Curbside Classic Archives
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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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Lodgeside Classic: Checker Aerobus – Twelve Passengers, Eight Doors, Four On The Floor
Posted on October 2, 2022 | 39 Comments(first posted 8/25/2012) It’s time to finally get around to the Checker Aerobus we found on our vacation to Glacier National Park last year, parked in front of the splendid […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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. […] -
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?! […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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, […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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. […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […]
![Lodgeside Classic: Checker Aerobus – Twelve Passengers, Eight Doors, Four On The Floor (first posted 8/25/2012) It’s time to finally get around to the Checker Aerobus we found on our vacation to Glacier National Park last year, parked in front of the splendid […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CC-147-229-1200.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Lancer & 1962 Dodge Lancer GT – How Are We Gonna Make You A Little Less Weird? (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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/8404018402_fc9e2369bf_c.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1962 Mercedes Benz 220 SE Coupe (W111) – Old World Charm 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220603_162152056_HDR-1.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1981 Chevrolet Citation X-11 – A Diamond In The Mud (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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CC-303-014-1200.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible – Dig That Aqua Paint! (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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aa-5-24-2014-029.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Gran Torino – Isolation Chamber (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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/08-03-2012-002.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Marlin – The Rambler Classic Shows Up With An Expensive Bad Wig And Gets Laughed Off The Stage (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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CC-217-099-1200.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1974 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – The Last Of The Summer Citrus 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/018-1974-Cadillac-Sedan-DeVille-for-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1957 Studebaker Commander – Eureka! (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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1957StudebakerCommander07-crop2.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1986(ish) Chevrolet Caprice Classic Wagon – Big In Japan 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220828_153953-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic Spotted at Target–1954 Cadillac Sedan in Arlington Green 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220909_143140.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Custom 300 – A Migration To Parts Unknown (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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_4480.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet Corvette – Headed For The Nineties “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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/035-1990-Chevrolet-Corvette-CC.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1965-66 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – The King’s Last Stand (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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/hbhgt.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1965 International Travelall 4×4 – The Suburban Of Its Day (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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/544r.jpg)


