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About Author: Stephen Pellegrino
Posts by Stephen Pellegrino
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1961 Plymouth Fury Hardtop Coupe–Best Preserved Original In Existence?
Posted on June 11, 2025 | 47 CommentsA car is a utilitarian object. Its purpose is to move people from place to place. But what I’m showing you here today is much more than that. It […] -
1962 Imperial Crown Coupe: A Baroque And Futuristic Creature — “I, Captain Ahab, Have Spotted The Great White Whale!”
Posted on June 7, 2025 | 16 CommentsIn the year of 1962, if you were shopping for a 2-door hardtop in the luxury class, which would you pick–a Cadillac Coupe deVille, or this Imperial Crown? Let’s […] -
1957 DeSoto Fireflite Sportsman Hardtop – Like The One I Found In A Desolate Location 40 Years Ago
Posted on May 26, 2025 | 21 CommentsWhat is it about the spooky, mysterious, and unknown that attracts us so? I’ve always been an explorer. But the places I like to explore are the kinds of […] -
‘Thunder’ Likes Cruising Around In His 1979 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am!
Posted on May 22, 2025 | 17 CommentsImagine my surprise when I came across this in the shopping center parking lot! -
1975 Dodge Monaco CHP Police Pursuit Cars: True Bluesmobiles (Two of ’em!)
Posted on May 19, 2025 | 31 Comments“Tribute cars” have become trendy in the old car hobby for a while now. A ’58 Plymouth is painted red and becomes “Christine”. An old Ford sedan from the early […] -
1961 Ford Galaxie 6 Cylinder With Manual Transmission: El Cheapo Luxury
Posted on May 17, 2025 | 28 CommentsHere’s another classic example of a car that once was seen everywhere, but is now virtually extinct. Oh, you might find a convertible or high-performance version of a ’61 […] -
1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser–Wowing Prospects on the Showroom Floor!
Posted on May 13, 2025 | 30 CommentsThe Magic Year of 1957 must have been a wonderful time to shop for a car! Chrysler had its dynamic Forward Look; Ford was all-new and graceful; Chevy had a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1958 Mercury – Is It a “Mercury”, a “Medalist”, or a “Custom”?
Posted on May 8, 2025 | 45 Comments(first posted 5/8/2019) The car above has special significance for me, and non-CCer types would probably respond with, “Why would you care about that ugly wreck?” What […] -
1958 Lincoln Premiere Coupe in Autumn Rose and White: Too Sweet To Pass Up!
Posted on May 2, 2025 | 29 CommentsI’ve written about the incredible 1958-60 Lincolns before (most recently a 1959 Continental coupe in black) but I was scrolling through Craigslist, and this just stopped me in my tracks! […] -
The Greatest Auto Side Trim Designs of All Time — Evoking Smooth and Swift Motion
Posted on April 30, 2025 | 39 CommentsWhen I think of the works that man hath wrought, I say “You can’t give up on the human race!” You just can’t. Especially after you see these fantastic […] -
1953 Packard Patrician in Black: Old Money
Posted on April 22, 2025 | 26 CommentsIt is 1953. Let’s say that you’re an older, rather conservative person with above average income, and you and your family are Packard loyalists. You value quiet elegance, fine craftsmanship, […] -
Great Speedometer And Dashboard Designs I Remember – What You See As You Drive
Posted on April 13, 2025 | 68 CommentsOne of the great mysteries of life is why we are drawn to the specific things that fascinate us. This starts at an early age, like 4 or 5. […] -
1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV Coupe — Fallen Riches
Posted on April 3, 2025 | 27 CommentsWhen this car was new in 1959, it was one of the most luxurious, most powerful, most optioned, most lushly trimmed, “ultimate dreamboat” American cars you could buy–and it had […] -
My 1962 Mercury Monterey–‘Best-Looking Buy For The Big-Car Man’
Posted on March 6, 2025 | 26 CommentsA motto for life is, “Excelsior!” Onward and upward. In 2014 I had my ’58 Cadillac and ’62 Imperial, but I was always on the lookout for more interesting […] -
My 1962 Imperial Custom–Rescuing The Big Green Monster
Posted on February 26, 2025 | 31 CommentsIn 2008, my brother said to me, “A friend of mine is selling a 1962 Chrysler Imperial–I think you should go check it out!” I went to the address […]
![1961 Plymouth Fury Hardtop Coupe–Best Preserved Original In Existence? A car is a utilitarian object. Its purpose is to move people from place to place. But what I’m showing you here today is much more than that. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/61-fury-1-1749060143-68408a2f5eb251.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1962 Imperial Crown Coupe: A Baroque And Futuristic Creature — “I, Captain Ahab, Have Spotted The Great White Whale!” In the year of 1962, if you were shopping for a 2-door hardtop in the luxury class, which would you pick–a Cadillac Coupe deVille, or this Imperial Crown? Let’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250601_1703451.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1957 DeSoto Fireflite Sportsman Hardtop – Like The One I Found In A Desolate Location 40 Years Ago What is it about the spooky, mysterious, and unknown that attracts us so? I’ve always been an explorer. But the places I like to explore are the kinds of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/6911-12001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![1975 Dodge Monaco CHP Police Pursuit Cars: True Bluesmobiles (Two of ’em!) “Tribute cars” have become trendy in the old car hobby for a while now. A ’58 Plymouth is painted red and becomes “Christine”. An old Ford sedan from the early […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-05-18-22.17.18.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1957 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser–Wowing Prospects on the Showroom Floor! The Magic Year of 1957 must have been a wonderful time to shop for a car! Chrysler had its dynamic Forward Look; Ford was all-new and graceful; Chevy had a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/571-17.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1958 Mercury – Is It a “Mercury”, a “Medalist”, or a “Custom”? (first posted 5/8/2019) The car above has special significance for me, and non-CCer types would probably respond with, “Why would you care about that ugly wreck?” What […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mercury-medalist-1958-11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1958 Lincoln Premiere Coupe in Autumn Rose and White: Too Sweet To Pass Up! I’ve written about the incredible 1958-60 Lincolns before (most recently a 1959 Continental coupe in black) but I was scrolling through Craigslist, and this just stopped me in my tracks! […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/00V0V_4zGrv8zW6VT_0CI0t2_1200x9001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1953 Packard Patrician in Black: Old Money It is 1953. Let’s say that you’re an older, rather conservative person with above average income, and you and your family are Packard loyalists. You value quiet elegance, fine craftsmanship, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1953_Packard_advertising_illustration_Robert_Tate_Collection_RESIZED_11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Great Speedometer And Dashboard Designs I Remember – What You See As You Drive One of the great mysteries of life is why we are drawn to the specific things that fascinate us. This starts at an early age, like 4 or 5. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/4a4488bd983c324237afa690bdcd83681.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![My 1962 Imperial Custom–Rescuing The Big Green Monster In 2008, my brother said to me, “A friend of mine is selling a 1962 Chrysler Imperial–I think you should go check it out!” I went to the address […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250223_102532-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


