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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![Every car manufacturer has a platform they just milk for all it’s worth. They put it on everything and anything that makes its way to the shop floor. The best […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/GS-005-01.jpg "CC Capsule: 1980-1988 Mercury Cougar – Transitioning from Dork to Cool, and Almost Succeeding")
CC Capsule: 1980-1988 Mercury Cougar – Transitioning from Dork to Cool, and Almost Succeeding
Posted on November 5, 2014 | 37 CommentsEvery car manufacturer has a platform they just milk for all it’s worth. They put it on everything and anything that makes its way to the shop floor. The best […] -
![When you come across an obviously well-loved 1964 Ford truck, it’s natural to feel a little wistful for a time when trucks were simple and honest. However, retrospection often obscures […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1964-Ford-F100-d.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford F-100 – Setting the Pace for 30 Years")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford F-100 – Setting the Pace for 30 Years
Posted on November 4, 2014 | 44 CommentsWhen you come across an obviously well-loved 1964 Ford truck, it’s natural to feel a little wistful for a time when trucks were simple and honest. However, retrospection often obscures […] -
![(first posted 5/5/2012) LuAnn was a modest, quiet, and unassuming woman. During the late 1980’s, she was in her mid-60’s. LuAnn had had a sad, rough life. Widowed at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/P41705411.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 Rambler Classic 770 – Miss LuAnn’s Ride")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Rambler Classic 770 – Miss LuAnn’s Ride
Posted on October 29, 2014 | 61 Comments(first posted 5/5/2012) LuAnn was a modest, quiet, and unassuming woman. During the late 1980’s, she was in her mid-60’s. LuAnn had had a sad, rough life. Widowed at […] -
![1987: the stock market crashed, the world’s population reached five billion, Maggie Thatcher scored term #3 in the UK, Michael Jackson released Bad, and worse, New Zealand’s relationship with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Audi-200T.jpg "Magazine Classic: 1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo – Challenging Teenage Perceptions")
Magazine Classic: 1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo – Challenging Teenage Perceptions
Posted on October 23, 2014 | 88 Comments1987: the stock market crashed, the world’s population reached five billion, Maggie Thatcher scored term #3 in the UK, Michael Jackson released Bad, and worse, New Zealand’s relationship with […] -
![(first posted 10/10/2012) Since we’ve been talking a lot about oddball Cougars and T-Birds lately—Fairmont Birds, Cougar station wagons, and all sorts of other automotive marketing craziness—I just have to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/doors-open-e1349648513162.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Thunderbird Four Door Landau – Yes, I Said Four Doors")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Thunderbird Four Door Landau – Yes, I Said Four Doors
Posted on October 22, 2014 | 105 Comments(first posted 10/10/2012) Since we’ve been talking a lot about oddball Cougars and T-Birds lately—Fairmont Birds, Cougar station wagons, and all sorts of other automotive marketing craziness—I just have to […] -
![(first published 4/16/2013) The Thunderbird: So irrational, so illogical, so often successful. Out of all the cars that make no sense–at least on paper– I’m willing to give the beguiling bird […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DSC_0023f.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Thunderbird Landau – Fancy Feast")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Thunderbird Landau – Fancy Feast
Posted on October 21, 2014 | 98 Comments(first published 4/16/2013) The Thunderbird: So irrational, so illogical, so often successful. Out of all the cars that make no sense–at least on paper– I’m willing to give the beguiling bird […] -
![(first posted 11/11/11) The humble station wagon. Everyone remembers the glamorous wood-bodied versions from the 1930s and 40s and even the behemoths of the 1970s. But in the 1950s, there […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1957PontiacChieftain07-crop.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1957 Pontiac Chieftain Safari – Are We There Yet?")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Pontiac Chieftain Safari – Are We There Yet?
