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Curbside Classics Archives
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![It would appear that we at Curbside Classic have stumbled across two 1967 Pontiac Firebirds in the past, both convertibles: There was an aqua car with a 326 V8/automatic, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1967-Pontiac-Firebird-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "1967 Firebird Convertible – With The Rare And Special OHC Inline-Six")
1967 Firebird Convertible – With The Rare And Special OHC Inline-Six
Posted on August 7, 2025 | 15 CommentsIt would appear that we at Curbside Classic have stumbled across two 1967 Pontiac Firebirds in the past, both convertibles: There was an aqua car with a 326 V8/automatic, and […] -
![As I venture to the last wedding of summer, and have to pay the exorbitant hotel prices in a resort town, I sure wish I had a car that could double […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5969223172_db028667ef_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic Cross Country – The Ultimate Motel")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic Cross Country – The Ultimate Motel
Posted on August 6, 2025 | 7 CommentsAs I venture to the last wedding of summer, and have to pay the exorbitant hotel prices in a resort town, I sure wish I had a car that could double […] -
![Imagine the jeers, the scorn. You’re pulling into a classic car show in your gleaming, cherry red ’89 Ford Mustang GT Turbo 2.2. Enthusiasts are giving you the side-eye, muttering […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ford-probe-gt-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989-92 Ford Probe – Protecting A Legacy")
Curbside Classic: 1989-92 Ford Probe – Protecting A Legacy
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 29 CommentsImagine the jeers, the scorn. You’re pulling into a classic car show in your gleaming, cherry red ’89 Ford Mustang GT Turbo 2.2. Enthusiasts are giving you the side-eye, muttering […] -
![If you were looking to buy a 1977-1979 full-size Pontiac today, you would have a long road ahead. Looking online and in Hemmings, you could be forgiven for thinking that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mar-12-2012-012-e1331504515516.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The ’70s")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The ’70s
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 10 CommentsIf you were looking to buy a 1977-1979 full-size Pontiac today, you would have a long road ahead. Looking online and in Hemmings, you could be forgiven for thinking that […] -
![“Attention Walmart shoppers! There’s a ’57 Studebaker Hawk in the parking lot today–you might want to check it out!” Alas, no such announcement came over the speaker system at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250718_191545.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk–Surviving But Altered")
1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk–Surviving But Altered
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 9 Comments“Attention Walmart shoppers! There’s a ’57 Studebaker Hawk in the parking lot today–you might want to check it out!” Alas, no such announcement came over the speaker system at […] -
![(first posted 3/17/2012) You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-12-12-006-e1331845266890.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – When Life Hands You Lemons…")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – When Life Hands You Lemons…
Posted on August 3, 2025 | 9 Comments(first posted 3/17/2012) You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […] -
![Edna was a fixture in her small, Midwestern town. For many, many moons she had been the music teacher at the local public school. She was also known for her […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Valiant-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Plymouth Valiant – Edna Gets Her Car Tuned-Up")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Plymouth Valiant – Edna Gets Her Car Tuned-Up
Posted on August 3, 2025 | 13 CommentsEdna was a fixture in her small, Midwestern town. For many, many moons she had been the music teacher at the local public school. She was also known for her […] -
![There is a big part of me that wants to triumphantly and enthusiastically title this essay “Dodge Dynasty – Among The Best Cars Ever Built”. However, there is another part […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_4739.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 to 1991 Dodge Dynasty – Familiarity Breeds, Well, Familiarity")
Curbside Classic: 1988 to 1991 Dodge Dynasty – Familiarity Breeds, Well, Familiarity
Posted on August 2, 2025 | 15 CommentsThere is a big part of me that wants to triumphantly and enthusiastically title this essay “Dodge Dynasty – Among The Best Cars Ever Built”. However, there is another part […] -
![(Hopefully) this doesn’t happen often, but if you asked me to visualize a 1970-1971 Torino convertible, I would have pictured… a hardtop. I simply can’t remember ever seeing a convertible […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ford-Torino-1970-conv-fq.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible – So Rare I Forgot It Even Came As A Convertible")
1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible – So Rare I Forgot It Even Came As A Convertible
Posted on August 2, 2025 | 15 Comments(Hopefully) this doesn’t happen often, but if you asked me to visualize a 1970-1971 Torino convertible, I would have pictured… a hardtop. I simply can’t remember ever seeing a convertible […] -
![(first posted 12/26/2012) Discovering the RWD Toyota Avanza in Mexico recently made me consider how relatively long Toyota hung on to RWD in their small cars. The last such car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CC-181-109-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 Toyota Starlet –The Last Of The Littlest RWD Toyotas")
Curbside Classic: 1981 Toyota Starlet –The Last Of The Littlest RWD Toyotas
Posted on August 1, 2025 | 57 Comments(first posted 12/26/2012) Discovering the RWD Toyota Avanza in Mexico recently made me consider how relatively long Toyota hung on to RWD in their small cars. The last such car […] -
![The spotless aqua paint and full wheel covers of this Checker Marathon make me think this wasn’t once a taxi cab, as so many of its brethren were. Which makes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/checker-marathon-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969-73 Checker Marathon – A Sensible Taxi Purchase, A Strange Private Purchase")
Curbside Classic: 1969-73 Checker Marathon – A Sensible Taxi Purchase, A Strange Private Purchase
Posted on August 1, 2025 | 27 CommentsThe spotless aqua paint and full wheel covers of this Checker Marathon make me think this wasn’t once a taxi cab, as so many of its brethren were. Which makes […] -
![The sun was shining brightly, the new restaurant Mrs. Jason and I had just tried was a success, and we were taking a nice stroll around the downtown area. With […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_0276.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 to 1980 Dodge Omni – The Formative Years")
Curbside Classic: 1978 to 1980 Dodge Omni – The Formative Years
Posted on July 31, 2025 | 17 CommentsThe sun was shining brightly, the new restaurant Mrs. Jason and I had just tried was a success, and we were taking a nice stroll around the downtown area. With […] -
![It is generally accepted that General Motors was the long-reigning king of automotive styling. Names like Harley Earl and Bill Mitchell are well known for the long stream of attractive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1957FordThunderbird08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Thunderbird – The Most Perfectly Styled American Car Of The 1950s?")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Thunderbird – The Most Perfectly Styled American Car Of The 1950s?
Posted on July 31, 2025 | 12 CommentsIt is generally accepted that General Motors was the long-reigning king of automotive styling. Names like Harley Earl and Bill Mitchell are well known for the long stream of attractive […] -
![Yes, patina is cool, and has been for some time now. And yes, I’m quite fond of it, and have been for a very long time. An old vehicle that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CC-330-073.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford F100 – Patina Royale")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford F100 – Patina Royale
Posted on July 29, 2025 | 8 CommentsYes, patina is cool, and has been for some time now. And yes, I’m quite fond of it, and have been for a very long time. An old vehicle that […] -
![It’s the late ‘90s. Cadillac is (arguably) still the epitome of the traditional American luxury barge, softly-sprung and complete with boxy styling, gaudy detailing and little appeal to anyone born […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DSC_2263_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2004 Cadillac De Ville DHS – Nothing Succeeds Like Excess")
Curbside Classic: 2004 Cadillac De Ville DHS – Nothing Succeeds Like Excess
Posted on July 29, 2025 | 7 CommentsIt’s the late ‘90s. Cadillac is (arguably) still the epitome of the traditional American luxury barge, softly-sprung and complete with boxy styling, gaudy detailing and little appeal to anyone born […]
