![(Updated 10/16/2026) Here we have a rare bird, the Ford LTD II. You almost certainly remember its corporate sibling, the downsized 1977 Thunderbird. The LTD II was a victim of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/7219839334_79921f84ea_c-115x115.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford LTD II Brougham – The Thunderbird’s Less Successful Brother")
![(Updated 10/11/2026) Okay you guys, fair warning: there will be no Saabs, no air-cooled VWs, no Volvo 240s, Triumph Bonnevilles, BSAs, Goggomobils or Toyota Supras in this post. No, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/4-27-2013-009-e1409960707987.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988 Chrysler Fifth Avenue – The Volaré That Fell Out Of The Brougham Tree, And Hit Every Branch On The Way Down")
![(Updated 8/18/2026) As so often happens with cars I like that are shared here on CC, I have the feeling that the title of this piece will receive some backlash. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Oct-Nov-2013-037.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1973 Imperial LeBaron by Chrysler – Those Were The Days, My Friend")
![(Updated 7/21/2026) Poor Jaguar, they just can’t get a break, can they? For decades, tell any non-automotive person–and many gearheads as well–that you want a Jaguar and you are likely […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/5-29-and-5-30-2014-048.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1974 Jaguar XJ12 L – The White Whale!")
![(Updated 7/11/2026) What is today’s Cadillac? Well, they do have a line of rather attractive cars, ranging from sedans to crossovers to big honkin’ SUVs, and with their Art […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1024,height=682,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/8-04-2013-8-11-2013-069-e1401574558223.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1960 Cadillac Series 62 – Patina With Class")
![(Updated 6/30/2026) Ford Galaxie. The name just rolls off the tongue, and is right up there with “Mustang” and “Thunderbird” in the best Ford model names of all time. Introduced […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=474,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/5-15-2014-005-e1401030831597.jpg "1963 Ford Galaxie Sedan: Not a Galaxie 500—and That’s Exactly Why It’s Worth Remembering")
![(Updated 5/14/2026) “Character. Grounded in substance not rhetoric, character is earned not claimed. As with people, so too with automobiles, character reveals itself, slowly, over time through a demonstrated […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=533,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/5-4-2013-025-e1400452642564.jpg "1993 Volvo 240 Sedan – Will The Last 240 Turn Out The Lights Please?")
![(Updated 4/30/2026) I am well known around these parts for my love of Dearborn’s flagship, the Lincoln Continental and its Town Car successors. I don’t think anyone will argue […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=534,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1972LincCoupe022-e1398992453493.jpg "1972 Lincoln Continental Coupe: Peak Brougham — And It’s Glorious!")
![(Updated 4/17/2026) It seems that through the years, there have been a lot more of, shall we say, prosaic cars on our pages? That’s all fine and good, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=533,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/7-22-thru-7-27-2013-030-e1399074255762.jpg "1963 Corvette Sting Ray Coupe – Ne Plus Ultra Of The Sporting Chevys")
![(Updated 4/8/2026) The 1980s were not kind to Cadillac. While in the 1960s they could do no wrong, in the 1980s it seemed they couldn’t do anything right. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/88cadillac5a-115x115.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988 Cadillac Coupe de Ville – How Not To Downsize A Luxury Car")
![(Updated 3/30/2026) Elwood Engel, fresh from Ford Motor Company, did not waste any time making his mark at Chrysler Corporation. His most famous design, the 1961 Lincoln Continental, set the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/3-15-12-009-e1334085794668.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Chrysler 300 – Elwood’s Designs Were Jake")
![(Updated 3/19/2026) As a Panther fan, I often ask myself whatever happened to the Lincoln Town Car. It was doing so well before Dearborn got caught up in the SUV […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=513,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/aa-12-13-2012-002.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1997 Lincoln Town Car Executive Series And Friends – Landau Anyone?")
![(Updated 1/25/2026) Finding this CC was all due to a battery failure. Not to get too deep into it, but I wear a cochlear implant, as I lost my “factory” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=518,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/c-12-14-2012-006-e1381098715393.jpg "1963 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible: What’s A Caddy Like You Doing In A Place Like This?")
![(Updated 11/29/2025) The Van Wars were in full swing by the early ’90s. The dreaded crossovers hadn’t yet put in an appearance, and the Minivan was King. Dodge and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/aa-6-11-and-6-12-2013-008.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1993 Volkswagen EuroVan – The Vanagon That Wasn’t There")
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/lincoln-allante-21-115x115.jpg "The Zephllante: 1947 Lincoln With a Cadillac Heart And An Allante Interior")
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