American brands are categorized alphabetically by brand and in chronological order, by year of manufacture.
Allard
American Motors (incl. Nash, but not Jeep)
1950 Nash Statesman Airflyte: Did Somebody Say Bathtub?
1957 Nash Metropolitan: Toy Cars Are For Kids
1959 Rambler Custom Six: The Prophet
1961 American 220: The Hip Un-American
1961 Rambler Cross Country: The Ultimate Motel
1964 Rambler Classic 770 Coupe: A True Classic?
1964 Rambler Classic 770 Sedan: Miss LuAnn’s Ride
1965 Ambassador 880: Kenosha Cadillac?
1966 Ambassador 990 Convertible: Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption
1965 Rambler American 440 Sedan: One Of The “Sensible Spectaculars”
1967 Rambler Marlin: The Humpback Whale – AMC’s Deadly Sin #1
1967 Rambler Rebel SST convertible: Rambler Tries Flexing Its Muscles Again, Belatedly
1969 Rambler 440 Station Wagon: The Last Rambler
1970 Hornet: Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life
1971 Gremlin (1971 Small car Comparison #6)
1976 Hornet Hatchback: AMC’s High Water Mark
My (Ex) Curbside Classic: 1976 AMC Pacer
1973 Matador Sedan: The Stench Of Death
1977 Hornet AMX: The Long Slow Decline of the AMX
1978 Matador Barcelona Sedan: The Bullfighter Dies In Full Costume
1980 Eagle Wagon and Sedan: “What The Hell Is This?”
1981 Eagle SX/4: The Trickster
1981 Concord DL Coupe: The Underdog Learns One More New Trick
Buick
1931 96 Country Club Coupe: The Eight As Buick Built It
1948 Series 40 Special Sedanet: Just A Few Inches Short Of A GM’s Greatest Hit
1950 Special Sedanet: Design Analysis: The Full-Sized Fastback Problem (Cohort Classic)
1955 Special: Comparison With 1955 Olds 88
1956 Century Riviera Four-Door Hardtop: The Facebook Friend Magnet Of Its Time
1956 Roadmaster Sedan: The Big Boola Boola
1961 LeSabre: Aqua Time Machine
1962 Skylark Convertible: Gimme
1963 Skylark Convertible: Knocking On Heaven’s Door
1963 Wildcat: I Think I Want To Fight
1964 Electra 225: Whatever Happened To The Deuce And A Quarter?
1964 Riviera: The Peak GM Experience
1965 Wildcat Convertible: Sabre Tooth Cat Or Dodo Bird?
1966 Special Deluxe Sedan: Not All That Special
1966 Riviera: The Ultimate Bill Mitchell-Mobile
1967 Electra 225 Convertible: The Jayne Mansfield Of Cars
1972 Riviera Boattail: Swan Song Or Big Ugly Duck?
1974 Estate Wagon: Hold The Fake Wood, Please
1977-1978 Riviera: A Short Life In Hard Times
1980 Skylark: I Gave Up A Peugeot 404 For One Of GM’s Deadliest Sins And It Wasn’t All That Bad
1985 Riviera: A Ray of Light in the Darkness
1986 Riviera: GM’s Deadly Sin #1
1987 LeSabre Hearse: The Official CC Hearse
1989 Reatta: A Pudding With No Theme
1989 Riviera: What The 1986 Riviera Should Have Been
1990 Century Coupe: If We Make It Forever It Will Be Good
1991 Regal GS: The Open Source CC
1994 Century Wagon: Fighting A Losing Battle
1995 Regal GS Coupe: Is It Worthy?
1996 Regal Olympic Edition: Go For The Gold In Your W-Body
1993-1998 Skylark: Bye-Bye Birdie (Capsule)
Buses (other than GM)
Cadillac
1950 Series 61 Hot Rod Coupe: The CC Logomobile
1954 Series 62 Sedan: GM’s Greatest Hit #2
1959 Coupe de Ville: False Prophet Of A New Era?
1962 Coupe de Ville: Coupe de la Creme
1962 Series 62 Sedan: Don Draper’s Dream
1965-1966 Sedan de Ville: The King’s Last Stand
1967 Eldorado: On The Dark Side
1969 De Ville Convertible: Please Turn Out The Lights When You Leave
1970 Fleetwood Brougham: Last Of The True Cadillacs
1972 Coupe de Ville: A Beginning As Well As The Beginning Of The End
1972 Eldorado Convertible: The End Of An Exceptional Era
1975 Fleetwood 75 Limo: The Longest Production Car Ever
1975 Fleetwood Brougham: The Brougham’s Brougham
1978 Seville: Nope, Nothing Wrong Here
1978 Eldorado: The Biggest, Baddest Brougham Of Them All
1979 Seville: GM’s Deadly Sin #11
1980-1985 Seville: From Halo To Devil’s Pitchfork – GM’s Deadly Sin #17
1980-1985 Seville: Context Is Everything
1984 Coupe DeVille: Shame About The Engine
1986 Eldorado: A Swing And A Miss
1987 Allante: Apple Pie In An Italian Suit
1987 Brougham: The Elder Statesman
1987-88 Cimarron: Could This Be The Nicest One Left? (Cohort Classic)
