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Curbside Classics Archives
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![At Curbside Classic, we love automotive time capsules, so here’s an interesting one. Not a time capsule from 1963 when this car was new, but rather from about 20 years […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1963-Chevrolet-Bel-Air-LR-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air – A Time Capsule, But Not From The Showroom")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air – A Time Capsule, But Not From The Showroom
Posted on December 7, 2023 | 40 CommentsAt Curbside Classic, we love automotive time capsules, so here’s an interesting one. Not a time capsule from 1963 when this car was new, but rather from about 20 years […] -
![(first posted 12/5/2013) Based on the reader’s comments in last week’s 1969 Ranchero article, I know there’s little love for this last generation Ranchero. Based on some personal experience with the Torino […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Front-3-Quarters.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977-79 Ford Ranchero- No Curbside Love For This One!")
Curbside Classic: 1977-79 Ford Ranchero- No Curbside Love For This One!
Posted on December 6, 2023 | 103 Comments(first posted 12/5/2013) Based on the reader’s comments in last week’s 1969 Ranchero article, I know there’s little love for this last generation Ranchero. Based on some personal experience with the Torino […] -
![(first posted 12/5/2017) This past August, I was taking a much needed vacation in a place that shaped much of who I am today. It’s kind of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_7163-1979-Chevrolet-Camaro-Z28-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 – Paradise Express")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 – Paradise Express
Posted on December 5, 2023 | 50 Comments(first posted 12/5/2017) This past August, I was taking a much needed vacation in a place that shaped much of who I am today. It’s kind of […] -
![(first posted 12/4/2017. revised 12/3/2023) The fact that the downsized and unusually-styled 1962 Plymouth and Dodge were a blunder is indisputable, in terms of their failure on the market. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ffffv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Brilliant Blunder: 1962 Plymouth & Dodge – The Real Reason They Were Downsized")
Brilliant Blunder: 1962 Plymouth & Dodge – The Real Reason They Were Downsized
Posted on December 4, 2023 | 178 Comments(first posted 12/4/2017. revised 12/3/2023) The fact that the downsized and unusually-styled 1962 Plymouth and Dodge were a blunder is indisputable, in terms of their failure on the market. But […] -
![(first posted 12/2/2013) After last week’s rather busily-styled 1991 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight, here’s something refreshing: An ’83 Delta 88 Royale Brougham. I spotted this on my usual route through Downtown Crossing, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_2810.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham – A Lesson In Aesthetics")
Curbside Classic: 1983 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Brougham – A Lesson In Aesthetics
Posted on December 2, 2023 | 134 Comments(first posted 12/2/2013) After last week’s rather busily-styled 1991 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight, here’s something refreshing: An ’83 Delta 88 Royale Brougham. I spotted this on my usual route through Downtown Crossing, […] -
![(first posted 12/1/2017) While developing the 1996 Taurus, Ford engineers purchased a Toyota Camry and took it apart to find out what made it such a superbly-built vehicle. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/chevrolet-lumina-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995-2001 Chevrolet Lumina – Lights Out")
Curbside Classic: 1995-2001 Chevrolet Lumina – Lights Out
Posted on December 1, 2023 | 64 Comments(first posted 12/1/2017) While developing the 1996 Taurus, Ford engineers purchased a Toyota Camry and took it apart to find out what made it such a superbly-built vehicle. […] -
![(First posted 8/28/2014. This was probably my favorite CC For sale I found in Eugene) Let’s celebrate Two-Door Sedan Day with this 1965 Ford Custom two-door (“Tudor” in old-time Ford-speak). […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-22-001-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Custom – The End Of The Stripper Tudor Era")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Custom – The End Of The Stripper Tudor Era
Posted on November 28, 2023 | 125 Comments(First posted 8/28/2014. This was probably my favorite CC For sale I found in Eugene) Let’s celebrate Two-Door Sedan Day with this 1965 Ford Custom two-door (“Tudor” in old-time Ford-speak). […] -
![(first posted 11/26/2013) The early 1950s is commonly considered to be an era of dull conformity. This attitude bleeds through to American cars of those years. Everyone made cars that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1952BuickSuper08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1952 Buick Super – Hmmm, Decisions, Decisions . . .")
