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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![(first posted 11/27/2012) A gastroenterologist once told me that a person’s taste in food changes significantly about every seven years. While that assertion seems odd at first blush, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Plymouth-1972-scamp.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Plymouth Scamp – A Tasty Little Number")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Plymouth Scamp – A Tasty Little Number
Posted on December 5, 2021 | 122 Comments(first posted 11/27/2012) A gastroenterologist once told me that a person’s taste in food changes significantly about every seven years. While that assertion seems odd at first blush, I […] -
![(first posted 3/13/2013) It should not surprise you to know that I would never have stopped for a Grand Am of this vintage. And you would never have gotten a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fgnb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1995 Pontiac Grand Am – American Graffiti")
Curbside Classic: 1995 Pontiac Grand Am – American Graffiti
Posted on December 5, 2021 | 66 Comments(first posted 3/13/2013) It should not surprise you to know that I would never have stopped for a Grand Am of this vintage. And you would never have gotten a […] -
![(first posted 12/3/2015) I love to follow the old roads. In Indiana, they don’t get much older than the National Road, which Thomas Jefferson authorized in 1806 and was built […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bbbvj.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Bonneville – A Long, Flowing Old Car On A Long, Flowing Old Road")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Bonneville – A Long, Flowing Old Car On A Long, Flowing Old Road
Posted on December 3, 2021 | 91 Comments(first posted 12/3/2015) I love to follow the old roads. In Indiana, they don’t get much older than the National Road, which Thomas Jefferson authorized in 1806 and was built […] -
![Niedermeyer’s hate for 1971 big Fords is a tired old trope hereabouts. It started twelve years ago, when I excoriated one (tongue in cheek) back at the other site, also […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CC-401-008.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford LTD Coupe – Have My Feelings Changed After Twelve Years?")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford LTD Coupe – Have My Feelings Changed After Twelve Years?
Posted on December 2, 2021 | 48 CommentsNiedermeyer’s hate for 1971 big Fords is a tired old trope hereabouts. It started twelve years ago, when I excoriated one (tongue in cheek) back at the other site, also […] -
![(first posted 9/11/2012) True confession: I lied about the ZXGLQ-FU Australian Ford Fairlane I claimed to have found in Eugene. I was so desperate to impress you all with my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/xcute.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Australian Ford Falcon XC GT351 Ute Found In Oregon – This Time For Real (Or So I Thought)")
Curbside Classic: Australian Ford Falcon XC GT351 Ute Found In Oregon – This Time For Real (Or So I Thought)
Posted on December 1, 2021 | 91 Comments(first posted 9/11/2012) True confession: I lied about the ZXGLQ-FU Australian Ford Fairlane I claimed to have found in Eugene. I was so desperate to impress you all with my […] -
![(first posted 3/15/2013) I’m a bit prone to spending occasional nights on Craigslist, hoping to hit on the perfect feasible-classic-to-modest-budget ratio. Today, I’m telling the story of how I will […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ddcgf.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Dodge Custom 880 Sedan – The One That Got Away")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Dodge Custom 880 Sedan – The One That Got Away
Posted on November 29, 2021 | 122 Comments(first posted 3/15/2013) I’m a bit prone to spending occasional nights on Craigslist, hoping to hit on the perfect feasible-classic-to-modest-budget ratio. Today, I’m telling the story of how I will […] -
![(first posted 5/28/2012) My green Monte Carlo. After 13 years, it’s become my mascot. In 1999, it was advertised in a local paper here in the Los Angeles area. We […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/ggtr.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Curbside Classic: 1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Landau – Hope You Like Green")
My Curbside Classic: 1976 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Landau – Hope You Like Green
Posted on November 28, 2021 | 191 Comments(first posted 5/28/2012) My green Monte Carlo. After 13 years, it’s become my mascot. In 1999, it was advertised in a local paper here in the Los Angeles area. We […] -
![(first posted 11/23/2011) It started simply enough: Oh look – a great car to photograph for a CC. And then I saw the sign – Asking price of only […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1974PlymouthSatellite03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Plymouth Satellite Custom – Almost Our Thanksgiving Turkey")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Plymouth Satellite Custom – Almost Our Thanksgiving Turkey
Posted on November 27, 2021 | 83 Comments(first posted 11/23/2011) It started simply enough: Oh look – a great car to photograph for a CC. And then I saw the sign – Asking price of only […] -
![(first posted 11/27/2015) It is hard to believe that we here at CC have never gotten around to discussing one of the most polarizing cars of the entire 1950s. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bbui.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958 Buick Special – Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing To Excess")
Curbside Classic: 1958 Buick Special – Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Doing To Excess
Posted on November 27, 2021 | 112 Comments(first posted 11/27/2015) It is hard to believe that we here at CC have never gotten around to discussing one of the most polarizing cars of the entire 1950s. But […] -
![Almost twelve years ago, I wrote up a black New Yorker Turbo just like this, back at the old site. I brought it over here in 2012, but for some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG_7907-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Chrysler New Yorker Turbo – Have My Feelings Changed In Twelve Years?")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Chrysler New Yorker Turbo – Have My Feelings Changed In Twelve Years?