1988 Coupe de Ville: How Not To Downsize A Luxury Car
1990 Brougham d’Elegance: Too Much Lipstick?
1991 Sedan de Ville: Almost Doesn’t Count
1991 Sedan deVille: Bought New For 154 Million Pesos
1992 Brougham: The Only Way To Travel Is Cadillac Style
1997-2001 Catera: Caddy’s Dead Duck
Checker
1967 Aerobus: Twelve Passengers, Eight Doors, Four On The Floor
Chevrolet
1935 Master Deluxe: Bare Bones Bar Sign
1936 Master DeLuxe: Is It Too Early For A Dubonnet?
1954 210: See The USA, In Your Chevrolet
1955 Nomad: Stealing The Thunder From The High Priced Cars
1957 210 Handyman Wagon: My Backyard Classic – Now What?
1957 Bel Air Sport Sedan: Why Can’t I Rent THAT At Hertz?
1958 Biscayne Three-Door Sedan: The Chevy Cherry Gets Popped
1959 Impala Hardtop Sedan: Holy Batwing Die-Cast Dreams
1960 Impala Sport Coupe: Gullwing, Take Two
1961 Corvair 95 Rampside: It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
1961 Brookwood wagon: California Patina
1962 Corvair Monza Wagon (Lakewood): Why Did We Go Ahead And Build This?
1962 Corvette: The Marilyn Monroe of Cars (NSFW in USA)
1963 Corvair Greenbriar: GM’s Greatest Hit #6 – We Don’t Want A Better VW Bus
1964 Chevelle Malibu SS: The Belle Late For The Ball
1964 Corvair Monza Convertible: Writing A New Chapter (Barnfind Classic)
1964 Corvair Monza Spyder Convertible: Activate The Turbocharged Scat
1964 Bel Air Wagon: Love Transcends All
1965 Chevelle Malibu SS Convertible: Hot Fun In The Summertime
1966 Caprice Coupe – Chevy Joins The Great Brougham Epoch
1966 Impala Hardtop Sedan: It Was Grandpa’s Car (My CC)
1967 Caprice Estate: Nice, But Not Nice Enough
1967 Chevelle Malibu: The American Big Opel
1968 Camaro: The Morning After
1968 Impala (with Olds 455 engine): Hybrid Of A Different Sort
1969 Camaro: The Last Unmolested ’69 Camaro Six Daily Driver In The World?
1969 Chevelle Nomad: More Name Debasement And Confusion
1970 Caprice: Iris And Albert Make A Trip To Houston
1970 Camaro: GM’s Greatest Hits No.1 – Even Pininfarina Praised It
1971 Biscayne: Don’t Look For It In The Brochure (Cohort Classic)
1971 Vega Kammback: Winner Of 1971 Small Car Comparison And GM’s Deadly Sin #2
1972 Caprice Coupe: Cadillac Carbon Copy?
1973 Caprice Estate Wagon: Still Doing Its Big Job
1974 Vega Kammback: Deadly Sexy
1974 Vega Panel Express: A Sedan Delivery For The ’70s
1976 Monte Carlo Landau: Hope You Like Green (My CC)
1977 Nova Sedan: Incognito Camaro
1978 Caprice Classic: Chevy Knocks One Out Of The Park
1979 Monza Coupe: Vega II Or Mustang Too?
1980 Caprice Classic: It’s The NEW Chevrolet (My CC)
1980 Chevette Scooter: A New Category Of Vehicle
1982 Camaro RS: Rally Wheels Absolve Many Sins
1989 Camaro RS: GM’s Deadly Sin #6: 46 Trips To The Dealer In The First Year
1982 El Camino: Every Day Is Satyr-day
1982-1988 Celebrity: When Life Hands You Lemons…
1983 Cavalier: 20/20 Hindsight 30 Years Down The Road
1985 Nova (NUMMI): Lessons Not Learned
1985 S-10 Blazer: GM’s Deadly Sin #5: Sloth
1986 Caprice Classic Brougham: Niedermeyer Finally Finds Broughmance
1990 Caprice Classic Brougham LS: Embarrassing FWD Cadillacs Since 1987
