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Curbside Classics Archives
Other American Brands 1960s Archive
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![When it debuted for 1968, the AMC Javelin was a promising also-ran in the hotly contested pony car segment. However, American Motors hadn’t sat still, whittling away at the Javelin’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1970-AMC-Javelin-SST-390-Adventure-Classic-Cars-front-2.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage CL Review: 1970 AMC Javelin SST 390 – “A Little More Trans-Am, And A Little Less Rambler”")
Vintage CL Review: 1970 AMC Javelin SST 390 – “A Little More Trans-Am, And A Little Less Rambler”
Posted on February 27, 2025 | 17 CommentsWhen it debuted for 1968, the AMC Javelin was a promising also-ran in the hotly contested pony car segment. However, American Motors hadn’t sat still, whittling away at the Javelin’s […] -
![Now here’s a brilliant spin on the news of Studebaker’s South Bend factory having shut down production in December of 1963—it’s now an import brand, with all the prestige that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/st1-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1964 Studebaker Cruiser – A New Prestige Import Brand Arrives")
Vintage Review: 1964 Studebaker Cruiser – A New Prestige Import Brand Arrives
Posted on January 28, 2025 | 37 CommentsNow here’s a brilliant spin on the news of Studebaker’s South Bend factory having shut down production in December of 1963—it’s now an import brand, with all the prestige that […] -
![The editors of Car Life hadn’t been very impressed with AMC’s previous stab at the sporty car market, the fastback Marlin, but the exciting new AMC Javelin promised to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/javelin-.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1968 AMC Javelin SST – Praising A “Dramatic And Successful Design Turnabout”")
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1968 AMC Javelin SST – Praising A “Dramatic And Successful Design Turnabout”
Posted on January 3, 2025 | 34 CommentsThe editors of Car Life hadn’t been very impressed with AMC’s previous stab at the sporty car market, the fastback Marlin, but the exciting new AMC Javelin promised to be […] -
![Introduced in mid-1965 in clumsy attempt to jump on the sporty car bandwagon, AMC’s midsize fastback Marlin had never found an audience, and by the 1967 model year, it was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AMC-Marlin-snippet.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 AMC Marlin – Beating A Dead Fish")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 AMC Marlin – Beating A Dead Fish
Posted on December 22, 2024 | 46 CommentsIntroduced in mid-1965 in clumsy attempt to jump on the sporty car bandwagon, AMC’s midsize fastback Marlin had never found an audience, and by the 1967 model year, it was […] -
![In the summer of 1962, American car magazines were abuzz with the introduction of the radically styled, fiberglass-bodied Studebaker Avanti, a new sporty coupe combining European design themes (courtesy of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Car-Life-1962-07-intro.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1963 Studebaker Avanti – “Much More Than Just Another Bucket-Seated Luxury Car”")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1963 Studebaker Avanti – “Much More Than Just Another Bucket-Seated Luxury Car”
Posted on December 8, 2024 | 36 CommentsIn the summer of 1962, American car magazines were abuzz with the introduction of the radically styled, fiberglass-bodied Studebaker Avanti, a new sporty coupe combining European design themes (courtesy of […] -
![(first posted 10/27/2018) The GTO has become universally acclaimed as the first of the “muscle cars”, a smaller sedan/coupe packing the punch of a hot V8 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/45339194862_45dab49676_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Motor Trend Review: 1964 Studebaker Super Lark – A Better GTO?")
Vintage Motor Trend Review: 1964 Studebaker Super Lark – A Better GTO?
Posted on October 27, 2024 | 58 Comments(first posted 10/27/2018) The GTO has become universally acclaimed as the first of the “muscle cars”, a smaller sedan/coupe packing the punch of a hot V8 […] -
![(first posted 1/22/2014) A not uncommon accusation around these parts is that folks who haven’t driven a certain car have no right to write articles or comment on them. There’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Rambler-American-1964-CD-001-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Road Test: Car & Driver Tests The New 1964 Rambler American, Rather Unhappily")
Vintage Road Test: Car & Driver Tests The New 1964 Rambler American, Rather Unhappily
Posted on October 16, 2024 | 98 Comments(first posted 1/22/2014) A not uncommon accusation around these parts is that folks who haven’t driven a certain car have no right to write articles or comment on them. There’s […] -
![Folks often tend to remember Car & Driver as cynical and anti-Detroit; actually that was all-too often not the case. Case in point: the AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler: they were a lot […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sc-10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1969 AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler – AMC Pulls A Fast One On Us")
Vintage Review: 1969 AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler – AMC Pulls A Fast One On Us
Posted on August 5, 2024 | 12 CommentsFolks often tend to remember Car & Driver as cynical and anti-Detroit; actually that was all-too often not the case. Case in point: the AMC-Hurst SC/Rambler: they were a lot […] -
![The Cobra is of course iconic and legendary. But that certainly wasn’t the case in 1963 when the first Cobras were built, and not in the way you might expect: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1964-shelby-cobra-289-1.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car and Driver Review: 1963 AC Cobra – The Birth Of A Legend, But Will It Be A Commercial Success?")
