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1978 Archive
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![(Updated 10/16/2026) Here we have a rare bird, the Ford LTD II. You almost certainly remember its corporate sibling, the downsized 1977 Thunderbird. The LTD II was a victim of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/7219839334_79921f84ea_c-115x115.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford LTD II Brougham – The Thunderbird’s Less Successful Brother")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford LTD II Brougham – The Thunderbird’s Less Successful Brother
Posted on October 16, 2026 | 171 Comments(Updated 10/16/2026) Here we have a rare bird, the Ford LTD II. You almost certainly remember its corporate sibling, the downsized 1977 Thunderbird. The LTD II was a victim of […] -
![As a member of the Pontiac Transportation Museum, I recently had the privilege of listening to a presentation (I attended virtually) by Pontiac styling chief John Schinella, who was perhaps […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/78-Firebird-1-e1789820485800-115x115.avif "1978 Pontiac Firebird Esprit Sky Bird: A No-Reserve Chance To Own A Cosmetically Restored Museum Car")
1978 Pontiac Firebird Esprit Sky Bird: A No-Reserve Chance To Own A Cosmetically Restored Museum Car
Posted on September 21, 2026 | 23 CommentsAs a member of the Pontiac Transportation Museum, I recently had the privilege of listening to a presentation (I attended virtually) by Pontiac styling chief John Schinella, who was perhaps […] -
![Given how many times this, uh, striking neoclassical Stutz coupe has been flipped in the past few years, you’d think that former owner Willie Mays must have been a gymnast […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/1978-Stutz-Blackhawk-VI-teal-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-left-Mays-inset-115x115.webp "Willie Mays’ 1978 Stutz Blackhawk: This Virgil Exner-Designed Stutz Is The World’s Fanciest Pontiac Grand Prix")
Willie Mays’ 1978 Stutz Blackhawk: This Virgil Exner-Designed Stutz Is The World’s Fanciest Pontiac Grand Prix
Posted on September 20, 2026 | 24 CommentsGiven how many times this, uh, striking neoclassical Stutz coupe has been flipped in the past few years, you’d think that former owner Willie Mays must have been a gymnast […] -
![If you didn’t already know, the term “captive import” is used to describe a car that was produced by a foreign automaker and rebadged with a domestic logo. The entire […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/78-Arrow-1-e1788005435455-115x115.jpg "1978 Plymouth Arrow GS: An Original, Rust-Free Captive Import That Still Looks Good")
1978 Plymouth Arrow GS: An Original, Rust-Free Captive Import That Still Looks Good
Posted on September 3, 2026 | 20 CommentsIf you didn’t already know, the term “captive import” is used to describe a car that was produced by a foreign automaker and rebadged with a domestic logo. The entire […] -
![Photos posted by Hyperpack at the CC Cohort General Motors certainly knew how to stretch their engineering and styling dollar, because when they had a hit, they stuck with it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/55333470514_515690ce72_k-115x115.jpg "Chevrolet Caprice Classic And Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Wagons: GM’s Long-Running Family Haulers –1977-1990")
Chevrolet Caprice Classic And Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Wagons: GM’s Long-Running Family Haulers –1977-1990
Posted on June 17, 2026 | 19 CommentsPhotos posted by Hyperpack at the CC Cohort General Motors certainly knew how to stretch their engineering and styling dollar, because when they had a hit, they stuck with it […] -
![Along with the new turbo Regal, Buick introduced a second turbocharged model for 1978: the full-size Buick LeSabre Sport Coupe. Unfortunately, buyers weren’t very interested, although the turbocharged Buick V-6 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1978-Buick-LeSabre-Sport-Coupe-Red-smclassiccars-front-3q-left-inset-115x115.webp "1978 Buick LeSabre Sport Coupe: This Turbo V-6 Was Faster Than A V-8 In The B-Body, But Buyers Weren’t Convinced")
1978 Buick LeSabre Sport Coupe: This Turbo V-6 Was Faster Than A V-8 In The B-Body, But Buyers Weren’t Convinced
Posted on April 23, 2026 | 12 CommentsAlong with the new turbo Regal, Buick introduced a second turbocharged model for 1978: the full-size Buick LeSabre Sport Coupe. Unfortunately, buyers weren’t very interested, although the turbocharged Buick V-6 […] -
![The early ’60s fad of offering bucket seats and a console on full-sized cars had died out by the early ’70s, but in 1978, Oldsmobile decided to give it another […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1978-Oldsmobile-Delta-88-Holiday-Coupe-Camel-Beige-Med-Gold-Bring-a-Trailer-side-left-inset-115x115.webp "1978 Oldsmobile Holiday 88 Coupe: A Rare B-Body Olds With Bucket Seats And Center Console")
1978 Oldsmobile Holiday 88 Coupe: A Rare B-Body Olds With Bucket Seats And Center Console
Posted on April 17, 2026 | 29 CommentsThe early ’60s fad of offering bucket seats and a console on full-sized cars had died out by the early ’70s, but in 1978, Oldsmobile decided to give it another […] -
