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![(first posted 7/20/2017) This blue gen2 Subaru GL AWD wagon is parked just around the corner from my house, and is owned by one of the daughters […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/CC-330-042.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1983 Subaru GL AWD Wagon – Crunchy")
Curbside Find: 1983 Subaru GL AWD Wagon – Crunchy
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 52 Comments(first posted 7/20/2017) This blue gen2 Subaru GL AWD wagon is parked just around the corner from my house, and is owned by one of the daughters […] -
![Imagine the jeers, the scorn. You’re pulling into a classic car show in your gleaming, cherry red ’89 Ford Mustang GT Turbo 2.2. Enthusiasts are giving you the side-eye, muttering […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ford-probe-gt-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989-92 Ford Probe – Protecting A Legacy")
Curbside Classic: 1989-92 Ford Probe – Protecting A Legacy
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 29 CommentsImagine the jeers, the scorn. You’re pulling into a classic car show in your gleaming, cherry red ’89 Ford Mustang GT Turbo 2.2. Enthusiasts are giving you the side-eye, muttering […] -
![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 forgiven for thinking that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mar-12-2012-012-e1331504515516.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The ’70s")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Pontiac Bonneville Brougham – No, Pontiac Didn’t Just Make Firebirds In The ’70s
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 10 CommentsIf 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 forgiven for thinking that […] -
![It’s been a minute since we’ve checked on our good friends at Flex Auto Review, who have an impressive roster of classic cars in their forecourt near on the outskirts […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG20250612100420_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Dealer Classics: JDM Smörgåsbord In Saitama – Round Three")
Dealer Classics: JDM Smörgåsbord In Saitama – Round Three
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 7 CommentsIt’s been a minute since we’ve checked on our good friends at Flex Auto Review, who have an impressive roster of classic cars in their forecourt near on the outskirts […] -
![“Attention Walmart shoppers! There’s a ’57 Studebaker Hawk in the parking lot today–you might want to check it out!” Alas, no such announcement came over the speaker system at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/20250718_191545.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk–Surviving But Altered")
1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk–Surviving But Altered
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 9 Comments“Attention Walmart shoppers! There’s a ’57 Studebaker Hawk in the parking lot today–you might want to check it out!” Alas, no such announcement came over the speaker system at […] -
![Some of us are born with a natural disposition to be, let’s say, very expressive. I recently came across photos of myself taken in the late ’70s in my grandparents’ […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/001-c.-1992-Toyota-Town-Ace-Super-Extra-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 1992 Toyota TownAce Super Extra – Be All Of Yourself")
Curbside Musings: c. 1992 Toyota TownAce Super Extra – Be All Of Yourself
Posted on August 5, 2025 | 25 CommentsSome of us are born with a natural disposition to be, let’s say, very expressive. I recently came across photos of myself taken in the late ’70s in my grandparents’ […] -
![(first posted 8/10/2017) As you well know, I’m not exactly a big fan of quite a bit that came from the Big Three during their declining decades (70s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/CC-330-008.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1993 Ford Escort Wagon – The American Corolla")
Curbside Find: 1993 Ford Escort Wagon – The American Corolla
Posted on August 4, 2025 | 65 Comments(first posted 8/10/2017) As you well know, I’m not exactly a big fan of quite a bit that came from the Big Three during their declining decades (70s […] -
![Over sixty years on from their planning stages, it’s obvious that the 1964-67 A-Body intermediates were one of the greatest hits of General Motors. In all four flavors, from the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/6873279700_b4f12b37de_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "The General Motors A-Bodies Of 1964-69 – GM’s Greatest Hit #7")
The General Motors A-Bodies Of 1964-69 – GM’s Greatest Hit #7
