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Curbside Classic: 1975 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d’Elegance – Aged To Putrefaction
Posted on July 22, 2024 | 20 CommentsAs we continue our little two-week journey through Tokyo’s Most Wrecked Classics, I can state that there are two marques that (probably by sheer coincidence) are overrepresented in my files. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford F-250 Styleside – The Tonka Truck Truck
Posted on July 20, 2024 | 49 Comments(first posted 10/14/2012) When I first saw this truck, I wanted to reach out, pick it up and give it a good run around the sandbox, just like I used […] -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Sport Sedan – Draggin’ The High School Line
Posted on July 20, 2024 | 40 Comments(first posted 7/20/2018) An unusual piece of trivia: Writing about any Chevrolet passenger car is often a daunting proposition. How so? They are generally common as dirt, and […] -
Curbside Classic: 1996-1999 Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable – All Things Must Pass
Posted on July 19, 2024 | 149 Comments(first posted 10/25/2012) The Fab Four: Those guys from Liverpool who went on to change popular music forever were constantly being categorized, especially compared with their fellow bandmates. So if we apply their […] -
Curbside Classic: 1960 Corvair Monza Club Coupe – How Some Auto Show Attendees Created The Most Influential Car Of The Decade
Posted on July 15, 2024 | 94 Comments(first posted 11/27/2012. Update: it’s almost surprising how many previous readers/commenters didn’t get the point of this article. It’s clearly not about the first Monza’s rear engine, which was undoubtedly […] -
Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham Sedan – Why Brougham When You Can Supreme Brougham?
Posted on July 12, 2024 | 103 Comments(first posted 11/12/2012) I know that a couple of our regular contributing writers–and they know who they are–will be most interested in my latest CC find, a G-body Cutlass Supreme […] -
Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Del Rio Ranch Wagon – The Pickup Of Its Time
Posted on July 12, 2024 | 40 CommentsAlthough it didn’t invent the car, America has embraced it and shaped it like no other nation on earth. And as in so many other forms of popular culture, technology […] -
Curbside Classic: 2002 Lincoln Blackwood – Versailles, Part II
Posted on July 10, 2024 | 78 CommentsTake a basic “mainstream” car, slap on a lot of extra chrome, a more prominent grille, some fancier wheels, a more luxurious interior, and (optional) some sort of distinctive signature […] -
Curbside Classic: 1950 Ford Custom Deluxe Convertible – The Car That Saved Ford the Second Time
Posted on July 8, 2024 | 49 CommentsIn spite of its heroics producing B-24 bombers, Jeeps, tanks, trucks and lots of other hardware, Ford Motor Company was in tough shape during and after World War II, losing […] -
Curbside Find: 1959 Edsel Corsair Convertible – One Of 1,300 Built – The Coolest Edsel Of ‘Em All?
Posted on July 8, 2024 | 11 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by Slant Six, captured at Rose Enterprise Motors in Greigsville, Piffard, NY. If you have ever read the least bit about Edsels, you pretty much know […] -
Curbside Classic: 1957 Blue Bird All American Bus: The All American Dream Comes In Many Variations And Colors
Posted on July 5, 2024 | 72 Comments(first posted 3/19/2011) It’s no secret I’m a big fan of big old buses. The challenge is what direction to take with them. Given today’s weather, that would be South. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Oldsmobile Regency 98, 2-Door Hardtop – The Great White Olds
Posted on July 5, 2024 | 23 CommentsI spied this Oldsmobile in a well-hidden valley in Watkins Glen, NY. From over 500 feet away and looking at the rear of the car through brush and such, I […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler American – The Hip Ugly American
Posted on July 4, 2024 | 101 Comments(first posted 9/6/2011) This car made me embarrassed to be a newly minted American in the fall of 1960. We had just arrived for the unveiling of Detroit’s spectacular […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Chevy Nova Spirit Of America – Red, White, Black and Blue
Posted on July 4, 2024 | 93 Comments(first posted 7/13/2013) I spotted this Nova while rolling down Catalina Avenue in Redondo Beach, California. While you don’t need to know I was in Redondo Beach, I did want to slide in […]