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About Author: Tom Klockau
Posts by Tom Klockau
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The Zephllante: 1947 Lincoln With a Cadillac Heart And An Allante Interior
Posted on October 22, 2025 | 19 CommentsUsually when I check out the cars for sale on eBay, I gravitate to Volvo 200, 700 and 900 Series, Cadillacs, Lincolns, Buick Electras, Olds Ninety-Eights and Imperials. This weird […] -
1971 Ford Mustang Grande – Como Se Dice Brougham?
Posted on August 18, 2025 | 11 CommentsA while back, jpcavanaugh told us about a Ford product that didn’t get any respect. Here’s another one: The “fat” 1971-73 Mustang. And while the Boss 351 and Mach 1 […] -
1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau Coupe – Bent Glass Beauty
Posted on August 12, 2025 | 18 CommentsTime for another B-body! Yes, it’s well-established that many of us here at CC love the 1977-90 B-body, so I will shamelessly appeal to those well-versed folks with this red […] -
Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The ’70s
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 10 CommentsIf you were looking to buy a 1977-1979 full-size Pontiac today, you would have a long road ahead. Looking online and in Hemmings, you could be forgiven for thinking that […] -
Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – When Life Hands You Lemons…
Posted on August 3, 2025 | 10 Comments(first posted 3/17/2012) You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […] -
Car Show Classic: 1967 Ambassador Convertible – Only 1,268 Others On The Planet
Posted on July 24, 2025 | 12 CommentsToday, let’s look at another rare AMC. Jason Shafer showed us an amazing ’68 Ambassador sedan, but have any of you seen the elusive convertible? Offered only in ’67, the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercedes-Benz 230SL – Big Shoes To Fill
Posted on June 29, 2025 | 6 CommentsThis was the first real Mercedes sports car of the 1960s. Without doubt, M-B had designed some fine postwar cars, and the Fintail was quite modern (well, except for the…fins). […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Chrysler LeBaron – This One’s Under The Brougham Radar
Posted on June 16, 2025 | 26 CommentsOK, when’s the last time you saw one of these? Here in Rust Central, even ’80s Diplomats and Gran Furys are getting scarce, so I was happy to see this […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Charger SE – Let’s Take A Muscle Car And Turn It Into A Brougham!
Posted on April 18, 2025 | 21 CommentsThe redesigned 1971 Dodge Charger was introduced right at the knife’s edge of the muscle car’s salad days. Within a year, the party would be over, as insurance, new tastes […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC Special Edition – Not Your Uncle Max’s Mark
Posted on April 15, 2025 | 20 CommentsThe Lincoln Mark VII was not your typical floaty, land yacht Lincoln. The new LSC (for Luxury Sport Coupe) model was the first Lincoln marketed as a driver’s car, and […] -
Curbside Classic: 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser – Jerry Lundegaard’s Folly?
Posted on April 13, 2025 | 25 CommentsAs a child of the 1980s, I am very familiar with the GM A-bodies, and Cutlass Cieras in particular. They were everywhere at the time, and there were at least two of […] -
Curbside Classic: 1954 Kaiser Special Club Sedan – Some First Car!
