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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![The phrase “Here come da judge” is a good indicator of a person’s age. If this phrase means nothing to you, then you are likely under the age of fifty. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1969PontiacGTO16.jpg "1969 Pontiac GTO The Judge: Here Come Da Judge!")
1969 Pontiac GTO The Judge: Here Come Da Judge!
Posted on October 26, 2025 | 9 CommentsThe phrase “Here come da judge” is a good indicator of a person’s age. If this phrase means nothing to you, then you are likely under the age of fifty. […] -
![(Updated 10/25/2025) Some of the simple things in life can be so satisfying….a juicy steak…..finding money in the sock drawer…..a glass of sweet tea on a hot day…..writing about […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/P6050230.jpg "1987 or 1988 Mercury Cougar: Picking At An Open Wound")
1987 or 1988 Mercury Cougar: Picking At An Open Wound
Posted on October 25, 2025 | 68 Comments(Updated 10/25/2025) Some of the simple things in life can be so satisfying….a juicy steak…..finding money in the sock drawer…..a glass of sweet tea on a hot day…..writing about […] -
![The poor J-car. For all the good intentions and noble aspirations GM bestowed upon it, of the final ho-hum execution there are only two of them that seem to remain […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/P5080337.jpg "1984 Pontiac 2000 Sunbird – We Build Excitement (But Not Necessarily Into Everything We Produce)")
1984 Pontiac 2000 Sunbird – We Build Excitement (But Not Necessarily Into Everything We Produce)
Posted on October 24, 2025 | 30 CommentsThe poor J-car. For all the good intentions and noble aspirations GM bestowed upon it, of the final ho-hum execution there are only two of them that seem to remain […] -
![Is time slowing down? Just fifteen years separate this 1960 Imperial and the Horizon’s birth. Or was it just that Detroit was terribly slow to embrace the inevitability of modern […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CC-87-003-Imp700-vert-115x115.jpg "Curbside Classics: Plymouth Horizon And Dodge Omni – Detroit Finally Builds A Proper Small Car")
Curbside Classics: Plymouth Horizon And Dodge Omni – Detroit Finally Builds A Proper Small Car
Posted on October 23, 2025 | 24 CommentsIs time slowing down? Just fifteen years separate this 1960 Imperial and the Horizon’s birth. Or was it just that Detroit was terribly slow to embrace the inevitability of modern […] -
![Identifying the origin of species can be a precarious business, as Darwin found out. When it comes to motor homes, it’s easy: one Ray Frank built himself a crude one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-10-21-14.05.05-115x115.png "Travco Motorhome: The Granddaddy Of The Motorhome Name And Genre")
Travco Motorhome: The Granddaddy Of The Motorhome Name And Genre
Posted on October 22, 2025 | 3 CommentsIdentifying the origin of species can be a precarious business, as Darwin found out. When it comes to motor homes, it’s easy: one Ray Frank built himself a crude one […] -
![The 1994-1999 Cadillac DeVille was large, imposing and unabashedly a Cadillac. So, how come it took us so long to talk about them on Curbside Classic, and why such a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1997-1999-cadillac-deville-delegance-2.jpg "1994–1999 Cadillac DeVille: How To Lose Friends And Alienate New People")
1994–1999 Cadillac DeVille: How To Lose Friends And Alienate New People
Posted on October 22, 2025 | 14 CommentsThe 1994-1999 Cadillac DeVille was large, imposing and unabashedly a Cadillac. So, how come it took us so long to talk about them on Curbside Classic, and why such a […] -
![I have a very warm memory of my youth that still strikes me as an odd thing to be sentimental about. It was Christmas night, probably 1992 or 1993, which […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/54829693227_7ba9b90405_k-115x115.jpg "1965 Ford Galaxie 500 LTD: In Honor Of The VHS Car Commercial Compilation")
1965 Ford Galaxie 500 LTD: In Honor Of The VHS Car Commercial Compilation
Posted on October 20, 2025 | 19 CommentsI have a very warm memory of my youth that still strikes me as an odd thing to be sentimental about. It was Christmas night, probably 1992 or 1993, which […] -
![“It unleashes a hurricane of power…It tames a tornado of torque…It breaks through the vibration barrier…It’s a Swept-Wing mastery of motion…You rule the road in a Swept-Wing ’57 Dodge!” Wowwww! […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Screenshot-2025-10-09-at-19-29-08-511868418_1902638853856020_536885285794820476_n.jpg-JPEG-Image-960-×-720-pixels-115x115.png "1957 Dodge Coronet Sedan: “Step Into The Wonderful World Of Autodynamics!”")
1957 Dodge Coronet Sedan: “Step Into The Wonderful World Of Autodynamics!”
Posted on October 18, 2025 | 16 Comments“It unleashes a hurricane of power…It tames a tornado of torque…It breaks through the vibration barrier…It’s a Swept-Wing mastery of motion…You rule the road in a Swept-Wing ’57 Dodge!” Wowwww! […] -
![Several months ago a co-worker and I were driving somewhere and having one of those deep, philosophical conversations that make life so interesting. During the conversation he made one of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PA070061-115x115.jpg "1963 Mercury Comet S-22 Convertible – Five-Card Stud or Texas Hold-Em?")
1963 Mercury Comet S-22 Convertible – Five-Card Stud or Texas Hold-Em?
Posted on October 15, 2025 | 8 CommentsSeveral months ago a co-worker and I were driving somewhere and having one of those deep, philosophical conversations that make life so interesting. During the conversation he made one of […] -
![(Updated 10/14/2025) Is there another American automobile brand whose decline and ultimate demise was more painful to watch than Plymouth’s? Once Chrysler Corporation’s volume leader, decades of neglect […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/N7umIXaZSymKESxTiwsxeA_thumb_1c6.jpg "1993 Plymouth Laser: Candle In The Water, Drifting Helplessly")
1993 Plymouth Laser: Candle In The Water, Drifting Helplessly
Posted on October 14, 2025 | 35 Comments(Updated 10/14/2025) Is there another American automobile brand whose decline and ultimate demise was more painful to watch than Plymouth’s? Once Chrysler Corporation’s volume leader, decades of neglect […] -
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/54799921042_8bc75bab71_k-115x115.jpg "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 | 15 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CC-155-194-925-115x115.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CC-45-089-925-115x115.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1962StudeGTHawk03-crop.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/thumb_IMG_5313_1024.jpg "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 […]
