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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![(first posted 3/29/2013) A rear-wheel drive station wagon featuring Italian styling touches and proven mechanicals shared with a contemporary sports car? Sounds fantastic, doesn’t it? Well, that’s what we have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Standard-Vanguard-Vignale-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Storage Yard Classic: Standard Vanguard Vignale – The Rarest CC Find Yet?")
Storage Yard Classic: Standard Vanguard Vignale – The Rarest CC Find Yet?
Posted on April 23, 2025 | 46 Comments(first posted 3/29/2013) A rear-wheel drive station wagon featuring Italian styling touches and proven mechanicals shared with a contemporary sports car? Sounds fantastic, doesn’t it? Well, that’s what we have […] -
![(first posted 8/20/2013) The good old Toyota golden years, when the Corolla could still got one’s blood moving instead of inducing narcolepsy. If it wasn’t the legendary AE-86, or the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CC-87-038-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Toyota Corolla FX16 – When Corollas Still Induced Lust, Not Sleep")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Toyota Corolla FX16 – When Corollas Still Induced Lust, Not Sleep
Posted on April 18, 2025 | 101 Comments(first posted 8/20/2013) The good old Toyota golden years, when the Corolla could still got one’s blood moving instead of inducing narcolepsy. If it wasn’t the legendary AE-86, or the […] -
![So probably the first thing to get out of the way is just what exactly a Plodge is. It is, like the name suggests, the combination of a Plymouth and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "Curbside Classic: 1949 Dodge Special De Luxe – What the Plodge?!")
Curbside Classic: 1949 Dodge Special De Luxe – What the Plodge?!
Posted on April 17, 2025 | 23 CommentsSo probably the first thing to get out of the way is just what exactly a Plodge is. It is, like the name suggests, the combination of a Plymouth and […] -
![(first posted 8/24/2013) The gen2 and gen3 Camrys are from the heart Toyota’s “fat” years, when seemingly no expense was spared to make them tower over the competition in terms […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/CC-91-001-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Review: 1990 Toyota Camry LE V6 – Dripping With Fat")
Curbside Classic Review: 1990 Toyota Camry LE V6 – Dripping With Fat
Posted on April 16, 2025 | 93 Comments(first posted 8/24/2013) The gen2 and gen3 Camrys are from the heart Toyota’s “fat” years, when seemingly no expense was spared to make them tower over the competition in terms […] -
![(first posted 8/17/2013) Following a decent 14,634 unit run of the Austin-Healey 100 from 1953–56, Leonard Lord, the Managing Director of Austin, asked Donald Healey to design an affordable, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sprite_front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958-61 Austin-Healey Mark I Sprite – A Sports Car For The Masses")
Curbside Classic: 1958-61 Austin-Healey Mark I Sprite – A Sports Car For The Masses
Posted on April 12, 2025 | 49 Comments(first posted 8/17/2013) Following a decent 14,634 unit run of the Austin-Healey 100 from 1953–56, Leonard Lord, the Managing Director of Austin, asked Donald Healey to design an affordable, […] -
![(first posted 7/7/2013) Lately we’ve had quite a lot of mini-van discussion hereabouts. So no, I’m not going to really try to argue or defend the headline, as it’s essentially […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-130-086-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Fiat 600 Multipla – The Original Mini-Van?")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Fiat 600 Multipla – The Original Mini-Van?
