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Curbside Classics Archives
1967 Archive
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![(first posted 3/25/2013) Mercury, that recently-departed Ford division, never really had an easy life. From the beginning, in 1939, it vacillated between fancy Ford and cheap Lincoln while never really […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cc-4-9-2012-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Mercury Cougar – Premium Ponycar")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Mercury Cougar – Premium Ponycar
Posted on October 22, 2023 | 131 Comments(first posted 3/25/2013) Mercury, that recently-departed Ford division, never really had an easy life. From the beginning, in 1939, it vacillated between fancy Ford and cheap Lincoln while never really […] -
![In 1967 a new Barracuda appeared, this time in three body styles; fastback, hardtop, and convertible. For its March issue, Car Life chose to test a fastback and a hardtop […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Untitled-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Barracuda Comparison – The Tame 6 cyl. Hardtop and The Brisk V-8 Fastback")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Barracuda Comparison – The Tame 6 cyl. Hardtop and The Brisk V-8 Fastback
Posted on August 31, 2023 | 22 CommentsIn 1967 a new Barracuda appeared, this time in three body styles; fastback, hardtop, and convertible. For its March issue, Car Life chose to test a fastback and a hardtop […] -
![(I ran into this old friend at a local show recently and remembered featuring it here on September 13, 2011. It is still owned and loved by the same lady. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1967FordMustang05-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Mustang – Forty-Four Years of Wedded Bliss")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Mustang – Forty-Four Years of Wedded Bliss
Posted on August 23, 2023 | 49 Comments(I ran into this old friend at a local show recently and remembered featuring it here on September 13, 2011. It is still owned and loved by the same lady. […] -
![It’s November ’66 and Car And Driver tests two new models in the burgeoning Personal Luxury Car market. ‘It seems appropriate to compare the Thunderbird and Cadillac… the T-Bird is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Untitled-12.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car And Driver Comparison: 1967 Ford Thunderbird And Cadillac Eldorado – A New Contender Enters The Personal Luxury Car Wars")
Vintage Car And Driver Comparison: 1967 Ford Thunderbird And Cadillac Eldorado – A New Contender Enters The Personal Luxury Car Wars
Posted on July 16, 2023 | 43 CommentsIt’s November ’66 and Car And Driver tests two new models in the burgeoning Personal Luxury Car market. ‘It seems appropriate to compare the Thunderbird and Cadillac… the T-Bird is […] -
![(first posted 6/22/2017) Welcome to the Buick Edition of our journey into shockingly low volume production cars produced between 1946 and 1995. As always, car models whose production is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1985-Buick-Electra-T-Type-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Buick Edition")
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Buick Edition
Posted on June 22, 2023 | 106 Comments(first posted 6/22/2017) Welcome to the Buick Edition of our journey into shockingly low volume production cars produced between 1946 and 1995. As always, car models whose production is […] -
![(Originally published 25 May 2017) Welcome to the Mercury Edition of this ongoing series exploring low volume production cars. As usual, we are looking at those models built between 1946 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1946-Mercury.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Mercury Edition")
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Mercury Edition
Posted on June 1, 2023 | 79 Comments(Originally published 25 May 2017) Welcome to the Mercury Edition of this ongoing series exploring low volume production cars. As usual, we are looking at those models built between 1946 […] -
![(first posted 5/31/2017) It’s time once again for our ongoing exploration of low volume regular production cars. Today, we look at Oldsmobile, one of the few car brands […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1970-Oldsmobile-Full-Line-Prestige-10-69-08-09.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Oldsmobile Edition")
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Oldsmobile Edition
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 5/31/2017) It’s time once again for our ongoing exploration of low volume regular production cars. Today, we look at Oldsmobile, one of the few car brands […] -
![(Originally published May 3, 2013) It is May in Indianapolis (again). Last year, we featured a retrospective look at some of the Official Pace Cars used at the annual Indianapolis […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1969CamaroPaceCar06-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 5 1965-1969)")
