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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![Since we’ve been talking a lot about oddball Cougars and T-Birds lately—Fairmont Birds, Cougar station wagons, and all sorts of other automotive marketing craziness—I just have to share this four-door […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/passenger-side-e1349634849736.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Thunderbird Four Door Landau – Yes, I Said Four Doors")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Thunderbird Four Door Landau – Yes, I Said Four Doors
Posted on March 15, 2025 | 20 CommentsSince we’ve been talking a lot about oddball Cougars and T-Birds lately—Fairmont Birds, Cougar station wagons, and all sorts of other automotive marketing craziness—I just have to share this four-door […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CC-45-061-800.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Ranchero – The First American Ute")
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 […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/4-23-2012-015-e1335297029751.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Dodge Ramcharger LE – Dodge Charges Into The 4×4 SUV Market")
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 […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-cgh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 AMC Oleg Cassini Matador Brougham — A Costly Mistake")
Curbside Classic: 1974 AMC Oleg Cassini Matador Brougham — A Costly Mistake
Posted on March 13, 2025 | 31 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 […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1968-Plymouth-Fury-III-11-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Plymouth Fury III – Hip To Be Square")
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 […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20241114_101414_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Dodge Dart Custom Hardtop – Dog Dish Afternoon")
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 […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ygg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980 Dodge Aspen – Rock Bottom And Loving It")
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 […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fgb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – The First Curbside Classic")
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 […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/kkk.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Dodge Aries – The K-Car Saves Chrysler")
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 […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-3-door-2-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Chevrolet Suburban — The Only Three-Door Station Wagon")
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 […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CC-363-091.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: 1987 Cadillac Sedan de Ville – “Paul, I Finally Took Your Advice”")
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 […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/6060790881_46359fdfcb_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958 DeSoto Fireflite: The Forward Look Falls Flat On Its Face")
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 […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/a-sub.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1987 Chevrolet Suburban 4×4 – America Falls In Love With the Big SUV – Me Too?")
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 […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CC-241-076-1200.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Buick Estate Wagon – The Biggest And Longest American Station Wagon Ever")
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 […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_4240.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1982 DeLorean – Avoiding The Distractions")
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. […]
