Curbside Classic Archives
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American Brands: Chrysler 
American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
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European Brands 
Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Ranchero – The First American Ute
Posted on March 14, 2025 | 22 CommentsFrom today’s perspective, Rancheros – and their El Camino counterparts – are just cool, funky, fun and desirable, thanks to their unique configuration as half passenger car, half truck. What […] -
Curbside Classic: 1989 Dodge Ramcharger LE – Dodge Charges Into The 4×4 SUV Market
Posted on March 13, 2025 | 17 CommentsStarting in the early Sixties, trucks started to get fun. Off-roading, camping and other outdoor recreation really came into its own. International was first out of the gate with the ’61 […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 AMC Oleg Cassini Matador Brougham — A Costly Mistake
Posted on March 13, 2025 | 35 CommentsAmerican Motors Corporation, like Studebaker, like Packard, like so many other long-gone automobile companies, breaks your heart. Sometimes I drive myself crazy with what-ifs: What if Roy Abernethy never became […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Plymouth Fury III – Hip To Be Square
Posted on March 12, 2025 | 57 Comments(first posted 3/11/2019) I realize that it’s only March, but I’m already dreaming about summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, we are less than two weeks from the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1969 Dodge Dart Custom Hardtop – Dog Dish Afternoon
Posted on March 12, 2025 | 35 CommentsEver since I moved to Asia over a decade ago, I’ve lived without television. That’s not to say I’ve not had a TV set at home, but I don’t watch […] -
Curbside Classic: 1980 Dodge Aspen – Rock Bottom And Loving It
Posted on March 11, 2025 | 60 Comments(first posted 3/4/2014) This custard colored station wagon has got to be one of my favorite daily drivers in Bloomington. I’ve seen it shamble around my neighborhood and though I […] -
Curbside Classic: 1972 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – The First Curbside Classic
Posted on March 11, 2025 | 83 CommentsThis was the first Curbside Classic, posted in 2009 at the other site and posted here in 2011. I didn’t really have a clear format yet for CC, or know […] -
Curbside Classic: 1983 Dodge Aries – The K-Car Saves Chrysler
Posted on March 10, 2025 | 146 Comments(first posted 3/4/2014) Chrysler had its first brush with bankruptcy in 1978-1979. And like it would again later, it reached out to Uncle Sam, but then in the form […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 Chevrolet Suburban — The Only Three-Door Station Wagon
Posted on March 10, 2025 | 26 CommentsJust two years after Chevy abandoned the last big two-door wagon, they upped the ante by one door and built the only three-door wagon, from 1967 through 1972. I’d like […] -
Auto-Biography: 1987 Cadillac Sedan de Ville – “Paul, I Finally Took Your Advice”
Posted on March 9, 2025 | 64 Comments(first posted 3/8/2019) Hello, Paul? It’s Papa. I have great news! I want you to know that I finally took your advice. Uh; what advice is that, Papa? About buying […] -
Curbside Classic: 1958 DeSoto Fireflite: The Forward Look Falls Flat On Its Face
Posted on March 8, 2025 | 111 Comments(originally posted 3/6/2014) Finned, fresh and fantastic: The Forward Look Mopar cars shocked and awed both the buying public and the competition in the fall of 1956–but by the fall […] -
1987 Chevrolet Suburban 4×4 – America Falls In Love With the Big SUV – Me Too?
Posted on March 8, 2025 | 38 CommentsLooking at this picture, I ask myself: why didn’t we have one of these? Back in the day, a Suburban would have been a lot more practical for hauling three […] -
Curbside Classic: 1975 Buick Estate Wagon – The Biggest And Longest American Station Wagon Ever
Posted on March 7, 2025 | 28 CommentsAmericans like things big. The country’s big, the meals are big, people are big, the roads are big, and the distances are far. Families used to be big. And big […] -
Curbside Classic: 1982 DeLorean – Avoiding The Distractions
Posted on March 5, 2025 | 37 Comments(first posted 3/1/2019) An admission: At first I was really pumped to have found a DeLorean parked at the curb – and on a cold December night, no less. […] -