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 5 1965-1969)
Posted on May 24, 2023 | 39 Comments(Originally published May 3, 2013) It is May in Indianapolis (again). Last year, we featured a retrospective look at some of the Official Pace Cars used at the annual Indianapolis […] -
![The 1967-68 Chevrolet Impala hardtop coupe is easily my favorite automotive body design of all time. I love the semi-fastback roof line, and the saucy kick-up at the bottom of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1967-Chevrolet-Impala-red-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1967 Cheverolet Impalas – A Study In Off-Color Contrast")
Curbside Classics: 1967 Cheverolet Impalas – A Study In Off-Color Contrast
Posted on February 23, 2023 | 52 CommentsThe 1967-68 Chevrolet Impala hardtop coupe is easily my favorite automotive body design of all time. I love the semi-fastback roof line, and the saucy kick-up at the bottom of […] -
![(first posted 11/17/2016) We all know what a sport sedan is, from the ur-BMW 5 series to the legions it spawned. But there was an earlier, American era of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/WP_20140725_19_19_09_Pro-e1479100181161.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Chrysler 300: Requiem for the Big American Sport Sedan")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Chrysler 300: Requiem for the Big American Sport Sedan
Posted on November 17, 2022 | 57 Comments(first posted 11/17/2016) We all know what a sport sedan is, from the ur-BMW 5 series to the legions it spawned. But there was an earlier, American era of the […] -
![(first posted 7/23/2012) I have always been fascinated by the Chevrolet-Ford rivalry. As Henry Ford’s bare-bones Model T hit its stride, the Ford Motor Company had a kind of market […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1967ChevyCaprceEstate01-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Estate – Nice, But Not Nice Enough")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Estate – Nice, But Not Nice Enough
Posted on October 9, 2022 | 102 Comments(first posted 7/23/2012) I have always been fascinated by the Chevrolet-Ford rivalry. As Henry Ford’s bare-bones Model T hit its stride, the Ford Motor Company had a kind of market […] -
![(first posted 6/23/2014) Car marques have had a rough decade or two. Since the time I graduated high school, we’ve lost Plymouth, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Saturn and of course, Pontiac. Pontiac?! […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/aa-5-24-2014-029.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible – Dig That Aqua Paint!")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible – Dig That Aqua Paint!
Posted on September 25, 2022 | 126 Comments(first posted 6/23/2014) Car marques have had a rough decade or two. Since the time I graduated high school, we’ve lost Plymouth, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Saturn and of course, Pontiac. Pontiac?! […] -
![(first posted 9/18/2013) When you go to as many car shows and cruise nights as I do, you are bound to see the same cars over and over. But what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/7-20-2013-054.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – Coulda Had A V8; Didn’t Want One")
Car Show Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – Coulda Had A V8; Didn’t Want One
Posted on May 14, 2022 | 62 Comments(first posted 9/18/2013) When you go to as many car shows and cruise nights as I do, you are bound to see the same cars over and over. But what […] -
![(first posted 2/11/2013) I think it is safe to say that most of us here at CC are familiar with the origins of the Great Brougham Epoch. In a nutshell, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/12-18-2012-002.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Plymouth VIP – Very Important Plymouth Or Footnote To The Great Brougham Epoch?")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Plymouth VIP – Very Important Plymouth Or Footnote To The Great Brougham Epoch?
Posted on March 17, 2022 | 94 Comments(first posted 2/11/2013) I think it is safe to say that most of us here at CC are familiar with the origins of the Great Brougham Epoch. In a nutshell, […] -
![(first posted 12/3/2015) I love to follow the old roads. In Indiana, they don’t get much older than the National Road, which Thomas Jefferson authorized in 1806 and was built […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bbbvj.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Bonneville – A Long, Flowing Old Car On A Long, Flowing Old Road")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Bonneville – A Long, Flowing Old Car On A Long, Flowing Old Road
Posted on December 3, 2021 | 90 Comments(first posted 12/3/2015) I love to follow the old roads. In Indiana, they don’t get much older than the National Road, which Thomas Jefferson authorized in 1806 and was built […]