![Today, turbocharged cars and trucks are very common, but back in 1978, turbos were still rare and fairly exotic. The only U.S. manufacturer offering turbocharged engines in production cars was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/1978-Buick-Regal-Sport-Coupe-Dark-Gold-Mecum-Auctions-W32-side-right-115x115.webp "1978 Buick Regal Sport Coupe: Unrestored First-Year Turbocharged Regal, 1978’s “Performance Car Of The Future”")
1978 Buick Regal Sport Coupe: Unrestored First-Year Turbocharged Regal, 1978’s “Performance Car Of The Future”
Posted on April 9, 2026 | 15 CommentsToday, turbocharged cars and trucks are very common, but back in 1978, turbos were still rare and fairly exotic. The only U.S. manufacturer offering turbocharged engines in production cars was […] -
![By 1977, nearly every Cadillac model had been downsized except the Eldorado, whose turn wouldn’t come until 1979. Dated, gargantuan, and gaudy, late second-generation FWD Eldorados like this low-mileage Colonial […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1978-Cadillac-Eldorado-Colonial-Yellow-Orlando-Classic-Cars-front-3q-right-low-115x115.webp "1978 Cadillac Eldorado: Triple-Yellow Behemoth, The Last Of The Really Big Cadillacs")
1978 Cadillac Eldorado: Triple-Yellow Behemoth, The Last Of The Really Big Cadillacs
Posted on March 30, 2026 | 17 CommentsBy 1977, nearly every Cadillac model had been downsized except the Eldorado, whose turn wouldn’t come until 1979. Dated, gargantuan, and gaudy, late second-generation FWD Eldorados like this low-mileage Colonial […] -
![The second-generation Oldsmobile Toronado, offered from 1971 to 1978, has been much-criticized for its me-too styling, which shamelessly imitated the previous-generation Cadillac Eldorado. For 1977, Olds tried to shore up […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1978-Oldsmobile-Toronado-XS-Silver-and-1947-Studebaker-Commander-Regal-CP-green-side-left-115x115.webp "1978 Oldsmobile Toronado XS: Unusual Bent-Glass Special Edition Reinvents The 1947 Studebaker")
1978 Oldsmobile Toronado XS: Unusual Bent-Glass Special Edition Reinvents The 1947 Studebaker
Posted on March 27, 2026 | 26 CommentsThe second-generation Oldsmobile Toronado, offered from 1971 to 1978, has been much-criticized for its me-too styling, which shamelessly imitated the previous-generation Cadillac Eldorado. For 1977, Olds tried to shore up […] -
![By the late ’70s, America’s love affair with hardtops was winding down. A few two-door hardtops would linger for a while longer, but the lineage of the American four-door pillarless […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/1978-Chrysler-Newport-Tapestry-Red-and-New-Yorker-Brougham-Formal-Black-4HT-front-3q-right-115x115.webp "1978 Chrysler Newport And New Yorker Brougham: The Last American Four-Door Hardtops")
1978 Chrysler Newport And New Yorker Brougham: The Last American Four-Door Hardtops
Posted on March 22, 2026 | 24 CommentsBy the late ’70s, America’s love affair with hardtops was winding down. A few two-door hardtops would linger for a while longer, but the lineage of the American four-door pillarless […] -
![If the 1950s were the age of chrome, the 1970s were the age of overpowering color coordination. Color-keyed interior and exterior trim wasn’t new for American cars, but ’70s Detroit […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1979-Ford-Thunderbird-Heritage-Edition-Light-Medium-Blue-and-Maroon-Orlando-Classic-Cars-stacked-115x115.webp "1979 Ford Thunderbird Heritage Edition: These Popular Special Edition T-Birds Took Color Coordination To Extremes")
1979 Ford Thunderbird Heritage Edition: These Popular Special Edition T-Birds Took Color Coordination To Extremes
Posted on February 25, 2026 | 27 CommentsIf the 1950s were the age of chrome, the 1970s were the age of overpowering color coordination. Color-keyed interior and exterior trim wasn’t new for American cars, but ’70s Detroit […] -
![(Updated 2/20/2026) As much as the 70s was the era of malaise when it came to cars, it was a much better period for American trucks. The big pickups, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cc78Bronco3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1978 Ford Bronco – Free Wheelin’!")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Ford Bronco – Free Wheelin’!
Posted on February 20, 2026 | 53 Comments(Updated 2/20/2026) As much as the 70s was the era of malaise when it came to cars, it was a much better period for American trucks. The big pickups, […] -
![(Updated 12/6/2025) How is it there have been nearly 14,500 articles at CC and we’ve never had much of a write-up about a four-door Ford LTD of this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_8516.jpg "1975–1978 Ford LTD: Living The Dream")
1975–1978 Ford LTD: Living The Dream
Posted on December 6, 2025 | 82 Comments(Updated 12/6/2025) How is it there have been nearly 14,500 articles at CC and we’ve never had much of a write-up about a four-door Ford LTD of this […] -
![(Updated 11/16/2025) I’ve owned a lot of cars. The total is up to a slightly embarrassing forty-two. (EDIT: It’s sitting at seventy now.) Most of them are of the low-end […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1978-Ford-Pinto-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1978 Ford Pinto V6 – The Car I Didn’t Buy")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Ford Pinto V6 – The Car I Didn’t Buy
Posted on November 16, 2025 | 46 Comments(Updated 11/16/2025) I’ve owned a lot of cars. The total is up to a slightly embarrassing forty-two. (EDIT: It’s sitting at seventy now.) Most of them are of the low-end […]
