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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![(first posted 5/15/2013) Poor Saab. They had such a dedicated fan base for years, but lack of funds meant only two “real” Saabs were built over its existence: the 92/93/95/96 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aa-10-02-2012-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Saab 95 Wagon – Now That’s A Real Saab!")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Saab 95 Wagon – Now That’s A Real Saab!
Posted on August 24, 2023 | 47 Comments(first posted 5/15/2013) Poor Saab. They had such a dedicated fan base for years, but lack of funds meant only two “real” Saabs were built over its existence: the 92/93/95/96 […] -
![(I ran into this old friend at a local show recently and remembered featuring it here on September 13, 2011. It is still owned and loved by the same lady. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1967FordMustang05-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Mustang – Forty-Four Years of Wedded Bliss")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Mustang – Forty-Four Years of Wedded Bliss
Posted on August 23, 2023 | 49 Comments(I ran into this old friend at a local show recently and remembered featuring it here on September 13, 2011. It is still owned and loved by the same lady. […] -
![(first posted 10/17/2013) Some things in life just go together, like Abbott & Costello or George & Gracie. It seems so natural, just like sunshine and blue sky. Other things […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_0828.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Tatra T-613 – Elvis Drank Slivovice Instead of RC Cola with His Clam Chowder and Moon-Pie")
Curbside Classic: Tatra T-613 – Elvis Drank Slivovice Instead of RC Cola with His Clam Chowder and Moon-Pie
Posted on August 21, 2023 | 55 Comments(first posted 10/17/2013) Some things in life just go together, like Abbott & Costello or George & Gracie. It seems so natural, just like sunshine and blue sky. Other things […] -
![“We have no intention of copying our competitors, cookie-cutting their cars.” -Gerald C. Meyers, President, American Motors Corporation (first posted 8/21/2017) Jeep’s Scrambler was many things; cookie-cutter was not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/LF-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Jeep Scrambler (CJ-8) – A Pickup In Disguise")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Jeep Scrambler (CJ-8) – A Pickup In Disguise
Posted on August 21, 2023 | 37 Comments“We have no intention of copying our competitors, cookie-cutting their cars.” -Gerald C. Meyers, President, American Motors Corporation (first posted 8/21/2017) Jeep’s Scrambler was many things; cookie-cutter was not […] -
![(first posted 5/19/2013) Now before I go any further, I must confess something to you: I have a thing for minivans. For as long as I could say “Volkswagen Buggy” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1997plymouthvoyagerse.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1997 Plymouth Voyager Rallye – Split Personality Disorder")
Curbside Classic: 1997 Plymouth Voyager Rallye – Split Personality Disorder
Posted on August 19, 2023 | 76 Comments(first posted 5/19/2013) Now before I go any further, I must confess something to you: I have a thing for minivans. For as long as I could say “Volkswagen Buggy” […] -
![(First posted 10/17/2013. Pictures of this 603 are from Ebay) With a little imagination (not in short supply here), this could be the 1949 Cadillac or Oldsmobile. In the mid-late […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Tatra-603-front-by-sfm.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Tatra 603 – This Could Have Been The First New Post War Cadillac, Olds, Studebaker, Or?")
Curbside Classic: Tatra 603 – This Could Have Been The First New Post War Cadillac, Olds, Studebaker, Or?
Posted on August 18, 2023 | 84 Comments(First posted 10/17/2013. Pictures of this 603 are from Ebay) With a little imagination (not in short supply here), this could be the 1949 Cadillac or Oldsmobile. In the mid-late […] -
![(first posted 10/16/2013) The 1963 Chrysler has always been an odd vehicle, one that seems to have fallen from the sky bearing little stylistic relationship to its predecessors. It disappeared […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1963ChryNewYorker051.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Chrysler New Yorker – Virgil Exner Comes Full Circle (with some help?)")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Chrysler New Yorker – Virgil Exner Comes Full Circle (with some help?)
