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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![(first posted 2/17/12) What do you get when you cross the marketing savvy of Lee Iacocca, the star power of Frank Sinatra, and an attractive personal luxury coupe with tried […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1981Imperial01.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1981 Imperial by Chrysler – It’s Time For You. Or Not.")
Curbside Classic: 1981 Imperial by Chrysler – It’s Time For You. Or Not.
Posted on November 8, 2020 | 144 Comments(first posted 2/17/12) What do you get when you cross the marketing savvy of Lee Iacocca, the star power of Frank Sinatra, and an attractive personal luxury coupe with tried […] -
![(first posted 11/7/2014) Most people, when they hear the word Lincoln, immediately think one of two things: Abraham Lincoln or the Lincoln Town Car. Now because we’re talking strictly cars, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_6157.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2003 Lincoln LS V8 – (Momentarily) Reach Higher")
Curbside Classic: 2003 Lincoln LS V8 – (Momentarily) Reach Higher
Posted on November 7, 2020 | 103 Comments(first posted 11/7/2014) Most people, when they hear the word Lincoln, immediately think one of two things: Abraham Lincoln or the Lincoln Town Car. Now because we’re talking strictly cars, […] -
![(first posted 11/6/2014) The fifth-generation Seville was the most ambitious iteration yet of Cadillac’s import fighter. Designed with an eye to export markets, Cadillac believed the Seville could take on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cadillac-seville-fifth-generation-3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1998-04 Cadillac Seville – The FWD Sport Sedan’s Last Stand")
Curbside Classic: 1998-04 Cadillac Seville – The FWD Sport Sedan’s Last Stand
Posted on November 6, 2020 | 64 Comments(first posted 11/6/2014) The fifth-generation Seville was the most ambitious iteration yet of Cadillac’s import fighter. Designed with an eye to export markets, Cadillac believed the Seville could take on […] -
![(first posted 11/5/2014) After a recent week of Ford Thunderbirds with a healthy dose of the intermediate-sized 1977-79 generation, a profile of the Mercury Cougar XR7 of the same years […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1-Cougar.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977-79 Mercury Cougar XR7 – The First Thundercat")
Curbside Classic: 1977-79 Mercury Cougar XR7 – The First Thundercat
Posted on November 5, 2020 | 57 Comments(first posted 11/5/2014) After a recent week of Ford Thunderbirds with a healthy dose of the intermediate-sized 1977-79 generation, a profile of the Mercury Cougar XR7 of the same years […] -
![“What is that big old car?” A passerby asked that question as I was taking the above photo… timely, since I was transfixed by seeing a 1940s-era car in a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Comparison-F-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1947 Chevrolet Stylemaster – What’s New Became Old; Now It’s New Again")
Curbside Classic: 1947 Chevrolet Stylemaster – What’s New Became Old; Now It’s New Again
Posted on November 3, 2020 | 49 Comments“What is that big old car?” A passerby asked that question as I was taking the above photo… timely, since I was transfixed by seeing a 1940s-era car in a […] -
![(first posted 10/14/2011) There was a sad and dark time in the 1980s when the world was shrinking, and the big American sedan was forced to shrink with it. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1991ChryslerNewYorker02-crop1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker – Paging Bill Blass")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker – Paging Bill Blass
Posted on November 2, 2020 | 78 Comments(first posted 10/14/2011) There was a sad and dark time in the 1980s when the world was shrinking, and the big American sedan was forced to shrink with it. […] -
![(first posted 10/31/2014) The years 1956-1958 were the most ambitious ever for the post-war Ford Motor Company, with a bold and expensive assault on GM. By expanding into five separate […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-226-057-1200.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner – Reaching For The Sky (With Video)")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner – Reaching For The Sky (With Video)
Posted on October 31, 2020 | 95 Comments(first posted 10/31/2014) The years 1956-1958 were the most ambitious ever for the post-war Ford Motor Company, with a bold and expensive assault on GM. By expanding into five separate […] -
![The only word lacking in its long and florid name is “Brougham”. But in the Cadillac family, that was reserved for the top-dog Fleetwood Brougham d’Elegance. So if you wanted […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-428-063.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Cabriolet d’Elegance – There Aren’t Enough Words In The Dictionary To Properly Describe It")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Cadillac Coupe DeVille Cabriolet d’Elegance – There Aren’t Enough Words In The Dictionary To Properly Describe It
Posted on October 30, 2020 | 32 CommentsThe only word lacking in its long and florid name is “Brougham”. But in the Cadillac family, that was reserved for the top-dog Fleetwood Brougham d’Elegance. So if you wanted […] -
![Poking around the little back streets and alleys of Springfield, Eugene’s sister city, I stumbled into a rather surprising find, which you see here as I first saw it: a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-126-151-c.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1958 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine – Who Would Have Bought a Green Over Green Limo?")
