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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![(first posted in 2010 at TTAC; 6/6/2014 at CC) What exactly is it that magnetically stops us in our tracks to look at a junky old car sitting at the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/CC-39-044-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Cimarron by Cadillac – GM’s Deadly Sin #10 by Cadillac")
Curbside Classic: Cimarron by Cadillac – GM’s Deadly Sin #10 by Cadillac
Posted on November 10, 2022 | 140 Comments(first posted in 2010 at TTAC; 6/6/2014 at CC) What exactly is it that magnetically stops us in our tracks to look at a junky old car sitting at the […] -
![(first posted at TTAC in 2010, at CC on 4/1/2013) I walked well past this Corvette before I stopped and gave it a backwards glance. I wavered momentarily, gauging my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CC-104-064-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet Corvette – GM’s Deadly Sin #9 – Loss Of Soul")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet Corvette – GM’s Deadly Sin #9 – Loss Of Soul
Posted on November 9, 2022 | 72 Comments(first posted at TTAC in 2010, at CC on 4/1/2013) I walked well past this Corvette before I stopped and gave it a backwards glance. I wavered momentarily, gauging my […] -
![(first posted 9/20/2012) GM had some memorable screw-ups in the ’70s, but they were merely warm-ups to GM’s main act of self-mutilation of the ’80s, during which it orchestrated its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CC-123-128-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Classic Curbside Classic: 1989 Camaro RS – GM’s Deadly Sin #6 – 46 Trips To The Dealer In The First Year")
Classic Curbside Classic: 1989 Camaro RS – GM’s Deadly Sin #6 – 46 Trips To The Dealer In The First Year
Posted on November 6, 2022 | 160 Comments(first posted 9/20/2012) GM had some memorable screw-ups in the ’70s, but they were merely warm-ups to GM’s main act of self-mutilation of the ’80s, during which it orchestrated its […] -
![(first posted 7/20/2012) Today’s Fords, while competent and popular, just don’t have that “certain something” that their forebears had in spades. Witness: The classic round Ford taillights. Were they sharp? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/5-04-2012-005-800x600-e1341615592846.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 – Say Goodbye To Those Jet Tube Taillights")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 – Say Goodbye To Those Jet Tube Taillights
Posted on November 5, 2022 | 106 Comments(first posted 7/20/2012) Today’s Fords, while competent and popular, just don’t have that “certain something” that their forebears had in spades. Witness: The classic round Ford taillights. Were they sharp? […] -
![(first posted 9/12/2012) Writing this Curbside Classic took the same trajectory as the Blazer. It started as a legitimate nod of acknowledgment to the S-10 Blazer as the trailblazer of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/CC-42-097-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Classic Curbside Classic: 1985 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer – GM’s Deadly Sin #5: Sloth")
Classic Curbside Classic: 1985 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer – GM’s Deadly Sin #5: Sloth
Posted on November 5, 2022 | 106 Comments(first posted 9/12/2012) Writing this Curbside Classic took the same trajectory as the Blazer. It started as a legitimate nod of acknowledgment to the S-10 Blazer as the trailblazer of […] -
![(This was written in October 2009 at the time of Saturn’s death. Revised and updated in 2015 & 2016) Friends, we are gathered together to pay our last respects to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CC-42-112-8001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1993 Saturn SL – GM’s Deadly Sin #4 – The Eulogy")
Curbside Classic: 1993 Saturn SL – GM’s Deadly Sin #4 – The Eulogy
Posted on November 4, 2022 | 172 Comments(This was written in October 2009 at the time of Saturn’s death. Revised and updated in 2015 & 2016) Friends, we are gathered together to pay our last respects to […] -
![(first posted 6/27/2011) Bernie Madoff’s first bogus trade. Richard Nixon’s first fib. Charlie Parker’s first hit of heroin. What do they have in common with this perfectly harmless-looking Pontiac Ventura […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ghgh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac Ventura II Sprint- GM’s Deadly Sin #3 – Badge Engineering Begins In Earnest")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac Ventura II Sprint- GM’s Deadly Sin #3 – Badge Engineering Begins In Earnest
Posted on November 3, 2022 | 126 Comments(first posted 6/27/2011) Bernie Madoff’s first bogus trade. Richard Nixon’s first fib. Charlie Parker’s first hit of heroin. What do they have in common with this perfectly harmless-looking Pontiac Ventura […] -
