Curbside Classic Archives
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American Brands: Chrysler 
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Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
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RVs, Motorhomes, Trailers, Campers Privacy
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Museum Classic: 1937 Lincoln Zephyr – Ford’s Streamline Revolution
Posted on September 4, 2025 | 18 CommentsStreamlining in cars really became a thing in the early ‘30s, but it was a process of trial and error that took a little sorting out. Chrysler’s odd-looking Airflow bowed […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1980 Ford Fairmont Wagon – Business Outside, Party Inside
Posted on September 4, 2025 | 32 CommentsI don’t know if it’s the constant exposure over the last almost-decade to CC or the recent binge-watching of Mindhunter but somehow I’ve come 180 degrees on the Fairmont. While […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Remembering Edsels In The 1950s & 1960s
Posted on September 4, 2025 | 28 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Today is the 68th anniversary of Edsel Introduction Day, or E-Day. It was a highly publicized event that attracted a lot of attention, but not very […] -
1979 Chevrolet Camaro: The Best-Selling Camaro In Its Second-Worst Color
Posted on September 4, 2025 | 62 CommentsThe 1979 Chevrolet Camaro was an incredibly popular car — model-year production topped 282,000 units, the Camaro’s all-time peak — and it still looks pretty good in its swaggering disco-era […] -
Curbside Finds: 1980s Nissans – Four Doses Of Major Motion
Posted on September 3, 2025 | 38 Comments(first posted 9/5/2019) During the 1980s, one of Nissan’s advertising taglines was “Major Motion” — cheesy to be sure, but looking at the company’s products with hindsight, Nissan […] -
Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 Pickup Truck – New Old Stock?
Posted on September 3, 2025 | 16 CommentsSome time ago, I took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because […] -
1975 Ford Thunderbird: Copper-Toned Neoclassical Time-Capsule
Posted on September 3, 2025 | 17 CommentsTime for another chapter in my series of American cars lost in the tropics, with this 1975 Ford Thunderbird that showed up recently in my FB Marketplace feed. It’s a […] -
Rare Find: Volkswagen Type 182 With RHD Spotted In Indiana
Posted on September 3, 2025 | 8 CommentsVW Things aren’t common in the first place, given that only about 29,000 of them were sold in the US and it’s estimated that only 35 to 50 percent of […] -
The Cars Of Duster – A Car-Spotter’s Dream On HBO Max
Posted on September 3, 2025 | 15 CommentsAlthough it’s already been canceled after its one and only season, the 2025 HBO Max show Duster is a car lover’s dream. Set in Phoenix in 1972, it’s full of […] -
1952 Oldsmobile Super 88 – A Classic That Entertains From Any Angle
Posted on September 3, 2025 | 15 CommentsStrother MacMinn, an ex-GM designer and long-time teacher at the Art Center College of Design, had this to say about Harley Earl: “[He] designed so you could walk around a […] -
In Motion Classic: 1963 Ford Thunderbird – Farewell Summer
Posted on September 2, 2025 | 31 Comments(first posted 9/3/2019) Everybody has their favorite time of year. Each season has its own particular set of perks but none of them equal the sheer splendor and […] -
Curbside Classic: 1981 Nissan Gloria (430) SDL Turbo Hardtop – Madam Gloria Will See You Now
Posted on September 2, 2025 | 37 Comments(first posted 9/4/2019) In my recent quest to discover the wild world of JDM cars in their natural habitat, there are times when I hesitate to take certain […] -
Truck Stop Classics: Büssing Commodore SK And M.A.N. Diesel 515 L1 – The Long And The Short Of It
Posted on September 2, 2025 | 18 CommentsBack to the fifties and sixties, featuring a duo of conventional dump trucks from Germany, both with a 4×2 drivetrain and a Meiller Kipper three-way dump bed with wooden dropsides. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1934 Bentley 3½ Litre Cabriolet by Park Ward – Reinventing Bentley
Posted on September 2, 2025 | 7 CommentsAfter a rather long European holiday, which has yielded a fair share of CC subject matter, I have come back to Tokyo, ready to dip into my ‘30s and ‘40s […] -
Car Show Classic: 1967 Pontiac Tempest — In A Sea Of GTOs, Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Posted on September 2, 2025 | 15 CommentsAlthough a 1969 GTO convertible ignited my love for General Motors products at the tender age of 20 or 21, GTOs mostly escape my notice anymore. In my sleepy little […]
