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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1941 Dodge Business Coupe – Dodge Gives America The Business
Posted on November 23, 2024 | 46 Comments(first posted 5/29/2012) Even though I am retired, I frequently find myself crossing the state for non-income producing reasons. Now I carry a camera. I was […] -
Curbside Classic: 1956 DeSoto Fireflite – Yeah, It’s Got A Hemi
Posted on November 21, 2024 | 57 Comments(first posted 8/14/2014) Actually, they all had Hemi’s that year, at least the ’56 DeSoto Fireflite sedans like this one did. I drove past it on the way […] -
Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Impala SS Station Wagon – Factory-Built Unicorn
Posted on November 21, 2024 | 33 Comments(update: More information came to light after this article originally ran, from a commenter and from an old magazine feature buried deep in the internet, which is linked at the […] -
Parking Lot Classic: 1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Holiday Hardtop – Happy Haunting
Posted on November 20, 2024 | 58 Comments(first posted 2/12/2013) To continue on the trajectory of early -’60s Oldsmobiles that continues to haunt me, I present this Dynamic 88, which I first met under the cover of […] -
Curbside Classic/Automotive History: 1977 AMC Hornet AMX – The Long Slow Decline Of The AMX
Posted on November 19, 2024 | 82 Comments(first posted 2/12/2013) In 1966, the American Motors Corporation (AMC) unveiled a pair of radically styled concept cars called AMX (American Motors eXperimental) in an attempt to better connect with the youth […] -
Roadside Find: 1960 Rambler Super – Slightly Sinister, Being Towed Somewhere
Posted on November 18, 2024 | 13 CommentsPhotos from the CC Cohort by Mike Hayes. -
Curbside Classic: 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass 4-4-2 – Esmerelda Had More Sympathy For Quasimodo Than Did The General
Posted on November 16, 2024 | 103 Comments(first posted 2/13/2013) For many years now, I have been a firm believer in two things: -
Car Show Classic: 1972 AMC Javelin Pierre Cardin – No, Really…
Posted on November 14, 2024 | 108 Comments(first posted 7/31/2014) We here at CC simply don’t do things part way. Maybe we have all been schooled by the Teutonic discipline of our founder, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1987 Cadillac Allante – Apple Pie In An Italian Suit
Posted on November 14, 2024 | 48 Comments(first posted 6/9/2018) Everyone has different theories. My theory is the creation of the Allante goes something like this…. …One day back in the early to […] -
Curbside Find: 1990-1991 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue – Playing To The Established Crowd
Posted on November 14, 2024 | 17 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by Slant Six. In recent years, I’ve developed a habit of checking on old rock bands to see what they’re up to, especially those I never […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Ford Fairlane GT – The Unexpected Wallflower
Posted on November 13, 2024 | 86 Comments(first posted 3/23/2013) Ford may have been first to the intermediate dance (among the Big Three, anyway), but GM came fashionably late and better dressed. Styling, they say, sells cars, […] -
Classic Curbside Classic: 1976 Lincoln Continental Mark IV – Gas Fed Beef
Posted on November 12, 2024 | 159 Comments(first posted 12/19/2011) Ah, the 1970’s. It was the Big decade, a time for big houses, big hair, big families, and big cars! Despite this being the Malaise […] -
Curbside Classic: 1954 Cadillac Series 62 Sedan – A GM Greatest Hit
Posted on November 11, 2024 | 90 Comments(first posted 3/27/2013) Trying to pick the best Cadillac is an exercise in futility, or even worse, masochism. I’ve obsessed over the brand since my earliest encounter with one in […] -
Curbside desire: 1958 Plymouth Plaza- Chasing Charlotte
Posted on November 8, 2024 | 54 Comments(first posted 11/8/2018) Sixty dollars a week for the next six years. This post marks the beginning of Operation: Toastcat. -
Curbside Classic: 1977 Olds Cutlass – Better a Colonnade Than a Colonoscopy
Posted on November 8, 2024 | 93 Comments(first posted 11/8/2018) Since I’m going to be having a colonoscopy while you’re reading and analyzing this, I assumed a colonnade would be an analogous subject for […]
![Curbside Classic: 1941 Dodge Business Coupe – Dodge Gives America The Business (first posted 5/29/2012) Even though I am retired, I frequently find myself crossing the state for non-income producing reasons. Now I carry a camera. I was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IMG_1080_2.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1956 DeSoto Fireflite – Yeah, It’s Got A Hemi (first posted 8/14/2014) Actually, they all had Hemi’s that year, at least the ’56 DeSoto Fireflite sedans like this one did. I drove past it on the way […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/DODGE-03.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Impala SS Station Wagon – Factory-Built Unicorn (update: More information came to light after this article originally ran, from a commenter and from an old magazine feature buried deep in the internet, which is linked at the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG00264-20110820-1912blur-1.jpg)
![Parking Lot Classic: 1962 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Holiday Hardtop – Happy Haunting (first posted 2/12/2013) To continue on the trajectory of early -’60s Oldsmobiles that continues to haunt me, I present this Dynamic 88, which I first met under the cover of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/8299012768_d2ee3d5880_c.jpg)
![Curbside Classic/Automotive History: 1977 AMC Hornet AMX – The Long Slow Decline Of The AMX (first posted 2/12/2013) In 1966, the American Motors Corporation (AMC) unveiled a pair of radically styled concept cars called AMX (American Motors eXperimental) in an attempt to better connect with the youth […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/amx_grill_badge.jpg)


![Car Show Classic: 1972 AMC Javelin Pierre Cardin – No, Really… (first posted 7/31/2014) We here at CC simply don’t do things part way. Maybe we have all been schooled by the Teutonic discipline of our founder, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1972AMCJavelin04.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1987 Cadillac Allante – Apple Pie In An Italian Suit (first posted 6/9/2018) Everyone has different theories. My theory is the creation of the Allante goes something like this…. …One day back in the early to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cadillac-v16-1930.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1990-1991 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue – Playing To The Established Crowd Photos from the Cohort by Slant Six. In recent years, I’ve developed a habit of checking on old rock bands to see what they’re up to, especially those I never […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/53832959655_c4a77d7d93_k.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Ford Fairlane GT – The Unexpected Wallflower (first posted 3/23/2013) Ford may have been first to the intermediate dance (among the Big Three, anyway), but GM came fashionably late and better dressed. Styling, they say, sells cars, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/6668FairlaneWagons1jg.jpg)
![Classic Curbside Classic: 1976 Lincoln Continental Mark IV – Gas Fed Beef (first posted 12/19/2011) Ah, the 1970’s. It was the Big decade, a time for big houses, big hair, big families, and big cars! Despite this being the Malaise […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Autumn-Oh-Eleven-050-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1954 Cadillac Series 62 Sedan – A GM Greatest Hit (first posted 3/27/2013) Trying to pick the best Cadillac is an exercise in futility, or even worse, masochism. I’ve obsessed over the brand since my earliest encounter with one in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CC-30-065-800.jpg)

![Curbside Classic: 1977 Olds Cutlass – Better a Colonnade Than a Colonoscopy (first posted 11/8/2018) Since I’m going to be having a colonoscopy while you’re reading and analyzing this, I assumed a colonnade would be an analogous subject for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CC-369-087.jpg)


