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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![(first posted 10/13/2014) Pity the poor Lincoln Versailles. Built to a price by the powers-that-be in Dearborn, the resulting Seville-fighter (not really) was a well-made car, the first car with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/a-lin.jpg "Back Row Classic: 1980 Lincoln Versailles – Mixed Messages")
Back Row Classic: 1980 Lincoln Versailles – Mixed Messages
Posted on October 13, 2020 | 135 Comments(first posted 10/13/2014) Pity the poor Lincoln Versailles. Built to a price by the powers-that-be in Dearborn, the resulting Seville-fighter (not really) was a well-made car, the first car with […] -
![1963 is a milestone year in design history, and I’m not talking about the new Corvette Sting Ray, Riviera or Grand Prix. For some curious reason, two of America’s best […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-263-002.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1975 Excalibur Series III Phaeton, 1989 Touring Sedan and 1990 Limousine – How A Semi-Tasteful Beginning Became The Epitome Of Kitsch")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Excalibur Series III Phaeton, 1989 Touring Sedan and 1990 Limousine – How A Semi-Tasteful Beginning Became The Epitome Of Kitsch
Posted on October 9, 2020 | 27 Comments1963 is a milestone year in design history, and I’m not talking about the new Corvette Sting Ray, Riviera or Grand Prix. For some curious reason, two of America’s best […] -
![CC hunting is a game of chance, but it can also be a game of patience. Among the parking areas and side streets familiar to me in the little corner […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_20200930_085835-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T – The Big Reveal")
CC Capsule: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T – The Big Reveal
Posted on October 2, 2020 | 13 CommentsCC hunting is a game of chance, but it can also be a game of patience. Among the parking areas and side streets familiar to me in the little corner […] -
![(first posted 7/4/2011) I would be willing to bet that there is no car that General Motors made more money on than this generation of Cadillac. For those under about […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1987-CadillacBrougham02-crop.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1987 Cadillac Brougham – The Elder Statesman")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Cadillac Brougham – The Elder Statesman
Posted on September 30, 2020 | 143 Comments(first posted 7/4/2011) I would be willing to bet that there is no car that General Motors made more money on than this generation of Cadillac. For those under about […] -
![(first posted 8/3/2011) Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest Pontiac of them all? Pontiac’s golden decade, starting in 1963, has plenty of contenders. The ’63 full-size Pontiacs, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CC-67-019.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix – Who’s The Fairest Pontiac Of Them All?")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix – Who’s The Fairest Pontiac Of Them All?
Posted on September 28, 2020 | 100 Comments(first posted 8/3/2011) Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest Pontiac of them all? Pontiac’s golden decade, starting in 1963, has plenty of contenders. The ’63 full-size Pontiacs, […] -
![It’s time to wrap up my recent obsession with GM’s ill-fated foray into IFS for big trucks. We covered the really big semi “crackerboxes” here, with their air-ride IFS, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CC-292-020-1200-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1962 Chevrolet C80 Dump Truck With GM’s Deadly Sin Independent Front Suspension – Part 3 of GM’s IFS Saga")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Chevrolet C80 Dump Truck With GM’s Deadly Sin Independent Front Suspension – Part 3 of GM’s IFS Saga
Posted on September 23, 2020 | 45 CommentsIt’s time to wrap up my recent obsession with GM’s ill-fated foray into IFS for big trucks. We covered the really big semi “crackerboxes” here, with their air-ride IFS, and […] -
![We’ve had several articles on the near-immortal Ford C-Series tilt cab trucks, built from 1957 until 1990. But we’ve never featured its direct competitor, the Chevrolet (and GMC) steel tilt […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CC-421-045.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1960 – 1980 Chevrolet (and GMC) Tilt Cab Truck – Never As Popular As The Ford C-Series Thanks To A Near Deadly Sin")
Curbside Classic: 1960 – 1980 Chevrolet (and GMC) Tilt Cab Truck – Never As Popular As The Ford C-Series Thanks To A Near Deadly Sin
Posted on September 20, 2020 | 44 CommentsWe’ve had several articles on the near-immortal Ford C-Series tilt cab trucks, built from 1957 until 1990. But we’ve never featured its direct competitor, the Chevrolet (and GMC) steel tilt […] -
