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About Author: Tom Klockau
Posts by Tom Klockau
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Curbside Follow-Up: 1971 Ford Mustang Grandé – It’s The Great Pumpkin Brougham, Charlie Brown!
Posted on October 31, 2014 | 32 CommentsTwo years ago, on Halloween, I wrote up this very orange 1973 Ford Mustang Grandé. While a bit weathered, it was still in pretty good shape, albeit with some very […] -
What If: Chopped Top Mark VI – Or, How To Make The Mark Sleeker Without Really Trying
Posted on October 30, 2014 | 46 CommentsOK you guys, I have tried, with little effect, to educate you on the merits of the 1980-83 Continental Mark VI. For instance, it is based upon the 1980-89 Town […] -
CC Outtake: What Yacht through Yonder Window Breaks?
Posted on October 30, 2014 | 37 CommentsLast year I was driving near my childhood home, and while cruising down an alley spotted this rather rare clamshell 1973 Chevrolet Impala station wagon. When’s the last time you […] -
Car Show Classic: 1966-67 Lincoln Continental Convertible – End Of An Era
Posted on October 27, 2014 | 77 CommentsLadies and Gentlemen of the CC Commentariat, let me tell you a story–a nightcap, if you will. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful car called the Lincoln. About […] -
Museum Classics: The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, Part 1
Posted on October 27, 2014 | 57 CommentsDo you like cars? If you do, whether you live in Wheeling, West Virginia, Schenectady, New York, or Duluth, Minnesota, you must, someday, visit the Auburn Cord Duesenberg museum in […] -
CC Clue
Posted on October 26, 2014 | 7 CommentsWhat’s this? -
CC Wordless Outtake: And That’s The Long And Short Of It!
Posted on October 26, 2014 | 16 Comments -
Curbside Classic: 1986 Maserati Biturbo Spyder – Do You Feel Lucky?
Posted on October 25, 2014 | 46 Comments(first posted 5/3/12) Oh, what could have been. Maserati had been producing very fast, very expensive sports cars for many years by the time the Biturbo debuted in late 1981. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Thunderbird Four Door Landau – Yes, I Said Four Doors
Posted on October 22, 2014 | 105 Comments(first posted 10/10/2012) Since we’ve been talking a lot about oddball Cougars and T-Birds lately—Fairmont Birds, Cougar station wagons, and all sorts of other automotive marketing craziness—I just have to […] -
Mini CC: 1957 Ford Thunderbird By Ertl Precision 100
Posted on October 20, 2014 | 15 CommentsI have been sitting on these pictures for, oh boy, probably close to two years. Thunderbird Week, however, finally prompted me to share my favorite model of my favorite year […] -
CC Clue
Posted on October 20, 2014 | 12 CommentsThis car was beautiful. Most of you know what I like, so maybe that will help your guess! -
CC For Sale: 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe – Only 800 Clams!
Posted on October 20, 2014 | 79 CommentsDid you miss out on the Cutlass Decade? Do you wish you could still get one? Well, sadly, that isn’t in the cards, but one thing you CAN do, if […] -
Mini CC: 1969 Plymouth Barracuda By M2 – Plain Janes, Just Like They Used To Be
Posted on October 18, 2014 | 32 CommentsFor know-it-alls of a certain age, EVERY Plymouth Barracuda was a muscle car, EVERY Mustang was a GT or Boss, and, by golly, EVERY Camaro was an SS or Z-28! […] -
CC Clue
Posted on October 15, 2014 | 22 CommentsWhat’s red and black and chrome all over? Dunno. Maybe you do. -
Future Curbside Classic: 2014 Cadillac XTS – How To Say Fleetwood In The 21st Century
Posted on October 15, 2014 | 134 CommentsCadillac sure has had a crazy roller-coaster ride in the automotive marketplace since about 1980, no? In 1980, Cadillac was still aspirational, despite the fact that BMW and Mercedes-Benz had […]
![Curbside Follow-Up: 1971 Ford Mustang Grandé – It’s The Great Pumpkin Brougham, Charlie Brown! Two years ago, on Halloween, I wrote up this very orange 1973 Ford Mustang Grandé. While a bit weathered, it was still in pretty good shape, albeit with some very […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/3-09-2014-004.jpg)
![What If: Chopped Top Mark VI – Or, How To Make The Mark Sleeker Without Really Trying OK you guys, I have tried, with little effect, to educate you on the merits of the 1980-83 Continental Mark VI. For instance, it is based upon the 1980-89 Town […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1981-Lincoln-Continental-Mark-VI-07.jpg)
![CC Outtake: What Yacht through Yonder Window Breaks? Last year I was driving near my childhood home, and while cruising down an alley spotted this rather rare clamshell 1973 Chevrolet Impala station wagon. When’s the last time you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2-14-2013-035.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1966-67 Lincoln Continental Convertible – End Of An Era Ladies and Gentlemen of the CC Commentariat, let me tell you a story–a nightcap, if you will. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful car called the Lincoln. About […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/aa-09-20-2014-540.jpg)
![Museum Classics: The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, Part 1 Do you like cars? If you do, whether you live in Wheeling, West Virginia, Schenectady, New York, or Duluth, Minnesota, you must, someday, visit the Auburn Cord Duesenberg museum in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/10-04-2014-229-Copy.jpg)


![Curbside Classic: 1986 Maserati Biturbo Spyder – Do You Feel Lucky? (first posted 5/3/12) Oh, what could have been. Maserati had been producing very fast, very expensive sports cars for many years by the time the Biturbo debuted in late 1981. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/4-26-2012-001-e1339955581871.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Thunderbird Four Door Landau – Yes, I Said Four Doors (first posted 10/10/2012) Since we’ve been talking a lot about oddball Cougars and T-Birds lately—Fairmont Birds, Cougar station wagons, and all sorts of other automotive marketing craziness—I just have to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/doors-open-e1349648513162.jpg)
![Mini CC: 1957 Ford Thunderbird By Ertl Precision 100 I have been sitting on these pictures for, oh boy, probably close to two years. Thunderbird Week, however, finally prompted me to share my favorite model of my favorite year […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/01-26-2013-029.jpg)
![CC For Sale: 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe – Only 800 Clams! Did you miss out on the Cutlass Decade? Do you wish you could still get one? Well, sadly, that isn’t in the cards, but one thing you CAN do, if […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/10-19-2014-114.jpg)
![Mini CC: 1969 Plymouth Barracuda By M2 – Plain Janes, Just Like They Used To Be For know-it-alls of a certain age, EVERY Plymouth Barracuda was a muscle car, EVERY Mustang was a GT or Boss, and, by golly, EVERY Camaro was an SS or Z-28! […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/10-08-2014-001.jpg)

![Future Curbside Classic: 2014 Cadillac XTS – How To Say Fleetwood In The 21st Century Cadillac sure has had a crazy roller-coaster ride in the automotive marketplace since about 1980, no? In 1980, Cadillac was still aspirational, despite the fact that BMW and Mercedes-Benz had […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1024,height=586,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/08-06-and-08-07-2014-072-e1408220521601.jpg)


