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About Author: Tom Klockau
Posts by Tom Klockau
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Curbside Classic: 1986 Lincoln Continental – The Rose Quartz-Colored Linchpin Of My Formative Years
Posted on November 5, 2021 | 91 Comments(first posted 6/17/2013) We all have cars in our lives that are fondly recalled. Sometimes it’s one of our parent’s cars, or an uncle’s, or maybe just the neighbor’s next […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971 Land Rover Series III – Need to Go Anywhere? No Problem!
Posted on October 7, 2021 | 70 Comments(first posted 7/2/2012) The Land Rover series of trucks are unique and beloved vehicles. Living in the Midwest, away from all the surviving LRs out West, I have next-to-no […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Mercury Colony Park – Ahoy There, Matey!
Posted on October 5, 2021 | 107 Comments(first posted 6/16/2012) Despite the fact that at the end, there was not much left to Mercury Division, I still miss them. While Mercury was a fancier Ford for […] -
Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock…
Posted on September 29, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 5/27/2013) It seems like CC has had B-body after B-body over the past few months–or is that years? Delta 88s, Caprices, Bonneville Broughams, over and over. Well, CC […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency Brougham – Before The Storm
Posted on September 20, 2021 | 76 Comments(first posted 5/30/2013) For years–nay, decades, Oldsmobile made its bones on three primary cars: The 88, the Ninety-Eight, and the Cutlass. This secret formula of comfort, style and attainability served […] -
Curbside Classic: 1994 Lincoln Town Car – Best U.S. Luxury Car Of The ’90s
Posted on September 13, 2021 | 93 Comments(first posted 6/18/2013) By the late ’80s, Lincoln and Chrysler were essentially selling caricatures of their ’70s offerings. Hey, I like the square-rigged Panther Town Cars, and the FWD EEK […] -
Car Show Classic: 1958 Continental Mark III Convertible – A True Survivor
Posted on September 11, 2021 | 54 Comments(first posted 6/20/2013) I can hear it now: “Didn’t we just look at one of these?” Well, yes, but it is Lincoln week, and since it has been nearly a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1978 Toyota Cressida Wagon – I Love What You Do For Me, Mini-Cordoba Wagon
Posted on September 7, 2021 | 61 Comments(First posted March 18, 2013) Toyota was really coming into its own in the mid- to late-’70s. Despite starting out in the U.S. market with a frumpy, unpopular mini-1954 Plymouth […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Lincoln Continental Collector’s Series – What A Name; What A Car!
Posted on September 5, 2021 | 109 Comments(first posted 6/19/2013) Since I have decreed this week Lincoln Continental Week, I would be remiss in not mentioning what is perhaps the most collectible four-door Lincoln of the Seventies: […] -
Curbside Classic: 1995 Lincoln Mark VIII – A Vision In Evergreen Frost
Posted on September 2, 2021 | 62 Comments(first posted 6/23/2013) Today we celebrate the last Mark. Despite teasing us with intriguing Mark IX and Mark X concepts, Lincoln has seen fit to give us luxurious but identity-free […] -
Curbside Classic: 1950 Willys Jeepster – Another Brooks Stevens Beauty
Posted on July 8, 2021 | 42 Comments(first posted 6/25/2012) What do the Studebaker GT Hawk, the Excalibur neo-classic, the original Jeep Wagoneer, and our featured CC, the Willys Jeepster, have in common? Well, they […] -
Curbside Classic: 1959 Dodge Coronet Sedan: Chrome, Fins, And More Chrome
Posted on July 5, 2021 | 116 Comments(first posted 7/27/2012) The 1959 Dodge: Polarizing, to say the least. Perhaps its styling was over the top, piling even more chrome atop Mopar’s already-chromy original 1957 Forward Look […] -
Curbside Classic: 1950 Nash Statesman Airflyte: Did Somebody Say Bathtub?
