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Curbside Classics Archives
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![(first posted 4/10/2013) As well engineered as it was, there’s no doubt that the original 1960 Valiant was one of the weirdest-looking automotive confections ever offered to the public. So what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/8404018402_fc9e2369bf_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Lancer & 1962 Dodge Lancer GT – How Are We Gonna Make You A Little Less Weird?")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Lancer & 1962 Dodge Lancer GT – How Are We Gonna Make You A Little Less Weird?
Posted on September 30, 2022 | 74 Comments(first posted 4/10/2013) As well engineered as it was, there’s no doubt that the original 1960 Valiant was one of the weirdest-looking automotive confections ever offered to the public. So what […] -
![It took a bit over an hour of driving to reach the small hut in the countryside. I followed Dad and Mom as they entered the poor quarters, stepping through […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220603_162152056_HDR-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Mercedes Benz 220 SE Coupe (W111) – Old World Charm")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Mercedes Benz 220 SE Coupe (W111) – Old World Charm
Posted on September 30, 2022 | 17 CommentsIt took a bit over an hour of driving to reach the small hut in the countryside. I followed Dad and Mom as they entered the poor quarters, stepping through […] -
![(first posted 9/28/2016) The Chevrolet Citation didn’t just earn a GM Deadly Sin award here, it was deemed GM’s Deadliest Sin ever. In retrospect, Roger Smith himself probably deserves that. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CC-303-014-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 Chevrolet Citation X-11 – A Diamond In The Mud")
Curbside Classic: 1981 Chevrolet Citation X-11 – A Diamond In The Mud
Posted on September 28, 2022 | 141 Comments(first posted 9/28/2016) The Chevrolet Citation didn’t just earn a GM Deadly Sin award here, it was deemed GM’s Deadliest Sin ever. In retrospect, Roger Smith himself probably deserves that. […] -
![(first posted 6/23/2014) Car marques have had a rough decade or two. Since the time I graduated high school, we’ve lost Plymouth, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Saturn and of course, Pontiac. Pontiac?! […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aa-5-24-2014-029.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible – Dig That Aqua Paint!")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible – Dig That Aqua Paint!
Posted on September 25, 2022 | 126 Comments(first posted 6/23/2014) Car marques have had a rough decade or two. Since the time I graduated high school, we’ve lost Plymouth, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Saturn and of course, Pontiac. Pontiac?! […] -
![(first posted 9/17/2012) I am surprised that we’ve not yet had a CC on the mid-size, mid-70s Ford Gran Torino. Of course, most of us remember a certain Gran Torino […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/08-03-2012-002.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Gran Torino – Isolation Chamber")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Gran Torino – Isolation Chamber
Posted on September 22, 2022 | 95 Comments(first posted 9/17/2012) I am surprised that we’ve not yet had a CC on the mid-size, mid-70s Ford Gran Torino. Of course, most of us remember a certain Gran Torino […] -
![(First posted 1/25/2014, now with a number of revisions and additions to make it even…uncooler, if that’s possible) Life was simpler in the early-mid sixties. It was easy to know […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CC-217-099-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Marlin – The Rambler Classic Shows Up With An Expensive Bad Wig And Gets Laughed Off The Stage")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Marlin – The Rambler Classic Shows Up With An Expensive Bad Wig And Gets Laughed Off The Stage
Posted on September 21, 2022 | 120 Comments(First posted 1/25/2014, now with a number of revisions and additions to make it even…uncooler, if that’s possible) Life was simpler in the early-mid sixties. It was easy to know […] -
![I had the good fortune, along with my coworkers, to have been given the Friday before Labor Day off from work this year. This effectively made it a four-day weekend, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/018-1974-Cadillac-Sedan-DeVille-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – The Last Of The Summer Citrus")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – The Last Of The Summer Citrus
Posted on September 20, 2022 | 65 CommentsI had the good fortune, along with my coworkers, to have been given the Friday before Labor Day off from work this year. This effectively made it a four-day weekend, […] -
![(first posted 9/16/2016) Is there a car that you learned about way after you should have? Is there a car that you have never seen in real life even though […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1957StudebakerCommander07-crop2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Studebaker Commander – Eureka!")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Studebaker Commander – Eureka!