1964 Chevelle 300 2-Door Station Wagon: It Should Have Been Called Nomad – Why Did They Build These Anyway?
Posted on March 5, 2025 | 31 CommentsThe 1955 – 1957 Chevy Nomad was a bold exercise to build the first sports wagon, and it quickly became iconic. Station wagons were the hot new trend (along with […]
![Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Ranchero – The First American Ute From today’s perspective, Rancheros – and their El Camino counterparts – are just cool, funky, fun and desirable, thanks to their unique configuration as half passenger car, half truck. What […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CC-45-061-800.webp)
![Curbside Classic: 1989 Dodge Ramcharger LE – Dodge Charges Into The 4×4 SUV Market Starting in the early Sixties, trucks started to get fun. Off-roading, camping and other outdoor recreation really came into its own. International was first out of the gate with the ’61 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/4-23-2012-015-e1335297029751.webp)
![Curbside Classic: 1974 AMC Oleg Cassini Matador Brougham — A Costly Mistake American Motors Corporation, like Studebaker, like Packard, like so many other long-gone automobile companies, breaks your heart. Sometimes I drive myself crazy with what-ifs: What if Roy Abernethy never became […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-cgh.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Plymouth Fury III – Hip To Be Square (first posted 3/11/2019) I realize that it’s only March, but I’m already dreaming about summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, we are less than two weeks from the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1968-Plymouth-Fury-III-11-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1969 Dodge Dart Custom Hardtop – Dog Dish Afternoon Ever since I moved to Asia over a decade ago, I’ve lived without television. That’s not to say I’ve not had a TV set at home, but I don’t watch […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20241114_101414_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1980 Dodge Aspen – Rock Bottom And Loving It (first posted 3/4/2014) This custard colored station wagon has got to be one of my favorite daily drivers in Bloomington. I’ve seen it shamble around my neighborhood and though I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ygg.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1972 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – The First Curbside Classic This was the first Curbside Classic, posted in 2009 at the other site and posted here in 2011. I didn’t really have a clear format yet for CC, or know […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fgb.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1983 Dodge Aries – The K-Car Saves Chrysler (first posted 3/4/2014) Chrysler had its first brush with bankruptcy in 1978-1979. And like it would again later, it reached out to Uncle Sam, but then in the form […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/kkk.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 Chevrolet Suburban — The Only Three-Door Station Wagon Just two years after Chevy abandoned the last big two-door wagon, they upped the ante by one door and built the only three-door wagon, from 1967 through 1972. I’d like […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-3-door-2-vert.jpg)
![Auto-Biography: 1987 Cadillac Sedan de Ville – “Paul, I Finally Took Your Advice” (first posted 3/8/2019) Hello, Paul? It’s Papa. I have great news! I want you to know that I finally took your advice. Uh; what advice is that, Papa? About buying […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CC-363-091.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1958 DeSoto Fireflite: The Forward Look Falls Flat On Its Face (originally posted 3/6/2014) Finned, fresh and fantastic: The Forward Look Mopar cars shocked and awed both the buying public and the competition in the fall of 1956–but by the fall […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/6060790881_46359fdfcb_z.jpg)
![1987 Chevrolet Suburban 4×4 – America Falls In Love With the Big SUV – Me Too? Looking at this picture, I ask myself: why didn’t we have one of these? Back in the day, a Suburban would have been a lot more practical for hauling three […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-sub.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1975 Buick Estate Wagon – The Biggest And Longest American Station Wagon Ever Americans like things big. The country’s big, the meals are big, people are big, the roads are big, and the distances are far. Families used to be big. And big […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CC-241-076-1200.webp)
![Curbside Classic: 1982 DeLorean – Avoiding The Distractions (first posted 3/1/2019) An admission: At first I was really pumped to have found a DeLorean parked at the curb – and on a cold December night, no less. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_4240.jpg)
![1964 Chevelle 300 2-Door Station Wagon: It Should Have Been Called Nomad – Why Did They Build These Anyway? The 1955 – 1957 Chevy Nomad was a bold exercise to build the first sports wagon, and it quickly became iconic. Station wagons were the hot new trend (along with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/nomad-64-side.jpg)


