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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![A few years ago, I wrote a series of articles extolling the virtues of the “twenty-footer,” a car that’s presentable but worn-in; in other words, an old car that is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/54799921042_8bc75bab71_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1962 Mercury Monterey Custom: When A Twenty-Footer Becomes a Thirty-Footer")
1962 Mercury Monterey Custom: When A Twenty-Footer Becomes a Thirty-Footer
Posted on October 13, 2025 | 14 CommentsA few years ago, I wrote a series of articles extolling the virtues of the “twenty-footer,” a car that’s presentable but worn-in; in other words, an old car that is […] -
![What really separates the hardcore car freaks from the semi-pros is in what mental image they conjure up when you say “early Dodge Dart”. Even those of us who were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CC-155-194-925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1964 Dodge Dart 270 – The Valiant Brougham")
1964 Dodge Dart 270 – The Valiant Brougham
Posted on October 12, 2025 | 16 CommentsWhat really separates the hardcore car freaks from the semi-pros is in what mental image they conjure up when you say “early Dodge Dart”. Even those of us who were […] -
![Calling a car from this period a monster is not exactly uncommon or uncalled for. But what if its own daddy called it that? Virgil Exner, the father of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CC-45-089-925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1960 Imperial Crown Southampton – The Frankenstein Of Cars")
1960 Imperial Crown Southampton – The Frankenstein Of Cars
Posted on October 11, 2025 | 13 CommentsCalling a car from this period a monster is not exactly uncommon or uncalled for. But what if its own daddy called it that? Virgil Exner, the father of the […] -
![(Updated 10/9/2025) In the mid 1990s, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan described an economic situation in which investors were extremely active in the financial markets even though common sense would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1962StudeGTHawk03-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk – Irrational Exuberance")
1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk – Irrational Exuberance
Posted on October 9, 2025 | 93 Comments(Updated 10/9/2025) In the mid 1990s, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan described an economic situation in which investors were extremely active in the financial markets even though common sense would […] -
![In today’s small field of minivan offerings, brands cover a broad spectrum from spartan to luxurious, with numerous trim levels all under one model. Yet when the minivan was a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/thumb_IMG_5313_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1990–1996 Oldsmobile Silhouette – An O.G. Luxury Minivan, But By No Means A Cadillac")
1990–1996 Oldsmobile Silhouette – An O.G. Luxury Minivan, But By No Means A Cadillac
Posted on October 7, 2025 | 20 CommentsIn today’s small field of minivan offerings, brands cover a broad spectrum from spartan to luxurious, with numerous trim levels all under one model. Yet when the minivan was a […] -
![My dad has been a passenger on many of my automotive journeys, but there’s one that certainly made him ill-at-ease, and that’s when I bought my first General Motors product. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PXL_20230825_153832488-scaled.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1972 & 1973 Ford Gran Torino Sports: Throwing A Girder Into The Works")
1972 & 1973 Ford Gran Torino Sports: Throwing A Girder Into The Works
Posted on October 6, 2025 | 25 CommentsMy dad has been a passenger on many of my automotive journeys, but there’s one that certainly made him ill-at-ease, and that’s when I bought my first General Motors product. […] -
![I have started looking through some of my oldest pictures, deciding that some of these cars should no longer be forced to wait in the purgatory that is my photo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1970Bronco07Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1970 Ford Bronco – The Dick Clark Of SUVs?")
