![(Updated 9/28/2026) I stumbled across this fourth generation Nova five minutes after the Granada of the other day and the contrast could not have been greater. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_5300.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1978 Chevrolet Nova – The Honest And Down To Earth American")
![(Updated 9/21/2026) I’ll have you know that a 1976 Ford Granada, Ghia or not, is not exactly my cup of tea (at least the domestic version, the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_5321.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1976 Ford Granada Ghia – Come On Baby, Light My Fire!")
![(Updated 9/13/2026) I happened to encounter this rare second-generation Jeep Grand Wagoneer at about the same time that FCA (now Stellantis) released the first images […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_4809.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1993 Jeep Grand Wagoneer (ZJ) – The Last New Grand Wagoneer Didn’t Last")
![(Updated 8/31/2026) While driving around Antibes, France, looking for a parking spot after dropping the family off at the beach, I came across this interesting looking vehicle. Once I found […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/P1000582.jpg "Curbside Classique: Renault Estafette 1000 – Could Even Its Mother Love That Face?")
![(Updated 8/28/2026) This is the forgotten one, the doer, the unstoppable, the sensibly solid one, the one for the people. A life abbreviated, an experiment cut short, a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_4691.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1987 Volkswagen Quantum GL5 Syncro Wagon – Feeling Blue")
![There’s not a lot to say here. Or perhaps there is. If these trucks were people the one on the left would probably just get on with it. The one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_0015-115x115.jpg "Curbside Juxtaposition: The Long And Short Of It")
![First the Europeans came and while they didn’t necessarily conquer, their cars did serve as a wake-up call to the American standard bearers, both on the low and high ends. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_9686-115x115.jpg "The Fourth (And Perhaps Final) Wave: 2026 Changan Eado Plus – Get Ready")
![(Updated 8/2/2026) Before anyone gets their knickers in a bunch, that’s obviously sarcasm, an achievement such as this is to be celebrated, not mocked, no matter who […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_4023.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1992 Saturn SL1 – Typical GM, Crapped Out After Only 556,016 Miles")
![(Updated 7/24/2026) The parking lot of my local Sprouts Market that houses a branch of the Post Office within and has a UPS Store down the row […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2122.jpg "Curbside Find: 1975-1978 Fiat X1/9 – Getting Closer Every Day To One Of Nine Left…")
![(Updated 7/21/2026) What do you say about a car that was so unremarkable that you barely remember it existing when new and figured that it couldn’t […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_3198.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1991 Dodge Monaco LE – Only 21,549 Americans Gambled On This One Over Three Years")
![(Updated 7/18/2026) Oldsmobile had a long and storied history before its I suppose timely demise due to lack of interesting and unique product as well as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_3180.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser – This One Came With The TruCoat!")
![(Updated 7/17/2026) Dodge was considered an also-ran in the full-size truck market in the 1980s, but due to its partnership with Mitsubishi was able to field a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_5888.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1984 Dodge Power Ram 50 4×4 – A Mighty Fine Little Truck")
![(Updated 7/11/2026) I’ve had this one in the can for over a year now and after holding out to try and find a first-year example […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2306.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1981 Chevrolet Citation – How Many Could Still Be Left Out There?")
![(Updated 7/6/2026) The darndest things cross your path at the junkyard and while Jaguars are not uncommon (shocking, I know), this is the first used […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2748.jpg "Curbside Recycling: 1999 Jaguar XK8 Convertible – This Kitty Used Up Its Nine Lives")
![(Updated 6/15/2026) My sole experience driving an F-body of this generation was when I talked a dealer into letting me take out a brand new 1993 Camaro […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_1374.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1994 Pontiac Firebird – Flame Extinguished, Flight Grounded")
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