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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![I first found this double-ended Coronet police car in Eugene in 2011. It sat here for sale for the following 14 years. I had planned to rerun its story again […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CC-133-020-800.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bi-Directional Dual 440-Powered 1973 Dodge Coronet Police Pursuit – The Legendary CoronoroC Is Saved")
Bi-Directional Dual 440-Powered 1973 Dodge Coronet Police Pursuit – The Legendary CoronoroC Is Saved
Posted on April 1, 2025 | 14 CommentsI first found this double-ended Coronet police car in Eugene in 2011. It sat here for sale for the following 14 years. I had planned to rerun its story again […] -
![For quite a few years, the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors had a job to do. Its job was to recall the Division’s great bygone days as the company’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1986Pontiac6000STE10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Pontiac 6000 STE – STE Means Short Term Excitement")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Pontiac 6000 STE – STE Means Short Term Excitement
Posted on March 31, 2025 | 23 CommentsFor quite a few years, the Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors had a job to do. Its job was to recall the Division’s great bygone days as the company’s […] -
![(first posted 7/8/2011) Here we have the Y chromosome-rich brother to the rather fem 1962 Styleside: a plain no-nonsense work/utility truck like the tens of millions that before and after […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-141-069-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truckstop Classic: 1961 Ford F-350 – The Y-Chromosome Butch Brother")
Truckstop Classic: 1961 Ford F-350 – The Y-Chromosome Butch Brother
Posted on March 30, 2025 | 43 Comments(first posted 7/8/2011) Here we have the Y chromosome-rich brother to the rather fem 1962 Styleside: a plain no-nonsense work/utility truck like the tens of millions that before and after […] -
![She sat staring at the lightly traveled highway, looking rather lonely on a warm, overcast summer day. It was an experience she had not endured previously, although she knew the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_0653.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Pontiac Grand Ville Convertible – The Lady in Waiting")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Pontiac Grand Ville Convertible – The Lady in Waiting
Posted on March 30, 2025 | 21 CommentsShe sat staring at the lightly traveled highway, looking rather lonely on a warm, overcast summer day. It was an experience she had not endured previously, although she knew the […] -
![Walking around certain blocks of the student neighborhood near the University of Oregon on a gray drizzly day can be as depressing as recalling much of GM’s decline and fall […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-62-014-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Chevrolet Malibu Coupe – Good News, Mostly")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Chevrolet Malibu Coupe – Good News, Mostly
Posted on March 29, 2025 | 24 CommentsWalking around certain blocks of the student neighborhood near the University of Oregon on a gray drizzly day can be as depressing as recalling much of GM’s decline and fall […] -
![Dress codes seem to be much more relaxed these days in many places where formal attire had once been the norm. When I began my career in the insurance industry […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1979-Lincoln-Continental-Town-Car-7-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car – Sunday Best")
In-Motion Classic: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Car – Sunday Best
Posted on March 28, 2025 | 14 CommentsDress codes seem to be much more relaxed these days in many places where formal attire had once been the norm. When I began my career in the insurance industry […] -
![(first posted 3/27/2019) Cascada is the name of two things created in Germany: a dance music group and an Opel (albeit one assembled in Poland). The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/holden-cascada-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future Classic: 2013-19 Buick/Holden/Opel/Vauxhall Cascada – Not Going Platinum")
Future Classic: 2013-19 Buick/Holden/Opel/Vauxhall Cascada – Not Going Platinum
Posted on March 26, 2025 | 45 Comments(first posted 3/27/2019) Cascada is the name of two things created in Germany: a dance music group and an Opel (albeit one assembled in Poland). The […] -
![In 1977, Chrysler found itself in a rather precarious situation. They were losing money at a rapid rate, their newest model the 1976 Volaré and Aspen, had serious quality issues […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/77newportcopper13-800x534-e1389568684123.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1977 Chrysler Newport – Suddenly I’ve Got A Hankering For Pumpkin Bread")
1977 Chrysler Newport – Suddenly I’ve Got A Hankering For Pumpkin Bread
Posted on March 25, 2025 | 31 CommentsIn 1977, Chrysler found itself in a rather precarious situation. They were losing money at a rapid rate, their newest model the 1976 Volaré and Aspen, had serious quality issues […] -
![GM’s 1973-77 intermediate cars, known as Colonnades, get much love from us at CC. While the collector market hasn’t warmed to most of these models, we here at CC recognize […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/00b0b_a82HZQlqnph_1200x900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Chevrolet Malibu Classic Six – Simply Good")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Chevrolet Malibu Classic Six – Simply Good
Posted on March 24, 2025 | 44 CommentsGM’s 1973-77 intermediate cars, known as Colonnades, get much love from us at CC. While the collector market hasn’t warmed to most of these models, we here at CC recognize […] -
![(first posted 9/15/2013) The original 1960 Corvair Monza coupe introduced and pioneered a European-inspired category to the US: the sporty compact coupe. The formula: a new roof line, maybe some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CC-130-146-925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford EXP – Ford’s Ugly Little Sin")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford EXP – Ford’s Ugly Little Sin
Posted on March 23, 2025 | 121 Comments(first posted 9/15/2013) The original 1960 Corvair Monza coupe introduced and pioneered a European-inspired category to the US: the sporty compact coupe. The formula: a new roof line, maybe some […] -
![To most observers, those who were there and those who were not, 1970 was the pinnacle of the muscle car era. In that one golden year, a consumer with a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/015a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Buick GS Sport Coupe – The Strong, Silent Type")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Buick GS Sport Coupe – The Strong, Silent Type
Posted on March 23, 2025 | 13 CommentsTo most observers, those who were there and those who were not, 1970 was the pinnacle of the muscle car era. In that one golden year, a consumer with a […] -
![I grew up in the Midwestern United States (Michigan, specifically), and I had been exposed to a somewhat limited range of culinary delights that much of the rest of America […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1967-Ford-Thunderbird-Landau-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Landau Sedan – Salsa Verde")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Landau Sedan – Salsa Verde
Posted on March 22, 2025 | 23 CommentsI grew up in the Midwestern United States (Michigan, specifically), and I had been exposed to a somewhat limited range of culinary delights that much of the rest of America […] -
![I’m in the middle of reading Thomas Bonsall’s excellent Cadillac: The American Standard. Published in 1993, it arrived at my local library by interlibrary loan from the Michigan Historical Library […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/001a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1941 Cadillac Series 67–General Motors Asserts Its Dominance in Yet Another Niche")
Car Show Classic: 1941 Cadillac Series 67–General Motors Asserts Its Dominance in Yet Another Niche
Posted on March 21, 2025 | 21 CommentsI’m in the middle of reading Thomas Bonsall’s excellent Cadillac: The American Standard. Published in 1993, it arrived at my local library by interlibrary loan from the Michigan Historical Library […] -
![Louis Gendron! That’s all I could think of when I spied this ’68 Ford Ranch Wagon at a four-way stop down the street. I’m uncertain whether I ever met the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_0680.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Ford Ranch Wagon – Did Anybody Care?")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Ford Ranch Wagon – Did Anybody Care?
Posted on March 21, 2025 | 18 CommentsLouis Gendron! That’s all I could think of when I spied this ’68 Ford Ranch Wagon at a four-way stop down the street. I’m uncertain whether I ever met the […] -
My 1988 Ford Ranger – The Wee Truck
Posted on March 20, 2025 | 58 Comments(first posted 7/18/2014) This is a story about a relationship that began and ended with shouting.
