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Car Show Classics: Autotron, November 2 – Part Three Of Three Parts
Posted on January 21, 2025 | 25 CommentsOne more report of last year’s Autotron classic car event and another trip down the four wheelers’ memory lane. -
![For 1965, the Corvette Sting Ray finally got disc brakes all around, providing the racy C2 Corvette with stronger, much more consistent stopping power. In April 1965, Motor Trend tested […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1965-04_MT_Corvette_Sting_Ray_Test_vignette.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Vintage M/T Review: 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Convertible – A Walk On The Mild(er) Side")
Vintage M/T Review: 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Convertible – A Walk On The Mild(er) Side
Posted on January 21, 2025 | 9 CommentsFor 1965, the Corvette Sting Ray finally got disc brakes all around, providing the racy C2 Corvette with stronger, much more consistent stopping power. In April 1965, Motor Trend tested […] -
![Mere weeks before we entered 2025, I was blessed with a visit from my college-aged niece and her best friend, with their friendship going back to young childhood. It had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/012-1967-Ford-Thunderbird-Landau-Sedan-for-CC-2024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Landau Sedan – Dressed Like A Grownup")
Curbside Musings: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Landau Sedan – Dressed Like A Grownup
Posted on January 21, 2025 | 46 CommentsMere weeks before we entered 2025, I was blessed with a visit from my college-aged niece and her best friend, with their friendship going back to young childhood. It had […] -
![(first posted 1/21/2019) It’s no secret that Portland, OR has been one of the fastest growing cities in the country in recent years. It’s “where young […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/31716242047_9b9c47653e_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curtis Perry Outtake: 1965 Rambler Classic 550 – Portland, Old and New")
Curtis Perry Outtake: 1965 Rambler Classic 550 – Portland, Old and New
Posted on January 20, 2025 | 37 Comments(first posted 1/21/2019) It’s no secret that Portland, OR has been one of the fastest growing cities in the country in recent years. It’s “where young […] -
![(first posted 10/10/2011) Every once in a while, a visionary, iconoclastic automotive pioneer bursts on the scene and, bucking the long odds and naysaying “conventional wisdom”, delivers a disruptive new […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1987-Yugo-GV-Sport-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Automotive History – The Joke’s On U.S.- The Short, Wild Ride Of The Yugo In America")
Automotive History – The Joke’s On U.S.- The Short, Wild Ride Of The Yugo In America
Posted on January 20, 2025 | 159 Comments(first posted 10/10/2011) Every once in a while, a visionary, iconoclastic automotive pioneer bursts on the scene and, bucking the long odds and naysaying “conventional wisdom”, delivers a disruptive new […] -
![(first posted 1/20/2019. Update 1/19/2025: Aiden still has the Camaro. He graduated from the U of Arizona is working in Phoenix but the Camaro is still sitting at his parents’house […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CC-380-204.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic & Driving Impressions: 1979 Camaro Z-28 – Nephew Aidan’s First Car")
Curbside Classic & Driving Impressions: 1979 Camaro Z-28 – Nephew Aidan’s First Car
Posted on January 20, 2025 | 82 Comments(first posted 1/20/2019. Update 1/19/2025: Aiden still has the Camaro. He graduated from the U of Arizona is working in Phoenix but the Camaro is still sitting at his parents’house […] -
![Photos from the Cohort by tbm3fan. There was little of the Imperial name by the time I was in my early twenties, other than a few worn-out ones from its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/54096615700_92d0f952e6_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1967 Imperial – Stately Space-Age")
Curbside Find: 1967 Imperial – Stately Space-Age
Posted on January 20, 2025 | 17 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by tbm3fan. There was little of the Imperial name by the time I was in my early twenties, other than a few worn-out ones from its […] -
Vintage Postcards: Cars, Tourist Sights And Monuments – 1950s-1960s
Posted on January 20, 2025 | 31 CommentsMonument Valley, UT. -
