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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![When I saw this Nova SS coupe swing into a gas station I was literally shocked to see it had its original wheel covers still on. Let’s face it; probably […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Chevy-2-side.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1963 Chevy II Nova SS Coupe – The Only One Left Wearing Its Original Wheel Covers?")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Chevy II Nova SS Coupe – The Only One Left Wearing Its Original Wheel Covers?
Posted on June 24, 2024 | 46 CommentsWhen I saw this Nova SS coupe swing into a gas station I was literally shocked to see it had its original wheel covers still on. Let’s face it; probably […] -
![What’s more appropriate than finding a classic B-Box Chevy at the hardware store? Finding one at a rock store? This Caprice is still in fine nick too; let’s take a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_0644.jpeg "Curbside Find: 1988 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – Hard-Wearing Classic Chevy")
Curbside Find: 1988 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – Hard-Wearing Classic Chevy
Posted on June 23, 2024 | 20 CommentsWhat’s more appropriate than finding a classic B-Box Chevy at the hardware store? Finding one at a rock store? This Caprice is still in fine nick too; let’s take a […] -
![(first posted 6/22/2018) What with the recent frenzy and all, feels like as good a time as ever for another installment of the Colonnades of Melbourne. This week’s episode […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/68gto.jpg "Curbside Classic: The Colonnades Of Melbourne Part 2 – 1975 Pontiac Grand Am.")
Curbside Classic: The Colonnades Of Melbourne Part 2 – 1975 Pontiac Grand Am.
Posted on June 22, 2024 | 55 Comments(first posted 6/22/2018) What with the recent frenzy and all, feels like as good a time as ever for another installment of the Colonnades of Melbourne. This week’s episode […] -
![shot and posted at the CC Cohort by Jerome Solberg HEMI. Chrysler trademarked that name for good reasons, as it’s the only engine name that has become a genuine legend, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53683890262_da32159762_h.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1951 Chrysler New Yorker – The Legendary Hemi V8 Is Born")
Curbside Classic: 1951 Chrysler New Yorker – The Legendary Hemi V8 Is Born
Posted on June 22, 2024 | 27 Commentsshot and posted at the CC Cohort by Jerome Solberg HEMI. Chrysler trademarked that name for good reasons, as it’s the only engine name that has become a genuine legend, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercury Marauder – Peppered with Plundering Promise
Posted on June 21, 2024 | 81 Comments(first posted 3/5/2013) Pete Estes was a very annoying man. Pete, a short, rotund individual my Grandpa Albert’s age, had skipped school the day basic etiquette was taught. -
![(first posted 6/20/2018) In the mid-1970s, about 60,000 US baby girls were named Jennifer each year – a staggering 4% of all girls. Parents flocked to the name […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/LF-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – The Jennifer Of Cars")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – The Jennifer Of Cars
Posted on June 20, 2024 | 95 Comments(first posted 6/20/2018) In the mid-1970s, about 60,000 US baby girls were named Jennifer each year – a staggering 4% of all girls. Parents flocked to the name […] -
![(first posted at ttac in 2010 and here on 2/10/2012) Powered By Ford. There’s something special about those words, something iconic, something that evokes nightmares of an uniquely American scope, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CC-35-107-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1976 Mustang II Cobra II – Ford’s Deadly Sin II")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Mustang II Cobra II – Ford’s Deadly Sin II
Posted on June 16, 2024 | 114 Comments(first posted at ttac in 2010 and here on 2/10/2012) Powered By Ford. There’s something special about those words, something iconic, something that evokes nightmares of an uniquely American scope, […] -
![The blessing of Google Translate notwithstanding, it’s always a bit of a crap-shoot to suss out hard info from Japanese websites. But usually, with a little perseverance, it’s possible to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_20240421_094151_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1985 Buick Electra Park Avenue – Soft Car Meets Tough Crowd")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Buick Electra Park Avenue – Soft Car Meets Tough Crowd
Posted on June 14, 2024 | 50 CommentsThe blessing of Google Translate notwithstanding, it’s always a bit of a crap-shoot to suss out hard info from Japanese websites. But usually, with a little perseverance, it’s possible to […] -
![(first posted 4/9/2013) The legend of how Carroll Shelby was inspired to create the Cobra–his idea was to stuff Ford’s new and very compact V8 into an elderly and underpowered little British […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/gfgfff.jpg "Curbside Classic: Sunbeam Tiger – The Other Cobra")
Curbside Classic: Sunbeam Tiger – The Other Cobra
Posted on June 13, 2024 | 68 Comments(first posted 4/9/2013) The legend of how Carroll Shelby was inspired to create the Cobra–his idea was to stuff Ford’s new and very compact V8 into an elderly and underpowered little British […] -
![(first posted 6/13/2018) Each of us who contributes to the curbside cornucopia here seems to have a specialty. For example, Jason Shafer finds lots of unusual prewar […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1969PontiacGTOSilver09.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Pontiac GTO Convertible – Hi-ho Silver!")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Pontiac GTO Convertible – Hi-ho Silver!
