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1965 Archive
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![An admission: This 1965 Ford was like bulk meat in a storage case. I could see it from afar but it required specific effort to procure it. There was an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_1338.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Custom 500 – A Cut Above?")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Ford Custom 500 – A Cut Above?
Posted on January 6, 2021 | 54 CommentsAn admission: This 1965 Ford was like bulk meat in a storage case. I could see it from afar but it required specific effort to procure it. There was an […] -
![(first posted 11/26/2014) The original generation of the Chevy Corvair certainly never lit the sales charts on fire, at least not by Chevrolet standards. Neither did the Y body compacts […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1965ChevyCorvair50004.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Double or Nothing!")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Double or Nothing!
Posted on November 26, 2020 | 136 Comments(first posted 11/26/2014) The original generation of the Chevy Corvair certainly never lit the sales charts on fire, at least not by Chevrolet standards. Neither did the Y body compacts […] -
![(first posted 8/26/2014) Certain cities are inextricably linked to the vehicles their residents made. Everyone who knows cars can pair the Michigan cities of Flint with Buick, Lansing with Oldsmobile […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1965JeepGladiator03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Jeep Gladiator J-2000 – Holy Toledo!")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Jeep Gladiator J-2000 – Holy Toledo!
Posted on August 26, 2020 | 70 Comments(first posted 8/26/2014) Certain cities are inextricably linked to the vehicles their residents made. Everyone who knows cars can pair the Michigan cities of Flint with Buick, Lansing with Oldsmobile […] -
![Note: After reading the recent CC on a 1974 Mercury Marquis, my daughter, Eileen, had an abundance of questions. She and I have had car conversations before. Soon thereafter Editor Jim […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_1051.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1965 Mercury Park Lane – The Interrogation")
Junkyard Classic: 1965 Mercury Park Lane – The Interrogation
Posted on June 1, 2020 | 48 CommentsNote: After reading the recent CC on a 1974 Mercury Marquis, my daughter, Eileen, had an abundance of questions. She and I have had car conversations before. Soon thereafter Editor Jim […] -
![When I started at CC I would not have argued that this car was a Chrysler Deadly Sin. But I have gotten to the place where I believe (much as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1971-Chrysler-Newport-Royal-07-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Chrysler Newport Royal – Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #6, The Fuselage Years")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Chrysler Newport Royal – Chrysler’s Deadly Sin #6, The Fuselage Years
Posted on January 22, 2020 | 101 CommentsWhen I started at CC I would not have argued that this car was a Chrysler Deadly Sin. But I have gotten to the place where I believe (much as […] -
![(Ed. Note: I didn’t realize my friend Crip and his wife owned this awesome J-3000 Gladiator until I was taking pictures of it in town last week and he walked […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Gladiator-9-18-2019-31.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My Curbside Classic: 1965 ‘Jeep’ Gladiator J-3000 Townside – We Got A New (To Us) Gladiator Before Anyone Else")
My Curbside Classic: 1965 ‘Jeep’ Gladiator J-3000 Townside – We Got A New (To Us) Gladiator Before Anyone Else
Posted on September 20, 2019 | 24 Comments(Ed. Note: I didn’t realize my friend Crip and his wife owned this awesome J-3000 Gladiator until I was taking pictures of it in town last week and he walked […] -
![We recently took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because this almost […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/1966-Dodge-D100-01-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 – New Old Stock?")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 – New Old Stock?
Posted on September 4, 2019 | 50 CommentsWe recently took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because this almost […] -
![The 2018 CC Midwest Gathering is now in the history books. Well, almost. As I began writing this, one of the contributors who attended was still en route back home […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_7722.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The 2018 CC Midwest Gathering Recap: LTDs and Goooles")
The 2018 CC Midwest Gathering Recap: LTDs and Goooles
Posted on September 27, 2018 | 57 CommentsThe 2018 CC Midwest Gathering is now in the history books. Well, almost. As I began writing this, one of the contributors who attended was still en route back home […] -
![(please welcome our latest COALman, Michael Ionno, who has had quite the eclectic collection of cars. Links to all of them at bottom) I was not supposed to be the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Image-1-Renault-8.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Renault 8 – Beginnings")
COAL: 1965 Renault 8 – Beginnings
Posted on January 9, 2016 | 71 Comments(please welcome our latest COALman, Michael Ionno, who has had quite the eclectic collection of cars. Links to all of them at bottom) I was not supposed to be the […] -
CC Outtake: 1965 Buick Riviera – You Got A Skinny Little Runt Named Dalton Working Here?
Posted on October 25, 2015 | 18 CommentsSpotted outside a – what else? – road house on the north side of Houston, an icon of Patrick Swayze’s greatest film. -
![The third time is often the charm. After my two prior attempts were aborted for various reasons, this time I was finally able to engulf myself in the well of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_4156.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The 2015 Ford Galaxie Club of America Convention in Tupelo, Mississippi")
The 2015 Ford Galaxie Club of America Convention in Tupelo, Mississippi
Posted on May 22, 2015 | 59 CommentsThe third time is often the charm. After my two prior attempts were aborted for various reasons, this time I was finally able to engulf myself in the well of […] -
![[first posted 6/9/2012. all pictures were taken by the author on his Kodak Instamatic 100] Between 1956 and 1965, the Indy 500 had been won by a Watson Roadster seven […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1-Gasoline-Alley2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The 1965 Indy 500, Part 1 – The End Of An Era")
The 1965 Indy 500, Part 1 – The End Of An Era
Posted on November 28, 2014 | 36 Comments[first posted 6/9/2012. all pictures were taken by the author on his Kodak Instamatic 100] Between 1956 and 1965, the Indy 500 had been won by a Watson Roadster seven […] -
![I’m looking to replace my Ford Focus, which is in the shop every three months like clockwork and has therefore worn out its welcome. What I want: reliable, compact, inexpensive, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/65FalconVan1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Craigslist Find: 1965 Ford Falcon Van – As Close to Showroom Fresh As You’ll Find")
Craigslist Find: 1965 Ford Falcon Van – As Close to Showroom Fresh As You’ll Find
Posted on November 18, 2014 | 40 CommentsI’m looking to replace my Ford Focus, which is in the shop every three months like clockwork and has therefore worn out its welcome. What I want: reliable, compact, inexpensive, […] -
![The first CC I wrote over at the other site was on the subject of that Canadian market special, the Envoy Epic. The write up eventually migrated over here as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1965-Envoy-Epic.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Envoy Epic Deluxe – The CC Circle of Car Life")
COAL: 1965 Envoy Epic Deluxe – The CC Circle of Car Life
Posted on September 14, 2014 | 42 CommentsThe first CC I wrote over at the other site was on the subject of that Canadian market special, the Envoy Epic. The write up eventually migrated over here as […] -
![This COAL is perhaps the best example of my ambition and optimism in choosing project cars, leading more often than not to my biting off way more than I could […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1965-Honda-S600-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Honda S600 – The Worst S600 In The World")
COAL: 1965 Honda S600 – The Worst S600 In The World
Posted on August 17, 2014 | 20 CommentsThis COAL is perhaps the best example of my ambition and optimism in choosing project cars, leading more often than not to my biting off way more than I could […]
