Curbside Classic Archives
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Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1971 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – Just the Right Amount of Patina – Or Maybe Not
Posted on June 12, 2023 | 42 Comments(first posted 6/12/2017) I was recently down in London, Ontario for business. I had some free time in the evenings, so I decided to check out a few […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Chevrolet Corvette – A Car And An Author Come To Terms
Posted on June 12, 2023 | 63 CommentsI am a contrarian. This is, of course, well known hereabouts. Many things that are popular bore me. I, instead, seek out things that are unusual. When I was in […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Dodge Charger Six – Rarer Than An (Original) Hemi Charger
Posted on June 8, 2023 | 204 Comments(first posted 11/8/2013) What are the odds of stumbling into an original 1968 Dodge Charger these days, never mind a red one? Take if from me: not good, as I’ve […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Ford Escort LX Wagon – A Ubiquitous Model’s Last Gasp
Posted on June 8, 2023 | 46 CommentsFor those of us who are fascinated by automotive minutiae, car models that were produced for a partial year hold special allure. Ford churned out several examples over the decades […] -
CC Global Outtake: IKA Torino in Buenos Aires
Posted on June 6, 2023 | 29 Comments(first posted 6/6/2017) The IKA/Renault Torino, produced first by Industrias Kaiser Argentina and then by Renault from 1966 to 1982, has become a minor legend in the North […] -
In-Motion Classic: 1996 Chevrolet Impala SS – Chicago On Wheels
Posted on June 6, 2023 | 46 CommentsIn a lengthening list of things I’ve never done until recently, I had gone to Chicago City Hall a few weeks ago to obtain some documents. That stunning structure faces […] -
Curbside Classic: 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V Convertible – A Long Way From Mount Rushmore
Posted on June 5, 2023 | 106 Comments(first posted 6/5/2017) Some cars just have a way of making a connection with a guy. There are cars that have become iconic in film. There are cars […] -
Curbside Classic: 1995 Chevrolet Lumina LS – I Fought The Taurus, And The Taurus Won
Posted on June 3, 2023 | 114 Comments(first posted 7/12/2012) General Motors, as has been documented time and time again, was slow to respond to foreign competition. For years they seemed to think that if they […] -
Curbside Classic: 1962 Ford Falcon Sports Futura – Ford Sees The Future; At Chevrolet
Posted on June 2, 2023 | 55 Comments(first posted 8/10/2012) From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, Ford showed a lot of new product moxie, upstaging GM with two iconic, trend-setting vehicles: the 1958 T-Bird, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1956 Dodge Custom Royal – Canadian, Eh?
Posted on May 30, 2023 | 40 Comments(first posted 5/30/2017) Many CC followers will be aware that in the 50s and 60s, Chrysler sold many cars in Canada as Dodges, when in fact they were […] -
Curbside Classic: 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged – Dangerous M.E.SS
Posted on May 30, 2023 | 57 Comments(first posted 5/30/23) They called it Cobalt because it’s dangerous. They didn’t intend it to mean the car was dangerous to drive, of course. More like lock-up-your-daughters dangerous. Don’t-bet- -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Chevrolet Caprice – Old Beater
Posted on May 27, 2023 | 19 CommentsThe ride had been going for a little while and we had already exhausted small pleasantries. It was now time to catch up on what each were actually doing with […] -
Curbside Classic Driving Impressions: 1967 Corvette L79 327/350 Convertible – A 50 Year-Old Dream Fulfilled
Posted on May 25, 2023 | 41 Commentshood not closed all the way from our ogling the engine (first posted 5/25/2017) What guy my age hasn’t wanted to take a 327/350 4-speed Corvette Sting Ray convertible […] -
Car Show Classic: 1963 Studebaker Lark Regal – A Left Brain Car For A Right Brain World
Posted on May 23, 2023 | 113 Comments(first posted 5/23/2017) We (OK, mostly I) here at CC have given a lot of love to Studebakers over the years. But looking over our archives, it seems that […] -
Curbside Classic: 1986 Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable – At This Moment, You Mean Everything
Posted on May 22, 2023 | 146 Comments(first posted 11/7/2012) The first-generation Taurus went on sale exactly three hundred and sixty-four days before I was born, so it’s not as though I can draw on my memory. […]
