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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![(first posted 6/15/2015) This 1970s-era Checker Marathon photographed in Red Hook, Brooklyn has some interesting parallels to its surroundings. For many years, Red Hook was just a simple, industrial neighbourhood, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Checker-marathon-will.jpg "Curbside Classic: Checker Marathon – The Brooklyn Bruiser")
Curbside Classic: Checker Marathon – The Brooklyn Bruiser
Posted on June 15, 2021 | 99 Comments(first posted 6/15/2015) This 1970s-era Checker Marathon photographed in Red Hook, Brooklyn has some interesting parallels to its surroundings. For many years, Red Hook was just a simple, industrial neighbourhood, […] -
![Pulp Fiction has to be one my favorite movies of all-time. It’s not for everybody, and I certainly don’t recommend it for family viewing, as it has an MPAA rating […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210522_164225-1981-Oldsmobile-Delta-88-Royale-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1981 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Royale With Cheese")
Curbside Classic: 1981 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Royale With Cheese
Posted on June 15, 2021 | 71 CommentsPulp Fiction has to be one my favorite movies of all-time. It’s not for everybody, and I certainly don’t recommend it for family viewing, as it has an MPAA rating […] -
![(first posted 6/14/2015. updated 6/13/2021) Poor Virgil Exner; poor Dodge. The early sixties were such a rough time for them both; they were so misunderstood. Or they just misunderstood […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Dodge-1964-Plara-conv.jpg "Curbside Classic; 1964 Dodge Polara Convertible – Engelization Almost Complete")
Curbside Classic; 1964 Dodge Polara Convertible – Engelization Almost Complete
Posted on June 14, 2021 | 53 Comments(first posted 6/14/2015. updated 6/13/2021) Poor Virgil Exner; poor Dodge. The early sixties were such a rough time for them both; they were so misunderstood. Or they just misunderstood […] -
![(first posted 10/3/2011) Since we’re indulging in toy cars, let’s trot out some Metrovertibles. There’s something so endearingly goofy about this little ragtop, like it somehow escaped the Autopia ride […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Geo-Metro-conv.jpg "Curbside Classic: Geo Metro Convertible – Did I Take The Autopia Offramp?")
Curbside Classic: Geo Metro Convertible – Did I Take The Autopia Offramp?
Posted on June 12, 2021 | 50 Comments(first posted 10/3/2011) Since we’re indulging in toy cars, let’s trot out some Metrovertibles. There’s something so endearingly goofy about this little ragtop, like it somehow escaped the Autopia ride […] -
![(first posted 7/9/2012) Call it what you may, but this rather handsome convertible was one of the nails in the coffin of American Motors. How could something this good […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AMC-1966-amby-conv.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1966 AMC Ambassador 990 Convertible – Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption")
Curbside Classic: 1966 AMC Ambassador 990 Convertible – Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption
Posted on June 12, 2021 | 61 Comments(first posted 7/9/2012) Call it what you may, but this rather handsome convertible was one of the nails in the coffin of American Motors. How could something this good […] -
![(first posted 6/11/2015) It’s hard for someone of my generation to imagine a time when full-size convertibles graced the lineup of nearly every domestic brand. With the advent of air […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/thumb_IMG_8484_1024.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Convertible – Fading Sky")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Convertible – Fading Sky
Posted on June 12, 2021 | 38 Comments(first posted 6/11/2015) It’s hard for someone of my generation to imagine a time when full-size convertibles graced the lineup of nearly every domestic brand. With the advent of air […] -
![(first posted 6/27/2011) After its full frontal assault on the U.S. luxury car market in 1957, Chrysler’s Imperial was destined to spend the rest of its days in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1968ImperialConv011.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Imperial Crown Convertible – Fall Back, Men, Fall Back!")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Imperial Crown Convertible – Fall Back, Men, Fall Back!
