Curbside Classic Archives
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American Brands: Chrysler 
American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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Road Trip Classics: 1957 DeSotos – Still Riding in Chrysler’s Shadow
Posted on June 12, 2013 | 33 CommentsIt’s now time to return to the account of my recent road trip to visit my father in Central Georgia. When we last left the story, I was being Passed […] -
Future Curbside Classic: 2004 Chevrolet Entervan – Not Your Typical Business Venture
Posted on June 6, 2013 | 31 CommentsThese do tend to blend into the background. They are around in reasonably decent numbers, but only the observant and eagle-eyed people will spot them. While they do tend to […] -
Curbside Classic: A Tale of II Mustangs – What A Difference Five Years Makes
Posted on May 8, 2013 | 72 CommentsIt was a beautiful day yesterday in the Middle West, just the excuse I needed to run a lunch-time errand in Eeyore with the top down. The last of the […] -
Patina Week Classic: 1963 Chrysler 300 Convertible – Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Posted on April 27, 2013 | 32 CommentsThis 1963 Chrysler 300 Sport Convertible is truly a sad, but not-so lonely wreck. While I was leaving Honest Gary’s Used Car Emporium, I noticed it and asked Gary about […] -
Curbside Classics: Detroit Compacts of DC
Posted on March 30, 2013 | 31 CommentsWashington, DC has an image around the country as a city filled with lawyers, lobbyists, bureaucrats, and other unproductive white-collar members of society, and along with these professions comes an […] -
Car Lot Classic: 1936 Ford V8 DeLuxe – Imagine Yourself in This Car
Posted on March 21, 2013 | 42 CommentsLike many of you, I have long had the habit of glancing sideways when I drive past a used car lot. One damp evening last fall, I was running an […] -
Curbside Classico do Brasil: Studebaker Pickup
Posted on February 24, 2013 | 16 CommentsSao Paulo can be considered the New York City of Brazil: the largest city in the country (or anywhere in the Western Hemisphere) and the main business and financial center. Brazil’s international image comes […] -
My Mom’s Ex-Curbside Classic: 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo – If It Sounds Too Good To Be True, Then It Probably Is
Posted on February 23, 2013 | 51 CommentsSome things sound just too good to be true. That pop-up that says “Click Here to claim your free iPad!” Or an e-mail from a “Nigerian Prince” wanting to deposit […] -
Curbside Classic For Sale: 1966 Mercury Monterey Sedan – Nerdy, Sturdy Available And Affordable
Posted on January 28, 2013 | 31 CommentsIt’s been well documented on these pages how much I’ve been aching to get my hands on a classic Oldsmobile. But there is a mid-century mid-market option that repeatedly rears […] -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Oldsmobile F-85 Cutlass Holiday Coupe–Come See About Me
Posted on December 27, 2012 | 28 CommentsI consider myself an “Oldsmobile Man” from an Oldsmobile family. However, there’s one model that managed to remain completely foreign to us: At no time in the family history did […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Silhouette–How Hard Can It Be To Make a Minivan? (Part 3)
Posted on December 6, 2012 | 82 CommentsAfter some delay, we present another chapter in our occasional series, How Hard Can It Be To Make a Minivan? In it, we continue to explore the auto industry’s many […] -
Curbside Classic: 1962 Buick Skylark – Gimme
Posted on December 4, 2012 | 25 CommentsMy Christmas list will forever include one of the four forward-thinking compacts produced by General Motors in the early 1960s. But my lust is strongest for the special song sung […] -
Curbside Classic: A Big, Basic Bruiser Of A Truck With A Slant Six
Posted on December 2, 2012 | 43 CommentsWhen I first came across this this four-door Dodge pickup I thought I’d surely found a kind of vehicular unicorn. After all, how many Dodge D200 Crew Cabs with the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Dodge B100 Van – Is It The Real Thing?
