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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![(first posted 4/15/2013) As most of you know, the big, floaty Coupe de Ville, Sedan de Ville and Fleetwood Brougham went on a crash diet for the 1977 model year. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/09-09-2012-166-1280x852-e1362088862697.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado – The Biggest, Baddest Brougham Of Them All")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado – The Biggest, Baddest Brougham Of Them All
Posted on October 5, 2022 | 131 Comments(first posted 4/15/2013) As most of you know, the big, floaty Coupe de Ville, Sedan de Ville and Fleetwood Brougham went on a crash diet for the 1977 model year. […] -
![(first posted 8/25/2012) It’s time to finally get around to the Checker Aerobus we found on our vacation to Glacier National Park last year, parked in front of the splendid […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/CC-147-229-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Lodgeside Classic: Checker Aerobus – Twelve Passengers, Eight Doors, Four On The Floor")
Lodgeside Classic: Checker Aerobus – Twelve Passengers, Eight Doors, Four On The Floor
Posted on October 2, 2022 | 39 Comments(first posted 8/25/2012) It’s time to finally get around to the Checker Aerobus we found on our vacation to Glacier National Park last year, parked in front of the splendid […] -
![(first posted 8/30/2012) The nationality of vehicles can be hard to discern these days, what with manufacturer collaboration, world cars, overseas production and remote design studios. However, the blurring of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1987-Renault-GTA.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Renault GTA – An Alliance Of A Different Stripe")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Renault GTA – An Alliance Of A Different Stripe
Posted on October 2, 2022 | 116 Comments(first posted 8/30/2012) The nationality of vehicles can be hard to discern these days, what with manufacturer collaboration, world cars, overseas production and remote design studios. However, the blurring of […] -
![(first posted 4/10/2013) As well engineered as it was, there’s no doubt that the original 1960 Valiant was one of the weirdest-looking automotive confections ever offered to the public. So what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/8404018402_fc9e2369bf_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Lancer & 1962 Dodge Lancer GT – How Are We Gonna Make You A Little Less Weird?")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Lancer & 1962 Dodge Lancer GT – How Are We Gonna Make You A Little Less Weird?
Posted on September 30, 2022 | 74 Comments(first posted 4/10/2013) As well engineered as it was, there’s no doubt that the original 1960 Valiant was one of the weirdest-looking automotive confections ever offered to the public. So what […] -
![(first posted 6/23/2014) Car marques have had a rough decade or two. Since the time I graduated high school, we’ve lost Plymouth, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Saturn and of course, Pontiac. Pontiac?! […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aa-5-24-2014-029.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible – Dig That Aqua Paint!")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible – Dig That Aqua Paint!
Posted on September 25, 2022 | 126 Comments(first posted 6/23/2014) Car marques have had a rough decade or two. Since the time I graduated high school, we’ve lost Plymouth, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Saturn and of course, Pontiac. Pontiac?! […] -
![Mundane. How else to describe this little lump of Eastern European metal? Had I not been stuck in traffic I would have never sat passively, aimlessly looking around, eventually noticing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220907_135242551_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: ’88-’92 Yugo Florida (Sana) – Miami Is Not Coming To America")
Curbside Classic: ’88-’92 Yugo Florida (Sana) – Miami Is Not Coming To America
Posted on September 23, 2022 | 22 CommentsMundane. How else to describe this little lump of Eastern European metal? Had I not been stuck in traffic I would have never sat passively, aimlessly looking around, eventually noticing […] -
![(first posted 9/17/2012) I am surprised that we’ve not yet had a CC on the mid-size, mid-70s Ford Gran Torino. Of course, most of us remember a certain Gran Torino […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/08-03-2012-002.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Gran Torino – Isolation Chamber")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Ford Gran Torino – Isolation Chamber
Posted on September 22, 2022 | 95 Comments(first posted 9/17/2012) I am surprised that we’ve not yet had a CC on the mid-size, mid-70s Ford Gran Torino. Of course, most of us remember a certain Gran Torino […] -
![(First posted 1/25/2014, now with a number of revisions and additions to make it even…uncooler, if that’s possible) Life was simpler in the early-mid sixties. It was easy to know […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CC-217-099-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Marlin – The Rambler Classic Shows Up With An Expensive Bad Wig And Gets Laughed Off The Stage")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Marlin – The Rambler Classic Shows Up With An Expensive Bad Wig And Gets Laughed Off The Stage
Posted on September 21, 2022 | 120 Comments(First posted 1/25/2014, now with a number of revisions and additions to make it even…uncooler, if that’s possible) Life was simpler in the early-mid sixties. It was easy to know […] -
![(first posted 9/16/2016) Is there a car that you learned about way after you should have? Is there a car that you have never seen in real life even though […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1957StudebakerCommander07-crop2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Studebaker Commander – Eureka!")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Studebaker Commander – Eureka!