Posted on June 11, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 6/27/2011) After its full frontal assault on the U.S. luxury car market in 1957, Chrysler’s Imperial was destined to spend the rest of its days in […] -
![(first posted 6/11/2015) What is the purpose of a convertible? Most would probably say that a convertible’s purpose is for the enjoyment of the beauty of outdoors – at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lincoln-1940-Conti.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet – Beauty for Beauty’s Sake")
Curbside Classic: 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet – Beauty for Beauty’s Sake
Posted on June 11, 2021 | 60 Comments(first posted 6/11/2015) What is the purpose of a convertible? Most would probably say that a convertible’s purpose is for the enjoyment of the beauty of outdoors – at […] -
![When someone pulls up to your house in one of twenty-nine 1948 Ford Sportsman convertibles ever built and offers you a ride, there’s no need to guess what the answer […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_6565.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1948 Ford Super Deluxe Sportsman “Woodie” Convertible – Want To Take A Ride In The Family Heirwood?")
Curbside Classic: 1948 Ford Super Deluxe Sportsman “Woodie” Convertible – Want To Take A Ride In The Family Heirwood?
Posted on June 11, 2021 | 22 CommentsWhen someone pulls up to your house in one of twenty-nine 1948 Ford Sportsman convertibles ever built and offers you a ride, there’s no need to guess what the answer […] -
![(first posted 6/9/2015) Has the simple use of a single, duplicated letter ever done more to elevate a pedestrian car into a formidable force of nature than sticking an “S” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Chevrolet-1966-Impala-SS-conv.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1966 Chevrolet Impala SS Convertible – Holding Steady in Capricious Times")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Chevrolet Impala SS Convertible – Holding Steady in Capricious Times
Posted on June 9, 2021 | 102 Comments(first posted 6/9/2015) Has the simple use of a single, duplicated letter ever done more to elevate a pedestrian car into a formidable force of nature than sticking an “S” […] -
![(first posted 6/8/2015) Historically Buick always occupied a special place in GM’s collection of brands. Understandably so — William Durant turned Buick into a powerhouse in the early days […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Buick-1952-Special-conv.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1952 Buick Special Convertible – Still Quite Special")
Curbside Classic: 1952 Buick Special Convertible – Still Quite Special
Posted on June 8, 2021 | 53 Comments(first posted 6/8/2015) Historically Buick always occupied a special place in GM’s collection of brands. Understandably so — William Durant turned Buick into a powerhouse in the early days […] -
![The very first foreign car I found and wrote up when I moved to Tokyo in January 2020 (remember those care-free pre-Covid times?) was a similar Buick. However, I was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_20210524_092004-copy.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1993 Buick “Regal” Estate Wagon – Fifty Shades Of Gray Market")
Curbside Classic: 1993 Buick “Regal” Estate Wagon – Fifty Shades Of Gray Market
Posted on June 7, 2021 | 23 CommentsThe very first foreign car I found and wrote up when I moved to Tokyo in January 2020 (remember those care-free pre-Covid times?) was a similar Buick. However, I was […] -
![(first posted 6/6/2015) This ’77 Cutlass Supreme, photographed in the parking lot of Flint Central High School, is almost like one of my Cars Of A Lifetime in that many […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/403-1977-Olds-Cutlass-Supreme-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – School’s Out")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – School’s Out
Posted on June 6, 2021 | 74 Comments(first posted 6/6/2015) This ’77 Cutlass Supreme, photographed in the parking lot of Flint Central High School, is almost like one of my Cars Of A Lifetime in that many […] -
![(first posted 6/3/2015) Regression to the mean. Lowest common denominator. Thinking inside the box. These over-used expressions are all-too often applied to Detroit iron. But which vehicle most fully lives […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GMC-Handi-Van.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1965 GMC Handi-Van – Thinking Inside The Box")
Curbside Classic: 1965 GMC Handi-Van – Thinking Inside The Box
Posted on June 3, 2021 | 72 Comments(first posted 6/3/2015) Regression to the mean. Lowest common denominator. Thinking inside the box. These over-used expressions are all-too often applied to Detroit iron. But which vehicle most fully lives […] -
![Yes, I trespassed this time. I feel a little remorse (and do apologize to the owners if they are reading this) but just could not stop myself. I’d been seeing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_1468.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1979-1982 UM Electrek 2+2 – The Future Was Yesterday")
Curbside Classic: 1979-1982 UM Electrek 2+2 – The Future Was Yesterday
Posted on June 3, 2021 | 33 CommentsYes, I trespassed this time. I feel a little remorse (and do apologize to the owners if they are reading this) but just could not stop myself. I’d been seeing […]