1992 Corvette – GM’s Deadly Sin #9
1994 Caprice Classic LS: Last Of The Best
1995 Lumina LS: I Fought The Taurus, And The Taurus Won
1996 Beretta: A Dash Of Sportiness
1997 Camaro: Conspicuously Purple
Chevrolet Trucks
1941 COE: Streamlining Arrives Down On The Farm
1949 Loadmaster Tow Truck: My Bias Is Showing, And Feel Free To Say So
1951 3100 Pickup: America’s (And My) Favorite Pickup
1959 Apache 32 Pickup (with 1953 Budger travel trailer)
1966 Suburban: Finding The “Sport” In SUV
1969 C20 Custom Camper: A Novel Way To Do The U.S.A.
1970 Suburban: The Third Door On The Right
1970 C30 Longhorn Custom Camper: Very Aptly Named Indeed
1978 Scottsdale: Iris And Albert Go Fishing
1979 LUV 4×4 (Isuzu Faster): Tough Love
1980 K-5 Blazer Silverado: The Charlton Heston of Trucks
1980 C30 Dana V-Drive 4×4 Van: A Rarity Indeed
1991 S-10 Blazer Four Door: You Can’t Blame A Guy For Trying
1993 Astro Van: How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan?
Chrysler/Imperial
1946 Town & Country Sedan: A Slave To Fashion And Varnish
1955 New Yorker Deluxe St. Regis: How’s That For A Long Name?
1956 Chrysler Windsor Town & Country: You’ve Come A Long Way
1960 Saratoga Sedan: Forward Fini
1962 Chrysler 300 Sport: Funny Face
1963 Imperial Custom Four-Door: The Imperial Battleship
1965 Newport Coupe: Two Grizzled Old Toughs
1968 300 Coupe: Elwood’s Designs Were Jake
1968 Imperial Convertible: Fall back, Men, Fall Back!
1973 Imperial LeBaron: My Curbside Classic
Fender Blades On A Fuselage: Styling Analysis Of The 1973 Imperial By Chrysler
1975 Imperial LeBaron Coupe: The Last One Worthy Of Its Name
1976 Cordoba: Fine Corinthian Brougham
1977 Newport St. Regis – Old Soldier
1978 Cordoba: The Fine Little Chrysler
1979 Newport: B Plus C Equals R
1979 New Yorker: Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #3 – The Rolling Coffin
1980 LeBaron: A Car (and a Company) In Transition
1981 Imperial by Chrysler: It’s Your Time – Or Not
1984 Executive Limousine: The Ultimate Eighties Folly-Mobile
1985 New Yorker: ReinKarnation
1986 Chrysler LeBaron: Have A Cup Of CAFE
1986 Chrysler Le Baron Town & Country Wagon (Capsule)
1986 LeBaron T&C Convertible: Some Things Just Don’t Translate
1989 Chrysler’s TC By Maserati: The Deadly Sin Of Pretentious Overreaching
1990 Town & Country: What Happened To My Wagon?
1991 New Yorker: Paging Bill Blass
1992 Fifth Avenue: The End Of Mopar’s Broughamance
1992 LeBaron Convertible: Take Your Top Off, Sweetie
1994 Chrysler LHS: The (Belated) Graduation Gift
Cord
1936-37 810/812: Rolling Sculpture
Crosley
1951 Sedan Delivery: A Lot Of Pop In A Small Package
DeLorean
Detroit
1917 Electric Brougham: Charged Up For Another Century
DeSoto
1957 Firesweep: Curbside Service
1958 Fireflite: The Forward Look Falls Flat On Its Face
1960 Adventurer Sedan: Late Life Adventures
Diamond T Trucks
1953 Model 323: A Rare Diamond In The Rough
Dodge
1941 Business Coupe: Dodge Gives America The Business
1949 Dodge Special DeLuxe: What The Plodge? (Canadian Version)
1959 Coronet Sedan: Chrome, Fins, And More Chrome
1961 & 1962 Lancer/GT: How Are We Going To Make You A Little Less Weird?
