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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![A Gremlin! Not something one comes across easily anymore. A neat find by its own in the quiet neighborhood I was staying in El Cerrito last December. However, really lousy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_20241211_100132_PORTRAIT.jpg "Driveway Find: 1972 Gremlin 401-XR, Dealer Special With 6.6L Punch – Tribute Or Real Deal?")
Driveway Find: 1972 Gremlin 401-XR, Dealer Special With 6.6L Punch – Tribute Or Real Deal?
Posted on August 15, 2025 | 12 CommentsA Gremlin! Not something one comes across easily anymore. A neat find by its own in the quiet neighborhood I was staying in El Cerrito last December. However, really lousy […] -
![It is well known hereabouts that I suffer from a fetish – I just cannot get enough of the 1964 Studebaker. In the company’s last burst of creativity it got […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1964-Studebaker-Daytona-Convertible-13.jpg "1964 Studebaker Daytona Convertible: A Rare Drop-Top Classic – Studebaker’s Last Gasp Of Fresh Air")
1964 Studebaker Daytona Convertible: A Rare Drop-Top Classic – Studebaker’s Last Gasp Of Fresh Air
Posted on August 14, 2025 | 16 CommentsIt is well known hereabouts that I suffer from a fetish – I just cannot get enough of the 1964 Studebaker. In the company’s last burst of creativity it got […] -
![Time for another B-body! Yes, it’s well-established that many of us here at CC love the 1977-90 B-body, so I will shamelessly appeal to those well-versed folks with this red […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/09-08-2012-049.jpg "1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau Coupe – Bent Glass Beauty")
1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau Coupe – Bent Glass Beauty
Posted on August 12, 2025 | 19 CommentsTime for another B-body! Yes, it’s well-established that many of us here at CC love the 1977-90 B-body, so I will shamelessly appeal to those well-versed folks with this red […] -
![The precise evolution of the SUV, like all car genres is debatable, but there’s no question that the International Scout is the critical link between the military Jeep and the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CC-36-144-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1963 IH Scout 80 – The Advance (SUV) Scout")
Curbside Classic: 1963 IH Scout 80 – The Advance (SUV) Scout
Posted on August 12, 2025 | 12 CommentsThe precise evolution of the SUV, like all car genres is debatable, but there’s no question that the International Scout is the critical link between the military Jeep and the […] -
![It would appear that we at Curbside Classic have stumbled across two 1967 Pontiac Firebirds in the past, both convertibles: There was an aqua car with a 326 V8/automatic, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1967-Pontiac-Firebird-02.jpg "1967 Firebird Convertible – With The Rare And Special OHC Inline-Six")
1967 Firebird Convertible – With The Rare And Special OHC Inline-Six
Posted on August 7, 2025 | 15 CommentsIt would appear that we at Curbside Classic have stumbled across two 1967 Pontiac Firebirds in the past, both convertibles: There was an aqua car with a 326 V8/automatic, and […] -
![As I venture to the last wedding of summer, and have to pay the exorbitant hotel prices in a resort town, I sure wish I had a car that could double […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/5969223172_db028667ef_z.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic Cross Country – The Ultimate Motel")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic Cross Country – The Ultimate Motel
Posted on August 6, 2025 | 7 CommentsAs I venture to the last wedding of summer, and have to pay the exorbitant hotel prices in a resort town, I sure wish I had a car that could double […] -
![Imagine the jeers, the scorn. You’re pulling into a classic car show in your gleaming, cherry red ’89 Ford Mustang GT Turbo 2.2. Enthusiasts are giving you the side-eye, muttering […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ford-probe-gt-7.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1989-92 Ford Probe – Protecting A Legacy")
Curbside Classic: 1989-92 Ford Probe – Protecting A Legacy
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 30 CommentsImagine the jeers, the scorn. You’re pulling into a classic car show in your gleaming, cherry red ’89 Ford Mustang GT Turbo 2.2. Enthusiasts are giving you the side-eye, muttering […] -
![If you were looking to buy a 1977-1979 full-size Pontiac today, you would have a long road ahead. Looking online and in Hemmings, you could be forgiven for thinking that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mar-12-2012-012-e1331504515516.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The ’70s")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The ’70s
