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Curbside Classics – American Brands Archive
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![I had the opportunity to go home to Flint at the beginning of this month. It all started with a phone call from a close friend I’ve known since preschool […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/271-1984-Chevrolet-Monte-Carlo-SS-tribute-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Super Sport – Something For Everyone")
Curbside Musings: 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Super Sport – Something For Everyone
Posted on June 28, 2022 | 22 CommentsI had the opportunity to go home to Flint at the beginning of this month. It all started with a phone call from a close friend I’ve known since preschool […] -
![(first posted 6/27/2016) To varying degrees, all of us have likely contemplated having an older car as a daily driver. Whenever such discussions arise around here, there is always a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hhhhbh.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1950 Hudson Pacemaker – For Best Results, Use Daily")
Curbside Classic: 1950 Hudson Pacemaker – For Best Results, Use Daily
Posted on June 27, 2022 | 78 Comments(first posted 6/27/2016) To varying degrees, all of us have likely contemplated having an older car as a daily driver. Whenever such discussions arise around here, there is always a […] -
![(first posted 8/14/2013) The state fair is always a jubilant and optimistic peek into the future. Displaying the latest developments for home, garden, and farm, it offers an abundance of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1959-Dodge-Ad-09.jpg "State Fair Classic: 1959 Dodge Coronet – Yep, It’s the Real Thing")
State Fair Classic: 1959 Dodge Coronet – Yep, It’s the Real Thing
Posted on June 26, 2022 | 50 Comments(first posted 8/14/2013) The state fair is always a jubilant and optimistic peek into the future. Displaying the latest developments for home, garden, and farm, it offers an abundance of […] -
![(first posted 6/22/2016) Few things are as iconically American as a Firebird convertible. So when the drop-top version of Pontiac’s pony car was discontinued after 1969, an empty place was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/RF-5.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1991 Pontiac Firebird Convertible – Welcome Back, After A Long Time Gone")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Pontiac Firebird Convertible – Welcome Back, After A Long Time Gone
Posted on June 22, 2022 | 57 Comments(first posted 6/22/2016) Few things are as iconically American as a Firebird convertible. So when the drop-top version of Pontiac’s pony car was discontinued after 1969, an empty place was […] -
![(first posted 10/24/2012) What is it about some people? Some folks just get no respect. Comedian Rodney Dangerfield made a career out of that observation. It is the same with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1962Mercury01.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1962 Mercury Monterey Custom – No Respect")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Mercury Monterey Custom – No Respect
Posted on June 22, 2022 | 151 Comments(first posted 10/24/2012) What is it about some people? Some folks just get no respect. Comedian Rodney Dangerfield made a career out of that observation. It is the same with […] -
![Life is a delicious mixture of planning and doing. We all know people who specialize in one at the expense of the other, but a person has to be fluent […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_2740.jpeg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special Brougham – Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special Brougham – Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
Posted on June 22, 2022 | 43 CommentsLife is a delicious mixture of planning and doing. We all know people who specialize in one at the expense of the other, but a person has to be fluent […] -
![(first posted 6/21/2016) The decline and fall of Oldsmobile. It is a story that has been told so many times here before, so I won’t go into great detail of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_0829.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora 4.0 – Dawn Turns To Dusk")
Curbside Classic: 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora 4.0 – Dawn Turns To Dusk
Posted on June 21, 2022 | 109 Comments(first posted 6/21/2016) The decline and fall of Oldsmobile. It is a story that has been told so many times here before, so I won’t go into great detail of […] -
![in front of town founder Eugene Skinner’s cabin (first posted 8/19/2013. The Previa took its place some years back, but there’s still a few soldiering on) Stereotypes inevitably fail. Eugene […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/zxcv.jpg "A Gallery Of Curbside Toyota Vans: The (Former) Official Van Of Eugene")
A Gallery Of Curbside Toyota Vans: The (Former) Official Van Of Eugene