Posted on August 17, 2023 | 118 Comments(first posted 10/16/2013) The 1963 Chrysler has always been an odd vehicle, one that seems to have fallen from the sky bearing little stylistic relationship to its predecessors. It disappeared […] -
![(first posted 8/15/2017) Back in March, Paul posed a question to the CC community: which car would you most like to find in the wild? At the time, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC09959.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Peugeot 405 Mi16 – Orphaned at Birth")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Peugeot 405 Mi16 – Orphaned at Birth
Posted on August 15, 2023 | 59 Comments(first posted 8/15/2017) Back in March, Paul posed a question to the CC community: which car would you most like to find in the wild? At the time, […] -
![(first posted 10/28/2013) If I told you this was a mid-fifties Simca, or English Ford, or a Vauxhall, or Morris, or a Holden, or even a lost prototype of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CC-142-154-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1953 Willys Aero-Lark – The Failed Sneak Preview Of The Falcon, Lark And Other Compacts")
Curbside Classic: 1953 Willys Aero-Lark – The Failed Sneak Preview Of The Falcon, Lark And Other Compacts
Posted on August 14, 2023 | 108 Comments(first posted 10/28/2013) If I told you this was a mid-fifties Simca, or English Ford, or a Vauxhall, or Morris, or a Holden, or even a lost prototype of the […] -
![There are many American dishes that have gained international fame and demand. You know the ones; hamburgers, hot dogs, buffalo wings, pizzas -from NY to Chicago style- and even BBQ […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_20221212_125525267_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Repair Shop Classic: 1950 Plymouth – Hearty Meatloaf")
Repair Shop Classic: 1950 Plymouth – Hearty Meatloaf
Posted on August 14, 2023 | 15 CommentsThere are many American dishes that have gained international fame and demand. You know the ones; hamburgers, hot dogs, buffalo wings, pizzas -from NY to Chicago style- and even BBQ […] -
![(first posted 11/11/2013) By the late 1950s, Daimler was an storied and formerly prestigious brand looking for a new role and a niche. The days of the Royal household exclusively […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/SP250-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Daimler SP250 “Dart” – Fish Mouth")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Daimler SP250 “Dart” – Fish Mouth
Posted on August 12, 2023 | 75 Comments(first posted 11/11/2013) By the late 1950s, Daimler was an storied and formerly prestigious brand looking for a new role and a niche. The days of the Royal household exclusively […] -
![CC has covered many cars in depth, often with a keen eye for the unremarked details and with some thoughtful context, personal recollection and connection, always remembering that every car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/f5483036.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984-1987 Alfa Romeo Sprint 1.3 – “When I See An Alfa Romeo Go By, I Tip My Hat”")
Curbside Classic: 1984-1987 Alfa Romeo Sprint 1.3 – “When I See An Alfa Romeo Go By, I Tip My Hat”
Posted on August 11, 2023 | 21 CommentsCC has covered many cars in depth, often with a keen eye for the unremarked details and with some thoughtful context, personal recollection and connection, always remembering that every car […] -
![(first posted 8/9/2017) I often hear my twenty-something children and their friends talk about “adulting”. Adulting seems to be the practice of what we of an earlier generation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1979OldsCutlassSupreme04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – Adulting, 1970s Style")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – Adulting, 1970s Style
Posted on August 9, 2023 | 107 Comments(first posted 8/9/2017) I often hear my twenty-something children and their friends talk about “adulting”. Adulting seems to be the practice of what we of an earlier generation […] -
![(first posted 11/12/2013. Updated 8/6/2017) 1960-1961 were the two most significant single years in the history of the American Automobile industry. Never before and never again would the Big Three […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/CC-210-119-925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961-1967 Ford Econoline – The Leader Of The Pack")
Curbside Classic: 1961-1967 Ford Econoline – The Leader Of The Pack
Posted on August 6, 2023 | 87 Comments(first posted 11/12/2013. Updated 8/6/2017) 1960-1961 were the two most significant single years in the history of the American Automobile industry. Never before and never again would the Big Three […] -
![(first posted 5/20/2013) I have freely admitted to liking pretty much every Cadillac ever built. That said, there are some Caddys even I have a hard time loving. Case in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/01-06-2013-015-1024x682-e1366575316533.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Cadillac Eldorado – A Swing And A Miss")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Cadillac Eldorado – A Swing And A Miss
Posted on August 5, 2023 | 130 Comments(first posted 5/20/2013) I have freely admitted to liking pretty much every Cadillac ever built. That said, there are some Caddys even I have a hard time loving. Case in […]