![Curbside Classic: 1971 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser – Just the Right Amount of Patina – Or Maybe Not (first posted 6/12/2017) I was recently down in London, Ontario for business. I had some free time in the evenings, so I decided to check out a few […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_20170606_200918.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1973 Chevrolet Corvette – A Car And An Author Come To Terms I am a contrarian. This is, of course, well known hereabouts. Many things that are popular bore me. I, instead, seek out things that are unusual. When I was in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1973-Chevrolet-Corvette-07.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Dodge Charger Six – Rarer Than An (Original) Hemi Charger (first posted 11/8/2013) What are the odds of stumbling into an original 1968 Dodge Charger these days, never mind a red one? Take if from me: not good, as I’ve […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CC-212-089-925.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Ford Escort LX Wagon – A Ubiquitous Model’s Last Gasp For those of us who are fascinated by automotive minutiae, car models that were produced for a partial year hold special allure. Ford churned out several examples over the decades […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1990-Ford-Escort-LX-Wagon-LR-1.jpg)
![CC Global Outtake: IKA Torino in Buenos Aires (first posted 6/6/2017) The IKA/Renault Torino, produced first by Industrias Kaiser Argentina and then by Renault from 1966 to 1982, has become a minor legend in the North […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1200-Front-corner.jpg)
![In-Motion Classic: 1996 Chevrolet Impala SS – Chicago On Wheels In a lengthening list of things I’ve never done until recently, I had gone to Chicago City Hall a few weeks ago to obtain some documents. That stunning structure faces […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/011-1996-Chevrolet-Impala-SS-for-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1960 Lincoln Continental Mark V Convertible – A Long Way From Mount Rushmore (first posted 6/5/2017) Some cars just have a way of making a connection with a guy. There are cars that have become iconic in film. There are cars […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1960LincolnMkV01a-2.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1995 Chevrolet Lumina LS – I Fought The Taurus, And The Taurus Won (first posted 7/12/2012) General Motors, as has been documented time and time again, was slow to respond to foreign competition. For years they seemed to think that if they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=529,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/5-28-2012-001-e1340471389594.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1962 Ford Falcon Sports Futura – Ford Sees The Future; At Chevrolet (first posted 8/10/2012) From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, Ford showed a lot of new product moxie, upstaging GM with two iconic, trend-setting vehicles: the 1958 T-Bird, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/a-fut.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1956 Dodge Custom Royal – Canadian, Eh? (first posted 5/30/2017) Many CC followers will be aware that in the 50s and 60s, Chrysler sold many cars in Canada as Dodges, when in fact they were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1956-dodge-custom-royal-IMG_0485.jpg)

![Curbside Classic: 1973 Chevrolet Caprice – Old Beater The ride had been going for a little while and we had already exhausted small pleasantries. It was now time to catch up on what each were actually doing with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_20230408_134017486.jpg)
![Curbside Classic Driving Impressions: 1967 Corvette L79 327/350 Convertible – A 50 Year-Old Dream Fulfilled hood not closed all the way from our ogling the engine (first posted 5/25/2017) What guy my age hasn’t wanted to take a 327/350 4-speed Corvette Sting Ray convertible […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Corvette-1967-engine-1.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1963 Studebaker Lark Regal – A Left Brain Car For A Right Brain World (first posted 5/23/2017) We (OK, mostly I) here at CC have given a lot of love to Studebakers over the years. But looking over our archives, it seems that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1963StudebakerLark07.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1986 Ford Taurus/Mercury Sable – At This Moment, You Mean Everything (first posted 11/7/2012) The first-generation Taurus went on sale exactly three hundred and sixty-four days before I was born, so it’s not as though I can draw on my memory. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ford-taurus-1986-2.jpg)