Curbside Classic: 1958 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine – Who Would Have Bought a Green Over Green Limo?
Posted on October 27, 2020 | 48 CommentsPoking around the little back streets and alleys of Springfield, Eugene’s sister city, I stumbled into a rather surprising find, which you see here as I first saw it: a […] -
![I bumped into this faded glory recently and thought I might share. This is the second Buick Regal I’ve caught in this city, but this one is the genuine article, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_20201019_100127-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1985 Buick Regal T-Type – Quite The DusT-Type")
CC Capsule: 1985 Buick Regal T-Type – Quite The DusT-Type
Posted on October 26, 2020 | 20 CommentsI bumped into this faded glory recently and thought I might share. This is the second Buick Regal I’ve caught in this city, but this one is the genuine article, […] -
![(first posted 10/23/2014) What is a Thunderbird? Well, it has always been, or at least attempted to be, something special. Not your usual LTD, or Custom 300, or Torino. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1280,height=719,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/aa-09-20-2014-017.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1984 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – One Wrong Turn, And Here We Are!")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – One Wrong Turn, And Here We Are!
Posted on October 23, 2020 | 63 Comments(first posted 10/23/2014) What is a Thunderbird? Well, it has always been, or at least attempted to be, something special. Not your usual LTD, or Custom 300, or Torino. […] -
![(first posted 10/22/2014) Although we like to think of ourselves as complex and multi-dimensional creatures, ultimately we all have one song to sing, one story to tell, one great […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-48-076-1200-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: Ford & Iacocca Motor Company Presents The All New 1977 Thunderbird!")
Curbside Classic: Ford & Iacocca Motor Company Presents The All New 1977 Thunderbird!
Posted on October 22, 2020 | 87 Comments(first posted 10/22/2014) Although we like to think of ourselves as complex and multi-dimensional creatures, ultimately we all have one song to sing, one story to tell, one great […] -
![(first posted 11/28/2013. I have long wanted to shoot a better example than the red one I found back then, as well as perhaps write a totally new tribute to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/50502663401_0d71f4ca35_o.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 Buick Riviera – The Peak GM Experience")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Buick Riviera – The Peak GM Experience
Posted on October 22, 2020 | 69 Comments(first posted 11/28/2013. I have long wanted to shoot a better example than the red one I found back then, as well as perhaps write a totally new tribute to […] -
![(first posted 10/21/2014) What exactly is the American Dream? Was it easier to answer that question fifty years ago? If you were seven years old, and had just arrived from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-114-030-1200.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Thunderbird – The American Dream-mobile")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Thunderbird – The American Dream-mobile
Posted on October 21, 2020 | 45 Comments(first posted 10/21/2014) What exactly is the American Dream? Was it easier to answer that question fifty years ago? If you were seven years old, and had just arrived from […] -
![(first posted 10/16/2014) You’d be forgiven for thinking this actually is a full-sized Buick. Although Buick jumped whole-heartedly into the compact ring in 1961, it didn’t take long for them […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-235-020-1200-level-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1967 Buick Skylark – Big Little Car")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Buick Skylark – Big Little Car
Posted on October 16, 2020 | 84 Comments(first posted 10/16/2014) You’d be forgiven for thinking this actually is a full-sized Buick. Although Buick jumped whole-heartedly into the compact ring in 1961, it didn’t take long for them […]