Posted on September 16, 2022 | 80 Comments(first posted 9/16/2016) Is there a car that you learned about way after you should have? Is there a car that you have never seen in real life even though […] -
![It was close to midnight as I drove under a tropical drizzle on my way to drop off a fellow coworker. The famous ‘it was a dark and stormy night’ […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220504_143724134_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Fiat 125 – A Brief Stop By The House Of Fiat")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Fiat 125 – A Brief Stop By The House Of Fiat
Posted on September 16, 2022 | 12 CommentsIt was close to midnight as I drove under a tropical drizzle on my way to drop off a fellow coworker. The famous ‘it was a dark and stormy night’ […] -
![Spotting cars from the ’50s while driving around on everyday errands isn’t quite as common as it was in the 1970s and ’80s when I first started doing it. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220909_143140.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Spotted at Target–1954 Cadillac Sedan in Arlington Green")
Curbside Classic Spotted at Target–1954 Cadillac Sedan in Arlington Green
Posted on September 15, 2022 | 63 CommentsSpotting cars from the ’50s while driving around on everyday errands isn’t quite as common as it was in the 1970s and ’80s when I first started doing it. […] -
![(first posted 9/14/2016) It was a surreal glimpse into an event that would have been far less noteworthy forty years earlier, but this vision was as certain as the heat […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IMG_4480.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Custom 300 – A Migration To Parts Unknown")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Ford Custom 300 – A Migration To Parts Unknown
Posted on September 14, 2022 | 41 Comments(first posted 9/14/2016) It was a surreal glimpse into an event that would have been far less noteworthy forty years earlier, but this vision was as certain as the heat […] -
![(first posted 3/16/2012) When you look at this land yacht, do you see a Queen Mary or do you see the Titanic? I see a little bit of both […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/hbhgt.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965-66 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – The King’s Last Stand")
Curbside Classic: 1965-66 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – The King’s Last Stand
Posted on September 10, 2022 | 155 Comments(first posted 3/16/2012) When you look at this land yacht, do you see a Queen Mary or do you see the Titanic? I see a little bit of both […] -
![My father-in-law has a huge talent for finding and procuring both cheap cars and low mileage cars. It’s even better for him when he is able to combine the two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/92-crown-vic-2.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1992 Ford Crown Victoria – The Secret Storm")
COAL: 1992 Ford Crown Victoria – The Secret Storm
Posted on September 10, 2022 | 33 CommentsMy father-in-law has a huge talent for finding and procuring both cheap cars and low mileage cars. It’s even better for him when he is able to combine the two […] -
![“Añejo” the Spanish word for ‘the old one‘ or ‘the aged one,’ most generally used to denote fine aged liquors. Is this nicely preserved Datsun 411 such a case? Has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220624_132514025_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: ’65-’67 Datsun 411 (Bluebird) – “El Añejo” (The Aged One)")
Curbside Classic: ’65-’67 Datsun 411 (Bluebird) – “El Añejo” (The Aged One)
Posted on September 9, 2022 | 18 Comments“Añejo” the Spanish word for ‘the old one‘ or ‘the aged one,’ most generally used to denote fine aged liquors. Is this nicely preserved Datsun 411 such a case? Has […]
