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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![(first posted 1/31/2014) This car is the perfect counterpoint to my first CC. Both are white domestic full-size sedans from the mid-late 1960s and both are rather basically equipped cars […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/DSCN0594.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Buick Electra 225 – The Great Society")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Buick Electra 225 – The Great Society
Posted on February 9, 2020 | 70 Comments(first posted 1/31/2014) This car is the perfect counterpoint to my first CC. Both are white domestic full-size sedans from the mid-late 1960s and both are rather basically equipped cars […] -
![(first posted 2/1/2014) There it sits, a ’61 Pontiac Bonneville. Although fifth in sales in 1961, this Pontiac encompasses all the critical elements for future success: a Wide Track stance, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/61-Bonneville-front-3-quarter.1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1961 Pontiac Bonneville – Fifth Place Today, But Look Out Tomorrow!")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Pontiac Bonneville – Fifth Place Today, But Look Out Tomorrow!
Posted on February 7, 2020 | 57 Comments(first posted 2/1/2014) There it sits, a ’61 Pontiac Bonneville. Although fifth in sales in 1961, this Pontiac encompasses all the critical elements for future success: a Wide Track stance, […] -
![(first posted 1/18/2014) Ok, that headline is not what one would usually expect to see associated with a sixties Malibu. But Malibus of that vintage have been stereotyped to death: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CC-66-066-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1967 Chevelle Malibu Sedan – The American Big Opel")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Chevelle Malibu Sedan – The American Big Opel
Posted on January 31, 2020 | 75 Comments(first posted 1/18/2014) Ok, that headline is not what one would usually expect to see associated with a sixties Malibu. But Malibus of that vintage have been stereotyped to death: […] -
Curbside Classic: 1987 Ford Escort – Do It Right The First Time
Posted on January 31, 2020 | 61 CommentsWhat was the single greatest Deadly Sin that all of the formerly-Big Three committed over and over and over and over…? -
![(first posted 1/24/2014) The Pacer and Matador Coupe were AMC’s Hail Mary passes. We all know how those turned out. So now what? AMC’s passenger car business was kaput, the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-33-004-800.jpg "Curbside Classics: AMC Eagle Wagon And Sedan – “What The Hell Is This?”")
Curbside Classics: AMC Eagle Wagon And Sedan – “What The Hell Is This?”
Posted on January 30, 2020 | 108 Comments(first posted 1/24/2014) The Pacer and Matador Coupe were AMC’s Hail Mary passes. We all know how those turned out. So now what? AMC’s passenger car business was kaput, the […] -
![Although I’ve lived in LA for seventeen years, I’ve spent very little time in “the Valley.” For those not familiar with LA geography, most of LA lies in a coastal […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1968-Dodge-Wagon-Front-3-quarter.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Dodge Coronet Wagon – The Perfect Playground Car")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Dodge Coronet Wagon – The Perfect Playground Car
Posted on January 30, 2020 | 33 CommentsAlthough I’ve lived in LA for seventeen years, I’ve spent very little time in “the Valley.” For those not familiar with LA geography, most of LA lies in a coastal […] -
![In 1975, a somewhat curious convergence happened: all of the Big Three came out with broughamized luxury variants of their compact cars. Ford and Chevrolet had new compacts on tap […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-399-002.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Chevrolet Nova Concours – Proof That Sizzle Trumps Steak")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Chevrolet Nova Concours – Proof That Sizzle Trumps Steak
Posted on January 28, 2020 | 67 CommentsIn 1975, a somewhat curious convergence happened: all of the Big Three came out with broughamized luxury variants of their compact cars. Ford and Chevrolet had new compacts on tap […] -
![(first posted 1/11/2014) The streets of Los Angeles just keep delivering lovely Curbside Classics! Heading out to lunch on a Saturday, I spotted this pristine 1963 Bonneville Convertible sitting in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Front-3-quarter.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1963 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible- Sexier Than a Catalina 4-Door")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible- Sexier Than a Catalina 4-Door