Posted on October 19, 2014 | 55 Comments(first posted 11/11/11) The humble station wagon. Everyone remembers the glamorous wood-bodied versions from the 1930s and 40s and even the behemoths of the 1970s. But in the 1950s, there […] -
![(first posted 3/4/12) Since we’re wallowing in old Ford dump trucks, how about a little pictorial on one that showed up at my house demolition party this summer? A couple […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CC-142-001-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford F600 Dump Truck – Still Hard At Work")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford F600 Dump Truck – Still Hard At Work
Posted on October 12, 2014 | 33 Comments(first posted 3/4/12) Since we’re wallowing in old Ford dump trucks, how about a little pictorial on one that showed up at my house demolition party this summer? A couple […] -
![There was a time when I didn’t care much about prewar cars. That time was most of my life. I’m not sure why the past few years have brought an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1941-Buick-Super-b.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1940 Buick Special – An Early B Body, With Thanks to Harlow Curtice")
Curbside Classic: 1940 Buick Special – An Early B Body, With Thanks to Harlow Curtice
Posted on October 7, 2014 | 55 CommentsThere was a time when I didn’t care much about prewar cars. That time was most of my life. I’m not sure why the past few years have brought an […] -
![I’ve noted previously that October is really “high convertible season” in the San Francisco Bay Area. As Friday slides into Saturday Brunches and Farmers Markets, the first weekend of October […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/10660263_10152333469887201_4685983160681827395_n-e1412398969956.jpg "CC Outtake: 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible – Things Go Better With Coke")
CC Outtake: 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible – Things Go Better With Coke
Posted on October 4, 2014 | 35 CommentsI’ve noted previously that October is really “high convertible season” in the San Francisco Bay Area. As Friday slides into Saturday Brunches and Farmers Markets, the first weekend of October […] -
![(first posted 11/9/2011) Two hundred dollars. A hundred and fifty dollars – ten for each mile per hour over the speed limit – and fifty for a “head injury surcharge.” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CC-120-086-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: Plymouth Sundance/Dodge Shadow – Something For Everyone, Everything For No One")
Curbside Classic: Plymouth Sundance/Dodge Shadow – Something For Everyone, Everything For No One
Posted on October 4, 2014 | 81 Comments(first posted 11/9/2011) Two hundred dollars. A hundred and fifty dollars – ten for each mile per hour over the speed limit – and fifty for a “head injury surcharge.” […] -
![I’ve ragged on about GM’s badge-engineering Deadly Sins, but like all sins, one has to learn to take advantage of them. Tired of your Chevy El Camino’s dull and boring […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/CC-8-022-800.jpg "Classic CC Capsule: 1981 El Oldsmopile")
Classic CC Capsule: 1981 El Oldsmopile
Posted on September 6, 2014 | 42 CommentsI’ve ragged on about GM’s badge-engineering Deadly Sins, but like all sins, one has to learn to take advantage of them. Tired of your Chevy El Camino’s dull and boring […] -
![(first posted 11/14/2012) If one reads (and believes) the various articles and reviews relating to the Dodge Aspen, it would be easy to conclude it was the biggest chunk of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/IMG-20120928-00459.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1978 Dodge Aspen Wagon – Defying Expectations Since the Carter Administration")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Dodge Aspen Wagon – Defying Expectations Since the Carter Administration
Posted on August 23, 2014 | 101 Comments(first posted 11/14/2012) If one reads (and believes) the various articles and reviews relating to the Dodge Aspen, it would be easy to conclude it was the biggest chunk of […] -
![To most observers, those who were there and those who were not, 1970 was the pinnacle of the muscle car era. In that one golden year, a consumer with a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/015a.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1970 Buick GS Sport Coupe – The Strong, Silent Type")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Buick GS Sport Coupe – The Strong, Silent Type
Posted on August 18, 2014 | 58 CommentsTo most observers, those who were there and those who were not, 1970 was the pinnacle of the muscle car era. In that one golden year, a consumer with a […] -
![Classic pickup trucks 25 or even 50 years old that are still not only on the road but also working for a living are not unusual, but one that is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1-Cover-photo.jpg "CC Capsule: 1972 Dodge D200 – The Fuselage Pickup")
CC Capsule: 1972 Dodge D200 – The Fuselage Pickup
Posted on August 7, 2014 | 86 CommentsClassic pickup trucks 25 or even 50 years old that are still not only on the road but also working for a living are not unusual, but one that is […]
