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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![The Fleetwood Cruize-in is the largest outdoor car show in Canada. It runs annually on the first weekend in June at a private country estate just outside of London, Ontario. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1957-mr-beep-ford-zephyr-DSCN8556.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show: Fleetwood Cruize-in")
Car Show: Fleetwood Cruize-in
Posted on June 13, 2017 | 47 CommentsThe Fleetwood Cruize-in is the largest outdoor car show in Canada. It runs annually on the first weekend in June at a private country estate just outside of London, Ontario. […] -
![(first posted 1/16/2013. revised/expanded 5/5/2017) “Horsey car!” Sometimes the past reappears for just a moment in all its perfect clarity, as if it just happened yesterday. You shake your head […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CC-104-103-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1984 Ford Bronco II–The Bucking-Bronco Horsey Car")
Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1984 Ford Bronco II–The Bucking-Bronco Horsey Car
Posted on May 5, 2017 | 72 Comments(first posted 1/16/2013. revised/expanded 5/5/2017) “Horsey car!” Sometimes the past reappears for just a moment in all its perfect clarity, as if it just happened yesterday. You shake your head […] -
![(first posted 11/2/2011) If this goofy-assed little car showed up at your premium brand’s doorstep and told you it was an unwanted orphan, would you let it in? And keep […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CC-53-033-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Comet – Orphan Looking For A Home")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Comet – Orphan Looking For A Home
Posted on April 6, 2017 | 89 Comments(first posted 11/2/2011) If this goofy-assed little car showed up at your premium brand’s doorstep and told you it was an unwanted orphan, would you let it in? And keep […] -
![(first posted 8/8/2011) There are many cars that are essentially defined by a singular feature: the DeLorean with its stainless steel body panels; the bubble canopy of the Messerschmitt; the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Toyota-Sera-rearside.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Toyota Sera – Wings Don’t Make It Fly")
Curbside Classic: Toyota Sera – Wings Don’t Make It Fly
Posted on March 16, 2017 | 33 Comments(first posted 8/8/2011) There are many cars that are essentially defined by a singular feature: the DeLorean with its stainless steel body panels; the bubble canopy of the Messerschmitt; the […] -
![(first posted 3/17/2012) You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-12-12-006-e1331845266890.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – When Life Hands You Lemons…")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – When Life Hands You Lemons…
Posted on February 19, 2017 | 71 Comments(first posted 3/17/2012) You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […] -
![(first posted 4/16/2012) As is all-too obvious, I have a particular soft spot for older Japanese cars, especially the more obscure varieties. So when I walked into this Cordia on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/CC-SM74-054-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: The Last Mitsubishi Cordia Still On The Street?")
Curbside Classic: The Last Mitsubishi Cordia Still On The Street?
Posted on February 16, 2017 | 60 Comments(first posted 4/16/2012) As is all-too obvious, I have a particular soft spot for older Japanese cars, especially the more obscure varieties. So when I walked into this Cordia on […] -
![(first posted 4/5/2012) Does this face look familiar? British Motor Corporation (later merged into infamous British Leyland) did a lot of business with Pininfarina in the 1960s. Starting with the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/A110-5-e1333576455526.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Austin A110 Westminster – Junior Jaguar Or English Fintail?")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Austin A110 Westminster – Junior Jaguar Or English Fintail?
