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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![(first posted 1/28/2013) It’s rather remarkable that this car managed to appear when it did. In late 1978, when Chrysler Corporation was in the depths of its worst crisis to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/01-09-2013-006-e1357951803578.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1979 Plymouth Horizon TC3 – Beyond The Blue Horizon")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Plymouth Horizon TC3 – Beyond The Blue Horizon
Posted on September 7, 2022 | 103 Comments(first posted 1/28/2013) It’s rather remarkable that this car managed to appear when it did. In late 1978, when Chrysler Corporation was in the depths of its worst crisis to […] -
![(first posted 9/7/2016) We’re a bit overdue for some Ranchero love. And to goose the hormones some, how about that one-year wonder, the 1966 version? Yes, 1966 was the last […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CC-300-004-1200.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1966 Ford Ranchero – Viva Tijuana!")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Ford Ranchero – Viva Tijuana!
Posted on September 7, 2022 | 36 Comments(first posted 9/7/2016) We’re a bit overdue for some Ranchero love. And to goose the hormones some, how about that one-year wonder, the 1966 version? Yes, 1966 was the last […] -
![An ’87 Lincoln Continental bustleback was a completely unexpected find, street-parked just one block away from the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University. This northern section of what’s commonly known […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/065-1987-Lincoln-Continental-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1987 Lincoln Continental – The Collegiate Continental")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Lincoln Continental – The Collegiate Continental
Posted on September 6, 2022 | 36 CommentsAn ’87 Lincoln Continental bustleback was a completely unexpected find, street-parked just one block away from the Lake Shore Campus of Loyola University. This northern section of what’s commonly known […] -
![(I’ve never seen one of these or knew of its existence. Another bold and creative motor home from an era when there were a number of them. This one is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220829_171251.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1991-1992 Coachman Clarion – Clarion Call")
Curbside Classic: 1991-1992 Coachman Clarion – Clarion Call
Posted on September 5, 2022 | 32 Comments(I’ve never seen one of these or knew of its existence. Another bold and creative motor home from an era when there were a number of them. This one is […] -
![(first posted 5/6/2013) This is it: The 1978 Caprice Classic. The remarkably right-for-the-times full-sizer that proved GM could still do a car right, when they weren’t preoccupied with badge engineering […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=800,height=577,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aa-5-31-2012-006.jpg "Curbside Classic – 1978 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – GM Knocks One Out Of The Park")
Curbside Classic – 1978 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – GM Knocks One Out Of The Park
Posted on September 4, 2022 | 99 Comments(first posted 5/6/2013) This is it: The 1978 Caprice Classic. The remarkably right-for-the-times full-sizer that proved GM could still do a car right, when they weren’t preoccupied with badge engineering […] -
![(first posted 9/3/2016) CC has become CS, for Camaro Six. The underdog has gotten lots of love here; but what about the opposite end of the spectrum? As in an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Camaro-1968-SS396-ffq.png "Curbside Classic: 1968 Camaro SS396 – The Last Original And Unmolested One Left?")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Camaro SS396 – The Last Original And Unmolested One Left?
