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Curbside Classic: 1979 New Yorker – Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #3 – The Rolling Coffin
Posted on April 7, 2011 | 80 CommentsNo car better epitomizes the death of Old-Old Chrysler than this car. It even looks like a coffin. -
Curbside Classic Capsule: 1992 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser For Sale – How Much Will You Bid?
Posted on April 1, 2011 | 19 CommentsI just saw this down on Washington Street. Since it’s for sale and is such a highly desirable and rare item, and I need to run, I’m going to have […] -
Curbside Classic: Pontiac Transvertible – GM’s Long Lost Prototype Rediscovered
Posted on April 1, 2011 | 43 Comments(first posted April 1, 2011) GM’s infamous “Dustbuster” minivans were a notorious flop. In GM’s desperation to salvage the first generation Trans Sport, radical ideas were solicited from […] -
Come On Down To Paul’s Official CC Sales Lot – Today’s Special: 1974 Vega For $1495 (It Runs!)
Posted on March 25, 2011 | 41 CommentsHow do you think I really keep CC going? dePaul’s (as in de man) Official Curbside Classic Sales Lot, of course. Business is a bit slow, and the first of […] -
Curbside Classic: 1946 Packard Clipper Super – Farewell My Beastly Black Beauty
Posted on March 15, 2011 | 9 CommentsMy former employer has received a tip that the CC 1946 Packard Clipper Super is for sale. At the time I wrote that CC, my pained angle was colored (literally) […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus – Haven’t I Heard That Name Before?
Posted on March 15, 2011 | 42 CommentsThe earlier 1960 Plymouth XNR post brought two things to mind. One, the 1971 – 1972 B-Body coupes with the XNR-inspired wrap-around grille are getting very scarce indeed. What’s left […] -
Curbside Classic: 1965 Pontiac LeMans – The BMW 3 Series Of Its Day
Posted on February 18, 2011 | 26 Comments(first posted 2/19/2011) Take a good long look at this handsome car. This beauty was one of the best in that beautiful decade of the sixties. Are you seeing […] -
Curbside Classic: 1984 Chevrolet Camaro Z28-Rally Wheels Absolve Many Sins
Posted on February 14, 2011 | 11 CommentsOk, I don’t want to get too carried away with all this absolution of sins business. Yes, we laid pretty hard into the gen 3 Camaro the last time, honoring […] -
Curbside Classic: 1980 Datsun 210 Sunny – The Curbside Classic Manifesto
Posted on February 13, 2011 | 9 Comments(first posted 2/15/2011) With what words shall I express my overpowering feelings toward this tin can wrapped in vinyl wood appliqué? Jeremy Clarkson once called the Sunny “the worst car […] -
Curbside Classic: 1972 & 1967 Jeepster Commando – Jeep Gets Stuck
Posted on February 10, 2011 | 16 Comments(first posted 2/10/2011) The history of Jeep from WW2 until the eighties is a lot like the rough terrain it’s so famous for conquering. Before the SUV boom lifted all […]