Posted on February 16, 2017 | 55 Comments(first posted 4/5/2012) Does this face look familiar? British Motor Corporation (later merged into infamous British Leyland) did a lot of business with Pininfarina in the 1960s. Starting with the […] -
![(first posted 5/10/2012) In the mid 1990s, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan described an economic situation in which investors were extremely active in the financial markets even though common sense would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1962StudeGTHawk03-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk – Irrational Exuberance")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk – Irrational Exuberance
Posted on February 10, 2017 | 91 Comments(first posted 5/10/2012) In the mid 1990s, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan described an economic situation in which investors were extremely active in the financial markets even though common sense would […] -
![(first posted 10/9/2012) (Hopefully) this doesn’t happen often, but if you asked me to visualize a 1970-1971 Torino convertible, I would have pictured…a hardtop. I simply can’t remember ever seeing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ford-Torino-GT-1970-side.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Forgotten Classic: 1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible – So Rare I Forgot It Even Came As A Convertible")
Forgotten Classic: 1970 Ford Torino GT Convertible – So Rare I Forgot It Even Came As A Convertible
Posted on February 3, 2017 | 117 Comments(first posted 10/9/2012) (Hopefully) this doesn’t happen often, but if you asked me to visualize a 1970-1971 Torino convertible, I would have pictured…a hardtop. I simply can’t remember ever seeing […] -
![(first posted 10/16/2012) As if Oldsmobile wasn’t already selling enough Cutlasses in the ’70’s, someone at GM must have felt that the brand needed a smaller car that would bolster […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/OmegaPic1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Oldsmobile Omega – “The Compact Olds”")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Oldsmobile Omega – “The Compact Olds”
Posted on January 31, 2017 | 95 Comments(first posted 10/16/2012) As if Oldsmobile wasn’t already selling enough Cutlasses in the ’70’s, someone at GM must have felt that the brand needed a smaller car that would bolster […] -
![(first posted 4/27/2013) As many recent Curbside Classic blog posts have noted, the cars that decorate street scenes in period movies and the rows of classics we see at car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Brookwood-6.gif?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Brookwood (Biscayne) Wagon – California Patina")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Brookwood (Biscayne) Wagon – California Patina
Posted on January 27, 2017 | 56 Comments(first posted 4/27/2013) As many recent Curbside Classic blog posts have noted, the cars that decorate street scenes in period movies and the rows of classics we see at car […] -
![A few days ago I found myself in a small town I rarely visited before. In Israel, these are the kind of places CCs are often found nowadays, on back […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/16340001.MOV_snapshot_00.44_2017.01.24_18.44.49.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1982 Fiat (Zastava) 128")
Curbside Classic: 1982 Fiat (Zastava) 128
Posted on January 26, 2017 | 35 CommentsA few days ago I found myself in a small town I rarely visited before. In Israel, these are the kind of places CCs are often found nowadays, on back […] -
![(first posted 7/13/2012) A couple weeks ago, on the way back from my monthly landfill run, I remembered that a local farmer was auctioning off some tractors and equipment. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012_0711_46hudsontruck01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1946 Hudson Pickup (with a surprise!)")
Curbside Classic: 1946 Hudson Pickup (with a surprise!)
Posted on January 24, 2017 | 35 Comments(first posted 7/13/2012) A couple weeks ago, on the way back from my monthly landfill run, I remembered that a local farmer was auctioning off some tractors and equipment. I […] -
![(first posted 11/17/2012) The quest to find fuel efficiency in RVs has come and gone with the price of fuel. In the early eighties, when gas was around $4.00 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-59-002-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Winnebago LeSharo Turbo Diesel – 23 MPG, If It Still Has The Original Renault Engine")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Winnebago LeSharo Turbo Diesel – 23 MPG, If It Still Has The Original Renault Engine
Posted on January 11, 2017 | 67 Comments(first posted 11/17/2012) The quest to find fuel efficiency in RVs has come and gone with the price of fuel. In the early eighties, when gas was around $4.00 […] -
![(first posted 10/21/2013) The 1964 Pontiac GTO unleashed a tiger, sales wise as well as performance wise. Needless to say, everyone wanted in on the action, even the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CC-108-019-925.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Buick Skylark Gran Sport – The Understated Buick Of Musclecars")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Buick Skylark Gran Sport – The Understated Buick Of Musclecars
Posted on December 21, 2016 | 58 Comments(first posted 10/21/2013) The 1964 Pontiac GTO unleashed a tiger, sales wise as well as performance wise. Needless to say, everyone wanted in on the action, even the […]
