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![If you are still unsure how to best please that special someone in your life for Valentine’s Day, take some advice from car ads. As a Valentine’s Day treat for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/feat1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ads: Heart-to-Heart Car Ads")
Vintage Ads: Heart-to-Heart Car Ads
Posted on February 14, 2023 | 15 CommentsIf you are still unsure how to best please that special someone in your life for Valentine’s Day, take some advice from car ads. As a Valentine’s Day treat for […] -
![Almost nine (!) years ago, I wrote about a selection of 1970s cars from my favorite car show of the year, the Motor Muster at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20220618_125536a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 2022 Greenfield Village Motor Muster, Cars Of The 1970s – A Belated Part II")
Car Show Classics: 2022 Greenfield Village Motor Muster, Cars Of The 1970s – A Belated Part II
Posted on February 14, 2023 | 37 CommentsAlmost nine (!) years ago, I wrote about a selection of 1970s cars from my favorite car show of the year, the Motor Muster at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI. […] -
![I like a variety of music playing in the background on the days when I work from home. Part of my morning routine before almost everything else involves loading […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20221116_182137296-1969-Lincoln-Continental-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Lincoln Continental – Gold (You’re Indestructible)")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Lincoln Continental – Gold (You’re Indestructible)
Posted on February 14, 2023 | 58 CommentsI like a variety of music playing in the background on the days when I work from home. Part of my morning routine before almost everything else involves loading […] -
![(first posted 4/28/2012) Since the beginning of time, man has had the innate need to hunt. Early on one’s desire to hunt was in a direct relationship to whether or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/savoy-5-e1335035665381.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: The Elusive 1955 Plymouth Savoy")
Curbside Classic: The Elusive 1955 Plymouth Savoy
Posted on February 13, 2023 | 72 Comments(first posted 4/28/2012) Since the beginning of time, man has had the innate need to hunt. Early on one’s desire to hunt was in a direct relationship to whether or […] -
![(first posted 5/7/2012) The Mercury Colony Park was one of Mercury’s longest-lived models, lasting from 1957 to 1991. While it did have some Mercury identity (such as it is) early […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/4-19-2012-003-e1340494007855.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Mercury Colony Park – Colonizing Mercury")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Mercury Colony Park – Colonizing Mercury
Posted on February 13, 2023 | 89 Comments(first posted 5/7/2012) The Mercury Colony Park was one of Mercury’s longest-lived models, lasting from 1957 to 1991. While it did have some Mercury identity (such as it is) early […] -
![What a terrific shot by Roshake; small, medium and large. None of these three were ever sold in the US, but the prior generation of Starlet was. That was still […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/52684698415_bb4edefb62_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1989 Toyota Starlet 1.0 – The Starlet (And Others) We Didn’t Get")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1989 Toyota Starlet 1.0 – The Starlet (And Others) We Didn’t Get
Posted on February 13, 2023 | 7 CommentsWhat a terrific shot by Roshake; small, medium and large. None of these three were ever sold in the US, but the prior generation of Starlet was. That was still […] -
![It’s been a while, but I am back! In the intervening two-and-a-half years since I last wrote up a COAL, I’ve made further car purchases…15, if my count is correct. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_2803.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: An Interlude — Part 1")
COAL: An Interlude — Part 1
Posted on February 13, 2023 | 23 CommentsIt’s been a while, but I am back! In the intervening two-and-a-half years since I last wrote up a COAL, I’ve made further car purchases…15, if my count is correct. […] -
![As one who was somewhere between being a twinkle in the eye and weak concept at the time, it seems the year 1969 is one of milestones, large events, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_2918.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Chrysler Newport – A Lens Into Time")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Chrysler Newport – A Lens Into Time
Posted on February 13, 2023 | 81 CommentsAs one who was somewhere between being a twinkle in the eye and weak concept at the time, it seems the year 1969 is one of milestones, large events, and […] -
![(first posted 2/12/2017) When I was a kid in high school, I remember an older student had a bright yellow VW Type 3 wagon, which he and his buddies called […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/octavia_combi-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Škoda Octavia Combi – Boxy Czech Checks Boxes")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Škoda Octavia Combi – Boxy Czech Checks Boxes
Posted on February 12, 2023 | 45 Comments(first posted 2/12/2017) When I was a kid in high school, I remember an older student had a bright yellow VW Type 3 wagon, which he and his buddies called […] -
![(first posted 2/12/2017) I recently scanned some more of my father’s Kodachromes, including these shots taken during a much calmer – and much less female – Spring Break in 1953. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Kodachromes-022.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Color Snapshots: Florida, 1953")
Vintage Color Snapshots: Florida, 1953
Posted on February 12, 2023 | 55 Comments(first posted 2/12/2017) I recently scanned some more of my father’s Kodachromes, including these shots taken during a much calmer – and much less female – Spring Break in 1953. […] -
Vintage Ad/QOTD: 1965 Lincoln Continental Limousine – “What Does Your Car Say About You?”
Posted on February 12, 2023 | 34 Comments -
![The Falcon instantly became America’s favorite compact after it arrived for 1960. By 1961, its somewhat anemic 85 hp 144 cubic inch six had been supplanted by an optional 101 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/f-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1962 Ford Falcon – 144 & 170 Six, Manual & Automatic – Who’s The Slowest Falcon Of Them All?")
Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1962 Ford Falcon – 144 & 170 Six, Manual & Automatic – Who’s The Slowest Falcon Of Them All?
Posted on February 12, 2023 | 51 CommentsThe Falcon instantly became America’s favorite compact after it arrived for 1960. By 1961, its somewhat anemic 85 hp 144 cubic inch six had been supplanted by an optional 101 […] -
![shot and posted by JM Solberg If one didn’t know better—and probably many don’t—it would be very easy to assume that this is one of those 25+ year-old Japanese imports […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/52597803643_07fbbfa327_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Jeep FC-150 – The Anti-Modern Pickup")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Jeep FC-150 – The Anti-Modern Pickup
Posted on February 12, 2023 | 24 Commentsshot and posted by JM Solberg If one didn’t know better—and probably many don’t—it would be very easy to assume that this is one of those 25+ year-old Japanese imports […] -
![It has been a long road from February 1977 and a Lime Gold Galaxie 500 convertible to February 2023 with a Honda Fit and a Kia Sedona. That comes to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Galaxie-Fleetwood-Fit-Sedona.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Epilogue To A Life Of 30 Cars")
COAL: Epilogue To A Life Of 30 Cars
Posted on February 12, 2023 | 56 CommentsIt has been a long road from February 1977 and a Lime Gold Galaxie 500 convertible to February 2023 with a Honda Fit and a Kia Sedona. That comes to […] -
![(first posted 4/26/2012) Ah, Caprice. The pride of GM’s big car line, darling of police departments and taxi companies everywhere; you were taken from us too soon. Yes, the GM […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4-8-2012-001-e1334681582137.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Caprice Classic LS – Last Of The Best")
Curbside Classic: 1994 Chevrolet Caprice Classic LS – Last Of The Best
Posted on February 11, 2023 | 106 Comments(first posted 4/26/2012) Ah, Caprice. The pride of GM’s big car line, darling of police departments and taxi companies everywhere; you were taken from us too soon. Yes, the GM […]
