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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1975 AMC Pacer X – The Spacer
Posted on August 15, 2021 | 81 Comments(originally posted 4/26/2011) The Pacer is the poster child of how questionable ideas and good intentions go awry. -
![(first posted 3/23/2011) A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hudson-1956-hornet.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Hudson Hornet – Waiting For Death In A Borrowed Four-Tone Suit")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Hudson Hornet – Waiting For Death In A Borrowed Four-Tone Suit
Posted on August 13, 2021 | 73 Comments(first posted 3/23/2011) A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to […] -
![(first posted 7/30/2015) Normally I am not one to gawk, but this time I did. Even my non-car enthusiastic co-worker was curious as he turned us around to head back. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Nash-1957-Ambassador.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1957 Nash Ambassador – Getting Its Kicks on Route 66")
Curbside Classic: 1957 Nash Ambassador – Getting Its Kicks on Route 66
Posted on August 8, 2021 | 91 Comments(first posted 7/30/2015) Normally I am not one to gawk, but this time I did. Even my non-car enthusiastic co-worker was curious as he turned us around to head back. […] -
![(first posted 8/28/2012) As I remember the early 1970s, there were two kinds of Dads. There were the guys who were reasonably fashionable and with the times, who kept with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1975DodgePowerWagon11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Dodge Power Wagon – A (Sort-Of) Civilized Outdoorsman")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Dodge Power Wagon – A (Sort-Of) Civilized Outdoorsman
Posted on August 5, 2021 | 61 Comments(first posted 8/28/2012) As I remember the early 1970s, there were two kinds of Dads. There were the guys who were reasonably fashionable and with the times, who kept with […] -
![(first posted 5/22/2014) I think it’s time for a bit of seventies F-body love. In fact, I’m betting that between the California sun and those classic F-body curves in front […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/77-78-Firebird-interior.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977/78 Firebird – Jim Rockford’s Kissin’ Cousin?")
Curbside Classic: 1977/78 Firebird – Jim Rockford’s Kissin’ Cousin?
Posted on August 1, 2021 | 45 Comments(first posted 5/22/2014) I think it’s time for a bit of seventies F-body love. In fact, I’m betting that between the California sun and those classic F-body curves in front […] -
![(first posted 11/12/2011) Alfa Romeo and longevity. Does that seem like an unlikely pairing? The Alfa Spider, a vehicle whose gestation alone ran a decade, was built for almost […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Alfa-1986-spider.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce – A Work In Progress, For Four Decades")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce – A Work In Progress, For Four Decades
Posted on August 1, 2021 | 62 Comments(first posted 11/12/2011) Alfa Romeo and longevity. Does that seem like an unlikely pairing? The Alfa Spider, a vehicle whose gestation alone ran a decade, was built for almost […] -
![Export or Die. That short but powerful post-war British expression blazed through my mind upon seeing this exported Ford Consul, a product of Ford of England. While the economic conditions […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_1847.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1953 Ford Consul – The English Immigrant")
Curbside Classic: 1953 Ford Consul – The English Immigrant
Posted on July 30, 2021 | 48 CommentsExport or Die. That short but powerful post-war British expression blazed through my mind upon seeing this exported Ford Consul, a product of Ford of England. While the economic conditions […] -
![(first posted 7/28/2015) “Waddya mean “The Last Ford” – Ford still makes cars. Indeed it does. You can buy a Focus, a Fusion, or any number of crossovers. But if […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Ford-1986-CV.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – The Final Ford")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – The Final Ford
Posted on July 28, 2021 | 135 Comments(first posted 7/28/2015) “Waddya mean “The Last Ford” – Ford still makes cars. Indeed it does. You can buy a Focus, a Fusion, or any number of crossovers. But if […] -
![(first posted 7/27/2015) Throughout the 1970s, financial thunder clouds were constantly dumping over the Chrysler Corporation. From the poorly timed introduction and sales disappointment of their new 1974 full-sized line […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/dodge-st-regis.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 to 1981 Dodge St. Regis – The Perfect Storm")
Curbside Classic: 1979 to 1981 Dodge St. Regis – The Perfect Storm
Posted on July 27, 2021 | 114 Comments(first posted 7/27/2015) Throughout the 1970s, financial thunder clouds were constantly dumping over the Chrysler Corporation. From the poorly timed introduction and sales disappointment of their new 1974 full-sized line […] -
![(first posted 10/12/2012) The 1980s ushered in a seismic shift in the U.S. automobile market. The trend that had for generations carried Detroit ever higher–longer, lower and more powerful–no […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1989AcuraIntegra01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Acura Integra LS – A Hot Hatch For The Civic Minded")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Acura Integra LS – A Hot Hatch For The Civic Minded
Posted on July 26, 2021 | 66 Comments(first posted 10/12/2012) The 1980s ushered in a seismic shift in the U.S. automobile market. The trend that had for generations carried Detroit ever higher–longer, lower and more powerful–no […] -
![(first posted 7/24/2015) There are few demarcations in time quite as pronounced as a new decade. It’s like taking all the enthusiasm of each of the previous ten years and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Olds-1960.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 – Reaching For the Stars")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 – Reaching For the Stars
Posted on July 24, 2021 | 74 Comments(first posted 7/24/2015) There are few demarcations in time quite as pronounced as a new decade. It’s like taking all the enthusiasm of each of the previous ten years and […] -
![(first posted 7/22/2015) Chevrolet’s 3rd generation Camaro needs little introduction, having been produced for 11 model years, with over 1.5 million cars made. However, this car is one of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/LR1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta – The Gold-Trimmed Camaro With An Italian Name")
Curbside Classic: 1983 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta – The Gold-Trimmed Camaro With An Italian Name
Posted on July 22, 2021 | 133 Comments(first posted 7/22/2015) Chevrolet’s 3rd generation Camaro needs little introduction, having been produced for 11 model years, with over 1.5 million cars made. However, this car is one of […] -
![(first posted 7/18/2012) Really old Toyota pickups are as common here as …back-yard chickens. In fact, they’ve become an icon of the whole genre, and it’s a status symbol […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/courier-1976.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Ford Courier – The Second Toughest Old Mini-Pickup?")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Ford Courier – The Second Toughest Old Mini-Pickup?
Posted on July 21, 2021 | 139 Comments(first posted 7/18/2012) Really old Toyota pickups are as common here as …back-yard chickens. In fact, they’ve become an icon of the whole genre, and it’s a status symbol […] -
![Last week, I discussed my angst associated with owning what was largely an American car masquerading as a German car. So, when it was time to send the Rabbit out […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/bittebmw.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1972 BMW Bavaria — Right Place, Wrong Time")
COAL: 1972 BMW Bavaria — Right Place, Wrong Time
Posted on July 21, 2021 | 28 CommentsLast week, I discussed my angst associated with owning what was largely an American car masquerading as a German car. So, when it was time to send the Rabbit out […] -
![(first posted 7/17/2015) So many of the cars I find prompt some degree of daydreaming about possessing them in their as-found condition. Not this one; it had me thinking about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Chevelle-1975.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Classic – A Dollop of Sanity")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Classic – A Dollop of Sanity
Posted on July 17, 2021 | 116 Comments(first posted 7/17/2015) So many of the cars I find prompt some degree of daydreaming about possessing them in their as-found condition. Not this one; it had me thinking about […]