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 10 CommentsIf you were looking to buy a 1977-1979 full-size Pontiac today, you would have a long road ahead. Looking online and in Hemmings, you could be forgiven for thinking that […] -
![“Attention Walmart shoppers! There’s a ’57 Studebaker Hawk in the parking lot today–you might want to check it out!” Alas, no such announcement came over the speaker system at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250718_191545.jpg "1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk–Vintage Looks With Modern Upgrades")
1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk–Vintage Looks With Modern Upgrades
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 9 Comments“Attention Walmart shoppers! There’s a ’57 Studebaker Hawk in the parking lot today–you might want to check it out!” Alas, no such announcement came over the speaker system at […] -
![(first posted 3/17/2012) You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-12-12-006-e1331845266890.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – When Life Hands You Lemons…")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – When Life Hands You Lemons…
Posted on August 3, 2025 | 10 Comments(first posted 3/17/2012) You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […] -
![Edna was a fixture in her small, Midwestern town. For many, many moons she had been the music teacher at the local public school. She was also known for her […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Valiant-2.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1970 Plymouth Valiant – Edna Gets Her Car Tuned-Up")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Plymouth Valiant – Edna Gets Her Car Tuned-Up
Posted on August 3, 2025 | 13 CommentsEdna was a fixture in her small, Midwestern town. For many, many moons she had been the music teacher at the local public school. She was also known for her […] -
![There is a big part of me that wants to triumphantly and enthusiastically title this essay “Dodge Dynasty – Among The Best Cars Ever Built”. However, there is another part […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_4739.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988 to 1991 Dodge Dynasty – Familiarity Breeds, Well, Familiarity")
Curbside Classic: 1988 to 1991 Dodge Dynasty – Familiarity Breeds, Well, Familiarity
Posted on August 2, 2025 | 16 CommentsThere is a big part of me that wants to triumphantly and enthusiastically title this essay “Dodge Dynasty – Among The Best Cars Ever Built”. However, there is another part […] -
![(Hopefully) this doesn’t happen often, but if you asked me to visualize a 1970-1971 Torino convertible, I would have pictured… a hardtop. I simply can’t remember ever seeing a convertible […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ford-Torino-1970-conv-fq.jpg "1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible – So Rare I Forgot It Even Came As A Convertible")
1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible – So Rare I Forgot It Even Came As A Convertible
Posted on August 2, 2025 | 15 Comments(Hopefully) this doesn’t happen often, but if you asked me to visualize a 1970-1971 Torino convertible, I would have pictured… a hardtop. I simply can’t remember ever seeing a convertible […] -
![(first posted 12/26/2012) Discovering the RWD Toyota Avanza in Mexico recently made me consider how relatively long Toyota hung on to RWD in their small cars. The last such car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CC-181-109-1200.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1981 Toyota Starlet –The Last Of The Littlest RWD Toyotas")
Curbside Classic: 1981 Toyota Starlet –The Last Of The Littlest RWD Toyotas
Posted on August 1, 2025 | 57 Comments(first posted 12/26/2012) Discovering the RWD Toyota Avanza in Mexico recently made me consider how relatively long Toyota hung on to RWD in their small cars. The last such car […] -
![The spotless aqua paint and full wheel covers of this Checker Marathon make me think this wasn’t once a taxi cab, as so many of its brethren were. Which makes […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/checker-marathon-2.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969-73 Checker Marathon – A Sensible Taxi Purchase, A Strange Private Purchase")
Curbside Classic: 1969-73 Checker Marathon – A Sensible Taxi Purchase, A Strange Private Purchase
Posted on August 1, 2025 | 27 CommentsThe spotless aqua paint and full wheel covers of this Checker Marathon make me think this wasn’t once a taxi cab, as so many of its brethren were. Which makes […]