1970 Ford Bronco – The Dick Clark Of SUVs?
Posted on October 2, 2025 | 20 CommentsI have started looking through some of my oldest pictures, deciding that some of these cars should no longer be forced to wait in the purgatory that is my photo […] -
![I think that, like most, whenever I think of GM’s 1968-1972 A-Bodies, the first image that comes to mind is that of a 2-door hardtop coupe. Understandably, since the 2-doors […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_20250821_174510_PORTRAIT.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Rare Find: 1968 Pontiac LeMans 4-Door Hardtop – Pure Attraction")
Rare Find: 1968 Pontiac LeMans 4-Door Hardtop – Pure Attraction
Posted on October 1, 2025 | 17 CommentsI think that, like most, whenever I think of GM’s 1968-1972 A-Bodies, the first image that comes to mind is that of a 2-door hardtop coupe. Understandably, since the 2-doors […] -
![(Updated 9/30/2025) The world really is chock full of surprises. No one foresaw the First World War and the 1929 Wall Street Crash. No one expects the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190924_114429-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "2012 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon RHD – Those Inscrutable Americans")
2012 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon RHD – Those Inscrutable Americans
Posted on September 30, 2025 | 26 Comments(Updated 9/30/2025) The world really is chock full of surprises. No one foresaw the First World War and the 1929 Wall Street Crash. No one expects the […] -
![This never-ending car show that is Curbside Classic has generated a fabulous car collection for me. A collection of the best kind — one that exists purely electronically. I once […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1991-Ford-Country-Squire-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1991 Ford LTD Country Squire – Falling Out Of Love")
1991 Ford LTD Country Squire – Falling Out Of Love
Posted on September 29, 2025 | 30 CommentsThis never-ending car show that is Curbside Classic has generated a fabulous car collection for me. A collection of the best kind — one that exists purely electronically. I once […] -
![Average. Nobody likes average today. People today want special. They want unique. They don’t want coffee, they want something at Starbucks that takes as long to say as it takes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1979-Olds-88-01-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Mr. Average Makes A Final Appearance")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Mr. Average Makes A Final Appearance
Posted on September 28, 2025 | 15 CommentsAverage. Nobody likes average today. People today want special. They want unique. They don’t want coffee, they want something at Starbucks that takes as long to say as it takes […] -
![This may well be Curbside Classic’s most reviled car. Debuting at a crucial time for General Motors and for domestic manufacturers in general, the Seville bombed. Sales fell 50% after […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/L-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1987 Cadillac Seville – Somebody Loves Me")
1987 Cadillac Seville – Somebody Loves Me
Posted on September 28, 2025 | 10 CommentsThis may well be Curbside Classic’s most reviled car. Debuting at a crucial time for General Motors and for domestic manufacturers in general, the Seville bombed. Sales fell 50% after […] -
![(Updated 9/27/2025) When I was growing up, there was one sure thing around our household–come Labor Day weekend, you could be sure Dad would have some labor for my brothers […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013_62falcon_rfront.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1962 Ford Falcon With Teardrop Camper – Drivin’ The Dream")
Curbside Capsule: 1962 Ford Falcon With Teardrop Camper – Drivin’ The Dream
Posted on September 27, 2025 | 9 Comments(Updated 9/27/2025) When I was growing up, there was one sure thing around our household–come Labor Day weekend, you could be sure Dad would have some labor for my brothers […] -
![Being reasonably well off and shopping for a new car in 1965 would have been a nightmare for the indecisive, as there was a virtual bounty of riches in American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/54785270951_814f4eff39_k-e1757852917464.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1965 Dodge Coronet 500 Hardtop – WOW! It Stands Out On The Used Car Lot Today, But How Did It Compare When New?")
1965 Dodge Coronet 500 Hardtop – WOW! It Stands Out On The Used Car Lot Today, But How Did It Compare When New?
Posted on September 25, 2025 | 42 CommentsBeing reasonably well off and shopping for a new car in 1965 would have been a nightmare for the indecisive, as there was a virtual bounty of riches in American […] -
![For quite some time the popular consensus has been Cadillac spent the 1980s squandering their brand equity in the grandest of fashions. With such product offerings as the not yet […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_0367.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1989 Cadillac Fleetwood – Deadly Sin or Greatest Hit?")
1989 Cadillac Fleetwood – Deadly Sin or Greatest Hit?
Posted on September 24, 2025 | 26 CommentsFor quite some time the popular consensus has been Cadillac spent the 1980s squandering their brand equity in the grandest of fashions. With such product offerings as the not yet […]
