![Generalizations are a risky thing, but I feel pretty safe in saying that for those of us whose lives revolve around cars, the love for car-related matters started at an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantaaalla-2025-06-11-01.15.36.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "The Thunderbird And Mustang Juniors Of 1955-1967 – When Kids Drove In Style")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Station wagons were the utility vehicle of choice during this time period. They were comfortable enough for people, and rugged enough for trailer towing and everything […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-25-23.41.55.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Station Wagons On The Road – Road Trips And Everyday Life In The 1950s, 1960s And 1970s")
![For today, we’ll revisit AMC dealers in the 1970s. Unlike previous tours, this one will focus on images from only two dealers, but each with enough AMC content for those […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-07-12-22.11.01-1.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "AMC Dealers In The 1970s – A Matador Barcelona Coupe, Plus Tame And Wild Hornets")
![Text by Patrick Bell. We have something different today with a nice selection of cars traveling by water. Ferries do an excellent job of moving cars and trucks, but you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/tumblr_6595e9d13c0a3d9887faebab30d9417c_c70d368d_1280.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Cars On The Waves – Car Ferry Scenes Of The 1950s, 1960s, And 1970s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Today we are going to wish David Dunbar Buick a belated Happy Birthday. He was born on September 17, 1854, in Scotland, and moved to Detroit […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-16-14.54.44.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Buick Style In The 1950s-1970s")
![If Chrysler’s products of the early ’60s were flamboyant, doesn’t a stretched one turn them into even bolder statements? I certainly think so. Exactly, how long are those fins now? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/upload_2022-9-14_18-25-5.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "The Chrysler And Pontiac Limousines Of Hawaii – Cruising Paradise In The 1960s")
![In retrospect, however short-lived it turned out to be, one can safely assume that the arrival of the 4-door hardtop station wagon was inevitable. Both the station wagon and the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1957-Mercury-Commuter-and-1957-Oldsmobile-Golden-Rocket-88-Fiesta.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops – Hardtop Station Wagons Of The 1950s")
![So there I was, on my visit to Antigua Guatemala last March, when on my way to our hotel, I came across a 1954 Pontiac custom job being used as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_20250308_161402_PORTRAIT-scaled.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1954 Pontiac: One-Of-A-Kind In Guatemala")
![Text by Patrick Bell. You don’t see people hand washing their cars much anymore, or at least I don’t. As a car washer from way back, even I haven’t done […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-09-21-00.05.49.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Soap And Shine – Car Washing In The 1950s-1970s")
![Text by Patrick Bell. Fifty-five years ago today the Pinto galloped into the world as Ford’s domestic entry into the subcompact market. In its decade of production, over 3.1 million […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/77c6e25e9f1da1eca02ee170a8764e3a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Loving Our Ford Pintos – 1970s-1980s")
![If I remember correctly, Honda was about the least Brougham-y of the Japanese carmakers. But well, if a Honda is to get the Woodie treatment, an early CR-V is probably […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-09-07-16.08.27.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: Honda CR-V – Homemade Woodie Edition")
![Maybe I didn’t live in the right California city back in the ’90s, but as far as I can recall, even then, finding an unrestored early Karmann Ghia was a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/KarmannGuia_Patina1.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "1955 Karmann-Ghia Convertible Wearing Its Patina Well")
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