Curbside Classic Archives
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American Brands: Ford 
American Brands: Chrysler 
American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
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Asian Brands 
UK Brands 
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European Brands 
Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
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Trucks, Pickups and Vans 
Design 
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Motorcycles, Trikes, Bicycles 
Engines, Transmissions and other Tech 
Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment 
RVs, Motorhomes, Trailers, Campers Privacy
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1965 Prince Skyline (S54) 2000 GT-B – Red Hot Royalty
Posted on November 2, 2026 | 12 CommentsIt took a little while, but we got there in the end. Back in 2019, a few months after having landed in this country, I encountered my first S50 Skyline […] -
Curbside Classic: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker – Paging Bill Blass
Posted on November 1, 2026 | 86 Comments(Updated 11/1/2026) There was a sad and dark time in the 1980s when the world was shrinking, and the big American sedan was forced to shrink with it. The […] -
Classic CARmentary: 2001 Volvo V70 T5 – A a Luxury Wagon With 247 Turbocharged Horses
Posted on November 1, 2026 | 11 Comments(Updated 11/1/2026) Sometimes the best press cars are the ones you never asked for. I originally requested a Land Rover Discovery for a 500-mile family-moving expedition, but […] -
Teal Was So 1990s: A Junkyard Gallery of Cars in the Color of the Decade
Posted on November 1, 2026 | 31 CommentsIf there’s one conversation from my college days in the early 1990s that I still vividly remember, it’s one I had with my classmate Michelle. “Have you seen all those […] -
Route 66 in Its Heyday: Vintage Postcards From America’s Mother Road, 1950s-1960s
Posted on November 1, 2026 | 17 CommentsJust about everywhere, there are old roads that have fallen into disuse or lost their relevance as newer, more efficient routes came along. No blame there; we all like getting […] -
Found: 1964 Buick Electra 4-Door Convertible Towing A Travel Trailer – Living The Beach Bum Lifestyle
Posted on November 1, 2026 | 17 CommentsThere are still places on the California coast where one is not surprised to find something like this: a 1964 Buick Electra 4-door hardtop with its roof hacked off pulling […] -
My 2010 Cadillac CTS — The Dream Car I Actually Got to Own
Posted on November 1, 2026 | 9 CommentsNew year. New car. Same me. January 2014 in Portland, Oregon. Sometimes you see a new car come out and immediately think, “I want it!” Then you see the […] -
Curbside Find: Mazda AP Cosmo – Rotary Relic
Posted on October 31, 2026 | 42 Comments(Updated 10/31/2026) Only one picture exists of this find by canadiancatgreen, but luckily it’s of its more visually interesting posterior aspect, showing off both its roll-down opera […] -
Graveside Classic: 1970 Cadillac Superior Funeral Coach – Got Corpse?
Posted on October 31, 2026 | 67 Comments(Updated 10/31/2026) Where have all the old hearses gone? There was a time when these body haulers were a common alternative to the VW bus (conveniently […] -
Car Show Finds: Pumpkin Beetles And Killer Clowns
Posted on October 31, 2026 | 3 CommentsThere aren’t many cars that can compete with a Beetle when it comes to fun displays. A pumpkin-themed Halloween getup? Well, naturally, it suits the model just fine, particularly when […] -
Flat Tires and Roadside Trouble: When Motoring Went Wrong in the 1950s-1970s
Posted on October 31, 2026 | 38 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is a gallery of vintage experiences that for the most part were not fondly remembered, but were part of our lives nonetheless. Thankfully, […] -
Auto-Biography: Wildcat!
