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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![(first posted 1/24/2013) My friends tell me that I like cars that “last forever”–last forever in my possession, that is. This is the story of my mother’s 1972 Dodge Dart […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/7-Right-rear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Mi Curbside Classico: 1972 Dodge Dart Hardtop – Plain Jane Mexican Dart With Long Black Hair")
Mi Curbside Classico: 1972 Dodge Dart Hardtop – Plain Jane Mexican Dart With Long Black Hair
Posted on October 23, 2022 | 100 Comments(first posted 1/24/2013) My friends tell me that I like cars that “last forever”–last forever in my possession, that is. This is the story of my mother’s 1972 Dodge Dart […] -
![Once more we take a deep look into the mirror universe of South American-built European brands. Known forms take on skewed proportions, familiar motifs find new ways of coming into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20220601_152130347.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 – 1982 VW Brasilia – Dressed For Success")
Curbside Classic: 1978 – 1982 VW Brasilia – Dressed For Success
Posted on October 21, 2022 | 27 CommentsOnce more we take a deep look into the mirror universe of South American-built European brands. Known forms take on skewed proportions, familiar motifs find new ways of coming into […] -
![(first posted 6/6/2012) There are some things you just tend to forget about. Appointments to the dentist. Needing to tuck-point the brick on your house. What your wife wore on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/P5170575.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: The General Motors N-Body – How Quickly We Forget")
Curbside Classics: The General Motors N-Body – How Quickly We Forget
Posted on October 19, 2022 | 142 Comments(first posted 6/6/2012) There are some things you just tend to forget about. Appointments to the dentist. Needing to tuck-point the brick on your house. What your wife wore on […] -
![Ever since I was smol, as today’s hep young people say, I’ve had something of a loathe-on for GM’s ’71-’76 big cars. When there were still a lot of them […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/71-Olds-Delta-Royale-CV-Headlamps.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Oldsmobile Delta Royale – Getting Warmer")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Oldsmobile Delta Royale – Getting Warmer
Posted on October 19, 2022 | 104 CommentsEver since I was smol, as today’s hep young people say, I’ve had something of a loathe-on for GM’s ’71-’76 big cars. When there were still a lot of them […] -
![(first posted 6/11/2012) Paul Niedermeyer and I have occasionally described ourselves as yin and yang when it comes to Curbside Classics. So, when Paul the Yin brought us a 1967 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1966PontiacGTO3-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac GTO – A Goat or a Mule?")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac GTO – A Goat or a Mule?
Posted on October 18, 2022 | 119 Comments(first posted 6/11/2012) Paul Niedermeyer and I have occasionally described ourselves as yin and yang when it comes to Curbside Classics. So, when Paul the Yin brought us a 1967 […] -
![(first posted 10/18/2016) Nothing looks like an El Camino. Unless it’s a GMC Caballero – the lesser known of General Motors’ half-car/half-pickup vehicles. For 17 of the El […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/RF-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 GMC Caballero – The Gentleman Of The Truck World")
Curbside Classic: 1987 GMC Caballero – The Gentleman Of The Truck World
Posted on October 18, 2022 | 83 Comments(first posted 10/18/2016) Nothing looks like an El Camino. Unless it’s a GMC Caballero – the lesser known of General Motors’ half-car/half-pickup vehicles. For 17 of the El […] -
![(first posted 9/11/2013) By the early seventies, AMC’s Matador and Ambassador were the equivalent of the Studebaker Lark ten years earlier: you just knew they were not long for this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-89-094-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 AMC Matador Sedan – The Stench Of Death")
Curbside Classic: 1973 AMC Matador Sedan – The Stench Of Death
Posted on October 16, 2022 | 182 Comments(first posted 9/11/2013) By the early seventies, AMC’s Matador and Ambassador were the equivalent of the Studebaker Lark ten years earlier: you just knew they were not long for this […] -
![(first posted 7/21/2012) The Grand Prix had two grand moments in its long life. Needless to say, they came more towards the beginning then the end. The Colonnade era, as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CC-172-076-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix – Grand Size, Medium Prize")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix – Grand Size, Medium Prize
Posted on October 15, 2022 | 106 Comments(first posted 7/21/2012) The Grand Prix had two grand moments in its long life. Needless to say, they came more towards the beginning then the end. The Colonnade era, as […] -
![Can’t recall when I had this conversation with my wife; some anecdote of her father’s youth tending to farming chores in the country house. This brought up my dad’s childhood, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20220501_092710521_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: ’70-82 Nissan Junior – Coffee Picking Season")
Curbside Classic: ’70-82 Nissan Junior – Coffee Picking Season
Posted on October 14, 2022 | 14 CommentsCan’t recall when I had this conversation with my wife; some anecdote of her father’s youth tending to farming chores in the country house. This brought up my dad’s childhood, […] -
![(first posted 7/28/2012) What exactly is the American Dream? Was it easier to answer that question fifty years ago? If you were seven years old, and had just arrived from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CC-172-158-1200-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Thunderbird Landau – The American Dream Car")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Thunderbird Landau – The American Dream Car
Posted on October 12, 2022 | 87 Comments(first posted 7/28/2012) What exactly is the American Dream? Was it easier to answer that question fifty years ago? If you were seven years old, and had just arrived from […] -
Curbside Classic: Flounder – One Of A Kind Floating RV
Posted on October 11, 2022 | 15 CommentsWhat do you get when you cross a custom vehicle, a boat and a RV? One answer is Flounder, the distinctive and very shiny looking motor home. -
![(first posted 10/10/2016) If you were to briefly sum up the first generation Escape with a pastiche of a Gilbert & Sullivan song, it would go something like this: I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/escapeexplorer.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2005 Ford Escape – Fashionably Late To The Crossover Party")
Curbside Classic: 2005 Ford Escape – Fashionably Late To The Crossover Party
Posted on October 10, 2022 | 54 Comments(first posted 10/10/2016) If you were to briefly sum up the first generation Escape with a pastiche of a Gilbert & Sullivan song, it would go something like this: I […] -
![(first posted 7/23/2012) I have always been fascinated by the Chevrolet-Ford rivalry. As Henry Ford’s bare-bones Model T hit its stride, the Ford Motor Company had a kind of market […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1967ChevyCaprceEstate01-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Estate – Nice, But Not Nice Enough")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Estate – Nice, But Not Nice Enough
Posted on October 9, 2022 | 102 Comments(first posted 7/23/2012) I have always been fascinated by the Chevrolet-Ford rivalry. As Henry Ford’s bare-bones Model T hit its stride, the Ford Motor Company had a kind of market […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971 Plymouth Road Runner – Sherwood Be Nice
Posted on October 8, 2022 | 87 Comments(first posted 6/30/2012) When I found this car a few months ago, I really wanted to like it. Truly, I did. -
![It was the mid ’90s and our immediate Supervisor had just bought a 3000GT (Dodge Stealth, GTO in Japan), Mitsubishi’s excess-for-its-own-sake sports model. At the office my pals looked at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_20220529_163821010_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Mitsubishi Lancer Celeste – Skin Deep Sportiness")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Mitsubishi Lancer Celeste – Skin Deep Sportiness
Posted on October 7, 2022 | 14 CommentsIt was the mid ’90s and our immediate Supervisor had just bought a 3000GT (Dodge Stealth, GTO in Japan), Mitsubishi’s excess-for-its-own-sake sports model. At the office my pals looked at […]