Posted on November 26, 2012 | 69 CommentsTalk about long-lived vehicles. The Dodge Van–staple of plumbers, electricians, utility companies and the ’70s Custom-Van Man–enjoyed a long run, from 1971 to 2003. And wow, what a run it […]
![Road Trip Classics: 1957 DeSotos – Still Riding in Chrysler’s Shadow It’s now time to return to the account of my recent road trip to visit my father in Central Georgia. When we last left the story, I was being Passed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/desotos_03.jpg)
![Future Curbside Classic: 2004 Chevrolet Entervan – Not Your Typical Business Venture These do tend to blend into the background. They are around in reasonably decent numbers, but only the observant and eagle-eyed people will spot them. While they do tend to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/P5220207.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: A Tale of II Mustangs – What A Difference Five Years Makes It was a beautiful day yesterday in the Middle West, just the excuse I needed to run a lunch-time errand in Eeyore with the top down. The last of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/74_mustangII_badge.jpg)
![Patina Week Classic: 1963 Chrysler 300 Convertible – Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow This 1963 Chrysler 300 Sport Convertible is truly a sad, but not-so lonely wreck. While I was leaving Honest Gary’s Used Car Emporium, I noticed it and asked Gary about […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/image6-e1365438490381.jpg)
![Curbside Classics: Detroit Compacts of DC Washington, DC has an image around the country as a city filled with lawyers, lobbyists, bureaucrats, and other unproductive white-collar members of society, and along with these professions comes an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Citation.jpg)
![Car Lot Classic: 1936 Ford V8 DeLuxe – Imagine Yourself in This Car Like many of you, I have long had the habit of glancing sideways when I drive past a used car lot. One damp evening last fall, I was running an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1936FordDeLuxe04.jpg)
![My Mom’s Ex-Curbside Classic: 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo – If It Sounds Too Good To Be True, Then It Probably Is Some things sound just too good to be true. That pop-up that says “Click Here to claim your free iPad!” Or an e-mail from a “Nigerian Prince” wanting to deposit […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1994-Grand-Cherokee-navy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic For Sale: 1966 Mercury Monterey Sedan – Nerdy, Sturdy Available And Affordable It’s been well documented on these pages how much I’ve been aching to get my hands on a classic Oldsmobile. But there is a mid-century mid-market option that repeatedly rears […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/738210_10151188153082201_41077813_o.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1964 Oldsmobile F-85 Cutlass Holiday Coupe–Come See About Me I consider myself an “Oldsmobile Man” from an Oldsmobile family. However, there’s one model that managed to remain completely foreign to us: At no time in the family history did […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/IMAG2019.jpg)
![A Curbside Christmas Carol: Over The River and Through The Woods To Grandmother’s House We Go In Our 1979 Buick LeSabre My name is Buck. I’m a 1979 Buick LeSabre. Yes, I know, you are thinking this is stupid as cars cannot talk. Well, we can – didn’t you ever watch […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/P9250065.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Oldsmobile Silhouette–How Hard Can It Be To Make a Minivan? (Part 3) After some delay, we present another chapter in our occasional series, How Hard Can It Be To Make a Minivan? In it, we continue to explore the auto industry’s many […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/1990OldsSilhouette03-crop.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1962 Buick Skylark – Gimme My Christmas list will forever include one of the four forward-thinking compacts produced by General Motors in the early 1960s. But my lust is strongest for the special song sung […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMAG1744.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: A Big, Basic Bruiser Of A Truck With A Slant Six When I first came across this this four-door Dodge pickup I thought I’d surely found a kind of vehicular unicorn. After all, how many Dodge D200 Crew Cabs with the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Dodge-D200-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 Dodge B100 Van – Is It The Real Thing? Talk about long-lived vehicles. The Dodge Van–staple of plumbers, electricians, utility companies and the ’70s Custom-Van Man–enjoyed a long run, from 1971 to 2003. And wow, what a run it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/10-09-2012-001-e1352325971288.jpg)