Posted on June 13, 2024 | 68 Comments(first posted 6/13/2018) Each of us who contributes to the curbside cornucopia here seems to have a specialty. For example, Jason Shafer finds lots of unusual prewar […] -
![(first posted 6/12/2018) It’s the big premiere. You’re on the red carpet, cameras are flashing, and the big question is who are you wearing? Versace? Gucci? Cartier? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/thumb_IMG_2622_1024.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1989 Lincoln Mark VII Bill Blass Edition – Who Are You Wearing?")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Lincoln Mark VII Bill Blass Edition – Who Are You Wearing?
Posted on June 12, 2024 | 69 Comments(first posted 6/12/2018) It’s the big premiere. You’re on the red carpet, cameras are flashing, and the big question is who are you wearing? Versace? Gucci? Cartier? […] -
![“Oooh, a Ford van, how exciting!” Said very, very few people, if anyone, ever. Well, it’s all about context, isn’t it? In its native land, this old Club Wagon would […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_20230425_145431_edited.jpg "CC Capsule: 1981 Ford Club Wagon XL – The Mystery Machine")
CC Capsule: 1981 Ford Club Wagon XL – The Mystery Machine
Posted on June 12, 2024 | 13 Comments“Oooh, a Ford van, how exciting!” Said very, very few people, if anyone, ever. Well, it’s all about context, isn’t it? In its native land, this old Club Wagon would […] -
![(first posted 4/23/2013) In the 1970s, when I was a lad, the Studebaker Lark was my hometown’s favorite beater. If some other car was your town’s cheap-transportation choice in those […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/60StudebakerLark1jg.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1960 Studebaker Lark – South Bend’s Beater King")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Studebaker Lark – South Bend’s Beater King
Posted on June 11, 2024 | 63 Comments(first posted 4/23/2013) In the 1970s, when I was a lad, the Studebaker Lark was my hometown’s favorite beater. If some other car was your town’s cheap-transportation choice in those […] -
![There are lookalikes, and there are lookalikes. How many Cadillac hearses – of various vintages – have been predictably turned into ECTO-1? What about the dozens of DeLoreans that got […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_20230709_114843_edited.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1990 Pontiac Trans Am “Knight Rider” Replica – Knowing When To KITT")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Pontiac Trans Am “Knight Rider” Replica – Knowing When To KITT
Posted on June 10, 2024 | 16 CommentsThere are lookalikes, and there are lookalikes. How many Cadillac hearses – of various vintages – have been predictably turned into ECTO-1? What about the dozens of DeLoreans that got […] -
![(first posted 6/8/2018) When someone says “Beep Beep”, the first thing that comes to mind can be generational. In my age group the Road Runner (cartoon or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1959RamblerAmerican01.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1959 Rambler American – Beep Beep")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Rambler American – Beep Beep
Posted on June 8, 2024 | 52 Comments(first posted 6/8/2018) When someone says “Beep Beep”, the first thing that comes to mind can be generational. In my age group the Road Runner (cartoon or […]
