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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![(first posted 10/25/2014) In 1997, Ford decided that its time and resources would be much better spent designing and developing a gigantic SUV that you could buy with a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2003_Ford_Thunderbird_Supercharged_concept3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2003 Ford Thunderbird – Going Overtime")
Curbside Classic: 2003 Ford Thunderbird – Going Overtime
Posted on October 26, 2020 | 102 Comments(first posted 10/25/2014) In 1997, Ford decided that its time and resources would be much better spent designing and developing a gigantic SUV that you could buy with a […] -
![(first posted 10/03/2012) Once, while working on my ’63 Galaxie, I used a cheater bar to remove a bolt. It slipped, causing me to hit my forearm on the bumper […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1980-Ford-Thunderbird-06-07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980 Ford Thunderbird – The Fabulous FUBAR Edition")
Curbside Classic: 1980 Ford Thunderbird – The Fabulous FUBAR Edition
Posted on October 25, 2020 | 199 Comments(first posted 10/03/2012) Once, while working on my ’63 Galaxie, I used a cheater bar to remove a bolt. It slipped, causing me to hit my forearm on the bumper […] -
![(first posted 10/23/2014) What is a Thunderbird? Well, it has always been, or at least attempted to be, something special. Not your usual LTD, or Custom 300, or Torino. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/aa-09-20-2014-017-1280x719.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – One Wrong Turn, And Here We Are!")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – One Wrong Turn, And Here We Are!
Posted on October 23, 2020 | 63 Comments(first posted 10/23/2014) What is a Thunderbird? Well, it has always been, or at least attempted to be, something special. Not your usual LTD, or Custom 300, or Torino. […] -
![(first posted 10/22/2014) Although we like to think of ourselves as complex and multi-dimensional creatures, ultimately we all have one song to sing, one story to tell, one great […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-48-076-1200-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Ford & Iacocca Motor Company Presents The All New 1977 Thunderbird!")
Curbside Classic: Ford & Iacocca Motor Company Presents The All New 1977 Thunderbird!
Posted on October 22, 2020 | 87 Comments(first posted 10/22/2014) Although we like to think of ourselves as complex and multi-dimensional creatures, ultimately we all have one song to sing, one story to tell, one great […] -
![(first posted 11/28/2013. I have long wanted to shoot a better example than the red one I found back then, as well as perhaps write a totally new tribute to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/50502663401_0d71f4ca35_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Buick Riviera – The Peak GM Experience")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Buick Riviera – The Peak GM Experience
Posted on October 22, 2020 | 69 Comments(first posted 11/28/2013. I have long wanted to shoot a better example than the red one I found back then, as well as perhaps write a totally new tribute to […] -
![(first posted 10/21/2014) Yawn. Another restored squarebird convertible in resale red. Aren’t there a couple of these at every car show? But I didn’t find this one at a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1960FordThunderbird08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford Thunderbird – Fancy Meeting You Here")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford Thunderbird – Fancy Meeting You Here
Posted on October 21, 2020 | 47 Comments(first posted 10/21/2014) Yawn. Another restored squarebird convertible in resale red. Aren’t there a couple of these at every car show? But I didn’t find this one at a […] -
![(first posted 10/21/2014) 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/2020/10/CC-114-030-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Thunderbird – The American Dream-mobile")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Ford Thunderbird – The American Dream-mobile
Posted on October 21, 2020 | 45 Comments(first posted 10/21/2014) 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 […] -
![(first posted 05/23/2012) Here we have a rare bird, the Ford LTD II. You almost certainly remember its corporate sibling, the downsized 1977 Thunderbird. The LTD II was a victim […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/7219839334_79921f84ea_c-e1337533955328.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford LTD II Brougham – The Thunderbird’s Less Successful Brother")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford LTD II Brougham – The Thunderbird’s Less Successful Brother