Posted on September 3, 2022 | 41 Comments(first posted 9/3/2016) CC has become CS, for Camaro Six. The underdog has gotten lots of love here; but what about the opposite end of the spectrum? As in an […] -
![(first posted 11/23/2011; revised 9/1/2016) Get out the Kleenex, because the Leyland P76 is a woeful tale. Like any turkey (defined as a car that failed in the marketplace), its […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/leyland-p76.jpg "Australia’s Edsel: The 1973-1974 Leyland P76 – Leyland Lays An Egg Of A Different Sort")
Australia’s Edsel: The 1973-1974 Leyland P76 – Leyland Lays An Egg Of A Different Sort
Posted on September 1, 2022 | 164 Comments(first posted 11/23/2011; revised 9/1/2016) Get out the Kleenex, because the Leyland P76 is a woeful tale. Like any turkey (defined as a car that failed in the marketplace), its […] -
![(first posted 5/15/2012) If you grew up in the Seventies, you know this car. You know it very well. If any one car could best define that wild and crazy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4-10-2012-012.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1976 Chrysler Cordoba – Fine Corinthian Brougham")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Chrysler Cordoba – Fine Corinthian Brougham
Posted on August 31, 2022 | 139 Comments(first posted 5/15/2012) If you grew up in the Seventies, you know this car. You know it very well. If any one car could best define that wild and crazy […] -
Curbside Classic: 1960 Chrysler Saratoga Sedan – Forward Fini
Posted on August 29, 2022 | 72 Comments(first posted 4/13/2012) So, it’s actually 1960. Aren’t you happy with the portrait I painted? What do you mean no? No? What do you want then? -
![(first posted 2/2/2012) We build cars to sit in, not to pee over. Chrysler Persident K.T. Keller’s delicately-chosen words resulted in boxy tall-boy sedans out of sync with the market, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CC-159-030-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1955 Plymouth Belvedere Suburban – Suddenly It’s…1956")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Plymouth Belvedere Suburban – Suddenly It’s…1956
Posted on August 24, 2022 | 72 Comments(first posted 2/2/2012) We build cars to sit in, not to pee over. Chrysler Persident K.T. Keller’s delicately-chosen words resulted in boxy tall-boy sedans out of sync with the market, […] -
![(first posted 8/21/2016) Spring was in full swing when I came across this second-year Chevy Camaro convertible while taking a Saturday afternoon walk through the adjacent neighborhood community of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/079-1968-Chevrolet-Camaro-Convertible-CC-.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Six Convertible – Have It Your Way")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Six Convertible – Have It Your Way
Posted on August 22, 2022 | 54 Comments(first posted 8/21/2016) Spring was in full swing when I came across this second-year Chevy Camaro convertible while taking a Saturday afternoon walk through the adjacent neighborhood community of […] -
![(first posted 8/22/2016) If I could describe what I see in this picture in just a few words, it would be “generic-looking Eighties coupe”. And the sad truth is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_6739.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo – The Downward Spiral")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo – The Downward Spiral
Posted on August 22, 2022 | 94 Comments(first posted 8/22/2016) If I could describe what I see in this picture in just a few words, it would be “generic-looking Eighties coupe”. And the sad truth is […] -
![(first posted 4/27/2012) Grab the Kleenex; the Graham story is a real tearjerker. All too often, the good guys do lose; and timing is everything. The three Indiana-bred Graham brothers […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/CC-164-066-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1940 Graham Supercharged Sedan – Graham Jumps The Shark")
Curbside Classic: 1940 Graham Supercharged Sedan – Graham Jumps The Shark
Posted on August 20, 2022 | 89 Comments(first posted 4/27/2012) Grab the Kleenex; the Graham story is a real tearjerker. All too often, the good guys do lose; and timing is everything. The three Indiana-bred Graham brothers […] -
![(first posted 8/19/2016) A humble confession: This car has been pestering me continually throughout ten vain attempts at some degree of literary (in)justice over the last fifteen months. While […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_0916.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – Reading The Tea Leaves Near Stage Left")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – Reading The Tea Leaves Near Stage Left
Posted on August 19, 2022 | 69 Comments(first posted 8/19/2016) A humble confession: This car has been pestering me continually throughout ten vain attempts at some degree of literary (in)justice over the last fifteen months. While […] -
![As a devout lover of ‘30s vehicles, I don’t get many chances to unearth and write about my favourite era. But luckily, one such gem was to be found hidden […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_20220805_174915-copy.jpg "CC Capsule: 1935 Ford Model 50 Half-Ton Pickup – Going Stag?")
CC Capsule: 1935 Ford Model 50 Half-Ton Pickup – Going Stag?
Posted on August 19, 2022 | 16 CommentsAs a devout lover of ‘30s vehicles, I don’t get many chances to unearth and write about my favourite era. But luckily, one such gem was to be found hidden […]