![The ever-accessible small Japanese pickups from the 80s and even 90s are finally starting to age out of their affordable all-purpose work and leisure vehicle roles. But these famously resilient […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tty.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Hooptie : 1973 Toyota Hilux Pickup – Long Lived Backyard Convertible")
Curbside Hooptie : 1973 Toyota Hilux Pickup – Long Lived Backyard Convertible
Posted on January 20, 2025 | 7 CommentsThe ever-accessible small Japanese pickups from the 80s and even 90s are finally starting to age out of their affordable all-purpose work and leisure vehicle roles. But these famously resilient […] -
![I’ve long been skeptical of the Ford Expedition. Since its launch thirty years ago as a thinly-veiled F-150 wagon, it struck me as a crass way for image-conscious North Americans […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20250113_123430.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Rental Car Review: 2022 Ford Expedition Limited–Ford Excess-pedition")
Rental Car Review: 2022 Ford Expedition Limited–Ford Excess-pedition
Posted on January 20, 2025 | 38 CommentsI’ve long been skeptical of the Ford Expedition. Since its launch thirty years ago as a thinly-veiled F-150 wagon, it struck me as a crass way for image-conscious North Americans […] -
![(first posted 8/9/2011) Lots of people rightfully think of Cadillac as the All American car. Founded in the U.S.A., long called the standard of the world, no other country […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/catera-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Automotive History: 1997-2001 Cadillac Catera – GM’s Deadly Sin #29")
Automotive History: 1997-2001 Cadillac Catera – GM’s Deadly Sin #29
Posted on January 19, 2025 | 180 Comments(first posted 8/9/2011) Lots of people rightfully think of Cadillac as the All American car. Founded in the U.S.A., long called the standard of the world, no other country […] -
![(first posted 1/19/2019) Think Alfa Romeo and your mind’s eye will most likely conjure up a beautiful red roadster or lithesome coupe, both powered by a high-revving […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1950’s Alfa Romeo Buses – Mass Transportation Con Verve")
Bus Stop Classics: 1950’s Alfa Romeo Buses – Mass Transportation Con Verve
Posted on January 19, 2025 | 31 Comments(first posted 1/19/2019) Think Alfa Romeo and your mind’s eye will most likely conjure up a beautiful red roadster or lithesome coupe, both powered by a high-revving […] -
![I was in the middle of a long stroll in San Francisco this past December, during what was a brief visit to the city I had lived in twenty years […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_20241204_161655_PORTRAIT.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 2000-2005 Buick LeSabre – End Of A Century")
Curbside Find: 2000-2005 Buick LeSabre – End Of A Century
Posted on January 19, 2025 | 26 CommentsI was in the middle of a long stroll in San Francisco this past December, during what was a brief visit to the city I had lived in twenty years […] -
![Text by Patrick Bell. We are going to look at some Pontiacs for today’s feature, mostly from the sixties and seventies with one from the fifties for good measure. First […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/54029059205_612ef8029f_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Pontiacs In The ’60s-’70s")
Vintage Snapshots: Pontiacs In The ’60s-’70s
Posted on January 19, 2025 | 24 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. We are going to look at some Pontiacs for today’s feature, mostly from the sixties and seventies with one from the fifties for good measure. First […] -
![From 1968 through about 1979, the Cadillac Eldorado and Lincoln Continental Mark were at the top of the heap of American prestige cars. In July 1970, Motor Trend began what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/1970-Cadillac-Eldorado-and-Lincoln-Continental-Mark-III-front-view-composite.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Vintage M/T Review: 1970 Cadillac Eldorado Vs. Lincoln Continental Mark III – “Take Me To Beverly Hills”")
Vintage M/T Review: 1970 Cadillac Eldorado Vs. Lincoln Continental Mark III – “Take Me To Beverly Hills”
Posted on January 19, 2025 | 39 CommentsFrom 1968 through about 1979, the Cadillac Eldorado and Lincoln Continental Mark were at the top of the heap of American prestige cars. In July 1970, Motor Trend began what […]
