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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Classics Archive
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![While the majority of the nation is in the grips of a heatwave, it’s another blustery “summer” day in the Bay Area. This would be the day I’d run across […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/5969481428_33d90e4884_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercury Monterey Breezeway – The Cure for the Heatwave")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Mercury Monterey Breezeway – The Cure for the Heatwave
Posted on July 26, 2011 | 63 CommentsWhile the majority of the nation is in the grips of a heatwave, it’s another blustery “summer” day in the Bay Area. This would be the day I’d run across […] -
![It’s almost hard to believe that there was a day when our overly protective, professional busybody class inside the Washington beltway didn’t obsess over every aspect of our daily transportation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DVC00524.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic : 1974 VW Thing (Type 181)- We Hardly Knew Ye")
Curbside Classic : 1974 VW Thing (Type 181)- We Hardly Knew Ye
Posted on July 22, 2011 | 47 CommentsIt’s almost hard to believe that there was a day when our overly protective, professional busybody class inside the Washington beltway didn’t obsess over every aspect of our daily transportation […] -
![We all have our guilty pleasures. This car is mine. There are lots of reasons why I should hate this car, because there was a lot wrong with FoMoCo cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1978LincolnMarkV02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V – Old School’s Last Graduate")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Lincoln Continental Mark V – Old School’s Last Graduate
Posted on July 22, 2011 | 62 CommentsWe all have our guilty pleasures. This car is mine. There are lots of reasons why I should hate this car, because there was a lot wrong with FoMoCo cars […] -
![Yin -yang: complementary opposites. Sometimes described as “the sunlight (yang) over a shady mountain in the valley (yin)”. Now what swept this sudden regurgitation of late-sixties profundity over me, other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-7-025-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Datsun 1200/Sunny Coupe: The Yang To The 1972 Cadillac’s Yin")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Datsun 1200/Sunny Coupe: The Yang To The 1972 Cadillac’s Yin
Posted on July 20, 2011 | 27 CommentsYin -yang: complementary opposites. Sometimes described as “the sunlight (yang) over a shady mountain in the valley (yin)”. Now what swept this sudden regurgitation of late-sixties profundity over me, other […] -
![We seem to be on a truck fling here at CC, so let’s keep it going – kind of. Through much of my life, the El Camino was not a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1982ChevyElCamino06-featurecrop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1982 Chevrolet El Camino – Every day is Satyr-day")
Curbside Classic: 1982 Chevrolet El Camino – Every day is Satyr-day
Posted on July 10, 2011 | 26 CommentsWe seem to be on a truck fling here at CC, so let’s keep it going – kind of. Through much of my life, the El Camino was not a […] -
![Why is the loss of innocence such a recurring theme in automotive writing? Blame it on GM; or the other car companies. They perpetually stoked our dreams for the next […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-108-061-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC: 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne Three Door Sedan – The Chevy Cherry Gets Popped")
CC: 1958 Chevrolet Biscayne Three Door Sedan – The Chevy Cherry Gets Popped
Posted on July 9, 2011 | 32 CommentsWhy is the loss of innocence such a recurring theme in automotive writing? Blame it on GM; or the other car companies. They perpetually stoked our dreams for the next […] -
![Take a moment to reflect where the market was for our friends at Ford in 1958. Starting with the autumn 1957 release of the Edsel, the blue oval was sorting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG00052-20110702-1751.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 – Movin’ On Up")
Curbside Classic: 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 – Movin’ On Up
Posted on July 7, 2011 | 47 CommentsTake a moment to reflect where the market was for our friends at Ford in 1958. Starting with the autumn 1957 release of the Edsel, the blue oval was sorting […] -
![“Let me take a long last look/Before we say goodbye”- Don Henley Even if you listened with only half an ear, there was an audible ticking of the clock evident […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Dodge-Charger-1973-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Dodge Charger – The End Of An Era")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Dodge Charger – The End Of An Era
Posted on July 6, 2011 | 24 Comments“Let me take a long last look/Before we say goodbye”- Don Henley Even if you listened with only half an ear, there was an audible ticking of the clock evident […] -
![Freedom. Does any other word better sum up the aspirations of the sixties? And does any other image convey it better than a wild mustang running free? The symbols of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-12-075-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Mustang – CC Celebrates The Fourth Of July With America’s Favorite Automotive Symbol Of Freedom")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Mustang – CC Celebrates The Fourth Of July With America’s Favorite Automotive Symbol Of Freedom
Posted on July 2, 2011 | 24 CommentsFreedom. Does any other word better sum up the aspirations of the sixties? And does any other image convey it better than a wild mustang running free? The symbols of […] -
![Enough with these pathetic little Briggs and Stratton powered sidewalk toys like the Rabbit and Starlet! We need us a real car to counterbalance that axis of Cozy Coupes. Hell, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/CC-49-065-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Imperial LeBaron Coupe – The Last One Worthy Of Its Name")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Imperial LeBaron Coupe – The Last One Worthy Of Its Name
Posted on June 18, 2011 | 24 CommentsEnough with these pathetic little Briggs and Stratton powered sidewalk toys like the Rabbit and Starlet! We need us a real car to counterbalance that axis of Cozy Coupes. Hell, […] -
![The early 1980s was not a great time for American cars. The U.S. auto industry slurped up a lot of alphabet soup in those years – EPA, NHTSA, CAFE and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cc86LeBaron2-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Chrysler LeBaron – Have a Cup of CAFE")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Chrysler LeBaron – Have a Cup of CAFE
Posted on June 18, 2011 | 25 CommentsThe early 1980s was not a great time for American cars. The U.S. auto industry slurped up a lot of alphabet soup in those years – EPA, NHTSA, CAFE and […] -
![If my fellow Curb Dwellers read the post I did last evening about that Isuzu Diesel Longbed, you may remember I am spending some time being “a wife” down in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "Curbside Classic: 1974 Plymouth Duster: Another Unexpected Find")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Plymouth Duster: Another Unexpected Find
Posted on June 18, 2011 | 22 CommentsIf my fellow Curb Dwellers read the post I did last evening about that Isuzu Diesel Longbed, you may remember I am spending some time being “a wife” down in […] -
![[This is the CC that inspired the Panhard History, so it makes sense to re-run it now too. This is obviously not the Clue CC; thanks to impeccable weather, it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/CC-93-035-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Panhard Dyna Junior Roadster – How Did You End Up Here Like This?")
Curbside Classic: Panhard Dyna Junior Roadster – How Did You End Up Here Like This?
Posted on June 16, 2011 | 3 Comments[This is the CC that inspired the Panhard History, so it makes sense to re-run it now too. This is obviously not the Clue CC; thanks to impeccable weather, it’s […] -
![Earlier this week I was visiting my specialty fastener supplier to acquire the necessary bolts and nuts to successfully complete another project. In the employee lot was a 1992 Ford […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/68opelgt-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Opel GT: Jutta’s Daily Driver")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Opel GT: Jutta’s Daily Driver
Posted on May 26, 2011 | 21 CommentsEarlier this week I was visiting my specialty fastener supplier to acquire the necessary bolts and nuts to successfully complete another project. In the employee lot was a 1992 Ford […] -
![I started my personal blog three years ago this month just after moving to the greater Daytona Beach area. On it I have a series called “What I Saw Today” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/mom-on-woody.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1942 Mercury Woody Wagon: An American Icon")
Curbside Classic: 1942 Mercury Woody Wagon: An American Icon
Posted on May 23, 2011 | 18 CommentsI started my personal blog three years ago this month just after moving to the greater Daytona Beach area. On it I have a series called “What I Saw Today” […]
