Curbside Classic Archives
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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1971 Chevrolet K5 Blazer – It Redefined The SUV Genre
Posted on April 8, 2021 | 41 Comments(first posted 4/8/2015) It was a major aha! moment when the Chevrolet K5 Blazer appeared in 1969. Probably most of all for International and Ford, who had invested in […] -
Curbside Classic: 1999 Cadillac Escalade – Expansion Team, GTWTW pt.2
Posted on April 8, 2021 | 20 CommentsEvery once in a while, when the demand is there in a growing city, a new franchise will be granted for a professional sports team. People love sports and there […] -
Curbside Classic: 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – A Darker Mindset
Posted on April 6, 2021 | 30 CommentsEstablishing your own, separate identity outside of your parents’ household in young adulthood is a necessary stage of personal growth. This can take a lot of different forms, but in […] -
Curbside Classic: 1969 Ford XL SportsRoof – Expanded Width, Length, Sales and Consciousness
Posted on April 3, 2021 | 78 Comments(first posted 4/3/2015) The Big Three used to dance together so well. 1969 was one of those well-orchestrated moves when all of their full-size models were scheduled to be […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Australian Ford Fairlane ZXGLQ-FU Found In Eugene – That Thing Got A FEMI?
Posted on April 1, 2021 | 87 Comments(first published 5/13/2012) Australian cars have been an endless source of fascination for me and so many other American car enthusiasts. It’s an alternate reality down under: the cars look […] -
Curb-Hopping Classic: The Lannom Buggy – An Original From West Texas
Posted on March 31, 2021 | 27 CommentsIf you live in the Big Bend of West Texas, the Trans-Pecos- Pecos, Presidio, Brewster and Jeff Davis counties- and especially if you live/work on one of the vast ranches […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Galaxie 500 – Domino’s Delivers Even If Ford Doesn’t
Posted on March 29, 2021 | 125 Comments(originally posted 7/25/2012) I know some of you are getting a bit tired of hearing about Eugene’s eccentricities. But where else can you order up a genuine Curbside Classic […] -
Curbside Classic: 1984 Ford Tempo GLX …And Where Have You Been Hiding?
Posted on March 25, 2021 | 73 Comments(first posted 3/25/2015) So familiar, so forgettable. For most of the motoring public, that’s the general consensus on the Ford Tempo & Mercury Topaz twins. They were there, in abundance, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Ford F-250 Explorer – At Its Age, Good To Be Anywhere
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 44 Comments(first posted 3/24/2015) Did you ever notice how seldom I share classics actually found curbside? I’m forever finding old cars and trucks in parking lots. It’s because I live more […] -
Curbside Classic: 1985 Cadillac Eldorado – What’s Under That Hat?
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 35 CommentsI recently returned to the office for one day last week, exactly a year and a day since I had last sat in the chair at my desk. My goal […] -
Truckstop Classic: 1967 Dodge D-200 Camper Special – We’re Number Three So We Try Harder, Dude!
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 7/22/2011) Dodge has been the perennial distant number three in the pickup market seemingly forever. Nothing like being the underdog to stimulate some fresh thinking. Especially when you […] -
Curbside Classic: 1985 Chevrolet El Camino Conquista – Deez Nutz
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 28 CommentsDetails are everything. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the distinctive outline of an El Camino in the distance and thought: pay dirt. As I got closer, […] -
Museumside Classic: The Homebuilt FWD RV – An Old Spartan Trailer Mated With A Chevy Tilt Cab And Toronado Drive Train
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 73 Comments(first posted 10/1/2011) Once upon a long time ago, when men didn’t spend all their spare time on the web, facebook, yoga classes or sharing household chores, they had the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1960 Austin-Healey 3000 – The Most Classic British Roadster?
