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Curbside Classics Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1969-70 Holden Brougham – A Case Of GM Following The Market
Posted on October 21, 2024 | 46 Comments(first posted 10/20/2018) Recently I shared this Holden Brougham that was hooked to the front of a classic caravan at the Historic Winton race meeting, and I […] -
Curbside Classic: 1977 AMC Gremlin – Pay 8% More, Get 13% Less HP and 33% Fewer Cylinders
Posted on October 20, 2024 | 114 Comments(first posted 1/23/2014) The Gremlin always danced to a different tune. Its design (in the loosest sense of that word) was penned on an air-sickness bag. It was front heavy, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Matador X Coupe –
Great X-pectationsPosted on October 19, 2024 | 73 Comments(first posted 1/26/2014) “So,” said Estella, “I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make […] -
Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car?
Posted on October 18, 2024 | 86 Comments(Originally published 1/14/2014)This is it. The pinnacle of American Motors Corporation. Between 1958 and 1963, the Rambler automobile, in its frugal American, mid-price Classic and deluxe Ambassador lineup, hit a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1957 Rambler Super- The Rambler of Many Firsts
Posted on October 15, 2024 | 66 Comments(first posted 1/22/2014) Sitting in a San Pedro Service Station parking lot, this little car looks somewhat unremarkable. Despite that, this 1957 Rambler Super V-8 marks the beginning of a very successful venture for American […] -
Car Show Classic: 1953 Nash Statesman – AMC’s DNA
Posted on October 14, 2024 | 106 Comments(first posted 1/24/2014) Lots of companies can claim some small connection to the late American Motors Corporation, but there is really only one company whose identity is virtually inseparable from […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Chrysler Newport – Da Garage Is In Debasement
Posted on October 13, 2024 | 112 Comments(first posted 5/1/2013) Debasement. For most people, the word means “to cheapen or erode in character, quality or value.” However, if you’re an auto industry executive, “debasement” is that place […] -
Curbside Classic: 1976 Datsun (620) Double Cab Pickup – Corn Harvest Season
Posted on October 6, 2024 | 18 CommentsIt’s early October and over here, in Central America, rainy season is approaching its end. The time of the year when the last remaining corn crops are harvested and the […] -
Curbside Classics: Two Out Of Three Camargues
Posted on October 3, 2024 | 68 Comments(first posted 10/3/2018) My musical tastes match my taste in car shapes, insofar as sitting primarily between 1950 and 1980. But there’s an essential difference between these two […] -
Curbside Classic: 1963 Pontiac Catalina – The Sexiest Big Sedan Of Its Time
Posted on October 1, 2024 | 68 Comments(first posted 7/20/2013) The 1963 Pontiac was the very crest of the wave that swept the Excitement brand to glorious heights in the sixties. The upwelling first appeared out of […] -
Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Convertible – Practical Impracticality
Posted on September 29, 2024 | 118 Comments(first posted 4/11/2014) As one who barely remembers the 1970s, all accounts have it as a never-ending barrage of weird, bizarre, and tacky. It always sounds like the frat party […] -
The Ultimate Curbside Classic: 1946 Chevrolet Pickup – The Oldest Working Daily Driver Truck?
