- Description
- Car nut with a soft spot for classic Lincolns and early automotive air conditioning.
![Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June In a Kenworth pullin’ logs Anyone who was alive in the 1970s certainly remembers the 1975 surprise hit song […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/jerry-reed.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Cinema: Truck Driver Country Music")
![It is said that all good things must end. This proverb dates back to at least the time of Chaucer (although in his usage he left out the word “good” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1966Cruiser1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Unicorn Hunt: The Last Cars from Packard, Edsel, and Studebaker")
![Much digital hand-wringing has taken place here at Curbside over the seemingly inevitable demise of the sedan and station wagon body styles. Regardless of your opinion on this, as enthusiasts […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fiat-124.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Newstand: Carpocalypse Edition – Are Affordable Convertibles Next to Disappear?")
![It has been an accepted idiom for generations that the dashboard of modern cars had two distinct head units – one for climate control, and one for entertainment (radio/CD/cassette, etc.). […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2022-Honda-Civic-Interior.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: Where Have All The Radio Controls Gone?")
![1957 was an interesting year for the US auto industry. This was the year that many (but not all) states began to allow cars to be sold fitted with four […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chryslers.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Face Off: All The 1957 Cars With Alternate Quad and Single Headlight Front Ends")
![Model names are some of the most valuable assets that an automaker has: Companies spend millions of dollars per year on advertising in the hopes of building a durable brand […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Re446b9ad1b2a420f23b9944a65c51936.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: U.S. Model Name Debasement from the 1950s to 1970s – And The First Shall Be Last")
![We’ve already observed how GM was unique among the Big 3 US automakers in having bespoke V8 engines for each of its five automobile divisions. Contrast this with Ford Motor […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1961-Buick-215-V8.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: When Did Each GM Division Stop Making Their Own V8 Engines? A Brief History of V8 Engine Sharing at GM")
![Everyone seems to love these vintage family road trip stories, so I figured I’d contribute one of my own from my family (actually my wife’s family, but close enough). This […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_1581.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Road Trip: Summer 1936 Cross Country in a Packard Club Sedan")
![Clearly, I’ve got showroom mileage, time capsule cars on the brain lately, as my recent posts will attest. And why not? These unicorns are fun to speculate about: Why would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/B3606-R152-0003.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Current New Car Would You Save In Your Time Capsule?")
![I gotta admit, I fell off my chair when I saw the result of this auction for a 1980 Ford F-250 over at Bring A Trailer the other day. $97,000! […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/F250.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auction Classic: 1980 Ford F-250 with 76 Miles Sells for $97,000")
![The transition to electric power in our automobiles just got a big boost with GM’s recent announcement that their entire fleet of cars and light trucks will be all-electric by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1910-model-63.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Will Be the Last Internal Combustion Powered Car?")
![Here’s something you don’t see every day. A pair of cream-colored 1979 Lincolns with as-delivered mileage: A 1979 Mark V with 10 miles, and a matching 1979 Continental with just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dsc0655-1610117000138%402x.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auction Classic: Matched Pair of Brand New 1979 Lincolns")
![There’s little doubt that electrification is the future of the automobile. Witness the bevy of EVs that are now for sale and coming soon, like the Mustang Mach-E. Cadillac is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/32.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: How Soon Until We Start Seeing EV Curbside Classics?")
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Automotive Histories and Misc. 
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