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Car Show Classic Archive
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![Five years after the last of the two-seat “Baby Birds” rolled off the line for the last time, Lee Iacocca’s team at Ford Motor Company was busily brainstorming ideas for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Screenshot-2025-11-27-081534-115x115.jpg "1957 Ford Thunderbird and 1962 Budd XT-Bird Concept: One Classic T-Bird And One That Never Was")
1957 Ford Thunderbird and 1962 Budd XT-Bird Concept: One Classic T-Bird And One That Never Was
Posted on December 2, 2025 | 19 CommentsFive years after the last of the two-seat “Baby Birds” rolled off the line for the last time, Lee Iacocca’s team at Ford Motor Company was busily brainstorming ideas for […] -
![(Updated 11/30/2025) In a slight deviation from the JDM stuff I’ve been posting lately, here’s a little something I found in an old stash of photos I took […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/28140002-copy.jpg "1983 Citroën CX Orphée Cabriolet by Deslandes – Hello Strangest")
1983 Citroën CX Orphée Cabriolet by Deslandes – Hello Strangest
Posted on November 30, 2025 | 36 Comments(Updated 11/30/2025) In a slight deviation from the JDM stuff I’ve been posting lately, here’s a little something I found in an old stash of photos I took […] -
![(Updated 11/28/2025) After many years of roaming around all kinds of classic car shows and events, I finally met one in the metal. Or flesh, if you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_8541.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1976 Opel Commodore B Coupe GS/E – My CC Holy Grail From Rüsselsheim")
Car Show Classic: 1976 Opel Commodore B Coupe GS/E – My CC Holy Grail From Rüsselsheim
Posted on November 28, 2025 | 35 Comments(Updated 11/28/2025) After many years of roaming around all kinds of classic car shows and events, I finally met one in the metal. Or flesh, if you […] -
![As a former colony of the “Empire on which the sun never sets”, Sri Lanka (Ceylon in those days), was fairly well stocked with British products, especially their automotive ones. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025061a5_100533-scaled-1-e1763615653455-115x115.webp "Car Show Report – British Car Day 2025 in Colombo")
Car Show Report – British Car Day 2025 in Colombo
Posted on November 20, 2025 | 14 CommentsAs a former colony of the “Empire on which the sun never sets”, Sri Lanka (Ceylon in those days), was fairly well stocked with British products, especially their automotive ones. […] -
![(Updated 11/9/2025) Today sees the 36th anniversary of perhaps the most momentous event in Europe’s history since 1945 – the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Trabant-601S-6.jpg "1984 Trabant 601-S: The Other People’s Car From The Other Germany, Still Significant")
1984 Trabant 601-S: The Other People’s Car From The Other Germany, Still Significant
Posted on November 9, 2025 | 54 Comments(Updated 11/9/2025) Today sees the 36th anniversary of perhaps the most momentous event in Europe’s history since 1945 – the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the […] -
![OK, this is not *strictly* speaking a Japanese car, though I would argue it’s now become something a mite hard to define. But hey, we’re supposed to look into the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG20251004114654_edited-115x115.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1958 Imperial Southampton “Pointer 1” – As Seen On Japanese TV!")
Car Show Classic: 1958 Imperial Southampton “Pointer 1” – As Seen On Japanese TV!