Posted on September 26, 2024 | 58 Comments(first posted 4/12/2014) The overarching purpose of CC is to document the older vehicles still on the streets. And when they’re in front-line duty, as daily drivers or work trucks, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1972 Cutlass Supreme 4-Door Hardtop – Squint And You Can You See The Seventies
Posted on September 25, 2024 | 73 Comments(first posted 9/26/2018) This past Saturday while running errands, I rounded a familiar corner in my suburban Chicago town and saw a decidedly unfamiliar sight. Peeking out […] -
Curbside Classic: 1975 Volvo 164 E – The Anglo-Scandinavian
Posted on September 23, 2024 | 76 Comments(first posted 4/10/2014) The Volvo 144 was a paragon of modern Scandinavian design: all business, understated, clean, functional. And suddenly out of nowhere appears the 164, wearing the frumpy old […]
![Curbside Classic: 1969-70 Holden Brougham – A Case Of GM Following The Market (first posted 10/20/2018) Recently I shared this Holden Brougham that was hooked to the front of a classic caravan at the Historic Winton race meeting, and I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Holden-Brougham-rear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1977 AMC Gremlin – Pay 8% More, Get 13% Less HP and 33% Fewer Cylinders (first posted 1/23/2014) The Gremlin always danced to a different tune. Its design (in the loosest sense of that word) was penned on an air-sickness bag. It was front heavy, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CC-79-030-950.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1974 Matador X Coupe – <br>Great X-pectations (first posted 1/26/2014) “So,” said Estella, “I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_5141.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car? (Originally published 1/14/2014)This is it. The pinnacle of American Motors Corporation. Between 1958 and 1963, the Rambler automobile, in its frugal American, mid-price Classic and deluxe Ambassador lineup, hit a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/aa-4-07-2013-005.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1957 Rambler Super- The Rambler of Many Firsts (first posted 1/22/2014) Sitting in a San Pedro Service Station parking lot, this little car looks somewhat unremarkable. Despite that, this 1957 Rambler Super V-8 marks the beginning of a very successful venture for American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/57-Rambler-Super.2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1953 Nash Statesman – AMC’s DNA (first posted 1/24/2014) Lots of companies can claim some small connection to the late American Motors Corporation, but there is really only one company whose identity is virtually inseparable from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1953NashStatesman01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Chrysler Newport – Da Garage Is In Debasement (first posted 5/1/2013) Debasement. For most people, the word means “to cheapen or erode in character, quality or value.” However, if you’re an auto industry executive, “debasement” is that place […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1941-chrysler-pace-car-fototime.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1972 Lincoln Continental – Making The Case For Peak 1970s Lincoln (first posted 10/11/2018) The title may be a little provocative – after all, “peak anything” is almost always more opinion than fact. Sometimes, however, a case […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1972LincolnContinental09Feature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1976 Datsun (620) Double Cab Pickup – Corn Harvest Season It’s early October and over here, in Central America, rainy season is approaching its end. The time of the year when the last remaining corn crops are harvested and the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/47953732671_ac9b76164c_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classics: Two Out Of Three Camargues (first posted 10/3/2018) My musical tastes match my taste in car shapes, insofar as sitting primarily between 1950 and 1980. But there’s an essential difference between these two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2white.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1963 Pontiac Catalina – The Sexiest Big Sedan Of Its Time (first posted 7/20/2013) The 1963 Pontiac was the very crest of the wave that swept the Excitement brand to glorious heights in the sixties. The upwelling first appeared out of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CC-46-022-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Convertible – Practical Impracticality (first posted 4/11/2014) As one who barely remembers the 1970s, all accounts have it as a never-ending barrage of weird, bizarre, and tacky. It always sounds like the frat party […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/IMG_0014.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![The Ultimate Curbside Classic: 1946 Chevrolet Pickup – The Oldest Working Daily Driver Truck? (first posted 4/12/2014) The overarching purpose of CC is to document the older vehicles still on the streets. And when they’re in front-line duty, as daily drivers or work trucks, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CC-224-017-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1972 Cutlass Supreme 4-Door Hardtop – Squint And You Can You See The Seventies (first posted 9/26/2018) This past Saturday while running errands, I rounded a familiar corner in my suburban Chicago town and saw a decidedly unfamiliar sight. Peeking out […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/CS1-IMG_2967.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1975 Volvo 164 E – The Anglo-Scandinavian (first posted 4/10/2014) The Volvo 144 was a paragon of modern Scandinavian design: all business, understated, clean, functional. And suddenly out of nowhere appears the 164, wearing the frumpy old […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-32-026-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


