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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![Text submitted by Lorena Juárez. It all began the day a message with a link appeared on my cell phone. “Blue 1959 Chevrolet for sale.” The ad’s link came […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/366021565_9832726690101690_1862982217618621515_n.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air – A Child’s Daydream Machine, Now Hidden Under Covers (And With A Curious Engine Swap)")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air – A Child’s Daydream Machine, Now Hidden Under Covers (And With A Curious Engine Swap)
Posted on August 23, 2024 | 16 CommentsText submitted by Lorena Juárez. It all began the day a message with a link appeared on my cell phone. “Blue 1959 Chevrolet for sale.” The ad’s link came […] -
![(first posted 8/23/2018) How many cars during the 1980s, regardless of origin, could be configured to present such different personalities as did the Monte Carlo and was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_3729.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe – For Eve, It Was Business In The Front, Party In The Back")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe – For Eve, It Was Business In The Front, Party In The Back
Posted on August 22, 2024 | 51 Comments(first posted 8/23/2018) How many cars during the 1980s, regardless of origin, could be configured to present such different personalities as did the Monte Carlo and was […] -
![Some things in life appeal to a person much more than what the rational parts of our brains would ever allow. Please see Exhibit 1, in green. Everything about this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/20240801_195809.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Monaco Custom – Bitten By Wanderlust")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Dodge Monaco Custom – Bitten By Wanderlust
Posted on August 22, 2024 | 42 CommentsSome things in life appeal to a person much more than what the rational parts of our brains would ever allow. Please see Exhibit 1, in green. Everything about this […] -
![(first posted 8/23/2018) I’ve always liked Ford’s original two seat Thunderbird. It was a cool car to see at car shows and imagine tooling around in with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20151208_092726.jpg "Garageside Classics: 1955, 1956, 1957 Ford Thunderbird – Maintaining and Driving Harold’s T-Birds")
Garageside Classics: 1955, 1956, 1957 Ford Thunderbird – Maintaining and Driving Harold’s T-Birds
Posted on August 21, 2024 | 44 Comments(first posted 8/23/2018) I’ve always liked Ford’s original two seat Thunderbird. It was a cool car to see at car shows and imagine tooling around in with […] -
![(first posted 8/21/2018) America’s love affair with pickups is hardly new. Sure, it took a while for them to become the perennial best sellers, but ever since the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CC-350-084.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Ranchero – America’s Lowest Price and Hippest Pickup")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Ranchero – America’s Lowest Price and Hippest Pickup
Posted on August 20, 2024 | 79 Comments(first posted 8/21/2018) America’s love affair with pickups is hardly new. Sure, it took a while for them to become the perennial best sellers, but ever since the […] -
![(first posted 8/17/2018) Rambler. Say the word, if only in your mind. Does a car jump to mind? For some folks it might be the older Nash-derived Rambler from […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1961RamblerClassic06Feature.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic – Classic Rambler")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic – Classic Rambler
Posted on August 17, 2024 | 77 Comments(first posted 8/17/2018) Rambler. Say the word, if only in your mind. Does a car jump to mind? For some folks it might be the older Nash-derived Rambler from […] -
![(first posted 8/16/2018) In two years of writing for CC, I haven’t had many chances to feature Detroit’s fine products all that much. There are not many left […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_20180731_101538.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 Plymouth Valiant Signet Convertible – Unicorn Needs Rescue")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Plymouth Valiant Signet Convertible – Unicorn Needs Rescue
Posted on August 16, 2024 | 34 Comments(first posted 8/16/2018) In two years of writing for CC, I haven’t had many chances to feature Detroit’s fine products all that much. There are not many left […] -
![There were many options to end this little two-week drop-top stint in style. Lots of worthy British roadsters, some tasty Italian spyders and other options aplenty, but none felt appropriate. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_20230212_125240_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible – Float like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Ray")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible – Float like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Ray
Posted on August 16, 2024 | 13 CommentsThere were many options to end this little two-week drop-top stint in style. Lots of worthy British roadsters, some tasty Italian spyders and other options aplenty, but none felt appropriate. […] -
![On September 11, 1978, Michigan Governor Bill Milliken slid behind the wheel of a Chrysler New Yorker that had just rolled off a Detroit production line. Surrounded by other dignitaries, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1980-Chrysler-New-Yorker-LF-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1980 Chrysler New Yorker – Chrysler’s Non-Starter")
Curbside Classic: 1980 Chrysler New Yorker – Chrysler’s Non-Starter
Posted on August 16, 2024 | 100 CommentsOn September 11, 1978, Michigan Governor Bill Milliken slid behind the wheel of a Chrysler New Yorker that had just rolled off a Detroit production line. Surrounded by other dignitaries, […] -
![(first posted 1/11/2013) Or deadly? One always has to question why Chrysler even bothered with DeSoto after a certain point. Five years after offering this befinned model, DeSoto would cease […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DSC_1159.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1956 DeSoto Firedome Sedan – DeLovely")
Curbside Classic: 1956 DeSoto Firedome Sedan – DeLovely
Posted on August 14, 2024 | 34 Comments(first posted 1/11/2013) Or deadly? One always has to question why Chrysler even bothered with DeSoto after a certain point. Five years after offering this befinned model, DeSoto would cease […] -
![(first posted 8/10/2018) We all experience a change in priorities as we go through life. Many of the things that we strive for in our 20s quickly fade […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_3883.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Evolving Priorities")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Evolving Priorities
Posted on August 10, 2024 | 58 Comments(first posted 8/10/2018) We all experience a change in priorities as we go through life. Many of the things that we strive for in our 20s quickly fade […] -
![(first posted 9/27/2012) Some cars never let you escape the gravitational pull they have on your life. It might surprise you that this big, black, buxom beauty and I go […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/7968550370_1ec81a3677_z.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1956 Buick Roadmaster Sedan – The Big Boola Boola")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Buick Roadmaster Sedan – The Big Boola Boola
Posted on August 7, 2024 | 46 Comments(first posted 9/27/2012) Some cars never let you escape the gravitational pull they have on your life. It might surprise you that this big, black, buxom beauty and I go […] -
![(first posted 8/6/2018) In the days when automobile brands offered just a few models each, it made sense for an automaker to have multiple brands positioned at different price […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/thumb_IMG_3491_1024.jpg "Future Curbside Classic: 2010 Mercury Milan – “I’m Not Stupid, I Speak Italian”")
Future Curbside Classic: 2010 Mercury Milan – “I’m Not Stupid, I Speak Italian”
Posted on August 6, 2024 | 54 Comments(first posted 8/6/2018) In the days when automobile brands offered just a few models each, it made sense for an automaker to have multiple brands positioned at different price […] -
![Who will take care of old vintage cars as time moves on? And who will value them? It’s a topic that appears on and off again in these pages. As […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG-20240726-WA0002.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1930 Ford Model A – True Classics And Their Unending Appeal")
Curbside Classic: 1930 Ford Model A – True Classics And Their Unending Appeal
Posted on August 2, 2024 | 13 CommentsWho will take care of old vintage cars as time moves on? And who will value them? It’s a topic that appears on and off again in these pages. As […] -
![I’m very hard pressed to come up with a better example of a car that best represents the 1980s. This one has it all: FWD, a four cylinder engine, tight, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_1232.jpeg "Curbside Classic: 1984 Chrysler Laser Turbo – The Most Eighties Car Of Them All?")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Chrysler Laser Turbo – The Most Eighties Car Of Them All?
Posted on August 1, 2024 | 21 CommentsI’m very hard pressed to come up with a better example of a car that best represents the 1980s. This one has it all: FWD, a four cylinder engine, tight, […]
