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Curbside Classics Archives
1959 Archive
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![(First posted 5/11/2011. Edited and updated 4/30/17) The 1959s were the last models of the most famous and infamous cars of Chrysler’s history. In the mid-’50s Chrysler was on a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CC-117-003-8001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Plymouth Fury – Love Transcends Reason")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Plymouth Fury – Love Transcends Reason
Posted on May 15, 2023 | 65 Comments(First posted 5/11/2011. Edited and updated 4/30/17) The 1959s were the last models of the most famous and infamous cars of Chrysler’s history. In the mid-’50s Chrysler was on a […] -
![(first posted 3/27/2017) For so many years, 1959 seemed like such a normal year. Moreso for me than for others perhaps, because that was my birth year. I have been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/1959PontiacCatalina09.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Pontiac Catalina Sport Coupe – Lessons In Aging")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Pontiac Catalina Sport Coupe – Lessons In Aging
Posted on March 27, 2023 | 73 Comments(first posted 3/27/2017) For so many years, 1959 seemed like such a normal year. Moreso for me than for others perhaps, because that was my birth year. I have been […] -
Curbside Classic: 1959 Studebaker 3/4 ton Pickup – A Hoosier in King Twain’s Court
Posted on December 4, 2022 | 25 Comments(first posted 3/13/2013) Ah, a Studebaker pickup, a true piece of Americana. Does anything say apple pie, Coca-Cola and South Bend, Indiana, quite as much? -
![Though I didn’t realize it at the time, my life was perfect in October of 1979. I was a sophomore in college and I had an excellent specimen of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1959-Plymouth-Futy-04a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1959 Plymouth Fury – Chapter 5, A Backwards Look At The Forward Look")
COAL: 1959 Plymouth Fury – Chapter 5, A Backwards Look At The Forward Look
Posted on August 14, 2022 | 53 CommentsThough I didn’t realize it at the time, my life was perfect in October of 1979. I was a sophomore in college and I had an excellent specimen of […] -
![Sometime after retirement GM’s Vice President of Design Chuck Jordan took a writing stint at Sports Cars International, a now-gone auto enthusiast oriented magazine. Naturally, for someone who worked at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Scan-220729-0001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Commentary: ‘A Design Revolution’ – Chuck Jordan On The Styling Of GM’s Wild 1959 Cars")
Vintage Commentary: ‘A Design Revolution’ – Chuck Jordan On The Styling Of GM’s Wild 1959 Cars
Posted on August 11, 2022 | 16 CommentsSometime after retirement GM’s Vice President of Design Chuck Jordan took a writing stint at Sports Cars International, a now-gone auto enthusiast oriented magazine. Naturally, for someone who worked at […] -
![(first posted 8/14/2013) The state fair is always a jubilant and optimistic peek into the future. Displaying the latest developments for home, garden, and farm, it offers an abundance of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1959-Dodge-Ad-09.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "State Fair Classic: 1959 Dodge Coronet – Yep, It’s the Real Thing")
State Fair Classic: 1959 Dodge Coronet – Yep, It’s the Real Thing
Posted on June 26, 2022 | 50 Comments(first posted 8/14/2013) The state fair is always a jubilant and optimistic peek into the future. Displaying the latest developments for home, garden, and farm, it offers an abundance of […] -
![The other day I realized, not even accounting for that little viral thing, it had been several years since I had been to a car show. While that isn’t always […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_2659.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Coverage: The May 2022 Mid-Missouri Old Car Club Cruise-In – Follow The Yellow Brick Road")
Car Show Coverage: The May 2022 Mid-Missouri Old Car Club Cruise-In – Follow The Yellow Brick Road
Posted on June 3, 2022 | 46 CommentsThe other day I realized, not even accounting for that little viral thing, it had been several years since I had been to a car show. While that isn’t always […] -
![(first posted 2/17/2016) It is with sadness that we here at CC note the death of John Riccardo, the former Chairman of Chrysler Corporation, who died this past Saturday, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/hhgghgb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: John Riccardo – Old Chrysler’s Last Act")
Automotive History: John Riccardo – Old Chrysler’s Last Act