![Everybody loves Mustangs!* That goes for folks like us who are “car people” as well as pretty much any member of the general public who has ever been attracted to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20190919_082046-2.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Mustang Hardtop – No Pasture For This Pony")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Mustang Hardtop – No Pasture For This Pony
Posted on September 19, 2020 | 24 CommentsEverybody loves Mustangs!* That goes for folks like us who are “car people” as well as pretty much any member of the general public who has ever been attracted to […] -
![(first posted 9/12/2014) At some point, everything reaches critical mass. When it comes to physical size, American car makers hit theirs in the 1970s. This event is either marked with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/belair-wagon.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Bel-Air Wagon – Not The Last Of The Mohicians, But Darn Close")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Bel-Air Wagon – Not The Last Of The Mohicians, But Darn Close
Posted on September 12, 2020 | 69 Comments(first posted 9/12/2014) At some point, everything reaches critical mass. When it comes to physical size, American car makers hit theirs in the 1970s. This event is either marked with […] -
![A bead of sweat trickled from under my helmet as I eased up to the starting line, the race-bred four-valve dual-overhead cam engine rasping through stainless steel headers at a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/01-startinggrid.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1976 Cosworth Vega #2196 – Muscle Memory, In Honor of the Vega’s 50th Anniversary")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Cosworth Vega #2196 – Muscle Memory, In Honor of the Vega’s 50th Anniversary
Posted on September 10, 2020 | 54 CommentsA bead of sweat trickled from under my helmet as I eased up to the starting line, the race-bred four-valve dual-overhead cam engine rasping through stainless steel headers at a […] -
![(first posted 9/9/2014) Coming upon an early Panther-based Ford LTD Crown Victoria is pretty rare out here in Rustopia. Most of the ones that got inherited after Grandpa passed away […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1987-Ford-LTD-Crown-Victoria-h.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – Helloooooooo Kitty!")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – Helloooooooo Kitty!
Posted on September 9, 2020 | 90 Comments(first posted 9/9/2014) Coming upon an early Panther-based Ford LTD Crown Victoria is pretty rare out here in Rustopia. Most of the ones that got inherited after Grandpa passed away […] -
![(first posted 7/15/2011) Some things just make no sense whatsoever. Like the odd ratio of hot dogs to buns on offer at the supermarket. Giving politicians power and authority when […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DVC00517.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1986-1992 Jeep Comanche – It Coulda Been A Contender")
Curbside Classic: 1986-1992 Jeep Comanche – It Coulda Been A Contender
Posted on September 4, 2020 | 71 Comments(first posted 7/15/2011) Some things just make no sense whatsoever. Like the odd ratio of hot dogs to buns on offer at the supermarket. Giving politicians power and authority when […] -
![By now, many of you are undoubtedly familiar with the automotive eccentricities of my dear departed father. Of course, that’s just the automotive ones; as Stephanie will attest, his many […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CC-415-028-f.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Dodge Dart GT – A Genuine GT For My Father")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Dodge Dart GT – A Genuine GT For My Father
Posted on September 4, 2020 | 65 CommentsBy now, many of you are undoubtedly familiar with the automotive eccentricities of my dear departed father. Of course, that’s just the automotive ones; as Stephanie will attest, his many […] -
![(first posted 9/1/2014) Today, Lincoln automobiles are vastly different from the ones of my youth. For most of my childhood and early adulthood, there were three Lincoln models: The Continental, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1024,height=682,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/5-06-2014-018-e1405466897311.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1986 Lincoln Mark VII – Aero Luxury")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Lincoln Mark VII – Aero Luxury
Posted on September 2, 2020 | 91 Comments(first posted 9/1/2014) Today, Lincoln automobiles are vastly different from the ones of my youth. For most of my childhood and early adulthood, there were three Lincoln models: The Continental, […] -
Curbside Classic Capsule: 1981 Ford Thunderbird – “Do Fun Shit!”
Posted on August 24, 2020 | 25 CommentsSomeone’s having some fun with this Thunderbird, and good for them. Jacked up, big off-road tires and a light bar. What else is it good for? How about this:
