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Curbside Classics Archives
1971 Archive
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![(first posted 8/19/2016) A humble confession: This car has been pestering me continually throughout ten vain attempts at some degree of literary (in)justice over the last fifteen months. While […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_0916.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – Reading The Tea Leaves Near Stage Left")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – Reading The Tea Leaves Near Stage Left
Posted on August 19, 2022 | 69 Comments(first posted 8/19/2016) A humble confession: This car has been pestering me continually throughout ten vain attempts at some degree of literary (in)justice over the last fifteen months. While […] -
![(first posted 9/19/2011) The Datsun 240 Z was as a true revolutionary, smashing the long-stagnant sports car market of the sixties into smithereens. It was long overdue too; folks […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/CC-42-147-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Datsun 240Z – Revolutions Don’t Come Often")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Datsun 240Z – Revolutions Don’t Come Often
Posted on November 8, 2021 | 65 Comments(first posted 9/19/2011) The Datsun 240 Z was as a true revolutionary, smashing the long-stagnant sports car market of the sixties into smithereens. It was long overdue too; folks […] -
![(first posted 7/2/2012) The Land Rover series of trucks are unique and beloved vehicles. Living in the Midwest, away from all the surviving LRs out West, I have next-to-no […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/lr.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Land Rover Series III – Need to Go Anywhere? No Problem!")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Land Rover Series III – Need to Go Anywhere? No Problem!
Posted on October 7, 2021 | 70 Comments(first posted 7/2/2012) The Land Rover series of trucks are unique and beloved vehicles. Living in the Midwest, away from all the surviving LRs out West, I have next-to-no […] -
![(first posted 6/21/2013) (Author’s Note: Sometimes these articles literally write themselves, as evidenced by these e-mails.) June 2, 2013 Jason, I was looking in your draft folder on the back end […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Ford-1971-ltd-conv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford LTD Convertible – The Name On The Title Starts With The Letter “N”")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford LTD Convertible – The Name On The Title Starts With The Letter “N”
Posted on September 3, 2021 | 116 Comments(first posted 6/21/2013) (Author’s Note: Sometimes these articles literally write themselves, as evidenced by these e-mails.) June 2, 2013 Jason, I was looking in your draft folder on the back end […] -
![Earlier this spring, my daughter rekindled her relationship with Miss Carol, her dance teacher from when we lived in Hannibal. Miss Carol’s dance school seems to be as well known […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_2080.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971-ish Ford Econoline 200 – Keep On Keeping On")
Curbside Classic: 1971-ish Ford Econoline 200 – Keep On Keeping On
Posted on August 26, 2021 | 27 CommentsEarlier this spring, my daughter rekindled her relationship with Miss Carol, her dance teacher from when we lived in Hannibal. Miss Carol’s dance school seems to be as well known […] -
![(first posted 6/30/2015) In the time I have been writing articles here, my affinity for Mercury has prompted a few accusations of my having Mercury poisoning. For that, I can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mercury-Montego.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Mercury Montego – Henry Was a Grouch After His Zeppo Lighter Fell and Bounced Off His Harp, Leaving Marx on His Chick")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Mercury Montego – Henry Was a Grouch After His Zeppo Lighter Fell and Bounced Off His Harp, Leaving Marx on His Chick
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 82 Comments(first posted 6/30/2015) In the time I have been writing articles here, my affinity for Mercury has prompted a few accusations of my having Mercury poisoning. For that, I can […] -
![Since its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_0063-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri")
CC Motorsports: The 2021 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Lunch Stop In Rolla, Missouri
Posted on June 30, 2021 | 16 CommentsSince its inception in 1983, the Great Race has visited forty-six of the forty-eight continental states in the United States plus locations in Canada and Mexico. For 2021 (a reschedule […] -
![For seemingly forever, the light duty truck debate in rural environs around North America has been “Ford or Chevrolet?”. It’s such a yes/no, one-or-the-other type of question, always ignoring that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_1991.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Dodge D100 – The Overlooked Option")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Dodge D100 – The Overlooked Option
Posted on February 5, 2021 | 45 CommentsFor seemingly forever, the light duty truck debate in rural environs around North America has been “Ford or Chevrolet?”. It’s such a yes/no, one-or-the-other type of question, always ignoring that […] -
![Recently, I wrote about the gradual incorporation of various creature comforts into full-sized pickups. While a vinyl covered roof doesn’t directly lend itself to creature comfort, it would have helped […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1971_Dodge_Light_Duty_Trucks-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Dude, Your Dodge Has A Toupee")
Automotive History: Dude, Your Dodge Has A Toupee
Posted on January 25, 2021 | 43 CommentsRecently, I wrote about the gradual incorporation of various creature comforts into full-sized pickups. While a vinyl covered roof doesn’t directly lend itself to creature comfort, it would have helped […] -
![Time flies. A reminder of that came along recently when Jim Klein posted some onesies and twosies of cars he had captured in 2020. Since imitation is the sincerest form […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_0150.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Photo Album: Random Pictures From 2019 and 2020")
CC Photo Album: Random Pictures From 2019 and 2020
Posted on January 14, 2021 | 19 CommentsTime flies. A reminder of that came along recently when Jim Klein posted some onesies and twosies of cars he had captured in 2020. Since imitation is the sincerest form […] -
![(first posted 12/24/2014) For fifteen glorious years, Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors led a charmed existence. Under General Managers Semon (Bunkie) Knudsen, Elliot (Pete) Estes and John Z. DeLorean, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1971PontiacT3706.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac T-37 – We Build Confusion")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac T-37 – We Build Confusion
Posted on December 20, 2020 | 113 Comments(first posted 12/24/2014) For fifteen glorious years, Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors led a charmed existence. Under General Managers Semon (Bunkie) Knudsen, Elliot (Pete) Estes and John Z. DeLorean, […] -
![(first posted 8/16/2014) The larger Mustangs of the early ’70s might not get the respect of purists, but I was more than happy when I came across this blue 1973 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-06-14.48.24.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Ford Mustang Convertible – Motorized Malpractice Or Just What The Doctor Ordered?")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Ford Mustang Convertible – Motorized Malpractice Or Just What The Doctor Ordered?
Posted on August 16, 2020 | 104 Comments(first posted 8/16/2014) The larger Mustangs of the early ’70s might not get the respect of purists, but I was more than happy when I came across this blue 1973 […] -
![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&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 […] -
![I’ll never forget the feeling of sitting in that cabin when Lily died. Smoke began to pour from her vents and well up under the hood. Flames licked the passenger […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_0189.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Update: A Song Of Rust And Fire")
COAL Update: A Song Of Rust And Fire
Posted on November 21, 2019 | 20 CommentsI’ll never forget the feeling of sitting in that cabin when Lily died. Smoke began to pour from her vents and well up under the hood. Flames licked the passenger […] -
![Let’s try something new here. As most of you know we have the CC Cohort where readers (or anyone) can post pictures. Sometimes we grab them and write about them, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/48857243741_98a9f1a1b2_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1971 Plymouth Fury – Your Turn")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1971 Plymouth Fury – Your Turn
Posted on November 1, 2019 | 47 CommentsLet’s try something new here. As most of you know we have the CC Cohort where readers (or anyone) can post pictures. Sometimes we grab them and write about them, […]
