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Curbside Classics Archives
CC Capsule Archive
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![I can just imagine the howls that came from Pontiac dealers when GM announced that after 1981 it would stop making the large B-body Bonneville, and affix the Bonneville nameplate […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/85PontiacParisienne3jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1985 Pontiac Parisienne – A Caprice with Champagne Taste")
CC Capsule: 1985 Pontiac Parisienne – A Caprice with Champagne Taste
Posted on May 4, 2013 | 47 CommentsI can just imagine the howls that came from Pontiac dealers when GM announced that after 1981 it would stop making the large B-body Bonneville, and affix the Bonneville nameplate […] -
![Our neighborhood is blessed with alleys, although almost all houses in it have driveways from the street. Some are overgrown (but still walkable), others kept open for cars, because there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-200-048-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Alleyside Classic: 1967 Cadillac DeVille Convertible – In 1:1 Scale")
Alleyside Classic: 1967 Cadillac DeVille Convertible – In 1:1 Scale
Posted on May 2, 2013 | 41 CommentsOur neighborhood is blessed with alleys, although almost all houses in it have driveways from the street. Some are overgrown (but still walkable), others kept open for cars, because there […] -
![We were just heading out for our late-afternoon walk, when this black Coronet rolled by, with obvious damage to its right rear end. Uh-oh; and I was too slow to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CC-200-039-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1950 Dodge Coronet – There’s A New Curbside Classic In Town")
CC Capsule: 1950 Dodge Coronet – There’s A New Curbside Classic In Town
Posted on May 1, 2013 | 17 CommentsWe were just heading out for our late-afternoon walk, when this black Coronet rolled by, with obvious damage to its right rear end. Uh-oh; and I was too slow to […] -
![I had forgotten I shot this cheery yellow-and-beige air-cooled Vanagon last winter. As we have been on a bit of a Brougham-A-Thon lately, I thought now would be a good […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/02-02-2013-001-800x573-e1366570582706.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1980 VW Vanagon – Good Luck With That Heater…")
CC Capsule: 1980 VW Vanagon – Good Luck With That Heater…
Posted on April 30, 2013 | 15 CommentsI had forgotten I shot this cheery yellow-and-beige air-cooled Vanagon last winter. As we have been on a bit of a Brougham-A-Thon lately, I thought now would be a good […] -
![If any really old car will still likely to be found on the roads in 2113, it will be a Model A Ford. I simply can’t imagine a time when […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CC-199-003-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Ford Model A Roadster – Ready For 2113")
CC Capsule: Ford Model A Roadster – Ready For 2113
Posted on April 29, 2013 | 33 CommentsIf any really old car will still likely to be found on the roads in 2113, it will be a Model A Ford. I simply can’t imagine a time when […] -
![So many car shows, so many cars, so many photos taken. I still have approximately two hundred pictures from car shows from summer 2012, and have not had time to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/09-08-2012-0341.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: A Genuine Retired Rampside")
Car Show Capsule: A Genuine Retired Rampside
Posted on April 25, 2013 | 26 CommentsSo many car shows, so many cars, so many photos taken. I still have approximately two hundred pictures from car shows from summer 2012, and have not had time to […] -
![Son Number Two and I drove into town this past weekend to look at a 2002 Ford Ranger XLT he was considering, only to be beaten to the purchase by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_5156.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1974 Chevrolet El Camino – Sending Mixed Messages")
Curbside Capsule: 1974 Chevrolet El Camino – Sending Mixed Messages
Posted on April 15, 2013 | 27 CommentsSon Number Two and I drove into town this past weekend to look at a 2002 Ford Ranger XLT he was considering, only to be beaten to the purchase by […] -
![Something about this scene struck me as a real time warp. Yes, there are a few old Cutlasses around. And one does occasionally see a fast speed boat, although much […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/CC-196-133-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass S Coupe And Speed Boat: Suddenly It’s 1973")
CC Capsule: 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass S Coupe And Speed Boat: Suddenly It’s 1973