1963 Custom 880: The One That Got Away
1965 Coronet 500 Hardtop Coupe: Family Carma
1965 Dart GT: The Elemental MoPar
1966 Coronet 500 – This B-Body Earns an A
1967 A-100 Van: What Are You Doing Here, Eugene
1967 Charger: Chrysler’s Marlin
1967 Coronet R/T Convertible (Capsule)
1968 Dart 270 Sedan: Which Old Folks Remember As A POS
1968 Coronet 500 Coupe: My Youthful Desire
1969 Coronet 440: Bread And Butter B-Body
1970 Challenger: The Life Of The Party
1970 Challenger: Vanishing Paint
1972 Charger: The End Of An Era
1973 Coronet: Bi-Directional, Twin-440 Powered Experimental Police Pursuit
1974 Dart Custom: “A Body” Tends To Stay In Motion
1976 Royal Monaco: Gone, And Forgotten
1978 Aspen Wagon: Defying Expectations Since The Carter Administration
1981 Challenger: That Thing Does Got A Hemi
1986 Dodge Ram Pickup: Not Exactly The Cobra In The Barn Jim Klein
1987 Diplomat SE: Absolution Granted
1989 Caravan Turbo: Desperate Measure
1994 Shadow: Something For Everyone, Everything For No One
1995 Intrepid: This Changes Everything
1995 Neon Sport Coupe: Say Hi…To Dashed Expectations
2001 Viper GTS – Yes, You Heard Correctly (My CC)
Dodge Truck
WM300 Power Wagon: Immortality Attained
1952 B Series Panel Truck: Work In A Pilot House
1954 V8 Job-Rated Truck: That Thing Got A Hemi?
1965 D200 Crew Cab: A Big, Basic Bruiser Of A Truck With A Slant Six
1967 D-200 Camper Special: We’re Number Three So We Try Harder, Dude!
1974 Club Cab Pickup: Another Dodge First, Not That It Helped All That Much
1975 Ramcharger: Dodge Charges Ahead of Ford For A Change
1975 Power Wagon: A (Sort Of) Civilized Outdoorsman
1979 D100 Van: Is It The Real Thing?
1987 Ram 250: The Best $400 I Ever Spent (Curbside Beater)
1989 Ramcharger LE: Mopar Joins The 4×4 Craze
1990 Ram Radio Flyer: The Big Red Wagon
Eagle
Edsel
Ford
1926 Model T Coupe: T Stands For Tall
1929 Model A: The Best Ford Ever
1936 DeLuxe: Imagine Yourself In This Car
1950 Hot Rod Ford: A True Love Story
1953 Ford Customline: You’ll Never Guess What’s Under Its Hood
1956 Customline: A New And Safer Flavor In A Familiar Wrapper
1956 Fairlane: Beautiful, But Still The Bridesmaid
1958 Fairlane 500: Movin’ On Up
1958 Thunderbird: The Most Revolutionary American Car Of The Fifties
1960 Starliner: Haste Makes Waste
1960 Thunderbird: The Squarebird That Flew Away (to Sweden) (Outtake)
1961 Falcon: How To Build A Winning Compact
1960-1965 Falcon: #1 In Classic Cars Among Hipsters
1962 Fairlane: Sometimes It Is About The Destination (also Auto-Biography)
1962 Galaxie 500 Town Victoria
1962.5 Falcon Futura Sports Sedan: Ford Sees The Future; At Chevrolet
1963 Falcon Club Wagon: A “Compact” Minivan
1963 Thunderbird Landau: The American Dream Car
1964 Falcon Standard Sedan: Plain And Simple
1964 Galaxie 500 Convertible: Say Goodbye To Those Jet Tube Taillights
1965 Thunderbird Landau: Fancy Feast
1965 Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe: The Failane
1965 LTD: Revolutionary? It Singlehandedly Launched The Great Brougham Epoch
1965 Custom Two Door Sedan: The End Of The Stripper Tudor Era
1965 Galaxie 500: A New Ford Fit For Goldilocks
1966 Galaxie 500 7 Litre: Maybe It Should Have Had 7 Gallons
1966 Galaxie 500: All-Points Bulletin (Fiction)
1967 Galaxie 500 Hardtop Coupe (Capsule)
1967 Mustang Convertible: Forty-Four Years Of Wedded Bliss
1968 Galaxie 500: Always Ready To Roll
1968 Thunderbird: Who Am I? Why Am I Here?
1968 Fairlane Coupe – The Unexpected Wallflower
1969 Mustang Mach 1: Sliding Down The Slippery Fastback Slope
1970.5 Falcon: Needle, Meet Haystack
1970-1978 Maverick: The Simple(ton) Machine
