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1987 Archive
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![(Updated 10/25/2025) Some of the simple things in life can be so satisfying….a juicy steak…..finding money in the sock drawer…..a glass of sweet tea on a hot day…..writing about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/P6050230.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1987 or 1988 Mercury Cougar: Picking At An Open Wound")
1987 or 1988 Mercury Cougar: Picking At An Open Wound
Posted on October 25, 2025 | 67 Comments(Updated 10/25/2025) Some of the simple things in life can be so satisfying….a juicy steak…..finding money in the sock drawer…..a glass of sweet tea on a hot day…..writing about […] -
![(Updated 10/10/2025) By now, it seems that Volkswagen has tried almost everything to find success in the American market. The original VW (which we covered HERE) was a true “People’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/1987VWFox011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1987 Volkswagen Fox – This German Fox Has A Brazilian Accent")
1987 Volkswagen Fox – This German Fox Has A Brazilian Accent
Posted on October 10, 2025 | 91 Comments(Updated 10/10/2025) By now, it seems that Volkswagen has tried almost everything to find success in the American market. The original VW (which we covered HERE) was a true “People’s […] -
![In March 1986, Honda launched a new luxury brand called Acura, which originally offered two models: the luxurious new Legend sedan and a sporty compact hatchback called Integra. Based on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1988-Acura-Integra-LS-3dr-5dr-BaT-4-and-7-side-composite.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "1986–1989 Acura Integra: Was This The Most Satisfying ’80s Honda?")
1986–1989 Acura Integra: Was This The Most Satisfying ’80s Honda?
Posted on August 10, 2025 | 33 CommentsIn March 1986, Honda launched a new luxury brand called Acura, which originally offered two models: the luxurious new Legend sedan and a sporty compact hatchback called Integra. Based on […] -
![(first posted 2/15/2019) The Buick LeSabre. Everyone knows what it is. Or at least was. It was the car that Buick brought forth to replace the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1986BuickLeSabreBlack06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Buick LeSabre and LeSabre T-Type – The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Buick LeSabre and LeSabre T-Type – The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Posted on February 14, 2025 | 55 Comments(first posted 2/15/2019) The Buick LeSabre. Everyone knows what it is. Or at least was. It was the car that Buick brought forth to replace the […] -
![Since the CC comment section has (almost) always been a model of civil discourse, I thought it would the perfect forum for a question that’s been bothering me. When […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_0370.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: When Did Clear Coat Come Along? My My My Patina")
QOTD: When Did Clear Coat Come Along? My My My Patina
Posted on December 14, 2024 | 20 CommentsSince the CC comment section has (almost) always been a model of civil discourse, I thought it would the perfect forum for a question that’s been bothering me. When […] -
![(first posted 3/11/2014) Some car models have very linear lives. Take the Lincoln Town Car. All throughout its long life, from Continental option package in 1969 through the final […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/aa-3-20-2013-004-800x536.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Pontiac Bonneville LE – The Many Lives Of The ’80s Bonneville")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Pontiac Bonneville LE – The Many Lives Of The ’80s Bonneville
Posted on December 13, 2024 | 117 Comments(first posted 3/11/2014) Some car models have very linear lives. Take the Lincoln Town Car. All throughout its long life, from Continental option package in 1969 through the final […] -
![(first posted 6/9/2018) Everyone has different theories. My theory is the creation of the Allante goes something like this…. …One day back in the early to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/cadillac-v16-1930.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Cadillac Allante – Apple Pie In An Italian Suit")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Cadillac Allante – Apple Pie In An Italian Suit
Posted on November 14, 2024 | 47 Comments(first posted 6/9/2018) Everyone has different theories. My theory is the creation of the Allante goes something like this…. …One day back in the early to […] -
![(first posted 8/23/2018) How many cars during the 1980s, regardless of origin, could be configured to present such different personalities as did the Monte Carlo and was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_3729.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe – For Eve, It Was Business In The Front, Party In The Back")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe – For Eve, It Was Business In The Front, Party In The Back
Posted on August 22, 2024 | 51 Comments(first posted 8/23/2018) How many cars during the 1980s, regardless of origin, could be configured to present such different personalities as did the Monte Carlo and was […] -
![(first posted 11/12/2012) I know that a couple of our regular contributing writers–and they know who they are–will be most interested in my latest CC find, a G-body Cutlass Supreme […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/09-30-2012-071-e1350848945589.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham Sedan – Why Brougham When You Can Supreme Brougham?")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham Sedan – Why Brougham When You Can Supreme Brougham?
Posted on July 12, 2024 | 103 Comments(first posted 11/12/2012) I know that a couple of our regular contributing writers–and they know who they are–will be most interested in my latest CC find, a G-body Cutlass Supreme […] -
![Spring is upon us and summer is knocking on the door. That means warm days, outside activities, and great weather for road trips. For this particular trip, it was a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_1389.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip & Car Show Report: A Middle Aged Man & His Elderly Van Cross Paths With Churchill, Grant, and Twain")
CC Road Trip & Car Show Report: A Middle Aged Man & His Elderly Van Cross Paths With Churchill, Grant, and Twain
Posted on May 20, 2024 | 39 CommentsSpring is upon us and summer is knocking on the door. That means warm days, outside activities, and great weather for road trips. For this particular trip, it was a […] -
![(first posted 4/20/2018) There is no beating around the bush. The epiphany cannot be contained. The truth must spring forth… This is the ultimate in pickups. There. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_3661.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Dodge Ram 250 – Oh Ye Ultimate Goddess Of Pickups, Thy Name Be Dodge!")
Curbside Classic: 1987 Dodge Ram 250 – Oh Ye Ultimate Goddess Of Pickups, Thy Name Be Dodge!
Posted on April 20, 2024 | 90 Comments(first posted 4/20/2018) There is no beating around the bush. The epiphany cannot be contained. The truth must spring forth… This is the ultimate in pickups. There. I […] -
![The Clark Street Cadillac assembly plant closed in 1987, but a small part of it lives on at the Detroit Historical Museum, where some of the lowest-mileage 1987 Cadillacs in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PXL_20240223_192454076.MPa_.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: 1987 Cadillac Broughams – The End Of Clark Street")
Museum Classics: 1987 Cadillac Broughams – The End Of Clark Street
Posted on February 26, 2024 | 25 CommentsThe Clark Street Cadillac assembly plant closed in 1987, but a small part of it lives on at the Detroit Historical Museum, where some of the lowest-mileage 1987 Cadillacs in […] -
![(first posted 1/20/2013) Somebody needs to draw the K-car family tree (Update: it’s right here). It sure can be confusing trying to figure out all the cars begat by the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/87Caravelle2jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Plymouth Caravelle SE–This Ship Still Sails")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Plymouth Caravelle SE–This Ship Still Sails
Posted on November 4, 2023 | 89 Comments(first posted 1/20/2013) Somebody needs to draw the K-car family tree (Update: it’s right here). It sure can be confusing trying to figure out all the cars begat by the […] -
![(first posted 5/20/2013) I have freely admitted to liking pretty much every Cadillac ever built. That said, there are some Caddys even I have a hard time loving. Case in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/01-06-2013-015-1024x682-e1366575316533.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Cadillac Eldorado – A Swing And A Miss")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Cadillac Eldorado – A Swing And A Miss
Posted on August 5, 2023 | 130 Comments(first posted 5/20/2013) I have freely admitted to liking pretty much every Cadillac ever built. That said, there are some Caddys even I have a hard time loving. Case in […] -
![(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&quality=75&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 […]
