Curbside Classic Archives
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Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
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Design 
Trains, Planes & Ships 
Motorcycles, Trikes, Bicycles 
Engines, Transmissions and other Tech 
Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment 
RVs, Motorhomes, Trailers, Campers Privacy
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Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile F-85 DeLuxe Hardtop Coupe – Goldilocks
Posted on July 30, 2026 | 38 Comments(Updated 7/30/2026) One of my primary missions at CC has been to document the decline and death of the big American car. I identified women (and their […] -
1965 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible For Sale: It’s Had The Same Owner For 31 Years, But The Next Owner Will Have A To-Do List
Posted on July 30, 2026 | 29 CommentsThe Indianapolis Motor Speedway thought enough of the new-for-1965 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible to choose one for pace-car duties in that year’s 500-mile classic. Similarly, someone in the 500’s home […] -
Museum Classic: 1939 Packard Twelve Presidential Phaeton by Rollson – The Four-Wheeled Head Of State
Posted on July 30, 2026 | 9 CommentsWe’re back at the Toyota Automobile Museum for a substantial slice (make that a slab, even) of all-American cheesecake in the elongated shape of an open-topped Packard Twelve that used […] -
My 2000 Cadillac Escalade – GM Does Badge Engineering Right For A Change
Posted on July 30, 2026 | 17 CommentsThis, without a doubt, was my craziest idea. Fly from Pittsburgh to LA, buy a vehicle, then drive it back over the course of a week. All in the pursuit […] -
Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible – Straight-Laced In A Curvaceous New World
Posted on July 29, 2026 | 47 Comments(Updated 7/29/2026) We tend to talk about Ford’s brilliant segment-defining new cars of the 60s, like the Falcon, Fairlane and Mustang. But in the excitement of all of those new […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Citroën HY Van – Corrugated Irony
Posted on July 29, 2026 | 13 Comments(Updated 7/29/2026) I’m writing this literally from the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as the island of Hokkaido. And it so happens that […] -
1950 Buick Super Riviera Sedan For Sale: Grandma’s “Lovingly Restored” 47,000-Mile Super
Posted on July 29, 2026 | 24 CommentsThe 1950 Buick has always been a “take-it-or-leave-it” kind of car, but Buick fans, especially fans of postwar models of the late 1940s and early 1950s, clearly love it. This […] -
Cars And Storefronts Downtown And On Main Street, 1950s and 1960s
Posted on July 29, 2026 | 19 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. We are taking a tour today to some small to medium towns around the U.S., plus one north of the border. The itinerary is vintage views […] -
My Father’s Cars Adventures — The Wagon Years, Part 1
Posted on July 29, 2026 | 16 CommentsText submitted by Cal Sexsmith. By the spring of 1960, change was in the air. The family’s well-worn 1952 Buick was beginning to show its age, a second child was […] -
The Historic Streetcars That Still Roam San Francisco, Part 2
Posted on July 29, 2026 | 9 CommentsLast time we looked at the origins of San Francisco’s remarkable fleet of restored PCC streetcars and several of Muni’s own historic cars. This time, we continue the tour with […] -
Carshow Classics: 1961-1972 Vauxhall Victor – Luton Salutes The Victor
Posted on July 28, 2026 | 66 Comments(Updated 7/28/2026) There are two cars from Vauxhall in the after war period that truly remain in the popular memory: the compact Viva series and the larger Vauxhall Victor. The […] -
1984 Subaru GL Hardtop Coupe – A Requiem For The Affordable Hardtop
Posted on July 28, 2026 | 104 Comments(Updated 7/28/2026) The hardtop was one of the pillars of American automotive design. It originated in the heady post-war years, an extravagance that reflected America’s breezy optimism and one […] -
Logging Road Find in Oregon Has Me Stumped: Can You Identify This Wreck?