Posted on February 17, 2022 | 71 Comments(first posted 2/17/2016) It is with sadness that we here at CC note the death of John Riccardo, the former Chairman of Chrysler Corporation, who died this past Saturday, […] -
![(first posted 7/27/2012) The 1959 Dodge: Polarizing, to say the least. Perhaps its styling was over the top, piling even more chrome atop Mopar’s already-chromy original 1957 Forward Look […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Dodge-1959-coronet.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1959 Dodge Coronet Sedan: Chrome, Fins, And More Chrome")
Curbside Classic: 1959 Dodge Coronet Sedan: Chrome, Fins, And More Chrome
Posted on July 5, 2021 | 115 Comments(first posted 7/27/2012) The 1959 Dodge: Polarizing, to say the least. Perhaps its styling was over the top, piling even more chrome atop Mopar’s already-chromy original 1957 Forward Look […] -
![I’ve decided to start a new series with occasional posts focusing on interesting junkyard finds of older subjects that I’m personally not particularly familiar with and just don’t have the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_3909.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1959-1961 International Harvester B-Series 4×4 Pickup")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1959-1961 International Harvester B-Series 4×4 Pickup
Posted on February 1, 2021 | 40 CommentsI’ve decided to start a new series with occasional posts focusing on interesting junkyard finds of older subjects that I’m personally not particularly familiar with and just don’t have the […] -
![A hangover from the Saturnalian revelry of the 1959 models, the facelifted 1960 full-size General Motors line seems to inhabit a peculiar place. More subdued than their immediate counterparts, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/111_0542.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1960 Pontiac Bonneville Vista Hardtop – A Few Extra Inches Of Prestige")
Car Show Classic: 1960 Pontiac Bonneville Vista Hardtop – A Few Extra Inches Of Prestige
Posted on December 1, 2020 | 48 CommentsA hangover from the Saturnalian revelry of the 1959 models, the facelifted 1960 full-size General Motors line seems to inhabit a peculiar place. More subdued than their immediate counterparts, but […] -
![Last month I posted a Drive-By Outtake of three older Dodge trucks from the street and while this truck was only pictured from head-on, JP Cavanaugh immediately wondered if it was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_7707.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1959 Dodge Power Wagon Town Wagon – Forest Camouflage")
Curbside Capsule: 1959 Dodge Power Wagon Town Wagon – Forest Camouflage
Posted on November 29, 2020 | 26 CommentsLast month I posted a Drive-By Outtake of three older Dodge trucks from the street and while this truck was only pictured from head-on, JP Cavanaugh immediately wondered if it was […] -
![(first posted 10/21/2014) Yawn. Another restored squarebird convertible in resale red. Aren’t there a couple of these at every car show? But I didn’t find this one at a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1960FordThunderbird08.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford Thunderbird – Fancy Meeting You Here")
Curbside Classic: 1960 Ford Thunderbird – Fancy Meeting You Here
Posted on October 21, 2020 | 47 Comments(first posted 10/21/2014) Yawn. Another restored squarebird convertible in resale red. Aren’t there a couple of these at every car show? But I didn’t find this one at a […] -
![(first posted 9/22/2014) It is well documented that the last really new Studebaker was the 1953 model. The Starliner and Starlight Coupes got all of the glory, but the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a-stud.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Studebaker Sedan’s Last Decade of Styling – Magic with Leftovers")
Automotive History: The Studebaker Sedan’s Last Decade of Styling – Magic with Leftovers
Posted on September 22, 2020 | 131 Comments(first posted 9/22/2014) It is well documented that the last really new Studebaker was the 1953 model. The Starliner and Starlight Coupes got all of the glory, but the […] -
![With everyone staying home these days, it seems only right to keep the road trip destinations coming – so long as I can keep finding my pictures. Road trips are […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_1168.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Road Trip Destination: Karlock’s Cars In Hannibal, Missouri – Big Things In a Small Package")
Road Trip Destination: Karlock’s Cars In Hannibal, Missouri – Big Things In a Small Package
Posted on April 8, 2020 | 27 CommentsWith everyone staying home these days, it seems only right to keep the road trip destinations coming – so long as I can keep finding my pictures. Road trips are […]
