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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Daniel Stern
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![This is a Stromberg Model W carburetor—says so right there on the side. More specifically, it’s a Bendix Stromberg WA3-219 carburetor. “W” for the design family of the carburetor, “A” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Stromberg-W_5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Weirdly One-Year-Only Parts")
QOTD: Weirdly One-Year-Only Parts
Posted on March 11, 2023 | 62 CommentsThis is a Stromberg Model W carburetor—says so right there on the side. More specifically, it’s a Bendix Stromberg WA3-219 carburetor. “W” for the design family of the carburetor, “A” […] -
Alternate-Timeline CC: Befinned 1973 Dodge Dart(s!)
Posted on March 7, 2023 | 17 CommentsHey, look, this ’73 Dart is…well, it’s finished! -
1993 Volvo 850 GLT • Brick, Red
Posted on March 3, 2023 | 54 CommentsHey, look; it’s a first-year 850. And it’s eligible for those collector licence plates on it because that first year was three -
1987-’91 Ford F-Series Bustruck • Monster Mashup
Posted on February 28, 2023 | 29 CommentsHere’s a compelling argument for body-on-frame construction, eh! Somebody cut together a -
![Subtract two decades from this morning’s ’91 NYer and we arrive at this indubitably collectible, elegant, extremely present 1971 I spotted a few years ago not far away. With standard-issue […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/71-Chrysler-New-Yorker_RF34.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1971 Chrysler New Yorker • Whale, That’s More Like It!")
CC Capsule: 1971 Chrysler New Yorker • Whale, That’s More Like It!
Posted on January 22, 2023 | 32 CommentsSubtract two decades from this morning’s ’91 NYer and we arrive at this indubitably collectible, elegant, extremely present 1971 I spotted a few years ago not far away. With standard-issue […] -
CC Capsule: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker • Whence R/T Thou?
Posted on January 22, 2023 | 58 CommentsHello, what’s this? There on the right headlight door, what is that? There isn’t-never-was a thing such as a Chrysler New Yorker R/T, and -
![[Originally posted 25 December 2017 @ 14:00] Or actually this might be more of a Chrysmas card. Either way,](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Chrysler_Christmas.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Christmas Card: Do You See What I See?")
CC Christmas Card: Do You See What I See?
Posted on December 25, 2022 | 91 Comments[Originally posted 25 December 2017 @ 14:00] Or actually this might be more of a Chrysmas card. Either way, -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Mercury M-100, Mostly • Heavens to Mercuroid!
Posted on November 15, 2022 | 18 CommentsThis isn’t quite still a 1964 Mercury M-100 pickup truck, but mostly it is. Certainly it faces the world that way, as -
![Ever since I was smol, as today’s hep young people say, I’ve had something of a loathe-on for GM’s ’71-’76 big cars. When there were still a lot of them […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/71-Olds-Delta-Royale-CV-Headlamps.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Oldsmobile Delta Royale • Getting Warmer")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Oldsmobile Delta Royale • Getting Warmer
Posted on October 19, 2022 | 104 CommentsEver since I was smol, as today’s hep young people say, I’ve had something of a loathe-on for GM’s ’71-’76 big cars. When there were still a lot of them […] -
![This ad ran in Spring-Summer 1965, about 3½ years before the Plymouth Superbird’s name was surely finalised. Pure chance, nudged a little by the limited number of possible [superlative] + […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Buick-Superbird_May-1965.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Advertising : Buick Superbird • Wait, who?")
CC Advertising : Buick Superbird • Wait, who?
Posted on September 20, 2022 | 29 CommentsThis ad ran in Spring-Summer 1965, about 3½ years before the Plymouth Superbird’s name was surely finalised. Pure chance, nudged a little by the limited number of possible [superlative] + […] -
CC Outtake: 1966 Studebaker Wagonaire • Convertible Wayback
Posted on September 17, 2022 | 57 CommentsI’m a bigger fan of the quad-headlamp ’64-’65 Studebaker front end; this ’66 configuration seems a big downscale skid towards the generic. And -
![The giant trunk attracted my attention to this old black car parked outside an auto parts store. I couldn’t tell it was a Ford until I saw the badges, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1940_Ford_Coupe_RR34.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1940 Ford Hot Rod • Latter-Day Raisin Bran")
Curbside Classic: 1940 Ford Hot Rod • Latter-Day Raisin Bran
Posted on August 11, 2022 | 27 CommentsThe giant trunk attracted my attention to this old black car parked outside an auto parts store. I couldn’t tell it was a Ford until I saw the badges, and […] -
![AMCs never really latched onto me when they were in circulation as wide as it got. Surely I was aware of them, but they were in back at the edge […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1969-AMC-Rebel_LF34.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 AMC Rebel SST • Some Old, Some New")
Curbside Classic: 1969 AMC Rebel SST • Some Old, Some New
Posted on August 8, 2022 | 40 CommentsAMCs never really latched onto me when they were in circulation as wide as it got. Surely I was aware of them, but they were in back at the edge […] -
CC Capsule: 1974 AMC Gremlin X • Perhaps Not Quite As Advertised
Posted on August 1, 2022 | 39 CommentsWithout the bumper it looks downright shocked and alarmed, doesn’t it! I recall exactly two instances of happening upon a Gremlin parked curbside. When I was four, -
![Car-related nightmares? I’ve had a few of the poor choice/moneypit/serial-breakdown variety, but I’m fortunate to have been spared the dream kind, the real nightmares. Touch wood, I don’t get ’em. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/77_Caprice.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: What’s Your Best & Worst Car Dream?")
QOTD: What’s Your Best & Worst Car Dream?
Posted on June 25, 2022 | 38 CommentsCar-related nightmares? I’ve had a few of the poor choice/moneypit/serial-breakdown variety, but I’m fortunate to have been spared the dream kind, the real nightmares. Touch wood, I don’t get ’em. […]
