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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![(first posted 8/17/2016) The reason that the childhood story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears resonates so deeply with many of us is that there are so […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1961FordFalcon14a.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Simply Original and Just Right")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Simply Original and Just Right
Posted on August 17, 2022 | 165 Comments(first posted 8/17/2016) The reason that the childhood story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears resonates so deeply with many of us is that there are so […] -
![(Mildly revised since first posted August 22, 2012) You previously met Albert and Iris in a story about their trip to Houston, Texas, in their 1970 Chevrolet Caprice (here). Let’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/P8120015.jpg "Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1978 Chevrolet Scottsdale – Iris and Albert Go Fishing")
Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1978 Chevrolet Scottsdale – Iris and Albert Go Fishing
Posted on August 16, 2022 | 82 Comments(Mildly revised since first posted August 22, 2012) You previously met Albert and Iris in a story about their trip to Houston, Texas, in their 1970 Chevrolet Caprice (here). Let’s […] -
![“Low miles, runs good.” These four words were in almost every car advertisement I had circled in the classifieds of the Flint Journal newspaper when I was a teenager. Don’t […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/286-1977-Chevrolet-Caprice-Classic-Landau-Coupe-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau – Memoirs Of A Former Paperboy")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau – Memoirs Of A Former Paperboy
Posted on August 16, 2022 | 38 Comments“Low miles, runs good.” These four words were in almost every car advertisement I had circled in the classifieds of the Flint Journal newspaper when I was a teenager. Don’t […] -
![(Refined and expanded since first published January 2, 2013) You must be looking at this picture and saying, “A ’92 F-150! What in the world is so special about this?” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/P8220014.jpg "Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1992 Ford F-150 – My Road Trip With Grandpa Albert")
Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1992 Ford F-150 – My Road Trip With Grandpa Albert
Posted on August 15, 2022 | 52 Comments(Refined and expanded since first published January 2, 2013) You must be looking at this picture and saying, “A ’92 F-150! What in the world is so special about this?” […] -
![(first posted 5/24/2012) The Chrysler New Yorker was a very long lived model for Chrysler. Between the late 1930s and the early 1980s, it was the biggest, fanciest model Chrysler […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2-10-2012-001-e1337551180204.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1992 Chrysler Fifth Avenue – The End Of Mopar’s Broughamance")
Curbside Classic: 1992 Chrysler Fifth Avenue – The End Of Mopar’s Broughamance
Posted on August 14, 2022 | 87 Comments(first posted 5/24/2012) The Chrysler New Yorker was a very long lived model for Chrysler. Between the late 1930s and the early 1980s, it was the biggest, fanciest model Chrysler […] -
![(First posted December 5, 2012) In 1953, my grandfather, Albert, was 29 years old; his younger brother, Clem, was 24. They were on a joint mission, which involved Clem’s 1950 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/P7090029.jpg "Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1950 Pontiac Chieftain Eight Deluxe Sedan – A Spark In The Night")
Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1950 Pontiac Chieftain Eight Deluxe Sedan – A Spark In The Night
Posted on August 13, 2022 | 48 Comments(First posted December 5, 2012) In 1953, my grandfather, Albert, was 29 years old; his younger brother, Clem, was 24. They were on a joint mission, which involved Clem’s 1950 […] -
![(Mildly revised since first published on July 11, 2012) John Johnson always fascinated me. Married to my grandmother Iris’s older sister, Margie, he worked in the oil business in Houston, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/P6220710.jpg "Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1976 Mercury Marquis – John and Margie Come Visting From Cut And Shoot")
Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1976 Mercury Marquis – John and Margie Come Visting From Cut And Shoot
Posted on August 12, 2022 | 81 Comments(Mildly revised since first published on July 11, 2012) John Johnson always fascinated me. Married to my grandmother Iris’s older sister, Margie, he worked in the oil business in Houston, […] -