Posted on April 11, 2025 | 79 Comments(first posted 7/7/2013) Lately we’ve had quite a lot of mini-van discussion hereabouts. So no, I’m not going to really try to argue or defend the headline, as it’s essentially […] -
![(first posted 8/1/2013) There’s nothing truly original in the car business. Everyone begs, steals and borrows from everyone else. Sometimes, the same (and usually obvious) idea ferments for years in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CC-63-042-801.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Dodge Caravan – Chrysler Hits a Grand Slam Homer")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Dodge Caravan – Chrysler Hits a Grand Slam Homer
Posted on April 11, 2025 | 134 Comments(first posted 8/1/2013) There’s nothing truly original in the car business. Everyone begs, steals and borrows from everyone else. Sometimes, the same (and usually obvious) idea ferments for years in […] -
![The year 1960 was a fairly significant one for the automotive industry. It marked, among many things, the final year of the doomed Edsel, the beginning of the end for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Seneca1960-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1960 Dodge Dart Seneca – The Dart Goes Down Under")
1960 Dodge Dart Seneca – The Dart Goes Down Under
Posted on April 10, 2025 | 22 CommentsThe year 1960 was a fairly significant one for the automotive industry. It marked, among many things, the final year of the doomed Edsel, the beginning of the end for […] -
![(first posted 3/24/2012) The MGB is one of the most common classic 1960s British sports car. Even folks who are not into cars probably recognize an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-20-12-001-e1332341430792.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 MGB GT – Early Adopter")
Curbside Classic: 1972 MGB GT – Early Adopter
Posted on April 6, 2025 | 33 Comments(first posted 3/24/2012) The MGB is one of the most common classic 1960s British sports car. Even folks who are not into cars probably recognize an […] -
![A while ago, I made a new rule: I wouldn’t photograph cars in undercover parking lots anymore. The photos never turned out all that great, rarely meeting my standards for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1965-chrysler-valiant-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1965 Chrysler Valiant Safari – A Glimmering Blue Oasis In A Concrete Desert")
1965 Chrysler Valiant Safari – A Glimmering Blue Oasis In A Concrete Desert
Posted on April 5, 2025 | 27 CommentsA while ago, I made a new rule: I wouldn’t photograph cars in undercover parking lots anymore. The photos never turned out all that great, rarely meeting my standards for […] -
![(first posted 8/21/2013) So just how exactly does a car become the best selling one in America? In the only reliable way that one becomes number one in just about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CC-27-026-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Toyota Camry – Toyota Builds A Better Citation; Forever")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Toyota Camry – Toyota Builds A Better Citation; Forever
Posted on April 4, 2025 | 112 Comments(first posted 8/21/2013) So just how exactly does a car become the best selling one in America? In the only reliable way that one becomes number one in just about […] -
![While passing through a neighborhood in San Diego I stumbled across an oddity: a Land Rover Defender. Well, not exactly an oddity in the sense that it’s still on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1996-Land-Rover-Defender-90-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1996 Land Rover Defender Diesel – An English Off-Roading Icon")
Curbside Classic: 1996 Land Rover Defender Diesel – An English Off-Roading Icon
Posted on April 1, 2025 | 7 CommentsWhile passing through a neighborhood in San Diego I stumbled across an oddity: a Land Rover Defender. Well, not exactly an oddity in the sense that it’s still on […] -
![(first posted 7/8/2011) Here we have the Y chromosome-rich brother to the rather fem 1962 Styleside: a plain no-nonsense work/utility truck like the tens of millions that before and after […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-141-069-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truckstop Classic: 1961 Ford F-350 – The Y-Chromosome Butch Brother")
Truckstop Classic: 1961 Ford F-350 – The Y-Chromosome Butch Brother
Posted on March 30, 2025 | 43 Comments(first posted 7/8/2011) Here we have the Y chromosome-rich brother to the rather fem 1962 Styleside: a plain no-nonsense work/utility truck like the tens of millions that before and after […] -
![(first posted 8/23/2013) This Toyota is officially called the 1988 Chevrolet Nova Twin Cam. While Chevy built many Nova’s over the years, this is one of only 3,300 cars offered with dual overhead cams, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Front-quarter.11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevy Twin Cam Nova- A Hot Toyota from Chevrolet")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevy Twin Cam Nova- A Hot Toyota from Chevrolet
Posted on March 29, 2025 | 80 Comments(first posted 8/23/2013) This Toyota is officially called the 1988 Chevrolet Nova Twin Cam. While Chevy built many Nova’s over the years, this is one of only 3,300 cars offered with dual overhead cams, […] -
![(first posted 9/15/2013) The original 1960 Corvair Monza coupe introduced and pioneered a European-inspired category to the US: the sporty compact coupe. The formula: a new roof line, maybe some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/CC-130-146-925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford EXP – Ford’s Ugly Little Sin")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford EXP – Ford’s Ugly Little Sin
Posted on March 23, 2025 | 121 Comments(first posted 9/15/2013) The original 1960 Corvair Monza coupe introduced and pioneered a European-inspired category to the US: the sporty compact coupe. The formula: a new roof line, maybe some […]