Posted on June 27, 2021 | 81 Comments(first posted 5/8/2012) This was the wave of the future in 1949. While US automakers were still selling every facelifted prewar car they could make – and at a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1991 Honda Prelude Si – Improving The Original
Posted on June 20, 2021 | 47 Comments(first posted 4/27/2012) When the Honda Prelude was first introduced, it was meant to be a more stylish commuter than the Civic. While its performance didn’t set the world […] -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford Falcon – Plain And Simple
Posted on May 24, 2021 | 80 Comments(first posted 4/15/2012) Of the three US compacts introduced for the 1960 model year, the utterly conventional Falcon was the most successful, so much so that Chevrolet and Chrysler […]
![Curbside Classic: 1986 Lincoln Continental – The Rose Quartz-Colored Linchpin Of My Formative Years (first posted 6/17/2013) We all have cars in our lives that are fondly recalled. Sometimes it’s one of our parent’s cars, or an uncle’s, or maybe just the neighbor’s next […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=533,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/5-24-2013-031-e1370799439754.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1971 Land Rover Series III – Need to Go Anywhere? No Problem! (first posted 7/2/2012) The Land Rover series of trucks are unique and beloved vehicles. Living in the Midwest, away from all the surviving LRs out West, I have next-to-no […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/lr.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Mercury Colony Park – Ahoy There, Matey! (first posted 6/16/2012) Despite the fact that at the end, there was not much left to Mercury Division, I still miss them. While Mercury was a fancier Ford for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ambc.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1989 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock… (first posted 5/27/2013) It seems like CC has had B-body after B-body over the past few months–or is that years? Delta 88s, Caprices, Bonneville Broughams, over and over. Well, CC […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1024,height=682,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aa-3-30-2013-001.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency Brougham – Before The Storm (first posted 5/30/2013) For years–nay, decades, Oldsmobile made its bones on three primary cars: The 88, the Ninety-Eight, and the Cutlass. This secret formula of comfort, style and attainability served […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=512,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/2-21-2013-009-e1368975682196.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1994 Lincoln Town Car – Best U.S. Luxury Car Of The ’90s (first posted 6/18/2013) By the late ’80s, Lincoln and Chrysler were essentially selling caricatures of their ’70s offerings. Hey, I like the square-rigged Panther Town Cars, and the FWD EEK […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=559,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/09-18-2012-009-e1371325347127.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1958 Continental Mark III Convertible – A True Survivor (first posted 6/20/2013) I can hear it now: “Didn’t we just look at one of these?” Well, yes, but it is Lincoln week, and since it has been nearly a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/09-08-2012-031.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1978 Toyota Cressida Wagon – I Love What You Do For Me, Mini-Cordoba Wagon (First posted March 18, 2013) Toyota was really coming into its own in the mid- to late-’70s. Despite starting out in the U.S. market with a frumpy, unpopular mini-1954 Plymouth […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1280,height=759,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2-11-2013-001-e1361253587307.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Lincoln Continental Collector’s Series – What A Name; What A Car! (first posted 6/19/2013) Since I have decreed this week Lincoln Continental Week, I would be remiss in not mentioning what is perhaps the most collectible four-door Lincoln of the Seventies: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=500,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/x-09-30-2012-332-e1370815781126.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1995 Lincoln Mark VIII – A Vision In Evergreen Frost (first posted 6/23/2013) Today we celebrate the last Mark. Despite teasing us with intriguing Mark IX and Mark X concepts, Lincoln has seen fit to give us luxurious but identity-free […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Lincoln-1995-Mk-VIII-1995.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1950 Willys Jeepster – Another Brooks Stevens Beauty (first posted 6/25/2012) What do the Studebaker GT Hawk, the Excalibur neo-classic, the original Jeep Wagoneer, and our featured CC, the Willys Jeepster, have in common? Well, they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jeepster.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1959 Dodge Coronet Sedan: Chrome, Fins, And More Chrome (first posted 7/27/2012) The 1959 Dodge: Polarizing, to say the least. Perhaps its styling was over the top, piling even more chrome atop Mopar’s already-chromy original 1957 Forward Look […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Dodge-1959-coronet.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1950 Nash Statesman Airflyte: Did Somebody Say Bathtub? (first posted 5/8/2012) This was the wave of the future in 1949. While US automakers were still selling every facelifted prewar car they could make – and at a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4-26-2012-022-e1335658784250.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1991 Honda Prelude Si – Improving The Original (first posted 4/27/2012) When the Honda Prelude was first introduced, it was meant to be a more stylish commuter than the Civic. While its performance didn’t set the world […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4-20-2012-008-e1340919657513.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford Falcon – Plain And Simple (first posted 4/15/2012) Of the three US compacts introduced for the 1960 model year, the utterly conventional Falcon was the most successful, so much so that Chevrolet and Chrysler […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Falcon-1964.jpg)