Curbside Classic: 1952 Buick Super – Hmmm, Decisions, Decisions . . .
Posted on November 27, 2023 | 99 Comments(first posted 11/26/2013) The early 1950s is commonly considered to be an era of dull conformity. This attitude bleeds through to American cars of those years. Everyone made cars that […] -
![(first posted 8/23/2011) Your task: imagine and design the hottest consumer good of the day, one that will have folks lined up at the store to get their first […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CC-140-015-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Chevrolet – The iCar – GM’s All-Time Greatest Hit")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Chevrolet – The iCar – GM’s All-Time Greatest Hit
Posted on November 24, 2023 | 126 Comments(first posted 8/23/2011) Your task: imagine and design the hottest consumer good of the day, one that will have folks lined up at the store to get their first […] -
![Ford and ranch photos by T. Polson. It was December of 1997, and my Puerto Rican girlfriend and I had planned to stay for Christmas at the family home of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/322278195_677005234023433_2941262997324543369_n.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Fieldside Classic: 1957 Ford – The Old Ford At The Ranch")
Fieldside Classic: 1957 Ford – The Old Ford At The Ranch
Posted on November 24, 2023 | 12 CommentsFord and ranch photos by T. Polson. It was December of 1997, and my Puerto Rican girlfriend and I had planned to stay for Christmas at the family home of […] -
![As you might be able to tell from my pen name, I have a major soft spot for streamliners of the ‘30s and ‘40s. There’s no denying that, like everything […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20230730_204007_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1946 Oldsmobile 78 Dynamic Club Sedan – The Greatest Generation")
Car Show Classic: 1946 Oldsmobile 78 Dynamic Club Sedan – The Greatest Generation
Posted on November 24, 2023 | 8 CommentsAs you might be able to tell from my pen name, I have a major soft spot for streamliners of the ‘30s and ‘40s. There’s no denying that, like everything […] -
![(first posted 11/21/2017) Chrysler made quite an entrance in the North American compact market with its original 1995-1999 Neon, a car sold under both the Dodge and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/thumb_IMG_8505_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2001 Plymouth Neon LX – “Hi” Turns To “Hello”")
Curbside Classic: 2001 Plymouth Neon LX – “Hi” Turns To “Hello”
Posted on November 21, 2023 | 71 Comments(first posted 11/21/2017) Chrysler made quite an entrance in the North American compact market with its original 1995-1999 Neon, a car sold under both the Dodge and […] -
![(first posted 11/21/2017) Detroit. Kenosha. South Bend. Van Nuys? Maybe the latter doesn’t seem like a car-making town, but it was. For a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/davis-divan-006.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Couch Potato – 1948 Davis Divan")
Curbside Couch Potato – 1948 Davis Divan
Posted on November 21, 2023 | 40 Comments(first posted 11/21/2017) Detroit. Kenosha. South Bend. Van Nuys? Maybe the latter doesn’t seem like a car-making town, but it was. For a […] -
![(first posted 11/20/2017) Despite the teaser in the title, many elements of Mercury never made much sense. Throughout its entire tortured existence Mercury was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_0782.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercury Marauder S-55 Convertible – Making Sense Of It All")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercury Marauder S-55 Convertible – Making Sense Of It All
Posted on November 20, 2023 | 70 Comments(first posted 11/20/2017) Despite the teaser in the title, many elements of Mercury never made much sense. Throughout its entire tortured existence Mercury was […] -
![(first posted 11/14/2017) When I first spotted the jacked-up rear end of this ’68 Chevelle coupe from a block or two down the street on my afternoon walk […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CC-343-048.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevelle 300 Deluxe Sport Coupe – The Living High School Time Capsule From 1974")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevelle 300 Deluxe Sport Coupe – The Living High School Time Capsule From 1974
Posted on November 14, 2023 | 64 Comments(first posted 11/14/2017) When I first spotted the jacked-up rear end of this ’68 Chevelle coupe from a block or two down the street on my afternoon walk […]
