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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![(first posted 7/4/2015) I have long had a peculiar love for the 1964 Studebaker. I am one of the few people who spent time around at least two of these […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Studebaker-1964.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 Studebaker Challenger – This Challenger Never Had a Chance")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Studebaker Challenger – This Challenger Never Had a Chance
Posted on July 4, 2021 | 86 Comments(first posted 7/4/2015) I have long had a peculiar love for the 1964 Studebaker. I am one of the few people who spent time around at least two of these […] -
![(first posted 7/3/2015) The original Cougar epitomized the personal luxury-sports coupe. We’ve documented how the Cougar lost its way in the later 70s, becoming a full line of mega-medium-sized cars, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Mercury-Cougar-1981.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1981 Mercury Cougar – The Only Two Door Sedan Cougar")
Curbside Classic: 1981 Mercury Cougar – The Only Two Door Sedan Cougar
Posted on July 3, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 7/3/2015) The original Cougar epitomized the personal luxury-sports coupe. We’ve documented how the Cougar lost its way in the later 70s, becoming a full line of mega-medium-sized cars, […] -
![(first posted 7/1/2015) Benign neglect. This was just one of the many manifestations of the poor parenting GM provided to its products during the 1980s and 1990s. Some children entered […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Chevrolet-Baretta.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988-96 Chevrolet Beretta – Latchkey Kid")
Curbside Classic: 1988-96 Chevrolet Beretta – Latchkey Kid
Posted on July 1, 2021 | 96 Comments(first posted 7/1/2015) Benign neglect. This was just one of the many manifestations of the poor parenting GM provided to its products during the 1980s and 1990s. Some children entered […] -
![photos posted by nifticus This 1970 Toronado is a perfect example of how a truly original and groundbreaking design can be destroyed in just a few years. Every key element […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/51270054611_b22d2e0a86_k.jpg "Cohort Classic; 1970 Oldsmobile Toronado – How To Adulterate A Design Classic In Five Easy Steps")
Cohort Classic; 1970 Oldsmobile Toronado – How To Adulterate A Design Classic In Five Easy Steps
Posted on July 1, 2021 | 38 Commentsphotos posted by nifticus This 1970 Toronado is a perfect example of how a truly original and groundbreaking design can be destroyed in just a few years. Every key element […] -
![(first posted 6/30/2015) In the time I have been writing articles here, my affinity for Mercury has prompted a few accusations of my having Mercury poisoning. For that, I can […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mercury-Montego.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1971 Mercury Montego – Henry Was a Grouch After His Zeppo Lighter Fell and Bounced Off His Harp, Leaving Marx on His Chick")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Mercury Montego – Henry Was a Grouch After His Zeppo Lighter Fell and Bounced Off His Harp, Leaving Marx on His Chick
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 82 Comments(first posted 6/30/2015) In the time I have been writing articles here, my affinity for Mercury has prompted a few accusations of my having Mercury poisoning. For that, I can […] -
![(first posted 6/29/2015) When I was very young, I would sit and listen to my father expound with authority on the various subjects that constitute life. Of course, any conversation […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Linc-MkVg.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977-79 Lincoln Continental Mark V – A Formative Influence.")
Curbside Classic: 1977-79 Lincoln Continental Mark V – A Formative Influence.