Posted on January 25, 2020 | 67 Comments(first posted 1/11/2014) The streets of Los Angeles just keep delivering lovely Curbside Classics! Heading out to lunch on a Saturday, I spotted this pristine 1963 Bonneville Convertible sitting in […] -
![When I started at CC I would not have argued that this car was a Chrysler Deadly Sin. But I have gotten to the place where I believe (much as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1971-Chrysler-Newport-Royal-07-Small.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1971 Chrysler Newport Royal – Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #6, The Fuselage Years")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Chrysler Newport Royal – Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #6, The Fuselage Years
Posted on January 22, 2020 | 102 CommentsWhen I started at CC I would not have argued that this car was a Chrysler Deadly Sin. But I have gotten to the place where I believe (much as […] -
![The Buick brand is one that I hold close to my heart, as I grew up in the city in which this make had once called its world headquarters home […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/011-1981-Buick-Regal-Pace-Car-CC.jpg "Airport Classic: 1981 Buick Regal Indy 500 Pace Car – The Real McCoy")
Airport Classic: 1981 Buick Regal Indy 500 Pace Car – The Real McCoy
Posted on January 21, 2020 | 21 CommentsThe Buick brand is one that I hold close to my heart, as I grew up in the city in which this make had once called its world headquarters home […] -
![(first posted 12/10/2013) This sanitary 1986 T-Bird Turbo Coupe may appear ready for a spirited jaunt through the countryside, but it makes me think of one thing: 9000 RPM clutch […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/8-29-12-075a.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1986 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – 200 MPH Standing Still")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – 200 MPH Standing Still
Posted on January 17, 2020 | 42 Comments(first posted 12/10/2013) This sanitary 1986 T-Bird Turbo Coupe may appear ready for a spirited jaunt through the countryside, but it makes me think of one thing: 9000 RPM clutch […] -
![(first posted in 2011) It’s long overdue to bust out a Ranchero, especially on a day after we’ve done farm tractors. Not that there’s really much correlation: I’d love to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-62-092-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Ford Ranchero: The Anti-Paternity Mobile")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Ford Ranchero: The Anti-Paternity Mobile
Posted on January 14, 2020 | 59 Comments(first posted in 2011) It’s long overdue to bust out a Ranchero, especially on a day after we’ve done farm tractors. Not that there’s really much correlation: I’d love to […] -
![I live in an area of Chicago called Edgewater, which is the second-northernmost neighborhood bordering Lake Michigan within city limits. Evanston, the city just north of Chicago, is technically not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_0081-1967-Pontiac-Tempest-GTO.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac GTO – No Supplements Needed")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac GTO – No Supplements Needed
Posted on January 14, 2020 | 46 CommentsI live in an area of Chicago called Edgewater, which is the second-northernmost neighborhood bordering Lake Michigan within city limits. Evanston, the city just north of Chicago, is technically not […] -
![(first posted 7/11/2011) Pity the poor Barracuda. It beat the Mustang to market in 1964 by 16 days, but was utterly trounced by that seminal (and genre name-giving) pony car. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-127-006-800.jpg "Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda – Better Than A Mustang In Horse Country")
Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda – Better Than A Mustang In Horse Country
Posted on January 13, 2020 | 70 Comments(first posted 7/11/2011) Pity the poor Barracuda. It beat the Mustang to market in 1964 by 16 days, but was utterly trounced by that seminal (and genre name-giving) pony car. […] -
![When I retired last July, I also decided to stop shooting cars. Yeah; I was that burned out. But then only a few days later we were out at the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CC-396-005.jpg "Curbside Classic Capsule: 1991 Plymouth Voyager Motor Home – Home (Built) Sweet Home")
Curbside Classic Capsule: 1991 Plymouth Voyager Motor Home – Home (Built) Sweet Home
Posted on January 10, 2020 | 14 CommentsWhen I retired last July, I also decided to stop shooting cars. Yeah; I was that burned out. But then only a few days later we were out at the […]