![(first posted 6/7/2012) Ah, the early Sixties. In a way, it was like graduation. Suddenly, all of the carefree and foolish (though fun) things of the recent past […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/5-09-and-5-10-2012-016-e1338576437852.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1960 Chevrolet Impala – Gullwing, Take Two")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Chevrolet Impala – Gullwing, Take Two
Posted on August 12, 2022 | 103 Comments(first posted 6/7/2012) Ah, the early Sixties. In a way, it was like graduation. Suddenly, all of the carefree and foolish (though fun) things of the recent past […] -
![(first posted 5/30/2012) Front-wheel-drive may have been a bit of expensive over-kill for the personal-luxury coupe 1966 Toronado, but the Oldsmobile engineers who created the UPP (Unitized Power Package) unleashed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Tiara-grey.jpg "Curbside Classic: Tiara – The Ultra Hot-Rod Of Motorhomes")
Curbside Classic: Tiara – The Ultra Hot-Rod Of Motorhomes
Posted on August 10, 2022 | 23 Comments(first posted 5/30/2012) Front-wheel-drive may have been a bit of expensive over-kill for the personal-luxury coupe 1966 Toronado, but the Oldsmobile engineers who created the UPP (Unitized Power Package) unleashed […] -
![(first posted here on 5/30/2012) In 1959, David Peterson, a professional aircraft designer, had a dilemma: he owned a travel trailer and a boat, but couldn’t tow them both at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CC-119-041-800.jpg "Curbside Classic: Ultra Van – Cross An Airplane With A Corvair For The Most Radical RV Ever")
Curbside Classic: Ultra Van – Cross An Airplane With A Corvair For The Most Radical RV Ever
Posted on August 9, 2022 | 62 Comments(first posted here on 5/30/2012) In 1959, David Peterson, a professional aircraft designer, had a dilemma: he owned a travel trailer and a boat, but couldn’t tow them both at […] -
![(first posted at the other site in 2010, and here in 2012 and most recently on 8 August 2016. In many ways, this is the pretty much the Ultimate CC, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CC-71-027-800.jpg "The Ultimate Daily Driver Curbside Classic #2: 1965 Plymouth Valiant With Well Over 400k (500k?) Miles")
The Ultimate Daily Driver Curbside Classic #2: 1965 Plymouth Valiant With Well Over 400k (500k?) Miles
Posted on August 8, 2022 | 81 Comments(first posted at the other site in 2010, and here in 2012 and most recently on 8 August 2016. In many ways, this is the pretty much the Ultimate CC, […] -
![(first posted 11/23/2012) Today’s market offers no shortage of such “aspirational” cars as BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Lexus, among others. Each brand has a fairly broad fan base and products […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1962CadillacCoupedeVille12.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1962 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe – Coupe de la Creme")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe – Coupe de la Creme
Posted on August 6, 2022 | 99 Comments(first posted 11/23/2012) Today’s market offers no shortage of such “aspirational” cars as BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Lexus, among others. Each brand has a fairly broad fan base and products […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Ford F-350 Super Camper Special – Ford Goes Camping In A Superlative Way
Posted on August 4, 2022 | 127 Comments(first posted 4/10/2013) Notice anything different or unusual about this Ford pickup? -
![(1981 New Yorker photos from CC Cohort by William Rubano) (first posted 8/4/2016) As it’s been well-documented at Curbside Classic several times over the years, Chrysler’s R-bodies were by and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/27323894472_27e8db373a_k.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1981 Chrysler New Yorker – Failure Can Be Beautiful")
Curbside Classic: 1981 Chrysler New Yorker – Failure Can Be Beautiful
Posted on August 4, 2022 | 187 Comments(1981 New Yorker photos from CC Cohort by William Rubano) (first posted 8/4/2016) As it’s been well-documented at Curbside Classic several times over the years, Chrysler’s R-bodies were by and […] -
![(first posted 9/7/2013) My mother-in-law, Helen, passed away a few weeks ago. She was not what we would call a “car person”. Mrs. JPC had mentioned to her a time […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1988IsuzuIMark06.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988 Isuzu I-Mark: Just Another Household Appliance")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Isuzu I-Mark: Just Another Household Appliance
Posted on August 3, 2022 | 51 Comments(first posted 9/7/2013) My mother-in-law, Helen, passed away a few weeks ago. She was not what we would call a “car person”. Mrs. JPC had mentioned to her a time […]