Posted on October 31, 2026 | 51 Comments(2007) They were both gorgeous in that all-American, wholesome, sexy, energetic way. Voluptuous, but athletic. Heartland traditional, but always ready for a good time. Exhilarating and accelerative. And they were […] -
The World’s First Successful Torque Converter Automatic Transmission Was In A Bus: The 1938-1948 Yellow Coach/GMC Spicer Hydraulic Transmission
Posted on October 31, 2026 | 16 CommentsAlmost 10 years before Buick’s Dynaflow, the first mass-produced torque converter transmission for passenger cars, GMC transit coaches were already using fully automatic Spicer Model 90 and 91 hydraulic transmissions. […] -
1997-2004 Mercedes SLK 200/230/320AMG (R170): A Little Roadster That Made a Big Impression
Posted on October 30, 2026 | 53 Comments(Updated 10/30/2026) Twenty-six years ago, in 1994, Mercedes unveiled a study of a small roadster at the Turin autoshow. It immediately caught interest because it […] -
Dealer Classic: 1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z – “Ten With A Two”
Posted on October 30, 2026 | 30 Comments(Updated 10/30/2026) When Willie Nelson released “Ten with a Two” in 1990, he wasn’t singing about shopping for a Camaro; however, the concept of coming home […]
![1965 Prince Skyline (S54) 2000 GT-B – Red Hot Royalty It took a little while, but we got there in the end. Back in 2019, a few months after having landed in this country, I encountered my first S50 Skyline […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG20251005083353_edited-115x115.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker – Paging Bill Blass (Updated 11/1/2026) There was a sad and dark time in the 1980s when the world was shrinking, and the big American sedan was forced to shrink with it. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1991ChryslerNewYorker02-crop1.jpg)
![Classic CARmentary: 2001 Volvo V70 T5 – A a Luxury Wagon With 247 Turbocharged Horses (Updated 11/1/2026) Sometimes the best press cars are the ones you never asked for. I originally requested a Land Rover Discovery for a 500-mile family-moving expedition, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/20221009_170728-54188-scaled-1-e1793339733746-115x115.webp)
![Teal Was So 1990s: A Junkyard Gallery of Cars in the Color of the Decade If there’s one conversation from my college days in the early 1990s that I still vividly remember, it’s one I had with my classmate Michelle. “Have you seen all those […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/55527033379_d225cf96da2_k-115x115.jpg)
![Route 66 in Its Heyday: Vintage Postcards From America’s Mother Road, 1950s-1960s Just about everywhere, there are old roads that have fallen into disuse or lost their relevance as newer, more efficient routes came along. No blame there; we all like getting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Screenshot_20261030-040106-115x115.png)
![Found: 1964 Buick Electra 4-Door Convertible Towing A Travel Trailer – Living The Beach Bum Lifestyle There are still places on the California coast where one is not surprised to find something like this: a 1964 Buick Electra 4-door hardtop with its roof hacked off pulling […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_2681-115x115.jpeg)
![My 2010 Cadillac CTS — The Dream Car I Actually Got to Own New year. New car. Same me. January 2014 in Portland, Oregon. Sometimes you see a new car come out and immediately think, “I want it!” Then you see the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_0190-115x115.jpeg)
![Curbside Find: Mazda AP Cosmo – Rotary Relic (Updated 10/31/2026) Only one picture exists of this find by canadiancatgreen, but luckily it’s of its more visually interesting posterior aspect, showing off both its roll-down opera […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/14462499676_200215017f_k.jpg)
![Graveside Classic: 1970 Cadillac Superior Funeral Coach – Got Corpse? (Updated 10/31/2026) Where have all the old hearses gone? There was a time when these body haulers were a common alternative to the VW bus (conveniently […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CC-114-002.jpg)
![Car Show Finds: Pumpkin Beetles And Killer Clowns There aren’t many cars that can compete with a Beetle when it comes to fun displays. A pumpkin-themed Halloween getup? Well, naturally, it suits the model just fine, particularly when […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/IMG_20221029_161200269_HDR-115x115.jpg)
![Flat Tires and Roadside Trouble: When Motoring Went Wrong in the 1950s-1970s Text by Patrick Bell. Our feature today is a gallery of vintage experiences that for the most part were not fondly remembered, but were part of our lives nonetheless. Thankfully, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-06-17-16.18.21-115x115.png)
![Auto-Biography: Wildcat! (2007) They were both gorgeous in that all-American, wholesome, sexy, energetic way. Voluptuous, but athletic. Heartland traditional, but always ready for a good time. Exhilarating and accelerative. And they were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/a-67-wild-top-115x115.png)
![The World’s First Successful Torque Converter Automatic Transmission Was In A Bus: The 1938-1948 Yellow Coach/GMC Spicer Hydraulic Transmission Almost 10 years before Buick’s Dynaflow, the first mass-produced torque converter transmission for passenger cars, GMC transit coaches were already using fully automatic Spicer Model 90 and 91 hydraulic transmissions. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/GM-Old-Look-bus-with-Spicer-Model-90-cutaway-and-logo-115x115.webp)
![1997-2004 Mercedes SLK 200/230/320AMG (R170): A Little Roadster That Made a Big Impression (Updated 10/30/2026) Twenty-six years ago, in 1994, Mercedes unveiled a study of a small roadster at the Turin autoshow. It immediately caught interest because it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/a-slk.jpg)
![Dealer Classic: 1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z – “Ten With A Two” (Updated 10/30/2026) When Willie Nelson released “Ten with a Two” in 1990, he wasn’t singing about shopping for a Camaro; however, the concept of coming home […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/111_0629.jpg)