Vintage Car and Driver Review: 1963 AC Cobra – The Birth Of A Legend, But Will It Be A Commercial Success?
Posted on January 17, 2024 | 18 CommentsThe Cobra is of course iconic and legendary. But that certainly wasn’t the case in 1963 when the first Cobras were built, and not in the way you might expect: […] -
![The Studebaker Lark Wagonaire was an answer to a question nobody asked. Why would anyone find an opening rear roof panel on a wagon compelling? It sucked in dirt and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/w-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Review: 1963 Studebaker Lark Wagonaire – Airy Dead End")
Vintage Review: 1963 Studebaker Lark Wagonaire – Airy Dead End
Posted on December 14, 2023 | 33 CommentsThe Studebaker Lark Wagonaire was an answer to a question nobody asked. Why would anyone find an opening rear roof panel on a wagon compelling? It sucked in dirt and […] -
![AMC had danced to the rhythm of a different drum for a few years, betting it all on its compact Ramblers during the second half of the ’50s. That lucky […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/4938773181_af3fa3be72_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1964 Rambler Classic V-8 – Chasing Market Trends")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1964 Rambler Classic V-8 – Chasing Market Trends
Posted on November 19, 2023 | 27 CommentsAMC had danced to the rhythm of a different drum for a few years, betting it all on its compact Ramblers during the second half of the ’50s. That lucky […] -
![(first posted 10/16/2013, Revised and updated 8/19/2023) We keep coming back to this topic, first with yesterday’s Comet and then today’s Falcon Sprint. That era was indeed the beginning […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/books_004.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: 1963 Days – Popular Science Tests the Hot Compacts")
Automotive History: 1963 Days – Popular Science Tests the Hot Compacts
Posted on August 19, 2023 | 88 Comments(first posted 10/16/2013, Revised and updated 8/19/2023) We keep coming back to this topic, first with yesterday’s Comet and then today’s Falcon Sprint. That era was indeed the beginning […] -
![0-60 in 10.9 seconds? With a six backed by the less-than-stellar B/W automatic? That’s very much V8 territory. AMC’s new 232 cubic inch six, in this case with a two-barrel […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/440-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1965 Rambler American 440-H – Hot Six!")
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1965 Rambler American 440-H – Hot Six!
Posted on May 22, 2023 | 11 Comments0-60 in 10.9 seconds? With a six backed by the less-than-stellar B/W automatic? That’s very much V8 territory. AMC’s new 232 cubic inch six, in this case with a two-barrel […] -
![This was one of the more interesting vintage reviews I’ve come across, because I don’t remember reading about these new 1967 AMC Rebels at the time; not too surprising, as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/r-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: Two 1967 Rambler Rebels; 770 Six And 343 V8 SST – Styling Good; Performance Disappointing")
Vintage Car Life Road Test: Two 1967 Rambler Rebels; 770 Six And 343 V8 SST – Styling Good; Performance Disappointing
Posted on March 31, 2023 | 44 CommentsThis was one of the more interesting vintage reviews I’ve come across, because I don’t remember reading about these new 1967 AMC Rebels at the time; not too surprising, as […] -
![The Scout was the first competitor to the Jeep, reflecting the rising interest in off-road capable vehicles. But it was still early days; only the gnarly JC and the slightly-less […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/i-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1961 IH Scout – “Who Is Going To Buy The Scout?”")
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1961 IH Scout – “Who Is Going To Buy The Scout?”
Posted on February 25, 2023 | 13 CommentsThe Scout was the first competitor to the Jeep, reflecting the rising interest in off-road capable vehicles. But it was still early days; only the gnarly JC and the slightly-less […]
