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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![(first posted 10/25/2018) Oldsmobile sold nearly one million cars annually during the 1980s, but trouble loomed beneath the surface of those hearty sales. The Olds division was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/LF-2.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Coupe – Olds Takes A Holiday From The 1980s Blahs")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Coupe – Olds Takes A Holiday From The 1980s Blahs
Posted on October 25, 2024 | 92 Comments(first posted 10/25/2018) Oldsmobile sold nearly one million cars annually during the 1980s, but trouble loomed beneath the surface of those hearty sales. The Olds division was […] -
![(first posted 10/24/2018) Compromise doesn’t always work. Your partner might want Mexican for dinner and you may feel like a burger but if you go to Jack […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/chevrolet-trans-sport-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1996-99 Opel/Vauxhall Sintra and 1999-2004 Chevrolet Trans Sport – Neither Fish Nor Fowl (But Maybe Foul)")
Curbside Classic: 1996-99 Opel/Vauxhall Sintra and 1999-2004 Chevrolet Trans Sport – Neither Fish Nor Fowl (But Maybe Foul)
Posted on October 24, 2024 | 36 Comments(first posted 10/24/2018) Compromise doesn’t always work. Your partner might want Mexican for dinner and you may feel like a burger but if you go to Jack […] -
![Here at Curbside Classic, we have written up literally thousands of old (and not-so-old) cars photographed in habitats all around the world. I have, myself, been responsible for giving the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1977-Buick-LeSabre-04.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Buick LeSabre Custom Coupe – Mellow In Yellow")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Buick LeSabre Custom Coupe – Mellow In Yellow
Posted on October 24, 2024 | 27 CommentsHere at Curbside Classic, we have written up literally thousands of old (and not-so-old) cars photographed in habitats all around the world. I have, myself, been responsible for giving the […] -
![(first posted 6/5/2014) Turbochargers are becoming ubiquitous. At the rate that manufacturers are adopting down-sized turbocharged engines across their model lines, naturally aspirated engines may one day be a quaint […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/CC-227-130-1200.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1963 Corvair Monza Spyder Convertible – The Turbo Revolution Started Here")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Corvair Monza Spyder Convertible – The Turbo Revolution Started Here
Posted on October 23, 2024 | 59 Comments(first posted 6/5/2014) Turbochargers are becoming ubiquitous. At the rate that manufacturers are adopting down-sized turbocharged engines across their model lines, naturally aspirated engines may one day be a quaint […] -
![(first posted 10/23/2018) I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but thanks to the magic of the Internet it seems like our timeline is compressing upon itself. Well, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_0042.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1999 Jeep Cherokee – Remains of the Old Millennium")
Curbside Classic: 1999 Jeep Cherokee – Remains of the Old Millennium
Posted on October 23, 2024 | 28 Comments(first posted 10/23/2018) I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but thanks to the magic of the Internet it seems like our timeline is compressing upon itself. Well, […] -
![Do you believe in synchronicity? I do. What are the odds . . . I’m in my ’60 Dodge Dart driving along Route 46 in Parsippany NJ, and what […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/20241012_160313.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1959 Dodge Royal–“A Genuine Police Car!”")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Dodge Royal–“A Genuine Police Car!”
Posted on October 21, 2024 | 33 CommentsDo you believe in synchronicity? I do. What are the odds . . . I’m in my ’60 Dodge Dart driving along Route 46 in Parsippany NJ, and what […] -
![(first posted 1/23/2014) The Gremlin always danced to a different tune. Its design (in the loosest sense of that word) was penned on an air-sickness bag. It was front heavy, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CC-79-030-950.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 AMC Gremlin – Pay 8% More, Get 13% Less HP and 33% Fewer Cylinders")
Curbside Classic: 1977 AMC Gremlin – Pay 8% More, Get 13% Less HP and 33% Fewer Cylinders
Posted on October 20, 2024 | 114 Comments(first posted 1/23/2014) The Gremlin always danced to a different tune. Its design (in the loosest sense of that word) was penned on an air-sickness bag. It was front heavy, […] -
![(first posted 1/26/2014) “So,” said Estella, “I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_5141.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 Matador X Coupe – <br>Great X-pectations")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Matador X Coupe –
Great X-pectationsPosted on October 19, 2024 | 74 Comments(first posted 1/26/2014) “So,” said Estella, “I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make […] -
![(Originally published 1/14/2014)This is it. The pinnacle of American Motors Corporation. Between 1958 and 1963, the Rambler automobile, in its frugal American, mid-price Classic and deluxe Ambassador lineup, hit a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/aa-4-07-2013-005.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car?")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car?