1970 1/2 Falcon: Mission Implausible
1971 Mustang Grande: Como Se Dice Brougham?
1970 Thunderbird Sportsback: What Bunkie Took With Him On The Way Out The Door
1971 Thunderbird Four Door Landau: Yes, I Said Four Doors
1971 Galaxie 500 Hardtop Sedan: Domino’s Delivers, Even If Ford Doesn’t
1971 Pinto: 1971Small Car Comparison #4
1973 Australian Fairlane ZXGLQ-FU: That Thing Got A FEMI? (Curbside Fiction)
1974 Thunderbird: A Mark By Any Other Name…
1975 Country Squire: The Car That Made Di-Noc Millions
1975 Gran Torino: Isolation Chamber
1976 Australian Falcon XC 351 GT Ute Found In Oregon: This Time For Real
1976 Mustang II Cobra: Ford’s Deadly Sin No. 2
1976 Elite: A Highfalutin’ Hash
1977 LTD II Brougham: The Thunderbird’s Less Successful Brother
1978 Fairmont: That Very Rare Honest American Car
1978 Mustang II Cobra: The Winter Of My Discontent
1978 LTD: The Last Of The Whoppers
1978 Fiesta: Here today, Gone Tomorrow
1979 Mustang Indy 500 Pace Car Replica
1980 Fairmont Futura: Back To The Futura
1980 Pinto Wagon: The Pinto’s Long Colorful End
1980 Thunderbird: The Fabulous FUBAR Edition
1981-1990 Escort: You Never Get A Second Chance To Make A Good Impression
1986 Thunderbird Elan: A Fox in a Bird’s Feathers
1986 Taurus/Sable: At This Moment, You Mean Everything
1987 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe (Capsule)
1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe: Ask And You Shall Receive
1989 LTD Crown Victoria: If It’s Good Enough For Ben Matlock
1994 Mustang GT: The Car That Almost Wasn’t
1995 Aerostar: How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan?
1995 Club Wagon Chateau: Welcome To The Club
1995 Taurus SE: Are You Not Entertained?
1996-99 Taurus/Sable: All Things Must Pass
1998 Crown Victoria LX: Beginning Of The End
1999 Escort ZX2: Pride Comes From Within
2001 Crown Victoria (P-71): The Jewel Of The Crowns
Ford Trucks
1930 Model A Pickup: The Modern Pickup Is Born?
1952 F-1: The Owner’s First Vehicle
1956 F-600: Every Neighborhood Should Have A CC Community Truck
The Almost Immortal 1957-90 C-Series
1957 Ranchero: The First respectable Truck
1960 F-250 Styleside: The Tonka Truck Truck
1961 F-350: The Y-Chromosone Butch Brother
1962 F-100 Styleside: That Most Feminine Truck
1963 Econoline Pickup: Keep The Sand Bags Handy
1964 F600 Dump Truck: Still Hard At Work
1969 Bronco: The Mustang’s Bucking Side-Kick
1969 Econoline: Ford Builds A Better Box
1969 Ranchero: The Anti-Paternity Mobile
1973 F-350 Camper Special: Ford Goes Camping In A Superlative Way
1976 Courier: The Second Toughest Old Mini-Pickup?
1992 Ranger Extended Cab: It Was Meant To Be (My CC)
1995 Club Wagon Chateau : Welcome To The Club
GEO
Metro Convertible: Did I Take The Autopia Offramp?
Gillig
Transit Coach: Built Like A Tank
General Motors
The General Motors N-Body: How Quickly We Forget (Pontiac Grand Am, Oldsmobile Calais and Buick Skylark/Somerset)
GMC & GM Coach
1947 PD-3751 “Silversides” Greyhound Bus: The First Modern Diesel Bus (GM’s Greatest Hit #11)
1949 TDH-5105 Old Look Transit Bus: GM’s Greatest Hit #9, Despite Being The Agent Of A GM Deadly Sin
1956 Pickup: Don’t Judge A Pickup By Its Grille (CC Capsule)
1963 Pickup: The Very Model Of A Modern V6 Truck Engine
GM’s Deadly Sins: (also found under the corresponding division brand)
On The Purpose And Nature Of GM’s Deadly Sins
#7 1976 Chevrolet Malibu Classic
#8 1984 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham
#11 1975-1979 Cadillac Seville
#12 1990 Pontiac LeMans (Daewoo)
#17 1980-1985 Cadillac Seville
1960-1963 Corvair: GM’s Deadliest Sin?