![Museum Classic: 1937 Lincoln Zephyr – Ford’s Streamline Revolution Streamlining in cars really became a thing in the early ‘30s, but it was a process of trial and error that took a little sorting out. Chrysler’s odd-looking Airflow bowed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC_2573_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Junkyard Classic: 1980 Ford Fairmont Wagon – Business Outside, Party Inside I don’t know if it’s the constant exposure over the last almost-decade to CC or the recent binge-watching of Mindhunter but somehow I’ve come 180 degrees on the Fairmont. While […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_5036.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Vintage Snapshots: Remembering Edsels In The 1950s & 1960s Text by Patrick Bell. Today is the 68th anniversary of Edsel Introduction Day, or E-Day. It was a highly publicized event that attracted a lot of attention, but not very […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/tumblr_p8qucjs4gi1qcdxvpo1_a1280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1979 Chevrolet Camaro: The Best-Selling Camaro In Its Second-Worst Color The 1979 Chevrolet Camaro was an incredibly popular car — model-year production topped 282,000 units, the Camaro’s all-time peak — and it still looks pretty good in its swaggering disco-era […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1979-Chevrolet-Camaro-Med-Beige-Bring-a-Trailer-3-composite.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)
![Curbside Finds: 1980s Nissans – Four Doses Of Major Motion (first posted 9/5/2019) During the 1980s, one of Nissan’s advertising taglines was “Major Motion” — cheesy to be sure, but looking at the company’s products with hindsight, Nissan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Four-Nissans.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 Pickup Truck – New Old Stock? Some time ago, I took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1966-Dodge-D100-01-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1975 Ford Thunderbird: Copper-Toned Neoclassical Time-Capsule Time for another chapter in my series of American cars lost in the tropics, with this 1975 Ford Thunderbird that showed up recently in my FB Marketplace feed. It’s a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/516200957_2633287860343555_5264828458364067086_n.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Rare Find: Volkswagen Type 182 With RHD Spotted In Indiana VW Things aren’t common in the first place, given that only about 29,000 of them were sold in the US and it’s estimated that only 35 to 50 percent of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/type-182-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![The Cars Of Duster – A Car-Spotter’s Dream On HBO Max Although it’s already been canceled after its one and only season, the 2025 HBO Max show Duster is a car lover’s dream. Set in Phoenix in 1972, it’s full of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Duster-and-AMX.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1952 Oldsmobile Super 88 – A Classic That Entertains From Any Angle Strother MacMinn, an ex-GM designer and long-time teacher at the Art Center College of Design, had this to say about Harley Earl: “[He] designed so you could walk around a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/52-Olds-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![In Motion Classic: 1963 Ford Thunderbird – Farewell Summer (first posted 9/3/2019) Everybody has their favorite time of year. Each season has its own particular set of perks but none of them equal the sheer splendor and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_0482.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1981 Nissan Gloria (430) SDL Turbo Hardtop – Madam Gloria Will See You Now (first posted 9/4/2019) In my recent quest to discover the wild world of JDM cars in their natural habitat, there are times when I hesitate to take certain […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190831_160614-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Truck Stop Classics: Büssing Commodore SK And M.A.N. Diesel 515 L1 – The Long And The Short Of It Back to the fifties and sixties, featuring a duo of conventional dump trucks from Germany, both with a 4×2 drivetrain and a Meiller Kipper three-way dump bed with wooden dropsides. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2449.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1934 Bentley 3½ Litre Cabriolet by Park Ward – Reinventing Bentley After a rather long European holiday, which has yielded a fair share of CC subject matter, I have come back to Tokyo, ready to dip into my ‘30s and ‘40s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DSC_1285_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1967 Pontiac Tempest — In A Sea Of GTOs, Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On Although a 1969 GTO convertible ignited my love for General Motors products at the tender age of 20 or 21, GTOs mostly escape my notice anymore. In my sleepy little […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/009a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