Posted on November 27, 2021 | 39 CommentsAlmost twelve years ago, I wrote up a black New Yorker Turbo just like this, back at the old site. I brought it over here in 2012, but for some […] -
![(first posted 11/15/2015) 1966 sales literature proudly proclaimed the Mercury Colony Park as “The finest this side of the Lincoln Continental”, and 1968 even claimed “If Lincoln Continental made a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_0279.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1966 Mercury Colony Park – The Finest This Side Of The Lincoln Continental?")
Car Show Classic: 1966 Mercury Colony Park – The Finest This Side Of The Lincoln Continental?
Posted on November 26, 2021 | 80 Comments(first posted 11/15/2015) 1966 sales literature proudly proclaimed the Mercury Colony Park as “The finest this side of the Lincoln Continental”, and 1968 even claimed “If Lincoln Continental made a […] -
![(first posted 11/26/2015) As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving today, we’ll be grateful for family, friends and abundant food. In addition, the car nuts among us can give thanks for the bounty […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/eee.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1958 Edsel – Let’s Give Thanks For This Turkey")
Vintage Review: 1958 Edsel – Let’s Give Thanks For This Turkey
Posted on November 25, 2021 | 69 Comments(first posted 11/26/2015) As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving today, we’ll be grateful for family, friends and abundant food. In addition, the car nuts among us can give thanks for the bounty […] -
![(first posted 4/9/2011) Chrysler Week has barreled by as fast as a hemi Ramcharger; so many cars still left for another day. But let’s wrap it up with what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-107-028-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Dodge Dart GT – The Elemental MoPar")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Dodge Dart GT – The Elemental MoPar
Posted on November 24, 2021 | 38 Comments(first posted 4/9/2011) Chrysler Week has barreled by as fast as a hemi Ramcharger; so many cars still left for another day. But let’s wrap it up with what […] -
![Four years ago, I had taken a tour of the S. C. Johnson Wax Headquarters complex in Racine, Wisconsin. Designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1936, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IMG_8174-1976-Chevrolet-El-Camino-Classic-Wingspread-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Chevrolet El Camino Classic – Frank Lloyd Wrong")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Chevrolet El Camino Classic – Frank Lloyd Wrong
Posted on November 23, 2021 | 62 CommentsFour years ago, I had taken a tour of the S. C. Johnson Wax Headquarters complex in Racine, Wisconsin. Designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1936, […] -
![(first posted 12/13/2011) What were the sabre tooth cat or dinosaurs really like? We’ll never know what it was like to actually encounter one in the wild. We can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CC-123-155-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Buick Wildcat – Sabre Tooth Cat Or Dodo Bird?")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Buick Wildcat – Sabre Tooth Cat Or Dodo Bird?
Posted on November 20, 2021 | 75 Comments(first posted 12/13/2011) What were the sabre tooth cat or dinosaurs really like? We’ll never know what it was like to actually encounter one in the wild. We can […]