Posted on July 28, 2026 | 30 CommentsOn a recent visit to family in northwestern Oregon, I walked several times on a logging road with wonderful views, at least when it wasn’t gray and rainy. I had […] -
The Great Oregon Steam-Up 2026 – Steam Tractors, Stationary Engines, Vintage Tractor Pulls, Machinery And Much More (With Many Videos)
Posted on July 28, 2026 | 13 CommentsAs we slowly and inexorably transition to a future of clean electricity powering almost everything, the nostalgic pull of a chuffing steam or gas engine seems to become greater than […] -
1955 Packard Four-Hundred For Sale: A No-Reserve Driver That “Could Definitely Use Some TLC”
Posted on July 28, 2026 | 12 CommentsThere’s been a lengthy discussion on the AACA forums recently about changing attitudes toward restoration, the subject of debate being a pair of long-dormant 1955 Packard Caribbeans. A couple decades […]
![Curbside Classic: 1966 Oldsmobile F-85 DeLuxe Hardtop Coupe – Goldilocks (Updated 7/30/2026) One of my primary missions at CC has been to document the decline and death of the big American car. I identified women (and their […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CC-420-094.jpg)
![1965 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible For Sale: It’s Had The Same Owner For 31 Years, But The Next Owner Will Have A To-Do List The Indianapolis Motor Speedway thought enough of the new-for-1965 Plymouth Sport Fury Convertible to choose one for pace-car duties in that year’s 500-mile classic. Similarly, someone in the 500’s home […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/65-Plymouth-2-e1785172922572-115x115.webp)
![Museum Classic: 1939 Packard Twelve Presidential Phaeton by Rollson – The Four-Wheeled Head Of State We’re back at the Toyota Automobile Museum for a substantial slice (make that a slab, even) of all-American cheesecake in the elongated shape of an open-topped Packard Twelve that used […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/DSC_2646_edited-115x115.jpg)
![My 2000 Cadillac Escalade – GM Does Badge Engineering Right For A Change This, without a doubt, was my craziest idea. Fly from Pittsburgh to LA, buy a vehicle, then drive it back over the course of a week. All in the pursuit […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_6976-scaled-1-115x115.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible – Straight-Laced In A Curvaceous New World (Updated 7/29/2026) We tend to talk about Ford’s brilliant segment-defining new cars of the 60s, like the Falcon, Fairlane and Mustang. But in the excitement of all of those new […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Ford-1965-Galaxie-500-convert-4.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1974 Citroën HY Van – Corrugated Irony (Updated 7/29/2026) I’m writing this literally from the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as the island of Hokkaido. And it so happens that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_20200722_101822-copy.jpg)
![1950 Buick Super Riviera Sedan For Sale: Grandma’s “Lovingly Restored” 47,000-Mile Super The 1950 Buick has always been a “take-it-or-leave-it” kind of car, but Buick fans, especially fans of postwar models of the late 1940s and early 1950s, clearly love it. This […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1950-Buick-2-115x115.jpg)
![Cars And Storefronts Downtown And On Main Street, 1950s and 1960s Text by Patrick Bell. We are taking a tour today to some small to medium towns around the U.S., plus one north of the border. The itinerary is vintage views […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/upload_2023-1-17_13-1-42-115x115.png)
![My Father’s Cars Adventures — The Wagon Years, Part 1 Text submitted by Cal Sexsmith. By the spring of 1960, change was in the air. The family’s well-worn 1952 Buick was beginning to show its age, a second child was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Lytton-British-Columbia-August-1965-115x115.jpg)
![The Historic Streetcars That Still Roam San Francisco, Part 2 Last time we looked at the origins of San Francisco’s remarkable fleet of restored PCC streetcars and several of Muni’s own historic cars. This time, we continue the tour with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rsz_muni_streetcar_1079_02-115x115.jpg)
![Carshow Classics: 1961-1972 Vauxhall Victor – Luton Salutes The Victor (Updated 7/28/2026) There are two cars from Vauxhall in the after war period that truly remain in the popular memory: the compact Viva series and the larger Vauxhall Victor. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1961-Victor-F-series.1.jpg)
![1984 Subaru GL Hardtop Coupe – A Requiem For The Affordable Hardtop (Updated 7/28/2026) The hardtop was one of the pillars of American automotive design. It originated in the heady post-war years, an extravagance that reflected America’s breezy optimism and one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CC-230-067-1200.jpg)
![Logging Road Find in Oregon Has Me Stumped: Can You Identify This Wreck? On a recent visit to family in northwestern Oregon, I walked several times on a logging road with wonderful views, at least when it wasn’t gray and rainy. I had […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_2789-115x115.jpeg)
![The Great Oregon Steam-Up 2026 – Steam Tractors, Stationary Engines, Vintage Tractor Pulls, Machinery And Much More (With Many Videos) As we slowly and inexorably transition to a future of clean electricity powering almost everything, the nostalgic pull of a chuffing steam or gas engine seems to become greater than […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/a-best-tile-115x115.jpg)
![1955 Packard Four-Hundred For Sale: A No-Reserve Driver That “Could Definitely Use Some TLC” There’s been a lengthy discussion on the AACA forums recently about changing attitudes toward restoration, the subject of debate being a pair of long-dormant 1955 Packard Caribbeans. A couple decades […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/55-Packard-1-115x115.webp)