Graham
1940 Supercharged Sedan: Graham Jumps The Shark
Grumman
1983 KubVan: Tiny, FWD, VW Diesel Powered, and Very Rare
Hudson
1952 Hornet: A Victorious Dead End
1956 Hornet: Waiting For Death In A Borrowed Four-Tone Suit
International
1937 D3 Demi-Semi-Tractor: Loggers Need Them Some Entertainment Too
1947 Bus “Further”: Ken Kesey’s Merry Prankster-Mobile
1958 Metro – The Original And Greatest Step Van
1964 C900 – The Smallest American Pickup Until The Ranger And S-10 (Capsule)
1965 Travelall: The Suburban Of Its Day
1966 R 190 AWD Truck: My Current Lust Object
1968 Loadstar Bookmobile and Truck – Is There A Book On IH History On Board?
Jeep
1945 Willys Jeep MB: The Icon Of Freedom
1947 Willys CJ-2A Jeep: The Universal
1950 Jeepster: Another Brooks Stevens Beauty
1951 Willys Truck: The Antidote To Modern Life
1967 and 1972 Jeepster Commando: Jeep Gets Stuck
1967 Commando: Rough and Ready
1979 Cherokee: I Love Bacon (CC Capsule)
1984 Cherokee: AMC’s Greatest Hit Thanks To Renault
1986-1992 Jeep Comanche: It Coulda Been A Contender
Commanche: The Case Of The Missing Extended Cab
Kaiser
1946 Articulated Bus (History Capsule)
1954 Special Club Sedan: Some First Car!
Kit Cars/Vintage Fiberglass
1967 Kellison Astra X-300 GT: Dreams Are Made Of Fiberglass
197? Bradley GT: Lamborghini Dreamin’
1976 Tri-Magnum Prototype: Now We Know What You Are
Lincoln/Continental
1960 Sedan: Trying To Out-Cadillac Cadillac
1965 Continental: The Last Great American Luxury Car
1968 Continental Coupe: At Last
1970 Lincoln Continental Coupe: Hot Rod Lincoln
1976 Continental Mark IV Givenchy Edition: Aqua Couture
1976 Continental Mark IV: Gas Fed Beef
1977 Versailles: Pig In A Poke
1978 Continental Mark V: Old School’s Last Graduate
1978 Town Coupe: CAFE Is Coming
1984-92 Continental Mark VII: The Forgotten Car
1988 Town Car Signature Series: My Curbside Classic – A Tactful Rebuttal
1990-92 Mark VII LSC SE: Not Your Uncle Max’s Mark
Mack
R-Series Trucks: Rock Solid Since 1966
1970 CF-608 Pumper Firetruck: Manning Up
Marmon
1931 Sixteen: Death With Dignity
Mercury
1942 “Woody” Station Wagon: An American Icon
1959 Monterey: A Little More Chrome, Please?
1960 Comet: Orphan Looking For A Home
1961 Meteor 800: The Beginning Of The End
1962 Mercury Monterey Custom: No Respect
1963 Meteor: Falling To Earth With A Resounding Thud
1963 Monterey Breezeway: The Cure For The Heatwave
1963 Marauder: Peppered With Plundering Promise
1964 Comet 202: To The Moon And Back
1966 Monterey: And The Indian Summer Of The Full-Sized Convertible
1966 Mercury Commuter Wagon (and Ford Country Sedan)
1968 Monterey: Show Me Your Mercury
1969 Montego: Another Mercury Moment
1970 Marauder X-100: Bootylicious
1971-1978 Capri: Ponycar Reborn
1971-1973 Cougar: The Brougham Pony Car (and Moms First Ride
1971 Monterey: You Could Have Had A Marquis
1973 Capri: Get Yours Today, At The Sign Of The Cat
1973 Monterey Custom: A Great Name’s Last Ride
1973 Marquis Brougham (Capsule)
1976 Marquis: John And Margie Come Visiting From Cut And Shoot
1978 Bobcat: The Incredible 12 Second Quarter Mile 75 MPG Steam-Injected Bobcat
1980 Cougar XR-7: The Very Common Dishonest Car
1986 Sable Wagon: Station Wagon Envy #1
1988 Colony Park: Colonizing Mercury
1989 Grand Marquis LS: Panthers Run In The Family
1992 Topaz Coupe V6 – Oxymoron or Moronic?
1992 Tracer LTS: Almost Forgotten Gem
(Canadian) Mercury Trucks: We Do Things A Bit Differently Up Here
Merkur
Merkur XR4TI: What’s In A Name?
