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About Author: Rich Baron
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The Thunderbird And Mustang Juniors Of 1955-1967 – When Kids Drove In Style
Posted on September 28, 2025 | 17 CommentsGeneralizations 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 […] -
Vintage Postcards: GMC Dealerships – A Look Back At Truck Heritage
Posted on September 27, 2025 | 18 CommentsKroblen GMC Truck Sales, Grand Rapids, MI. -
Station Wagons On The Road – Road Trips And Everyday Life In The 1950s, 1960s And 1970s
Posted on September 26, 2025 | 21 CommentsText 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 […] -
AMC Dealers In The 1970s – A Matador Barcelona Coupe, Plus Tame And Wild Hornets
Posted on September 24, 2025 | 6 CommentsFor 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 […] -
Cars On The Waves – Car Ferry Scenes Of The 1950s, 1960s, And 1970s
Posted on September 23, 2025 | 31 CommentsText 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 […] -
Let’s Buy Something Different! – Color Snapshots Of Import Car Dealerships, 1960s–1970s
Posted on September 20, 2025 | 20 CommentsVan Wyk’s Volkswagen, Santa Barbara, CA. -
Vintage Snapshots: Buick Style In The 1950s-1970s
Posted on September 18, 2025 | 20 CommentsText 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 […] -
The Chrysler And Pontiac Limousines Of Hawaii – Cruising Paradise In The 1960s
Posted on September 17, 2025 | 10 CommentsIf 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? […] -
All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops – Hardtop Station Wagons Of The 1950s
Posted on September 15, 2025 | 27 CommentsIn 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 […] -
1954 Pontiac: One-Of-A-Kind In Guatemala
Posted on September 14, 2025 | 6 CommentsSo 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 […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Soap And Shine – Car Washing In The 1950s-1970s
Posted on September 14, 2025 | 24 CommentsText 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 […] -
Vintage Postcards: Dining In Style – Modernist Restaurants Of The 1950s And 1960s
Posted on September 12, 2025 | 11 CommentsGreyhound Bus Terminal and Post House Cafeteria, Daytona Beach, FL. -
Vintage Snapshots: Loving Our Ford Pintos – 1970s-1980s
Posted on September 11, 2025 | 33 CommentsText 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 […] -
Curbside Find: Honda CR-V – Homemade Woodie Edition
Posted on September 10, 2025 | 7 CommentsIf 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 […] -
1955 Karmann-Ghia Convertible Wearing Its Patina Well
Posted on September 9, 2025 | 10 CommentsMaybe 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 […]
![The Thunderbird And Mustang Juniors Of 1955-1967 – When Kids Drove In Style 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)

![Station Wagons On The Road – Road Trips And Everyday Life In The 1950s, 1960s And 1970s 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)
![AMC Dealers In The 1970s – A Matador Barcelona Coupe, Plus Tame And Wild Hornets 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)
![Cars On The Waves – Car Ferry Scenes Of The 1950s, 1960s, And 1970s 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)

![Vintage Snapshots: Buick Style In The 1950s-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)
![The Chrysler And Pontiac Limousines Of Hawaii – Cruising Paradise In The 1960s 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)
![All Those Glamorous Four-Door Hardtops – Hardtop Station Wagons Of The 1950s 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)
![1954 Pontiac: One-Of-A-Kind In Guatemala 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)
![Vintage Snapshots: Soap And Shine – Car Washing In The 1950s-1970s 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: Loving Our Ford Pintos – 1970s-1980s 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)
![Curbside Find: Honda CR-V – Homemade Woodie Edition 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)
![1955 Karmann-Ghia Convertible Wearing Its Patina Well 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)


