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Curbside Classic: 1981 AMC Concord – The Underdog Learns One More New Trick
Posted on April 21, 2023 | 95 Comments(first posted 8/23/2014) Everybody loves the underdog, so how can we not love this Concord? Or everything else that AMC kept coming up with in its increasingly desperate attempts to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Plymouth Fury III Sedan – Fuselage Friday
Posted on April 21, 2023 | 61 Comments(first posted 4/21/2017) The more daring something is, the more it’s likely to invoke strong opinions. Debuting for the 1969 model year, the “Fuselage” C-body Mopars were certainly a bold […] -
Curbside Classic: 1980 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Silverado – The Charlton Heston Of Chevy Trucks
Posted on April 20, 2023 | 81 Comments(first posted 3/14/2013) Back in the day, nothing said “cool” like the personal-sport-pickup truck-convertible. Produced from 1969-1994, the Chevy K5 Blazer is iconic. Like its twin brother, the GMC Jimmy, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1991 to 1996 Buick Park Avenue – The C Gets An A+
Posted on April 20, 2023 | 38 CommentsWe’ve had a few articles over the years touching on this generation of full size Buick, but nothing taking a deep dive on it from soup to nuts. Somewhat surprisingly […] -
Curbside Classic: 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk–Twilight Pink
Posted on April 17, 2023 | 31 CommentsYou may know by now that I like to take old car photos that look as if they may have been taken say, in the early ’60s when the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971 Mercury Monterey – You Could Have Had A Marquis
Posted on April 15, 2023 | 82 Comments(first posted 6/14/2012) It was going to happen eventually; the odds were simply too good, and now it has come to pass. I needed a user name for use on […] -
Roadside Classic: 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V – On Holiday
Posted on April 13, 2023 | 89 Comments(Originally posted on 4/13/17.) I’ve always loved going on road trips. From making periodic jaunts from Michigan to visit family in rural Ohio during childhood, to early-adulthood treks between college […] -
Curbside Classic: 1983 Camaro Berlinetta – The Last One Of Its Kind Left With Its Original 14″ Wheels?
Posted on April 11, 2023 | 82 Comments(first posted 4/11/2017) Stare at this picture for a minute or so, and you’re going to swear someone put some undersized wheels and tires from a Toyota Tercel on this […] -
Curbside Classic: 1999 Oldsmobile Silhouette: Not “The Chrysler Of Minivans”
Posted on April 9, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 9/19/2013) I think by now it is well known that I am both a minivan lover and an Oldsmobile lover. So naturally, one would think that the Oldsmobile […] -
Curbside Classic: 1962-1965 Chevy II – Chevy Builds A Compact, Take II (Updated)
Posted on April 9, 2023 | 135 Comments1965 Nova sedan (first posted 9/16/2013. Updated and expanded 4/6/2023) Ed Cole’s bold and daring rear-engine 1960 Corvair was to be Chevrolet’s ultimate answer to all those pesky imports and […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Mercury Meteor 800 – The Beginning Of The End
Posted on April 4, 2023 | 97 Comments(first posted 4/11/2011) There’s a reason this is the very first Mercury at CC. It’s the same reason why pretty much the only Mercurys at the old site were the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1997 Oldsmobile Aurora – Waiting To Exhale
Posted on April 4, 2023 | 97 Comments(first posted 4/4/2017) Apple. Converse. Ray-Ban. Old Spice. Tina Turner. Throughout history, numerous struggling “brands”, including the aforementioned, have successfully reinvented themselves, staging successful comebacks through innovation, and saving themselves […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Condor II Motor Home – Cousin Eddie’s RV Comes To Visit
Posted on April 4, 2023 | 16 CommentsThis Condor II showed up recently in an alley near my house; I knew that there was something special about it other that reverse-slant windshield, and eventually it hit me: […] -
Car Show Classic: 1973 Buick Centurion – When Sportier Cars Are Built, Buick Will Build Them
Posted on April 3, 2023 | 63 Comments(first posted 4/3/2017) Buick’s ‘Banker’s Hot Rod’ of the 1970s was the Centurion. It replaced the Wildcat, which in turn had succeeded the Invicta and Super. Despite the name changes, […] -
Curbside Outtake: 2009 PT Cruiser “Woodie”
Posted on April 3, 2023 | 17 CommentsIts a “Woodie” I saw this on my way home from an appointment the other day. The foreman on the construction site across the street said that it belonged to […]