Posted on August 4, 2025 | 12 CommentsOver sixty years on from their planning stages, it’s obvious that the 1964-67 A-Body intermediates were one of the greatest hits of General Motors. In all four flavors, from the […] -
![Today’s automotive curiosity comes thanks to a couple of images shared by riveranotario at the Cohort; a 1991 Yugo Skala, a model I had no idea had reached South America. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-08-03-11.08.32.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1991 Yugo Skala – The Fiat 128 Pick Up")
Car Show Classic: 1991 Yugo Skala – The Fiat 128 Pick Up
Posted on August 4, 2025 | 9 CommentsToday’s automotive curiosity comes thanks to a couple of images shared by riveranotario at the Cohort; a 1991 Yugo Skala, a model I had no idea had reached South America. […] -
![Text by Patrick Bell. As the 1948 sales brochure stated; “This time it’s Hudson”. I’ve never had any experience with one, as they were all about gone in my part […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/e823a18f05f2caa4a3ff56e5152b605f.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Hudsons and Their People In Their Best Era")
Vintage Snapshots: Hudsons and Their People In Their Best Era
Posted on August 4, 2025 | 29 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. As the 1948 sales brochure stated; “This time it’s Hudson”. I’ve never had any experience with one, as they were all about gone in my part […] -
![Being too philosophical is rarely a recipe for happiness, but as a guy who finds comfort in Platonic dialogues and was recently told on an automotive forum that I “may […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/54677423006_738b17971c_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1977 Pontiac Ventura – Dumb Luck")
Curbside Find: 1977 Pontiac Ventura – Dumb Luck
Posted on August 4, 2025 | 19 CommentsBeing too philosophical is rarely a recipe for happiness, but as a guy who finds comfort in Platonic dialogues and was recently told on an automotive forum that I “may […] -
![I spent a lot of time recently staring at this well-preserved 1974 Imperial LeBaron hardtop, wondering again why it didn’t sell. In most respects, Chrysler’s senior make was at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1974-Imperial-LeBaron-Crown-Coupe-Golden-Fawn-Bring-a-Trailer-front-3q-left-wide.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "1974 Imperial LeBaron Crown Coupe — A Chrysler By Any Other Name, It Sold Better As A New Yorker")
1974 Imperial LeBaron Crown Coupe — A Chrysler By Any Other Name, It Sold Better As A New Yorker
Posted on August 4, 2025 | 21 CommentsI spent a lot of time recently staring at this well-preserved 1974 Imperial LeBaron hardtop, wondering again why it didn’t sell. In most respects, Chrysler’s senior make was at […] -
![(first posted 3/17/2012) You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/3-12-12-006-e1331845266890.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – When Life Hands You Lemons…")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – When Life Hands You Lemons…
Posted on August 3, 2025 | 9 Comments(first posted 3/17/2012) You have to hand it to GM. The 1980 X-bodies were by all accounts an unmitigated disaster. Yet they took that very same platform, updated and enlarged […] -
![We’re on for another chapter of American cars of the ’60s-’70s in Europe. Today is the muscle car variety, with a 1970 Chevelle SS in Hungary uploaded by Roshake at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1970_ChevelleSS_Inmotion_11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "In Motion Classic: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS In Hungary")
In Motion Classic: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS In Hungary
Posted on August 3, 2025 | 5 CommentsWe’re on for another chapter of American cars of the ’60s-’70s in Europe. Today is the muscle car variety, with a 1970 Chevelle SS in Hungary uploaded by Roshake at […] -
![Aaron Severson has brought a whole new level of thoroughly-researched in-depth coverage of automotive history to Curbside Classic. It has been an immense pleasure to have him sharing his […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/a-Closed_PCV_Type4_EPA-Nov-1977-PD.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Science, Skullduggery, and Bad Faith: How the U.S. Auto Industry Adopted Positive Crankcase Ventilation — Now At Ate Up With Motor")
Science, Skullduggery, and Bad Faith: How the U.S. Auto Industry Adopted Positive Crankcase Ventilation — Now At Ate Up With Motor
Posted on August 3, 2025 | 16 CommentsAaron Severson has brought a whole new level of thoroughly-researched in-depth coverage of automotive history to Curbside Classic. It has been an immense pleasure to have him sharing his […]