Posted on October 19, 2020 | 171 Comments(first posted 05/23/2012) Here we have a rare bird, the Ford LTD II. You almost certainly remember its corporate sibling, the downsized 1977 Thunderbird. The LTD II was a victim […] -
![(first posted 8/4/2012) The world was once a very different place. Automotive scale has changed dramatically, more in terms of height than length. Sure, American cars were long in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-166-010.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 MG Midget MkIII – Small Pleasures")
Curbside Classic: 1972 MG Midget MkIII – Small Pleasures
Posted on October 19, 2020 | 64 Comments(first posted 8/4/2012) The world was once a very different place. Automotive scale has changed dramatically, more in terms of height than length. Sure, American cars were long in the […] -
![(first posted 10/13/2014) Pity the poor Lincoln Versailles. Built to a price by the powers-that-be in Dearborn, the resulting Seville-fighter (not really) was a well-made car, the first car with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/a-lin.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Back Row Classic: 1980 Lincoln Versailles – Mixed Messages")
Back Row Classic: 1980 Lincoln Versailles – Mixed Messages
Posted on October 13, 2020 | 135 Comments(first posted 10/13/2014) Pity the poor Lincoln Versailles. Built to a price by the powers-that-be in Dearborn, the resulting Seville-fighter (not really) was a well-made car, the first car with […] -
![(originally posted on 2/28/12) There was a time, in the halcyon days of the American auto industry – and, indeed, of America itself – when there were “Chevy families,” “Ford […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/a-maz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Mazda RX-7 FC3S – Middle Child Syndrome")
Curbside Classic: Mazda RX-7 FC3S – Middle Child Syndrome
Posted on October 12, 2020 | 36 Comments(originally posted on 2/28/12) There was a time, in the halcyon days of the American auto industry – and, indeed, of America itself – when there were “Chevy families,” “Ford […] -
![(originally posted 5/24/11; updated and revised with additional new pictures in 2014) Hindsight is 20-20 vision. And with that acuity, seeing the Rambler’s historical significance is easy: it was the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CC-137-204-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Rambler Custom Six – The Prophet")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Rambler Custom Six – The Prophet
Posted on October 11, 2020 | 71 Comments(originally posted 5/24/11; updated and revised with additional new pictures in 2014) Hindsight is 20-20 vision. And with that acuity, seeing the Rambler’s historical significance is easy: it was the […] -
![(first posted 11/29/2011) Stallion CC, Take Two: I just deleted the first three paragraphs of what I had written. Starting on a new CC is always a bit of a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-144-283.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Mitsubishi Starion – Or Is It Stallion? Did I Finally Solve The Mystery Of Its Name?")
Curbside Classic: 1983 Mitsubishi Starion – Or Is It Stallion? Did I Finally Solve The Mystery Of Its Name?
Posted on October 10, 2020 | 132 Comments(first posted 11/29/2011) Stallion CC, Take Two: I just deleted the first three paragraphs of what I had written. Starting on a new CC is always a bit of a […] -
![(first posted 10/5/2014) What a difference twenty years makes. The eighties was the Japanese decade, when they were going to take over the US, if not the world. They bought […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-24-030.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Daihatsu Charade – Treat And Retreat")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Daihatsu Charade – Treat And Retreat
Posted on October 6, 2020 | 59 Comments(first posted 10/5/2014) What a difference twenty years makes. The eighties was the Japanese decade, when they were going to take over the US, if not the world. They bought […] -
![(first posted 2/15/2012) For all middle children life is hard. And no life is harder in the automotive world than the middle model or trim level. The most difficult life […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/296638_10150329430992201_501872200_8455172_230128943_n.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Buick Wildcat – I Think I Want To Fight")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Buick Wildcat – I Think I Want To Fight
Posted on October 5, 2020 | 63 Comments(first posted 2/15/2012) For all middle children life is hard. And no life is harder in the automotive world than the middle model or trim level. The most difficult life […]
