Curbside Classic Archives
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American Brands: GM 
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American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1978-81 Pontiac LeMans – Green With Envy
Posted on January 21, 2024 | 86 Comments(first posted 1/22/2018) While Pontiac was selling Grand Prix coupes hand over fist in the 1970s, the related LeMans struggled mightily. For the 1978 redesign of the A-Body platform, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 6.6 – Prolonging The Magic
Posted on January 19, 2024 | 21 CommentsSo I was visiting a friend of mine in one of San Salvador’s residential areas, a peculiar vicinity from the 1960s, built for the military when they were considered a […] -
Curbside Classic Double Feature: 1941 Buick Super and 1948 Buick Roadmaster – The Look Of Success
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 61 Comments(first posted 1/18/2018) Although it has had a tough time of late, no American mid-priced brand has had the long term success of Buick. That the 1950s was Buick’s […] -
Car Show Capsule: 1959 Chrysler Windsor Coupe – Suddenly, It’s Still 1957!
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 22 CommentsCan you believe we’ve had posts on the 1959 Imperial, Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, the exclusive 300E and even the fascinating Ozzie market Royal (with cheese), but the standard 1959 Chrysler […] -
Curbside Classic: 1997 Lincoln Town Car Signature Series – Signing A Vow Of Loyalty
Posted on January 16, 2024 | 101 Comments(first posted 1/17/2018) I’m well aware that I may be opening up the floodgate here by bestowing this title, but if I were to name a car […] -
CC Capsule: 1975 (or 1976) Dodge Coronet – Missed Opportunities
Posted on January 15, 2024 | 62 CommentsPosted to the Cohort by John Lloyd (first posted 1/16/2018) Everyone has their favorite places; Kansas City falls into that boat for me. Despite the crummy weather it […] -
Curbside Classic: Chevrolet Vega – Winner Of 1971 Small Car Comparison And GM’s Deadly Sin No.2
Posted on January 14, 2024 | 138 Comments(first posted 3/3/2011) Curbside Classic takes you back to 1971 for a virtual comparison test of six small cars, based (and partly borrowed) from a C/D test. There it […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Pinto – 1971 Small Car Comparison No. 4
Posted on January 10, 2024 | 54 CommentsCurbside Classics takes you back to 1971 for a virtual comparison test of six small cars, based (and partly borrowed) from a C/D test. First posted here in 2011. Few […] -
Curbside Classic: AMC Gremlin – 1971 Small Car Comparison Number 6
Posted on January 8, 2024 | 78 Comments(first posted at TTAC in 2009 and on 2/21/2011 here) Was a car ever born with the odds so stacked against it? Its name is defined as “a small […] -
Curbside Classic: 1998 Mercury Mystique LS – Case of Mystique-en Identity
Posted on January 5, 2024 | 81 Comments(first posted 1/5/2018) Developing a new vehicle completely from the ground up is no easy undertaking for any automaker, even if it is one of the world’s largest […] -
Curbside Classic: 1982 Dodge Ram 150 – Eat Rice; Potatoes Make Your Butt BIG
Posted on January 5, 2024 | 24 CommentsMy wife and I aren’t big practitioners of tradition. Tradition is fine and all, but being chained or obligated to them limits our ability for enjoying new, or different, experiences. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1947 Nash Super 600 – A Unibody Pioneer
Posted on January 3, 2024 | 44 Comments(first posted 12/26/2017) It is quite unexpected to see an unmolested and stock car from the 1940s parked out by the curb. A more common but still […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Studebaker Lark VI – The Family Stud For 37 Years
Posted on January 3, 2024 | 24 Comments(first posted 1/3/2018) I’ve brought over most of my CCs from the old site, but for some reason, I held off on the one on this […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 to 1981 Pontiac Trans Am – Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em
Posted on January 2, 2024 | 69 Comments(Posted to the CC Cohort by William Rubano) (first posted 1/1/2018) Seeing this Trans Am at the CC Cohort prompted genuine excitement followed by a pretty sobering realization […]
![Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac GTO – The Perfect Childhood? (first posted 1/25/2018) I did not have a perfect childhood. Does anyone? But a few months ago I stumbled across this pretty yellow GTO and memories of my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1966PontiacGTO02.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1978-81 Pontiac LeMans – Green With Envy (first posted 1/22/2018) While Pontiac was selling Grand Prix coupes hand over fist in the 1970s, the related LeMans struggled mightily. For the 1978 redesign of the A-Body platform, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1979-pontiac-grand-lemans-coupe-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 6.6 – Prolonging The Magic So I was visiting a friend of mine in one of San Salvador’s residential areas, a peculiar vicinity from the 1960s, built for the military when they were considered a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_20240114_161625068.jpg)
![Curbside Classic Double Feature: 1941 Buick Super and 1948 Buick Roadmaster – The Look Of Success (first posted 1/18/2018) Although it has had a tough time of late, no American mid-priced brand has had the long term success of Buick. That the 1950s was Buick’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/19411947Buicks02-2.jpg)
![Car Show Capsule: 1959 Chrysler Windsor Coupe – Suddenly, It’s Still 1957! Can you believe we’ve had posts on the 1959 Imperial, Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, the exclusive 300E and even the fascinating Ozzie market Royal (with cheese), but the standard 1959 Chrysler […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_20230730_202117_edited.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1975 (or 1976) Dodge Coronet – Missed Opportunities Posted to the Cohort by John Lloyd (first posted 1/16/2018) Everyone has their favorite places; Kansas City falls into that boat for me. Despite the crummy weather it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/76-coronet-by-john-lloyd.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: Chevrolet Vega – Winner Of 1971 Small Car Comparison And GM’s Deadly Sin No.2 (first posted 3/3/2011) Curbside Classic takes you back to 1971 for a virtual comparison test of six small cars, based (and partly borrowed) from a C/D test. There it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-19-076-1200.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Pinto – 1971 Small Car Comparison No. 4 Curbside Classics takes you back to 1971 for a virtual comparison test of six small cars, based (and partly borrowed) from a C/D test. First posted here in 2011. Few […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-16-033-800.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: AMC Gremlin – 1971 Small Car Comparison Number 6 (first posted at TTAC in 2009 and on 2/21/2011 here) Was a car ever born with the odds so stacked against it? Its name is defined as “a small […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-27-168-1200.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1998 Mercury Mystique LS – Case of Mystique-en Identity (first posted 1/5/2018) Developing a new vehicle completely from the ground up is no easy undertaking for any automaker, even if it is one of the world’s largest […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1998-Mystique-f.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1982 Dodge Ram 150 – Eat Rice; Potatoes Make Your Butt BIG My wife and I aren’t big practitioners of tradition. Tradition is fine and all, but being chained or obligated to them limits our ability for enjoying new, or different, experiences. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_3553.jpeg)
![Curbside Classic: 1947 Nash Super 600 – A Unibody Pioneer (first posted 12/26/2017) It is quite unexpected to see an unmolested and stock car from the 1940s parked out by the curb. A more common but still […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1947-Nash-Super-600-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1961 Studebaker Lark VI – The Family Stud For 37 Years (first posted 1/3/2018) I’ve brought over most of my CCs from the old site, but for some reason, I held off on the one on this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/CC-13-076.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1979 to 1981 Pontiac Trans Am – Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em (Posted to the CC Cohort by William Rubano) (first posted 1/1/2018) Seeing this Trans Am at the CC Cohort prompted genuine excitement followed by a pretty sobering realization […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/transam-1.jpg)


