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![(first posted 3/19/2013) Although the powertrain provided adequate motivation, no one would ever mistake one of the vast majority of Tempo/Topazes with a milquetoast 2.3-liter, four cylinder engine and three-speed automatic […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Mercury-Topaz-GS-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Mercury Topaz GS V6 / Five-speed Coupe – Oxymoron, or Just Moronic?")
Curbside Classic: Mercury Topaz GS V6 / Five-speed Coupe – Oxymoron, or Just Moronic?
Posted on October 21, 2023 | 120 Comments(first posted 3/19/2013) Although the powertrain provided adequate motivation, no one would ever mistake one of the vast majority of Tempo/Topazes with a milquetoast 2.3-liter, four cylinder engine and three-speed automatic […] -
![(first posted 10/9/2017) History has shown that styling trends of mainstream cars tend to be cyclical. The pendulum has swung between straight-edged, more geometric designs, through an intermediate blend […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/002-1966-Mercury-Monterey-convertible-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Mercury Monterey Convertible – Geometry Class")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Mercury Monterey Convertible – Geometry Class
Posted on October 20, 2023 | 64 Comments(first posted 10/9/2017) History has shown that styling trends of mainstream cars tend to be cyclical. The pendulum has swung between straight-edged, more geometric designs, through an intermediate blend […] -
![(first posted 5/24/2013) I called GM’s decision to build a giant personal-luxury coupe with front wheel drive a Deadly Sin (here). The dubious advantages hardly outweighed the disadvantages, as well […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CC-194-170-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Home-Built Toronado-Based Motor Home")
Curbside Classic: Home-Built Toronado-Based Motor Home
Posted on October 19, 2023 | 52 Comments(first posted 5/24/2013) I called GM’s decision to build a giant personal-luxury coupe with front wheel drive a Deadly Sin (here). The dubious advantages hardly outweighed the disadvantages, as well […] -
![This is the final instalment of the series, but will be a bigger post than the previous two. For a summertime car meet in a small French town, there sure […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230730_194728_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 10th Salon Autos-Motos Anciennes à Bazas (July 2023) – Part 3: Foreign Cars")
Car Show Classics: 10th Salon Autos-Motos Anciennes à Bazas (July 2023) – Part 3: Foreign Cars
Posted on October 19, 2023 | 22 CommentsThis is the final instalment of the series, but will be a bigger post than the previous two. For a summertime car meet in a small French town, there sure […] -
![(first posted 10/18/2017) Perhaps it was the oncoming traffic, or maybe my attention was towards a convenient parking spot, but arriving on my birthday to a favorite […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/20171008_151209.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Chevy C10 Step-Side Scottsdale – I’m Ready To Be Its “Driver”")
Curbside Classic: 1983 Chevy C10 Step-Side Scottsdale – I’m Ready To Be Its “Driver”
Posted on October 18, 2023 | 36 Comments(first posted 10/18/2017) Perhaps it was the oncoming traffic, or maybe my attention was towards a convenient parking spot, but arriving on my birthday to a favorite […] -
![(first posted 10/16/2017) Our youngish readers might find it hard to believe that in the early 1960s the idea of a turbocharged production car was only slightly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/int.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Clairvoyant: 1962-63 Olds Jetfire — With Turbo Rocket Fluid! — GM’s Deadly Sin #36")
Curbside Clairvoyant: 1962-63 Olds Jetfire — With Turbo Rocket Fluid! — GM’s Deadly Sin #36
Posted on October 16, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 10/16/2017) Our youngish readers might find it hard to believe that in the early 1960s the idea of a turbocharged production car was only slightly […] -
![Back in 2021, just as the world was returning to normal, my wife and I decided to visit the touristy retreat of Suchitoto, a small town in the center of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/51265253631_97d64640b9_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: 1956 International Harvester S-Series Truck – Brief Refresh")
Museum Classic: 1956 International Harvester S-Series Truck – Brief Refresh
Posted on October 16, 2023 | 9 CommentsBack in 2021, just as the world was returning to normal, my wife and I decided to visit the touristy retreat of Suchitoto, a small town in the center of […] -