Posted on October 18, 2024 | 86 Comments(Originally published 1/14/2014)This is it. The pinnacle of American Motors Corporation. Between 1958 and 1963, the Rambler automobile, in its frugal American, mid-price Classic and deluxe Ambassador lineup, hit a […] -
![(first posted 10/18/2018) Throughout its lengthy history, the Chrysler Town & Country was a vehicle that came in many different shapes and sizes. Yet throughout nearly eight decades […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/thumb_IMG_4713_1024.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Turbo – Most Downsized Vehicle Of The Malaise Era?")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Turbo – Most Downsized Vehicle Of The Malaise Era?
Posted on October 18, 2024 | 49 Comments(first posted 10/18/2018) Throughout its lengthy history, the Chrysler Town & Country was a vehicle that came in many different shapes and sizes. Yet throughout nearly eight decades […] -
![(first posted 4/30/2014) Automakers have always been happy to borrow ideas from their competitors and proudly claim them as their own. It’s a trick even the proudest of parents have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/DSC_0213.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1968 AMC Ambassador SST – When Borrowing Is A Deadly Sin")
Curbside Classic: 1968 AMC Ambassador SST – When Borrowing Is A Deadly Sin
Posted on October 17, 2024 | 126 Comments(first posted 4/30/2014) Automakers have always been happy to borrow ideas from their competitors and proudly claim them as their own. It’s a trick even the proudest of parents have […] -
![It’s Patina Week in the Land of the Rising Sun, and of course, the Detroit representative wears a rusty bowtie. Chevrolet is the number one American marque here, after all. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_20240324_094411_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe – Work In Progress?")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe – Work In Progress?
Posted on October 17, 2024 | 10 CommentsIt’s Patina Week in the Land of the Rising Sun, and of course, the Detroit representative wears a rusty bowtie. Chevrolet is the number one American marque here, after all. […] -
![(first posted 10/16/2018) Life is full of unexpected twists and turns. I’ve had my fun with the Champ, suggesting one of the stepside versions be turned […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CC-366-Portland-022.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1963 Studebaker Champ Long Bed Pickup – I’m a Chump for This Champ")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Studebaker Champ Long Bed Pickup – I’m a Chump for This Champ
Posted on October 16, 2024 | 50 Comments(first posted 10/16/2018) Life is full of unexpected twists and turns. I’ve had my fun with the Champ, suggesting one of the stepside versions be turned […] -
![(first posted 1/22/2014) Sitting in a San Pedro Service Station parking lot, this little car looks somewhat unremarkable. Despite that, this 1957 Rambler Super V-8 marks the beginning of a very successful venture for American […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/57-Rambler-Super.2.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1957 Rambler Super- The Rambler of Many Firsts")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Rambler Super- The Rambler of Many Firsts
Posted on October 15, 2024 | 66 Comments(first posted 1/22/2014) Sitting in a San Pedro Service Station parking lot, this little car looks somewhat unremarkable. Despite that, this 1957 Rambler Super V-8 marks the beginning of a very successful venture for American […] -
![(first posted 1/24/2014) Lots of companies can claim some small connection to the late American Motors Corporation, but there is really only one company whose identity is virtually inseparable from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1953NashStatesman01.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1953 Nash Statesman – AMC’s DNA")
Car Show Classic: 1953 Nash Statesman – AMC’s DNA
Posted on October 14, 2024 | 106 Comments(first posted 1/24/2014) Lots of companies can claim some small connection to the late American Motors Corporation, but there is really only one company whose identity is virtually inseparable from […]