Posted on April 12, 2013 | 10 CommentsSomething about this scene struck me as a real time warp. Yes, there are a few old Cutlasses around. And one does occasionally see a fast speed boat, although much […] -
![Yes, yes; you are seeing one of the last of a dying breed of car, the Broughamus Terraceti Automobilius, The Greater Brougham Land Whale. Vehicles like this once covered the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/image11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1976 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale-The Greater Brougham Land Whale Faces Extinction")
CC Capsule: 1976 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale-The Greater Brougham Land Whale Faces Extinction
Posted on April 11, 2013 | 50 CommentsYes, yes; you are seeing one of the last of a dying breed of car, the Broughamus Terraceti Automobilius, The Greater Brougham Land Whale. Vehicles like this once covered the […] -
![It was a bright and sunny day, and I was going home. While on the way, I saw a few neat cars at a used-car lot, so I decided to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/image1-e1365109543234.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera Brougham Convertible By Hess & Eisenhardt – There’s A Sucker Born Every Minute")
CC Capsule: 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera Brougham Convertible By Hess & Eisenhardt – There’s A Sucker Born Every Minute
Posted on April 10, 2013 | 42 CommentsIt was a bright and sunny day, and I was going home. While on the way, I saw a few neat cars at a used-car lot, so I decided to […] -
![David Bowie recently came out with a new album after a 10-year hiatus. How does someone so attuned to the cultural zeitgeist view the past? If the new tracks from his most […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/0317131507a-800x600.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1973 Mercury Marquis Brougham – Time Can Change Me, But I Can’t Trace Time")
CC Capsule: 1973 Mercury Marquis Brougham – Time Can Change Me, But I Can’t Trace Time
Posted on March 31, 2013 | 81 CommentsDavid Bowie recently came out with a new album after a 10-year hiatus. How does someone so attuned to the cultural zeitgeist view the past? If the new tracks from his most […] -
![I surely write about a lot of trucks here at Curbside Classic. It’s not that I’m particularly partial to them; actually, I’m much more a car guy. But old trucks […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/81DodgeTruckAd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1980 Dodge D-series Adventurer – The Essence of a Truck")
CC Capsule: 1980 Dodge D-series Adventurer – The Essence of a Truck
Posted on March 30, 2013 | 17 CommentsI surely write about a lot of trucks here at Curbside Classic. It’s not that I’m particularly partial to them; actually, I’m much more a car guy. But old trucks […] -
![A friend of mine named Meredith snapped these pictures for me of a Lincoln Continental parked on the street in Philadelphia. I believe this is a 1973 Continental coupe; if I’m wrong, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Lincoln-1-ed-e1363479052738.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1973 Lincoln Continental Coupe – 5000 Pounds Of Potential Energy")
CC Capsule: 1973 Lincoln Continental Coupe – 5000 Pounds Of Potential Energy
Posted on March 18, 2013 | 41 CommentsA friend of mine named Meredith snapped these pictures for me of a Lincoln Continental parked on the street in Philadelphia. I believe this is a 1973 Continental coupe; if I’m wrong, […] -
![The second-generation Camry is where Toyota got serious about the midsize sedan. The Camry had always been designed with the U.S. market in mind, but the styling of the first-generation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/89ToyotaCamryAd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1988 Toyota Camry DX – Somehow, Beige Is Appropriate")
CC Capsule: 1988 Toyota Camry DX – Somehow, Beige Is Appropriate
Posted on March 16, 2013 | 80 CommentsThe second-generation Camry is where Toyota got serious about the midsize sedan. The Camry had always been designed with the U.S. market in mind, but the styling of the first-generation […] -
![Just the other day I went with my folks to an antique show. As we were walking in, I noticed a woody Grand Voyager in the lot. I was drawn […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/3-2-2013-001-1280x852-e1362272089923.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1991 Plymouth Grand Voyager LE AWD – Not Dodging The Options")
CC Capsule: 1991 Plymouth Grand Voyager LE AWD – Not Dodging The Options
Posted on March 8, 2013 | 43 CommentsJust the other day I went with my folks to an antique show. As we were walking in, I noticed a woody Grand Voyager in the lot. I was drawn […]