1988 Scorpio: Nice Landing, Wrong Airport
Military Vehicles
Nevco
Oldsmobile
1937 Oldsmobile Six: A Christmas Story
1951 Super 88: Rocketing Back In Time (Classic CC)
1955 Eighty-Eight Holiday Coupe: Comparison With 1955 Buick Special
1962 Dynamic 88 Holiday Hardtop
1963 Starfire: The Pageant Loser, But Good Enough For Denise Huxtable
1964 & 1965 Ninety Eight: In The Key Of C
1966 Toronado: GM’s Deadly Sin #16 – Let’s Try A Different Position
1969 Vista Cruiser: GM’s Greatest Hit No. 8
1972 98 Hardtop Coupe: Not Just Another Pretty (Huge) Car
1973 Delta 88: GM’s Deadly Sin #15
1973 Omega: “The Compact Olds”
1975 Cutlass Supreme Brougham: The Right Car At The Right Time
1976 Ninety-Eight: Orville Builds A House For Irene
1978 Delta 88 Diesel – In Defense of the Olds 350 Diesel V8
1978 Ninety-Eight Regency: All The Brougham You Want, In A Tidier Package
1984 Ninety Eight: Your Father’s Last Oldsmobile
1985 Delta 88 Royale: Last Call For The Lansing B-Body Coupe
1985 Ninety Eight Regency Brougham: I’m Sorry, That’s a Personal Subject!
1986 Cutlass Supreme Brougham Sedan: Why Brougham When You Can Supreme Brougham?
1986 Firenza S Coupe: J-School Graduate
1987 Delta 88 Royale Brougham: H Is For Harmony
1990 Silhouette: How Hard Can It Be To Make A Minivan? (Part 3)
1991 Ninety Eight: 1961 Revisited
1992 Ninety Eight Touring Sedan: A Regency With An Attitude
1994 Eighty-Eight: Hooked On The Memory You
2002 Aurora: Into That Quiet Good Night
The Curbside Classic Complete Cutlass Chronicles (CCCCC)
The CCCCC Central: All Chapters Accessible From Here
(1961-1963): Ambitions Unfulfilled (Part 1)
1964 F-85 Coupe: From Modest Beginnings (Part 2)
(1966-1967) A Love Supreme (Part 3)
1970 Cutlass S Coupe: The End Of An Era (Part 4)
1970 Cutlass Supreme Coupe: A New Supreme Era Begins (Part5)
1976 Cutlass Colonnade Coupe: Expletive Deleted (Part 6)
1975 Cutlass Supreme Colonnade Sedan: The Huge Surprise (Part 7)
1977 Cutlass Supreme and Brougham Coupes: Coupe Supremacy (Part 8 )
1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon: We Don’t Want No Stinkin’ Fastbacks (Part 9)
1978 Cutlass Supreme Brougham Coupe: Supremely Popular, with Certain Exceptions (Part 10)
1980-1987 Cutlass Supreme Four-Door Sedans: The Oldsmobile Seville (Part 11)
