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Curbside Classic: 1956 Ford Fairlane – Beautiful, But Still The Bridesmaid
Posted on May 28, 2015 | 82 Comments(first posted 8/25/2011) During my adolescent years, virtually all of my firsthand experience with cars from the 1950s came from plastic model kits. It seemed from my vantage […] -
Curbside Classic: Citroën GS1200 Club Break
Posted on May 21, 2015 | 50 CommentsThis car is one of the first I photographed after finding the Curbside Classic website back in 2011, as I remember I was driving home one evening when I saw […] -
Bedside Classic: 1968 Camaro – The Morning After
Posted on May 19, 2015 | 41 Comments(My one shot at shlock fiction. First posted….what seems like a long time ago) You wake despite the hope that you’d never awake, that it was all just a bad […] -
Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The ’70s
Posted on May 17, 2015 | 107 Comments(first posted 3/8/2012) If you were looking to buy a 1977-1979 full-size Pontiac today, you would have a long road ahead. Looking online and in Hemmings, you could be […] -
Curbside Classic: 1962 Pontiac Star Chief – Does This Color Make My Butt Look Big?
Posted on May 14, 2015 | 74 Comments(first posted 10/28/2011) “Honey, does this make my rear end look too big?” This is a question that, when asked by his sweetheart, strikes fear into the heart of every male. The problem is that […] -
Curbside Classic: 1976 Dodge Royal Monaco – A Forgotten One
Posted on May 14, 2015 | 71 Comments(first posted 10/12/2011) It’s a good thing I came across this car. There’s a point in life where one starts to prune away the excess, getting rid of the stuff […] -
Mom’s Curbside Classic: 1995 Jaguar XJS Convertible – T-Bird Substitute
Posted on May 10, 2015 | 39 Comments(first posted 3/2/2012) Jaguar. The name conjures up many images. Classic luxury cars like the Mark II and XJ6. Memorable sports cars like the XK 120, D-Type and E-Type. It […] -
My Curbside Classic: 1989 Jeep XJ Wagoneer Limited – A Cherokee With a Few Extras
Posted on April 29, 2015 | 41 CommentsIn the fall of 2013, my fiancé and I were in the market for a new daily driver. Well, when I say new, I mean well used but new to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1993 Range Rover Classic Vogue – Before the Gold Rush
Posted on April 29, 2015 | 54 Comments(first posted 1/2/2012) Ah, the noble Range Rover. In the mid-1960s, Rover looked West, and saw that usable 4x4s were beginning to gain traction (groan) in the United States. Wheels began […] -
Museum Classic: 1947 Studebaker Champion Station Wagon Prototype – Woody in the Woods
Posted on April 22, 2015 | 23 CommentsLast summer, one of my sons and I spent an afternoon at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. I have always liked the 1947 Studebaker (Is it coming […] -
Curbside Classic: 1972 Dodge Coronet Crestwood R/T – The Scat Packer
Posted on April 1, 2015 | 52 CommentsFor the most part, Chrysler in the 1970s was a pretty grim story. From the high-powered glory years of the Hemi and the 440 Six-Pack, Chryler soon slunk through a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1992 Lexus LS400 – With All Due Respect
Posted on March 12, 2015 | 90 Comments(first published 2/18/2012) This car was once a very big deal. -
Curbside Compare and Contrast: 1965 MGB and 2006 MG TF 135 – Roadsters Ancient And Modern?
Posted on March 4, 2015 | 47 CommentsSpring is coming, and so your thoughts are turning to a sports car, obviously. May be there’s one waiting in the garage for The Great Awakening, or may be you’re […] -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Tempest Custom – A GTO By Any Other Name
Posted on February 18, 2015 | 76 Comments(first posted 12/12/2011) How could I resist stopping for this? It called out so compellingly, like a bright red Christmas ornament on a steely gray winter’s afternoon. I generally stay […] -
Curbside Classic: 1982 Eagle SX/4 – The Trickster
Posted on February 14, 2015 | 84 Comments(first posted 6/30/2011) No doubt the Eagle SX/4 is a joke; the only question being whether it’s a good one or a bad one, or whether the joke is on […]