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Curbside Classic: 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse – A Victim Of Its Target Demographic
Posted on January 30, 2023 | 75 Comments(first posted 4/19/2013) You try finding an intact gen-one Eclipse; it took me months, and this one isn’t even one of the hidden-headlight early ones (1990-1991). Forget about finding a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 Town Victoria – A Favorite Of Mine; My Grandfather Too
Posted on January 29, 2023 | 59 Comments(first posted 4/22/2013) Ford got off to a bit of a rocky start at the dawn of the Sixties. While the understated 1959 Galaxie was a big success against the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1986 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Brougham – Niedermeyer Finally Finds Broughmance
Posted on January 28, 2023 | 98 Comments(first posted 4/24/2013) It’s come to my attention that some of you might have formed the impression that I’m not a big lover of Broughams. Some have even suggested that […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 AMC Hornet – Today Is The First Day of the Rest Of Your Life
Posted on January 26, 2023 | 121 Comments(first posted 4/30/2013) The 1970s was the decade of pop psychology. How could anyone alive during that time forget the phenomena of I’m OK, You’re OK and Jonathan Livingston Seagull? […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Buick LeSabre Sedan – Aqua Time Machine
Posted on January 23, 2023 | 92 Comments(first posted 4/29/2013) I for one am glad to see Buick return back to what it did best–stylish transportation for folks who wanted a premium car but not the flash […] -
Curbside Classic: 1980 Ford Fairmont Futura – Back to the Futura
Posted on January 21, 2023 | 131 Comments(first posted 8/8/2012) Sometimes history really does repeat itself. Consider the Fairmont Futura: Both the car (in concept) and the name had been in showrooms before. Both times, it had […] -
CC Photography: Curbside Classics of 1991 – Freezing Time in a Rectangle
Posted on January 20, 2023 | 63 CommentsIn the late 1980s/early 1990s, I started noticing that my beloved cars of the ’50s were becoming evermore rare. So I began a project of photographing surviving examples that […] -
Curbside Classic: Ford Classic 350 – Centurion Vehicles Creates A Frankenstein Suburban Fighter
Posted on January 18, 2023 | 83 CommentsWhat happens to a dream deferred? (first posted 1/3/2013) That question, asked by the great poet Langston Hughes, was meant to reflect on the experiences of African Americans in early […] -
Curbside Classic: 1975 Triumph Stag: A Handsome Failure
Posted on January 17, 2023 | 61 Comments(first posted 8/11/2012) Remember the Triumph Stag? You could be forgiven if you don’t, since a perfect storm of limited production, the propensity to rust in North American climes and […] -
Curbside Classics: A Walk In The Old ‘Hood
Posted on January 17, 2023 | 8 CommentsIt was a slow Sunday afternoon with little to do; a good chance to visit an old ‘hood of my youth and reminisce. A suburban zone built in the ’50s […] -
Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford Fairlane – Upstaged By The Rest Of The Cast
Posted on January 13, 2023 | 103 Comments(first posted 1/13/2017) Few people, if any, have a life goal of being upstaged. While the term is most associated with the mechanics of theatre, it is an exhibition of […] -
Curbside Classic: 1963 Pontiac Tempest LeMans – Pontiac Tries To Build A BMW Before BMW Built Theirs, And Almost Succeeds
Posted on January 9, 2023 | 114 Comments(first posted at CC on 11/30/2012) In the thirties and forties, GM pioneered and brought to market some of the most innovative, successful and lasting new technologies: Diesel-electric locomotives; the […] -
Curbside Classics: 1958, 1959, & 1960 Lincolns Photographed Curbside (in Kodachrome!)
Posted on January 9, 2023 | 47 CommentsIt recently came to my attention that among the “loved-or-hated” 1958-60 generation of Lincoln motorcars, there are only curbside examples profiled on CC of the 1958 and 1960 models . […] -
Curbside Classic: ’74-’77 Datsun 100a (Cherry E10) – Cherry Picking
Posted on January 5, 2023 | 13 CommentsI’ll come out in the open, this was no casual CC find. Chances played no part in this ‘find,’ instead this ’77 Cherry was hunted and pursued by yours truly. […]