1983 Cutlass Supreme Brougham Coupe: A Classic Death (Part 12)
1992 Cutlass Supreme: How The Mighty Have Fallen (Part 13)
Packard
1937 Six: Prestige On The Installment Plan
1946 Clipper Super: Farewell My Beastly Black Beauty
1951 Packard 200: Too Many Memories (Curbside Fiction)
1955 Four Hundred: Bravely Facing Forward
1956 Patrician Sedan: Please Proceed To The Lifeboats
Plymouth
1936 Plymouth: I Can Take It For A Spin?
1950 All-Steel Wagon: The First Modern Wagon (Photos by CC Cohort Davo)
1951 Cranbrook: Automotive Immortality
1955 Belvedere Suburban: Suddenly It’s…1956
1957 Belvedere: Truly The Star Of The Forward Look
1959 Plymouth Fury: Love Transcends Reason
1960 Fury: What Planet Are YOU From?
1961 – 1962 Valiant: No One’s Kid Brother
1962 Fury: If You Think This Is Bad
1963 Belvedere: Continental Class At The End Of Camelot
1963 Valiant: When The Curious Looking Get Self Conscious, Conform
1965 Barracuda: Better Than A Mustang In Horse Country
1965 Sport Fury Convertible: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em
1965 Valiant Wagon With Over 400K Miles: The Ultimate Roach?
1967 VIP: Very Important Plymouth or Footnote to the Great Brougham Epoch?
1969 Fury: Somewhere West Of Ogallala
1970 Valiant: Edna Gets Her Car Tuned-Up
1971 Road Runner: Sherwood Be Nice
1972 Duster 340: The Speed Freak
1972 Scamp: A Tasty Little Number
1973 Satellite Sebring Plus: Haven’t I Heard That Name Before?
1974 Gold Duster: There’s Gold In Them Thar Hips
1974 Satellite Custom: Almost Our Thanksgiving Turkey
1975 Gran Fury: Bad Timing (Capsule)
1976 Valiant Brougham: Least Likely Brougham
1978 Fury (ex Cop car): I’d Recognize That Shape A Half-Mile Away
1994 Sundance: Something For Everyone, Everything For No One
1997 Voyager Rallye: Split Personality Disorder
Pontiac
1948 DeLuxe Streamliner Station Wagon: At The Dawn Of The Jet Age, A Varnishing Breed
1950 Chieftain Eight Deluxe Sedan: A Spark In The Night
1957 Star Chief Catalina Coupe
1957 Chieftan Safari Nine-Passenger Wagon: Are We There Yet?
1960 Ventura Hardtop Coupe: Have The Wheels Come Off The American Dream?
1960 Bonneville and Catalina (Capsule)
1962 Star Chief: Does This Color Make My Butt Look Big?
1963 Tempest LeMans: Pontiac Tries To Build A BMW Before BMW Built Theirs, And Almost Succeeds
1964 Tempest Custom Four-Door Sedan: You Bet It Hauls
1965 Bonneville Embassy Nine-Passenger Limo By Superior: Now In Sweden (Reader CC)
1965 LeMans Coupe: The 3 Series Of Its Day
1966 Star Chief Executive: Executive Privilege
1967 Tempest Custom Coupe: A GTO By Any Other Name
1968 Firebird 400: Teliving Childhood Memories, Twice Daily
1968 Catalina Convertible: Let’s Go Wide-Tracking
1969 Grand Prix: The Most Beutiful Pontiac Ever
1969 Tempest Custom S Coupe: The Ex-secretary’s Wanna-be GTO
1971 Ventura II: Badge Engineering Begins In Earnest – GM’s Deadly Sin #3
1972 Catalina: Getting More For Your Dollar
1976 Grand Prix LJ: Grand Size, Medium Prize
1977 Bonneville Brougham: This Grandma Had Class
1977 Grand LeMans: Retrograde Colonnade
1978 Grand Prix: GM’s Deadly Sin #14
1978 Bonneville Brougham: No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The Seventies
1979 Bonneville Brougham Coupe: Who Needs A Cadillac?
1980 Firebird TA Turbo: The Final Blow-Out
1986 Parisienne: Yours For $400
1988 Transvertible: Long Lost GM Prototype Discovered
1991 Grand Prix: Neither Grand Nor Inspiring To Write About
1993 Grand Am: American Graffiti
2001 Aztek: A Face Only A Mother Could Love
REO
1949 REO Speedwagon One-ton Pickup
Riker
1897 Riker Electric: Back To The Future
Saturn:
1992 SL: GM’s Deadly Sin #4 – The Eulogy
Studebaker
1949 Landcruiser: Top Of The World
1951 Starlight Coupe: Design Ananlysis
1953 – 1954 Starliner Coupe: Star Light, Star Bright
1955 President Speedster: Look What They’ve Done To The Starliner
1956 Studebaker President: Sadly Squared Up
1957 Studebaker Scotsman: Discount Life Preserver
1959 3/4 Ton Pickup: A Hoosier In King Twain’s Court
1960 Lark Hardtop Coupe: South Bend’s Beater King
1960 Champ Pickup: Needs Some Fresh Horsepower
1962 Gran Turismo Hawk: A Beautiful Death
1962 Gran Turismo Hawk: Irrational Exuberance (Second Take by jpcavanaugh)
1963 Lark Wagonaire: A Real Vista For The Cruiser
Willys
1953 Aero-Lark: The Failed Sneak Preview Of The Falcon, Lark and Other 1960 Compacts
RVs
1968 Winnebago F17: The Biggest Revolution In Wheeled Vehicles Since The Model T
Homebuilt RV with Toronado drive train
Another Homebuilt Toronado-based Motor Home
Dodge Travco Motorhome: The Grandaddy Of The Motorhome Name And Genre
A More Modest Homebuilt RV (Outtake)
Ultra Van: Cross An Airplane With A Corvair For The Most Radical RV Ever
1963 Clark Cortez Motorhome: The Revolutionary Compact RV
1985 Winnebago LeSharo Turbo Diesel: 23 MPG, If It Still Has The Original Renault Engine
Tiara (by Ultra): The Ultra-Hot-Rod Of Motor Homes
Tractors And Other Off-Road Only Vehicles
1978 International Cub: America’s Mechanical Mule
Instant Replays/Concours/Junkyards/Parking Lots/Sales Lots
The CC GraveYard Tour: Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five
CC Concours: Ten Terrific Station Wagons Around Town
Paul’s Official CC Sales Lot – Today’s Special: 1974 Vega for $1495 (It Runs!)
CC Instant Replay: The Snow Holiday Walk and Talk
CC Instant Replay: My Cornucopia Lunch-Time Walk and Talk
Dockside Classics:
1968 Chris Craft 38′ Commander: Dream Boat
Rampside Classics:
1957 Piper Tri-Pacer: Shades of La Femme?
Trackside Classics:
PRR GG1 (and DB E18/19) The Greatest Electric Locomotives Ever
1953 Krauss-Maffai V200: The VW Bus’ 2200 hp Big Brother – And It Had Four Mechanical Gears Too
1955 Union Pacific EMD E9: The Last of the Classic Diesel Streamliners (GM Greatest Hit #10)
Miscellaneous
Opal Creek Mining Camp Survivors
Jalopy: Window To Its Owner’s Soul?
1964 Montgomery Ward 3 HP Mower: Why I’ll Never Buy A New Mower
Burt’s: Garden Tractor and Riding Mower Heaven
1975 Lawn Boy Model 7268 Mower
1988 Peterbilt 320: Curbside Pickup Classic
1940s Euclid R24 and Northwest Engineering Crane: Quite A Pair
Here is a 53 Willys Aero
We don’t see many around
Not original under the hood or suspension but
nicely upgraded
Morrisson chasiss new front clip brakes and suspension
Fun so far
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