Posted on June 29, 2021 | 93 Comments(first posted 6/29/2015) When I was very young, I would sit and listen to my father expound with authority on the various subjects that constitute life. Of course, any conversation […] -
![A couple of years ago, I had written about a pair of Lincolns parked curbside near one of my favorite, then-newly discovered destinations, Rogers Beach, in the Chicago neighborhood […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/020-1991-Oldsmobile-Toronado-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1991 Oldsmobile Toronado – Lost In A Changing Landscape")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Oldsmobile Toronado – Lost In A Changing Landscape
Posted on June 29, 2021 | 36 CommentsA couple of years ago, I had written about a pair of Lincolns parked curbside near one of my favorite, then-newly discovered destinations, Rogers Beach, in the Chicago neighborhood […] -
![With few exceptions, foreign classics found in Japan are usually so clean – either preserved or restored – and near perfection that they might be used as archetypes or museum […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_20210508_115827-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1976 Chevrolet C10 Cheyenne Pickup – A Rusted Development")
CC Capsule: 1976 Chevrolet C10 Cheyenne Pickup – A Rusted Development
Posted on June 28, 2021 | 17 CommentsWith few exceptions, foreign classics found in Japan are usually so clean – either preserved or restored – and near perfection that they might be used as archetypes or museum […] -
![(first posted 5/8/2012) This was the wave of the future in 1949. While US automakers were still selling every facelifted prewar car they could make – and at a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4-26-2012-022-e1335658784250.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1950 Nash Statesman Airflyte: Did Somebody Say Bathtub?")
Curbside Classic: 1950 Nash Statesman Airflyte: Did Somebody Say Bathtub?
Posted on June 27, 2021 | 81 Comments(first posted 5/8/2012) This was the wave of the future in 1949. While US automakers were still selling every facelifted prewar car they could make – and at a […] -
![(first posted 6/25/2015) It was a warm Saturday morning in late spring or early summer. My ten year-old self was outside helping my father collect yard debris from an overnight […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Ford-Truck-F100-1970.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1970 Ford F-100 – The Driving Force of an Addiction")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Ford F-100 – The Driving Force of an Addiction
Posted on June 25, 2021 | 48 Comments(first posted 6/25/2015) It was a warm Saturday morning in late spring or early summer. My ten year-old self was outside helping my father collect yard debris from an overnight […] -
![(first posted 6/22/2015) There’s an election coming up in Canada on October 19, 2015. Unlike some other parts of North America, “Liberal” is not the other “L” word. In fact, one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Pontiac-1976-LeMans-CDN.jpg "CC Capsule: 1976 Pontiac LeMans – A Liberal Heap of Liberal")
CC Capsule: 1976 Pontiac LeMans – A Liberal Heap of Liberal
Posted on June 22, 2021 | 92 Comments(first posted 6/22/2015) There’s an election coming up in Canada on October 19, 2015. Unlike some other parts of North America, “Liberal” is not the other “L” word. In fact, one […] -
![Mere days before Christmas of last year, I stumbled across this sad specimen of a Chevrolet Citation while on one of my long, meditative walks. To see any Citation anymore, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/038-1980-Chevrolet-Citation-CC-USE.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – Murphy’s Law")
Curbside Classic: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – Murphy’s Law
Posted on June 22, 2021 | 102 CommentsMere days before Christmas of last year, I stumbled across this sad specimen of a Chevrolet Citation while on one of my long, meditative walks. To see any Citation anymore, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1948 Pontiac – The Fastback of Notre Dame?
Posted on June 21, 2021 | 40 CommentsHave you ever seen such a fine old Pontiac napping in the sun? -
![(first posted 6/19/2015) In the long, strange and sometime tortured evolution of the classic large American sedan since WWII, there are exactly two moments when that species really hit the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Chevrolet-1979-Caprice.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1979 Chevrolet Caprice – GM’s Greatest Hit #2")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Chevrolet Caprice – GM’s Greatest Hit #2
Posted on June 19, 2021 | 104 Comments(first posted 6/19/2015) In the long, strange and sometime tortured evolution of the classic large American sedan since WWII, there are exactly two moments when that species really hit the […] -
![(first posted 6/17/2015) The Maverick was the the perfect car to send a college student off with in 1969 or 1970. Instead of that Mach 1 Mustang junior was salivating […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Maverick-1970.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1970 Ford Maverick – The Car To Send Your Kid Off To College In, 1969 Or 2015")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Ford Maverick – The Car To Send Your Kid Off To College In, 1969 Or 2015
Posted on June 17, 2021 | 127 Comments(first posted 6/17/2015) The Maverick was the the perfect car to send a college student off with in 1969 or 1970. Instead of that Mach 1 Mustang junior was salivating […]