Posted on November 7, 2025 | 15 CommentsOK, this is not *strictly* speaking a Japanese car, though I would argue it’s now become something a mite hard to define. But hey, we’re supposed to look into the […] -
![This is one of the first full-size 1970s Ford wagon I’ve seen, which showed up in a Melbourne classic car show. It is probably as close as I will come […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Ford-Country-Squire-wagon.jpg "1975–1978 Ford Country Squire Wagon: A Family Toy, Come To Life")
1975–1978 Ford Country Squire Wagon: A Family Toy, Come To Life
Posted on November 1, 2025 | 14 CommentsThis is one of the first full-size 1970s Ford wagon I’ve seen, which showed up in a Melbourne classic car show. It is probably as close as I will come […] -
![I spend too much time reading, writing, and hanging out in the garage to consider myself a devout student of classic cinema, but on cold winter days I sometimes make […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PXL_20250927_144156463-115x115.jpg "1974 Maserati Merak: Waiter, There’s A Truffaut In My Fellini – Where Citroën Meets Maserati")
1974 Maserati Merak: Waiter, There’s A Truffaut In My Fellini – Where Citroën Meets Maserati
Posted on October 23, 2025 | 21 CommentsI spend too much time reading, writing, and hanging out in the garage to consider myself a devout student of classic cinema, but on cold winter days I sometimes make […] -
![Right around the peak of Cutlass-mania in the 1970s, this is what an Oldsmobile 442 looked like. Based on the Cutlass S, it was only a shadow of its former […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/016.jpg "1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass S 442 – Subtle Muscle In The Cutlass-Peak Era")
1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass S 442 – Subtle Muscle In The Cutlass-Peak Era
Posted on October 18, 2025 | 3 CommentsRight around the peak of Cutlass-mania in the 1970s, this is what an Oldsmobile 442 looked like. Based on the Cutlass S, it was only a shadow of its former […] -
![Edsel Ford was truly a remarkable man. With a personality completely unlike his tempestuous father’s, he was able to assert himself in Ford Motor Company despite his father’s conscious or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PXL_20230812_151534202-115x115.jpg "1947 Lincoln Sedan: “Nothing Could Be Finer,” Except Maybe A Cadillac")
1947 Lincoln Sedan: “Nothing Could Be Finer,” Except Maybe A Cadillac
Posted on October 14, 2025 | 10 CommentsEdsel Ford was truly a remarkable man. With a personality completely unlike his tempestuous father’s, he was able to assert himself in Ford Motor Company despite his father’s conscious or […] -
![That’s LEAD, baby—rhymes with “head,” as in the metal customizers and body work professionals use to re-sculpture car bodies or repair rust. I’ll never forget the day I first discovered […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251007_174114-artguru-115x115.png "Lead East Car Show Memories: Reliving The ’50s From 1986 to 2000")
Lead East Car Show Memories: Reliving The ’50s From 1986 to 2000
Posted on October 12, 2025 | 11 CommentsThat’s LEAD, baby—rhymes with “head,” as in the metal customizers and body work professionals use to re-sculpture car bodies or repair rust. I’ll never forget the day I first discovered […] -
![This past June 7th, the Alfa Romeo Club held a small car show outside the Blackhawk Auto Museum, which I took the opportunity to go see. I expected fun cars, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rsz_alfa_show_06_2025_009-115x115.jpg "Alfa Romeo Club Meet at Blackhawk Auto Museum")
Alfa Romeo Club Meet at Blackhawk Auto Museum
Posted on October 10, 2025 | 13 CommentsThis past June 7th, the Alfa Romeo Club held a small car show outside the Blackhawk Auto Museum, which I took the opportunity to go see. I expected fun cars, […] -
![The Monkees’ famous single “Pleasant Valley Sunday” made it all the way to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 on the strengths of its up-tempo beat and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PXL_20250628_150424493-115x115.jpg "1967 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon: Another Pleasant Valley Sunday")
1967 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon: Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Posted on October 9, 2025 | 45 CommentsThe Monkees’ famous single “Pleasant Valley Sunday” made it all the way to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 on the strengths of its up-tempo beat and […] -
![I have a good friend at work who is about fifteen years younger than I am, and he regularly asks me and another work friend outlandish “would you rather?” questions. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-13-073510-115x115.jpg "Car Show Finds: Would You Rather Have A Restored Or An Untouched 1928 Pontiac 6-28 Sport Landau Sedan?")
Car Show Finds: Would You Rather Have A Restored Or An Untouched 1928 Pontiac 6-28 Sport Landau Sedan?
Posted on September 22, 2025 | 17 CommentsI have a good friend at work who is about fifteen years younger than I am, and he regularly asks me and another work friend outlandish “would you rather?” questions. […] -
![Streamlining did not come naturally to most UK carmakers. The square shapes of the ‘20s had been ideal for British designers’ propensity to fashion quite staid and narrow machines. But […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC_1638_edited-115x115.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1936 MG PB Airline Coupé – Economy Plush")
Car Show Classic: 1936 MG PB Airline Coupé – Economy Plush
Posted on September 19, 2025 | 15 CommentsStreamlining did not come naturally to most UK carmakers. The square shapes of the ‘20s had been ideal for British designers’ propensity to fashion quite staid and narrow machines. But […]
