960 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 hardtop coupe sitting on a car carrier. Or is it a launch pad? -
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 2 (1960-66)
Posted on January 22, 2022 | 58 CommentsSo here we go with the second installment of our analysis of Consumer Reports magazine’s dot charts of late model used car repair incidence. (Here’s the first one, in case […] -
CC Library: Reading “God’s Own Junkyard” 58 Years Later
Posted on January 16, 2022 | 40 CommentsThis is a fascinating book–ahead of its time and prophetic. I first saw it when I was in the 8th or 9th grade. Then the local library put it in […] -
Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts–Every Dot Has a Story: Part One–1954-63
Posted on January 10, 2022 | 49 CommentsConsumer Reports has been testing new cars and writing about them since the 1930s. They also became semi-famous for their dot charts showing the repair incidence of used cars with […] -
1960 Dart Update: I Painted The Roof Myself–It’s a Two-Tone Now!
Posted on December 11, 2021 | 46 CommentsThe “purists” will scream–not because of the color choice; you could order a 1960 Dart with a Pewter Iridescent body and a white roof. But because I used . . […] -
CC Library: “Think Small” (1967)–When VW Dealers Gave Out Comic Books
Posted on November 29, 2021 | 38 CommentsSeveral years ago, as I was pawing through someone’s unwanted stuff at a garage sale, I came across this unique little book. It may be the only book of its […] -
COAL Follow-Up: Goodbye ’58 Cadillac; My Fleet Is 100% Six Cylinder Now
Posted on November 22, 2021 | 28 CommentsYou may have seen my post describing my recent Craigslist purchase of a 1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix. Now I had four antique cars, which is kind of a lot for […] -
CC For Sale: 1959 Dodge Coronet–Lugubrious Knight in Tarnished Armor
Posted on November 7, 2021 | 27 CommentsIn an odd sort of CC Effect, I found this silver/gray ’59 Dodge for sale online–it’s the one-year-earlier counterpart to my recently acquired ’60 Dodge Dart. I thought my Dart […]
![Curbside Classic: 1955 Buick Special Sedan–Battleship Since it’s 2022 now, you would think it would be much harder to find authentic Curbside Classics from the 40s-60s “in the wild” (i.e. not at car shows), but they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220311_160046.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Impala 4-Door Hardtop–Staying Close to Home I call this one “The Time Machine”. I’m tooling along Route 46 in Denville, and I see this car parked just off the highway on Legion Place next to a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220304_150905-1.jpg)
![QOTD: Estate Sale Miracle! Can You Identify This? When I read about this on the C Body Forum, I thought, “The odds of this happening are approaching Powerball levels!” I myself would have passed right by it. But […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/laFemmepurse1.jpg)
![Winter Neighborhood Walk: Boonton, New Jersey This morning, February 13th 2022, I woke up to a Winter Wonderland of powdered-sugar snow. Everything looked so pretty that I decided to take a walk and capture on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/20220213_100048-1.jpg)
![Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 3 (1964-70) We now move solidly into the 1960s with this automotive issue of Consumer Reports. The winged, chromed monsters of the ’50s are now heading into the junkyard en masse, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_73571.jpg)

![Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts: Every Dot Has a Story, Part 2 (1960-66) So here we go with the second installment of our analysis of Consumer Reports magazine’s dot charts of late model used car repair incidence. (Here’s the first one, in case […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/81Tylk2lMtL._AC_SY879_1.jpg)
![CC Library: Reading “God’s Own Junkyard” 58 Years Later This is a fascinating book–ahead of its time and prophetic. I first saw it when I was in the 8th or 9th grade. Then the local library put it in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/88593_96f562c06864fa2f_b1-2.jpg)
![Consumer Reports’ Automotive Dot Charts–Every Dot Has a Story: Part One–1954-63 Consumer Reports has been testing new cars and writing about them since the 1930s. They also became semi-famous for their dot charts showing the repair incidence of used cars with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/s-l16001.jpg)
![1960 Dart Update: I Painted The Roof Myself–It’s a Two-Tone Now! The “purists” will scream–not because of the color choice; you could order a 1960 Dart with a Pewter Iridescent body and a white roof. But because I used . . […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211208_145313-1.jpg)
![CC Library: “Think Small” (1967)–When VW Dealers Gave Out Comic Books Several years ago, as I was pawing through someone’s unwanted stuff at a garage sale, I came across this unique little book. It may be the only book of its […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/81-0jyt8wL1.jpg)
![COAL Follow-Up: Goodbye ’58 Cadillac; My Fleet Is 100% Six Cylinder Now You may have seen my post describing my recent Craigslist purchase of a 1960 Dodge Dart Phoenix. Now I had four antique cars, which is kind of a lot for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20180928_122339-1_resized.jpg)
![CC For Sale: 1959 Dodge Coronet–Lugubrious Knight in Tarnished Armor In an odd sort of CC Effect, I found this silver/gray ’59 Dodge for sale online–it’s the one-year-earlier counterpart to my recently acquired ’60 Dodge Dart. I thought my Dart […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1959-dodge-coronet-sedan-grey-rwd-automatic-11.jpg)