Posted on June 19, 2022 | 46 Commentsin front of town founder Eugene Skinner’s cabin (first posted 8/19/2013. The Previa took its place some years back, but there’s still a few soldiering on) Stereotypes inevitably fail. Eugene […] -
![I have wanted to write about a Continental Mark III since I began writing for CC over a decade ago. Not the gargantuan 1959 version, but the one from the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1970-Mark-III-Yellow.jpg "Curbside Classic / Cars of my Father: 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III – Lemon Yellow")
Curbside Classic / Cars of my Father: 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III – Lemon Yellow
Posted on June 19, 2022 | 27 CommentsI have wanted to write about a Continental Mark III since I began writing for CC over a decade ago. Not the gargantuan 1959 version, but the one from the […] -
![(first posted 10/29/2012) The Rambler brand had a compact lifespan: thirteen years exactly. The first modern Ramblers wore Nash and Hudson emblems before George Romney killed those storied but moribund […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/CC-178-011-1200.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1969 Rambler 440 Station Wagon – The Last Rambler")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Rambler 440 Station Wagon – The Last Rambler
Posted on June 17, 2022 | 88 Comments(first posted 10/29/2012) The Rambler brand had a compact lifespan: thirteen years exactly. The first modern Ramblers wore Nash and Hudson emblems before George Romney killed those storied but moribund […] -
![(first posted 10/23/2012) We’re rapidly approaching the end of Convertible Season here in the Bay Area. Just about a year ago, I profiled a Mercury Monterey Convertible and now, to commemorate the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/yyyygh.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1960 Buick LeSabre Convertible – I’d Really Rather Have This")
Car Show Classic: 1960 Buick LeSabre Convertible – I’d Really Rather Have This
Posted on June 16, 2022 | 78 Comments(first posted 10/23/2012) We’re rapidly approaching the end of Convertible Season here in the Bay Area. Just about a year ago, I profiled a Mercury Monterey Convertible and now, to commemorate the […] -
![(first posted 10/18/2012) There are times when cars beg to be Curbside Classics. And this afternoon we have a serendipitous 55-year flashback, to a time when Chevrolet was the favored […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ererer.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air Sport Sedan – Why Can’t I Rent THAT at Hertz?")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air Sport Sedan – Why Can’t I Rent THAT at Hertz?
Posted on June 15, 2022 | 69 Comments(first posted 10/18/2012) There are times when cars beg to be Curbside Classics. And this afternoon we have a serendipitous 55-year flashback, to a time when Chevrolet was the favored […] -
![(first posted 6/14/2016) Some time back, Paul Niedermeyer went on a two-door sedan jag here, bringing to us a renewed appreciation for that most lowly of body styles. I have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1956FordFairlaneFordorVictoria12-crop.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1956 Ford Fairlane Fordor Victoria – More Doors For Miss Vickie")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Ford Fairlane Fordor Victoria – More Doors For Miss Vickie
Posted on June 14, 2022 | 71 Comments(first posted 6/14/2016) Some time back, Paul Niedermeyer went on a two-door sedan jag here, bringing to us a renewed appreciation for that most lowly of body styles. I have […] -
![It had been a normal Tuesday at the office as I rode my northbound Red Line train back to my neighborhood from the Loop. The trains are rarely filled to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/016-1974-Buick-Century-Luxus-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 Buick Century Luxus Colonnade Coupe – It’s Impolite To Stare")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Buick Century Luxus Colonnade Coupe – It’s Impolite To Stare
Posted on June 14, 2022 | 54 CommentsIt had been a normal Tuesday at the office as I rode my northbound Red Line train back to my neighborhood from the Loop. The trains are rarely filled to […] -
![When a genuine Curbside Classic appears, I think it’s important to document it even if conditions are not ideal. You may never see it again, so this may be your […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/20220608_205415.jpg "CC At Night: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500–The Once Commonplace Becomes Exotic")
CC At Night: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500–The Once Commonplace Becomes Exotic
Posted on June 11, 2022 | 25 CommentsWhen a genuine Curbside Classic appears, I think it’s important to document it even if conditions are not ideal. You may never see it again, so this may be your […]