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 40 Comments(first posted 3/20/2015) The Austin-Healey 3000, produced from 1952 to 1968, has gone down in history as one of the seminal British roadsters. It has a reputation and image as […] -
Curbside Classic: 1932 Ford V8 “Deuce Coupe” – American As Apple Pie (À La Mod)
Posted on March 18, 2021 | 29 CommentsI have a feeling that the phrase “Well, this is the last thing I figured I’d see in Tokyo” is wearing thin by now, but I really can’t think of […]
![Curbside Classic: 1971 Chevrolet K5 Blazer – It Redefined The SUV Genre (first posted 4/8/2015) It was a major aha! moment when the Chevrolet K5 Blazer appeared in 1969. Probably most of all for International and Ford, who had invested in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Chevrolet-truck-1971-Blazer.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1999 Cadillac Escalade – Expansion Team, GTWTW pt.2 Every once in a while, when the demand is there in a growing city, a new franchise will be granted for a professional sports team. People love sports and there […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20200221_071829.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo – A Darker Mindset Establishing your own, separate identity outside of your parents’ household in young adulthood is a necessary stage of personal growth. This can take a lot of different forms, but in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_6986-1984-Chevrolet-Monte-Carlo-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1969 Ford XL SportsRoof – Expanded Width, Length, Sales and Consciousness (first posted 4/3/2015) The Big Three used to dance together so well. 1969 was one of those well-orchestrated moves when all of their full-size models were scheduled to be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Ford-1969-sportsroof.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1973 Australian Ford Fairlane ZXGLQ-FU Found In Eugene – That Thing Got A FEMI? (first published 5/13/2012) Australian cars have been an endless source of fascination for me and so many other American car enthusiasts. It’s an alternate reality down under: the cars look […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CC-97-056-800.jpg)
![Curb-Hopping Classic: The Lannom Buggy – An Original From West Texas If you live in the Big Bend of West Texas, the Trans-Pecos- Pecos, Presidio, Brewster and Jeff Davis counties- and especially if you live/work on one of the vast ranches […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Number3b.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Galaxie 500 – Domino’s Delivers Even If Ford Doesn’t (originally posted 7/25/2012) I know some of you are getting a bit tired of hearing about Eugene’s eccentricities. But where else can you order up a genuine Curbside Classic […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ford-1971-Galaxie-500.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1984 Ford Tempo GLX …And Where Have You Been Hiding? (first posted 3/25/2015) So familiar, so forgettable. For most of the motoring public, that’s the general consensus on the Ford Tempo & Mercury Topaz twins. They were there, in abundance, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-tempo.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Ford F-250 Explorer – At Its Age, Good To Be Anywhere (first posted 3/24/2015) Did you ever notice how seldom I share classics actually found curbside? I’m forever finding old cars and trucks in parking lots. It’s because I live more […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-f250.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1985 Cadillac Eldorado – What’s Under That Hat? I recently returned to the office for one day last week, exactly a year and a day since I had last sat in the chair at my desk. My goal […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_9901-1985-Cadillac-Eldorado-CC.jpg)
![Truckstop Classic: 1967 Dodge D-200 Camper Special – We’re Number Three So We Try Harder, Dude! (first posted 7/22/2011) Dodge has been the perennial distant number three in the pickup market seemingly forever. Nothing like being the underdog to stimulate some fresh thinking. Especially when you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-141-086-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1985 Chevrolet El Camino Conquista – Deez Nutz Details are everything. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the distinctive outline of an El Camino in the distance and thought: pay dirt. As I got closer, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210122_092418-copy.jpg)
![Museumside Classic: The Homebuilt FWD RV – An Old Spartan Trailer Mated With A Chevy Tilt Cab And Toronado Drive Train (first posted 10/1/2011) Once upon a long time ago, when men didn’t spend all their spare time on the web, facebook, yoga classes or sharing household chores, they had the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-rv.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1960 Austin-Healey 3000 – The Most Classic British Roadster? (first posted 3/20/2015) The Austin-Healey 3000, produced from 1952 to 1968, has gone down in history as one of the seminal British roadsters. It has a reputation and image as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1960Austin-Healey_1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1932 Ford V8 “Deuce Coupe” – American As Apple Pie (À La Mod) I have a feeling that the phrase “Well, this is the last thing I figured I’d see in Tokyo” is wearing thin by now, but I really can’t think of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210131_121859-copy.jpg)