![(first posted 10/12/2017) I’ve been on something of a Ford kick, lately. Looking at my body of contributions to CC, I realize they have been overwhelmingly top-heavy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/002-1975-Ford-Mustang-II-Ghia-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Mustang II Ghia – More Pinto Carlo Than PintoStang")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Mustang II Ghia – More Pinto Carlo Than PintoStang
Posted on October 12, 2023 | 95 Comments(first posted 10/12/2017) I’ve been on something of a Ford kick, lately. Looking at my body of contributions to CC, I realize they have been overwhelmingly top-heavy […] -
![(first posted 10/11/2017) Everything old is new again. Lincoln’s flagship car is once again called Continental, the name once again applied to a car derived from a Ford […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lincoln-mks-2009-6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classic: 2009-16 Lincoln MKS – Bull In A Fine China Shop")
Future Classic: 2009-16 Lincoln MKS – Bull In A Fine China Shop
Posted on October 11, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 10/11/2017) Everything old is new again. Lincoln’s flagship car is once again called Continental, the name once again applied to a car derived from a Ford […] -
![Chevelle Deluxe images posted at the Cohort by William Rubano (first posted 10/10/2017) We’ve covered a lot of Colonnades over the years here, but never a low trim sedan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/23704967978_92efac689c_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Deluxe Sedan – In Search of a Better Face")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Deluxe Sedan – In Search of a Better Face
Posted on October 10, 2023 | 141 CommentsChevelle Deluxe images posted at the Cohort by William Rubano (first posted 10/10/2017) We’ve covered a lot of Colonnades over the years here, but never a low trim sedan […] -
![I’ve been enthralled with the legendary Hall-Scott high-power gas engines ever since I first saw one in a vintage Kenworth fire engine pumper like this one at an open house […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_1552.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1951 Kenworth Fire Engine Pumper With Hall-Scott Engine – It Gets My Heart Pumping")
Curbside Classic: 1951 Kenworth Fire Engine Pumper With Hall-Scott Engine – It Gets My Heart Pumping
Posted on October 6, 2023 | 18 CommentsI’ve been enthralled with the legendary Hall-Scott high-power gas engines ever since I first saw one in a vintage Kenworth fire engine pumper like this one at an open house […] -
![Here’s ‘just a car.’ Never did I imagine I would ever stop to take photos of a ’68-’72 Chevy Nova. So familiar a shape throughout my whole life, that to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230917_161552482_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Nova 4-Door – 6 Cyl. Pride")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Nova 4-Door – 6 Cyl. Pride
Posted on October 5, 2023 | 24 CommentsHere’s ‘just a car.’ Never did I imagine I would ever stop to take photos of a ’68-’72 Chevy Nova. So familiar a shape throughout my whole life, that to […] -
![(first posted 10/3/2017) I’m done with the French cars for a bit, so here are some of the CCs I found over the summer in weird and interesting places. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_20170726_185218.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Twofer: 1930 Model A, 1936 Ford – The Fords of Iceland")
CC Twofer: 1930 Model A, 1936 Ford – The Fords of Iceland
Posted on October 4, 2023 | 22 Comments(first posted 10/3/2017) I’m done with the French cars for a bit, so here are some of the CCs I found over the summer in weird and interesting places. […] -
![(First posted 10/3/2017) Even by today’s standards, the original concept for Saturn was highly innovative and revolutionary. Despite it being a new brand from a large automaker known […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/thumb_IMG_2573_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2002 Saturn L300 – Falling Back To Earth")
Curbside Classic: 2002 Saturn L300 – Falling Back To Earth
Posted on October 3, 2023 | 99 Comments(First posted 10/3/2017) Even by today’s standards, the original concept for Saturn was highly innovative and revolutionary. Despite it being a new brand from a large automaker known […] -
![1949 Cosmopolitan Coupe images posted at the Cohort by William Rubano (first posted 10/2/2017) Cadillac’s rise to dominance of the luxury car field in the 50s was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/37438006335_893650bb04_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Coupe – Cadillac Thanks You, In More Ways Than One")
Car Show Classic: 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Coupe – Cadillac Thanks You, In More Ways Than One
Posted on October 2, 2023 | 105 Comments1949 Cosmopolitan Coupe images posted at the Cohort by William Rubano (first posted 10/2/2017) Cadillac’s rise to dominance of the luxury car field in the 50s was […]