Posted on April 11, 2025 | 20 CommentsI consider myself a well informed car nut, but this was a car I didn’t know existed until recently. Oh sure, I knew that Kaiser got started in the car […] -
Car Show Classic: 1960 DeSoto Adventurer – Really, Really DeLovely
Posted on April 7, 2025 | 18 CommentsToday, many non-car people have never heard of DeSoto. That’s a shame, as the marque, which existed from 1929 to 1961, had some memorable cars–even if most of them were […] -
Curbside Classic: 1972 MGB GT – Early Adopter
Posted on April 6, 2025 | 33 Comments(first posted 3/24/2012) The MGB is one of the most common classic 1960s British sports car. Even folks who are not into cars probably recognize an […] -
Curbside Classic: 1969 Buick Skylark Custom – No, It’s Not A Chevelle…
Posted on April 2, 2025 | 17 CommentsAs has been oft-repeated, the A-body GM midsizers were all new for 1968, with swoopy, near-fastback styling in all Chevy, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Buick flavors. We’ve all seen umpteen fake […]
![The Zephllante: 1947 Lincoln With a Cadillac Heart And An Allante Interior Usually when I check out the cars for sale on eBay, I gravitate to Volvo 200, 700 and 900 Series, Cadillacs, Lincolns, Buick Electras, Olds Ninety-Eights and Imperials. This weird […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lincoln-allante-21.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1971 Ford Mustang Grande – Como Se Dice Brougham? A while back, jpcavanaugh told us about a Ford product that didn’t get any respect. Here’s another one: The “fat” 1971-73 Mustang. And while the Boss 351 and Mach 1 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/09-30-2012-034-e1351093575575.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau Coupe – Bent Glass Beauty Time for another B-body! Yes, it’s well-established that many of us here at CC love the 1977-90 B-body, so I will shamelessly appeal to those well-versed folks with this red […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/09-08-2012-049.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The ’70s If you were looking to buy a 1977-1979 full-size Pontiac today, you would have a long road ahead. Looking online and in Hemmings, you could be forgiven for thinking that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mar-12-2012-012-e1331504515516.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – When Life Hands You Lemons… (first posted 3/17/2012) You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-12-12-006-e1331845266890.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1967 Ambassador Convertible – Only 1,268 Others On The Planet Today, let’s look at another rare AMC. Jason Shafer showed us an amazing ’68 Ambassador sedan, but have any of you seen the elusive convertible? Offered only in ’67, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/08-03-2012-054-800x524-e1383425445772.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercedes-Benz 230SL – Big Shoes To Fill This was the first real Mercedes sports car of the 1960s. Without doubt, M-B had designed some fine postwar cars, and the Fintail was quite modern (well, except for the…fins). […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/5-30-2012-002-e1346612263324.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Chrysler LeBaron – This One’s Under The Brougham Radar OK, when’s the last time you saw one of these? Here in Rust Central, even ’80s Diplomats and Gran Furys are getting scarce, so I was happy to see this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/09-08-2012-030.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Charger SE – Let’s Take A Muscle Car And Turn It Into A Brougham! The redesigned 1971 Dodge Charger was introduced right at the knife’s edge of the muscle car’s salad days. Within a year, the party would be over, as insurance, new tastes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/6-23-2013-036.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC Special Edition – Not Your Uncle Max’s Mark The Lincoln Mark VII was not your typical floaty, land yacht Lincoln. The new LSC (for Luxury Sport Coupe) model was the first Lincoln marketed as a driver’s car, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-28-2012-002-e1333007701701.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser – Jerry Lundegaard’s Folly? As a child of the 1980s, I am very familiar with the GM A-bodies, and Cutlass Cieras in particular. They were everywhere at the time, and there were at least two of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CC-135-013-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1954 Kaiser Special Club Sedan – Some First Car! I consider myself a well informed car nut, but this was a car I didn’t know existed until recently. Oh sure, I knew that Kaiser got started in the car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/5-22-2012-005.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1960 DeSoto Adventurer – Really, Really DeLovely Today, many non-car people have never heard of DeSoto. That’s a shame, as the marque, which existed from 1929 to 1961, had some memorable cars–even if most of them were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/aa-068.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1972 MGB GT – Early Adopter (first posted 3/24/2012) The MGB is one of the most common classic 1960s British sports car. Even folks who are not into cars probably recognize an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-20-12-001-e1332341430792.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1969 Buick Skylark Custom – No, It’s Not A Chevelle… As has been oft-repeated, the A-body GM midsizers were all new for 1968, with swoopy, near-fastback styling in all Chevy, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Buick flavors. We’ve all seen umpteen fake […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/c-5-24-2013-012-800x533-e1376862504347.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


