Curbside Classic Archives
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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford LTD – The Forgotten Ford
Posted on June 1, 2021 | 100 Comments( first posted 5/25/2011) My Dad was a Ford guy. Although most everyone else on both sides of my family were firmly in the GM camp, there was almost always […] -
Curbside Classic: 1988 Plymouth Reliant America – Mom And Dad, Please Don’t
Posted on June 1, 2021 | 53 CommentsI was a senior in high school when I was given my own car, which was a used, bright red 1984 Ford Tempo GL . The Tempo had served duty […] -
CC For Sale: 1981 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Station Wagon – Take Me Home
Posted on May 31, 2021 | 41 CommentsThere is a lot of love given to the 1977-90 GM B-Body on Curbside, but most of the attention goes to the 2-doors and 4-doors. As someone who has owned […] -
Curbside Classic: Mack RM-Series 4×4 – The Really Tough Mack
Posted on May 30, 2021 | 27 Comments(first posted 2/3/2014) Mack’s legendary R-Series had a well-deserved rep for toughness. We praised them effusively here. But if one needed an ever tougher Mack, to take on all sorts […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 IH Loadstar Bookmobile (And Trucks) – Is There A Book On IH History Aboard?
Posted on May 29, 2021 | 53 Comments(first posted 3/5/2011. I saw it just the other day again, in 2021.) Now that’s a very comforting and reassuring face. Something about these International Loadstar trucks evokes those feelings, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevy El Camino- Unrestrained Exuberance
Posted on May 29, 2021 | 63 Comments(first posted 5/29/2015) Back in October of 2013, I posted “The El Caminos of Los Angeles.” That article included 20 different El Caminos photographed over a two week span, demonstrating that the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1972 International Travelall 1210 4×4 – Travel All Roads Or None At All
Posted on May 28, 2021 | 22 CommentsThere’s a shrinking but still substantial pool of vehicle we haven’t covered yet, like this one. Back in 2012 I found a fine Travelall 4×4 of the previous generation and […] -
Curbside Classic: The Almost Immortal Ford C-Series
Posted on May 26, 2021 | 139 Comments(first posted 4/29/2012) The Ford C-Series truck was one of those vocational workhorses that labored in quiet obscurity for its entire service life. They were the vocational jack of all […] -
Curbside Jukebox: 2008 Pontiac Solstice – Taste The Summer
Posted on May 25, 2021 | 37 CommentsI have been a fan of Duran Duran since elementary school in the 1980s. This was not the same kind of fandom I’d observe from the girls in my classroom […] -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford Falcon – Plain And Simple
Posted on May 24, 2021 | 80 Comments(first posted 4/15/2012) Of the three US compacts introduced for the 1960 model year, the utterly conventional Falcon was the most successful, so much so that Chevrolet and Chrysler […] -
Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Country Squire – The Car That Made Di-Noc Millions
Posted on May 23, 2021 | 103 Comments(first posted 5/1/2012) Ah, the Country Squire. What says 1960s to 1970s upper-middle class suburbia better than one of these? Before minivans, before SUVs, and before crossovers, these were the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera S Coupe – The Name Game
Posted on May 21, 2021 | 89 Comments(first posted 5/21/2015) GM’s massive and very expensive investment in new generations of FWD cars starting in 1980 led to some…hedging. Numerous RWD cars that were at one time scheduled […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Ford Taurus Wagon – Redefining the Station Wagon
Posted on May 20, 2021 | 87 Comments(first posted 5/13/2014) I remember clearly the first time I saw the new-for-1986 Ford Taurus. It was around the time I turned 18, late in the summer before the Taurus […] -
CC Capsule: 1998 Saturn SW2 Wagon – Right Hooker, Dead Ringer
Posted on May 19, 2021 | 22 CommentsThis is another one of those “Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine I’d see this here” sort of deals. Italian exotics, US muscle cars and British roadsters […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Pontiac Sunbird LE – Ornithology 101
Posted on May 18, 2021 | 41 CommentsI love birds. There’s something about hearing their songs in the morning during this time of year that makes me thankful to live in this forest-like neighborhood on Chicago’s north […]
![Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford LTD – The Forgotten Ford ( first posted 5/25/2011) My Dad was a Ford guy. Although most everyone else on both sides of my family were firmly in the GM camp, there was almost always […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/009a1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1988 Plymouth Reliant America – Mom And Dad, Please Don’t I was a senior in high school when I was given my own car, which was a used, bright red 1984 Ford Tempo GL . The Tempo had served duty […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1988-Plymouth-Reliant-America-CC.jpg)
![CC For Sale: 1981 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Station Wagon – Take Me Home There is a lot of love given to the 1977-90 GM B-Body on Curbside, but most of the attention goes to the 2-doors and 4-doors. As someone who has owned […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/1-2-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: Mack RM-Series 4×4 – The Really Tough Mack (first posted 2/3/2014) Mack’s legendary R-Series had a well-deserved rep for toughness. We praised them effusively here. But if one needed an ever tougher Mack, to take on all sorts […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mack-DM.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 IH Loadstar Bookmobile (And Trucks) – Is There A Book On IH History Aboard? (first posted 3/5/2011. I saw it just the other day again, in 2021.) Now that’s a very comforting and reassuring face. Something about these International Loadstar trucks evokes those feelings, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Gertie.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevy El Camino- Unrestrained Exuberance (first posted 5/29/2015) Back in October of 2013, I posted “The El Caminos of Los Angeles.” That article included 20 different El Caminos photographed over a two week span, demonstrating that the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/59-Elky-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1972 International Travelall 1210 4×4 – Travel All Roads Or None At All There’s a shrinking but still substantial pool of vehicle we haven’t covered yet, like this one. Back in 2012 I found a fine Travelall 4×4 of the previous generation and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_6045-crop.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: The Almost Immortal Ford C-Series (first posted 4/29/2012) The Ford C-Series truck was one of those vocational workhorses that labored in quiet obscurity for its entire service life. They were the vocational jack of all […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Ford-C-Series-Commonwealth-Dr-Kings-Beach-CA-Crop.jpg)
![Curbside Jukebox: 2008 Pontiac Solstice – Taste The Summer I have been a fan of Duran Duran since elementary school in the 1980s. This was not the same kind of fandom I’d observe from the girls in my classroom […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_8308-2008-Pontiac-Solstice-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford Falcon – Plain And Simple (first posted 4/15/2012) Of the three US compacts introduced for the 1960 model year, the utterly conventional Falcon was the most successful, so much so that Chevrolet and Chrysler […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Falcon-1964.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Country Squire – The Car That Made Di-Noc Millions (first posted 5/1/2012) Ah, the Country Squire. What says 1960s to 1970s upper-middle class suburbia better than one of these? Before minivans, before SUVs, and before crossovers, these were the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CC-60-057-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera S Coupe – The Name Game (first posted 5/21/2015) GM’s massive and very expensive investment in new generations of FWD cars starting in 1980 led to some…hedging. Numerous RWD cars that were at one time scheduled […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Olds-1986-Cutlass-ciera-coup.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Ford Taurus Wagon – Redefining the Station Wagon (first posted 5/13/2014) I remember clearly the first time I saw the new-for-1986 Ford Taurus. It was around the time I turned 18, late in the summer before the Taurus […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Taurus-1990-wagon.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1998 Saturn SW2 Wagon – Right Hooker, Dead Ringer This is another one of those “Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine I’d see this here” sort of deals. Italian exotics, US muscle cars and British roadsters […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_20210409_124858-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Pontiac Sunbird LE – Ornithology 101 I love birds. There’s something about hearing their songs in the morning during this time of year that makes me thankful to live in this forest-like neighborhood on Chicago’s north […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/078-1990-Pontiac-Sunbird-LE-CC.jpg)