Posted on September 16, 2022 | 80 Comments(first posted 9/16/2016) Is there a car that you learned about way after you should have? Is there a car that you have never seen in real life even though […] -
![Here we go for another dive into the ocean of oddities that is GM’s Japanese market offerings. Today, we are faced with one of the few mid-‘80s Chevrolets that would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220828_153953-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1986(ish) Chevrolet Caprice Classic Wagon – Big In Japan")
CC Capsule: 1986(ish) Chevrolet Caprice Classic Wagon – Big In Japan
Posted on September 16, 2022 | 27 CommentsHere we go for another dive into the ocean of oddities that is GM’s Japanese market offerings. Today, we are faced with one of the few mid-‘80s Chevrolets that would […] -
![Spotting cars from the ’50s while driving around on everyday errands isn’t quite as common as it was in the 1970s and ’80s when I first started doing it. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220909_143140.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Spotted at Target–1954 Cadillac Sedan in Arlington Green")
Curbside Classic Spotted at Target–1954 Cadillac Sedan in Arlington Green
Posted on September 15, 2022 | 63 CommentsSpotting cars from the ’50s while driving around on everyday errands isn’t quite as common as it was in the 1970s and ’80s when I first started doing it. […] -
![(first posted 9/14/2016) It was a surreal glimpse into an event that would have been far less noteworthy forty years earlier, but this vision was as certain as the heat […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_4480.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Custom 300 – A Migration To Parts Unknown")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Custom 300 – A Migration To Parts Unknown
Posted on September 14, 2022 | 41 Comments(first posted 9/14/2016) It was a surreal glimpse into an event that would have been far less noteworthy forty years earlier, but this vision was as certain as the heat […] -
![“Heading for the nineties, living in the wild, wild west!” was the rallying cry in the chorus of Escape Club’s Billboard Hot 100 chart topper “Wild, Wild West” from late […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/035-1990-Chevrolet-Corvette-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet Corvette – Headed For The Nineties")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet Corvette – Headed For The Nineties
Posted on September 13, 2022 | 37 Comments“Heading for the nineties, living in the wild, wild west!” was the rallying cry in the chorus of Escape Club’s Billboard Hot 100 chart topper “Wild, Wild West” from late […] -
![(first posted 3/16/2012) When you look at this land yacht, do you see a Queen Mary or do you see the Titanic? I see a little bit of both […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/hbhgt.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965-66 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – The King’s Last Stand")
Curbside Classic: 1965-66 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – The King’s Last Stand
Posted on September 10, 2022 | 155 Comments(first posted 3/16/2012) When you look at this land yacht, do you see a Queen Mary or do you see the Titanic? I see a little bit of both […] -
![(first posted 8/12/2012) Once upon a time, if you wanted a big, sturdy four-door “wagon” (the term “SUV” hadn’t yet been invented), there was really only one choice: head to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/544r.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 International Travelall 4×4 – The Suburban Of Its Day")
Curbside Classic: 1965 International Travelall 4×4 – The Suburban Of Its Day
Posted on September 8, 2022 | 57 Comments(first posted 8/12/2012) Once upon a time, if you wanted a big, sturdy four-door “wagon” (the term “SUV” hadn’t yet been invented), there was really only one choice: head to […] -
![(first posted 1/28/2013) It’s rather remarkable that this car managed to appear when it did. In late 1978, when Chrysler Corporation was in the depths of its worst crisis to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/01-09-2013-006-e1357951803578.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Plymouth Horizon TC3 – Beyond The Blue Horizon")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Plymouth Horizon TC3 – Beyond The Blue Horizon
Posted on September 7, 2022 | 102 Comments(first posted 1/28/2013) It’s rather remarkable that this car managed to appear when it did. In late 1978, when Chrysler Corporation was in the depths of its worst crisis to […]