![(first posted 11/3/2016) I was literally sitting on this one. It hides in a car park under my apartment block in Rangoon. A few weeks ago, a friend of mine […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/S0993108.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Toyota Century VG40 Limousine – Just Short Of Pretentious")
Curbside Classic: 1991 Toyota Century VG40 Limousine – Just Short Of Pretentious
Posted on November 3, 2022 | 56 Comments(first posted 11/3/2016) I was literally sitting on this one. It hides in a car park under my apartment block in Rangoon. A few weeks ago, a friend of mine […] -
![(first posted 4/6/2011) Hard to imagine now, but the word “compact” was actually used in early Cordoba marketing materials. Weighing in at two-plus tons and measuring 215 inches makes that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-123-053-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Chrysler Cordoba – The Fine Little Chrysler")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Chrysler Cordoba – The Fine Little Chrysler
Posted on November 1, 2022 | 100 Comments(first posted 4/6/2011) Hard to imagine now, but the word “compact” was actually used in early Cordoba marketing materials. Weighing in at two-plus tons and measuring 215 inches makes that […] -
![Note: We re-ran all of the GM Deadly Sins on these dates in 2016, so here they come back again, one more time. (first posted here on 3/21/2011 at CC. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-17-043-801.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Buick Riviera – GM’s Deadly Sin #1")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Buick Riviera – GM’s Deadly Sin #1
Posted on November 1, 2022 | 138 CommentsNote: We re-ran all of the GM Deadly Sins on these dates in 2016, so here they come back again, one more time. (first posted here on 3/21/2011 at CC. […] -
![(first posted 6/12/2012) Many of you are going to read “Triumph Herald” and instantly have a visceral impulse to reach for your touchpad/touchscreen/touchsomethingoranother and move on to a post about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CC-26-047-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Triumph Herald – A Tempest In A Teapot")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Triumph Herald – A Tempest In A Teapot
Posted on October 31, 2022 | 103 Comments(first posted 6/12/2012) Many of you are going to read “Triumph Herald” and instantly have a visceral impulse to reach for your touchpad/touchscreen/touchsomethingoranother and move on to a post about […] -
![(first posted 4/4/2013. It’s an example of CC offering alternate points of view, in this case to our Olds 5.7 L V8 Diesel Deadly Sin Post) My Grand Dad always […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BlockWeb-350DX.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Diesel – In Defense of the Olds 350 Diesel V8")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Diesel – In Defense of the Olds 350 Diesel V8
Posted on October 31, 2022 | 138 Comments(first posted 4/4/2013. It’s an example of CC offering alternate points of view, in this case to our Olds 5.7 L V8 Diesel Deadly Sin Post) My Grand Dad always […] -
![(first posted 5/3/2013) (I only did a few actual car reviews during my four years with TTAC. One can’t exactly get press cars in Eugene, so it was a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CC-200-080-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Review: 2008 Scion xB – A Case Study Of How To Kill A Successful Car")
Curbside Review: 2008 Scion xB – A Case Study Of How To Kill A Successful Car
Posted on October 30, 2022 | 83 Comments(first posted 5/3/2013) (I only did a few actual car reviews during my four years with TTAC. One can’t exactly get press cars in Eugene, so it was a […] -
![Another surviving Toyota, another chance to look into the brand’s early ascendance years. An early chapter built on the backs of straightforward sturdy trucks and pickups. The Stout played its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20220925_154827799.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Toyota Stout – Steady And Stoutly Does It")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Toyota Stout – Steady And Stoutly Does It
Posted on October 29, 2022 | 20 CommentsAnother surviving Toyota, another chance to look into the brand’s early ascendance years. An early chapter built on the backs of straightforward sturdy trucks and pickups. The Stout played its […] -
![(first posted 6/13/2013) When we think of the quintessential American engine. the V8 undoubtedly comes to mind first. Understandable, given how Henry Ford’s 1932 flat head V8 and its successors […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/CC-202-054-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1928 Ford Model A Speedster – Four Banger Lust Object")
Curbside Classic: 1928 Ford Model A Speedster – Four Banger Lust Object
Posted on October 28, 2022 | 18 Comments(first posted 6/13/2013) When we think of the quintessential American engine. the V8 undoubtedly comes to mind first. Understandable, given how Henry Ford’s 1932 flat head V8 and its successors […]
