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![(first posted 7/31/2014) We here at CC simply don’t do things part way. Maybe we have all been schooled by the Teutonic discipline of our founder, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1972AMCJavelin04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1972 AMC Javelin Pierre Cardin – No, Really…")
Car Show Classic: 1972 AMC Javelin Pierre Cardin – No, Really…
Posted on November 14, 2024 | 108 Comments(first posted 7/31/2014) We here at CC simply don’t do things part way. Maybe we have all been schooled by the Teutonic discipline of our founder, […] -
![(Originally published 1/14/2014)This is it. The pinnacle of American Motors Corporation. Between 1958 and 1963, the Rambler automobile, in its frugal American, mid-price Classic and deluxe Ambassador lineup, hit a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/aa-4-07-2013-005.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car?")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car?
Posted on October 18, 2024 | 86 Comments(Originally published 1/14/2014)This is it. The pinnacle of American Motors Corporation. Between 1958 and 1963, the Rambler automobile, in its frugal American, mid-price Classic and deluxe Ambassador lineup, hit a […] -
![If you’d asked me to name the least likely car I’d stumble across while passing through Kearney, Nebraska, a Renault Encore would certainly be close to the top of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_0501-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Find: 1985 Renault Encore GS – Bonjour, Suckers!")
CC Find: 1985 Renault Encore GS – Bonjour, Suckers!
Posted on August 10, 2024 | 31 CommentsIf you’d asked me to name the least likely car I’d stumble across while passing through Kearney, Nebraska, a Renault Encore would certainly be close to the top of the […] -
Design Analysis: 1974 AMC Matador Coupe and X – Please Go All the Way
Posted on December 11, 2023 | 53 CommentsIt was July, 1972 when the Raspberries released their hit song about a girl asking her guy to, well… you know. -
![It wasn’t the kind of call I usually get, but one that I was very glad to receive. Hey Ric, I need a place to store my ailing AMX for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_1244.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Home Delivery: 1968 AMC AMX – The Two Seat Pony Car Pays A Visit")
CC Home Delivery: 1968 AMC AMX – The Two Seat Pony Car Pays A Visit
Posted on July 10, 2023 | 41 CommentsIt wasn’t the kind of call I usually get, but one that I was very glad to receive. Hey Ric, I need a place to store my ailing AMX for […] -
![(first posted 4/30/2013) The 1970s was the decade of pop psychology. How could anyone alive during that time forget the phenomena of I’m OK, You’re OK and Jonathan Livingston Seagull? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1970AMCHornet04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 AMC Hornet – Today Is The First Day of the Rest Of Your Life")
Curbside Classic: 1970 AMC Hornet – Today Is The First Day of the Rest Of Your Life
Posted on January 26, 2023 | 121 Comments(first posted 4/30/2013) The 1970s was the decade of pop psychology. How could anyone alive during that time forget the phenomena of I’m OK, You’re OK and Jonathan Livingston Seagull? […] -
![(first posted 9/17/2015) Whether or not the benefits truly outweigh a good set of snow tires is debatable, but there’s no denying that all-wheel drive has surged in popularity within […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_4669.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 AMC Eagle Sedan – Back From The Future")
Curbside Classic: 1984 AMC Eagle Sedan – Back From The Future
Posted on March 13, 2022 | 61 Comments(first posted 9/17/2015) Whether or not the benefits truly outweigh a good set of snow tires is debatable, but there’s no denying that all-wheel drive has surged in popularity within […] -
![(first posted 10/10/2012) I became really interested in AMC in the late ’90s, due in large part to my purchase of Pat Foster’s American Motors: The Last Independent. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fkjl.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 880 – Kenosha Cadillac?")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 880 – Kenosha Cadillac?
Posted on November 7, 2021 | 88 Comments(first posted 10/10/2012) I became really interested in AMC in the late ’90s, due in large part to my purchase of Pat Foster’s American Motors: The Last Independent. I […] -
![As CC’s resident biggest fan of the Audi Quattro Turbo Coupe of the early 1980s, I had a chunk of alternate reality hit me on a recent trip to the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_6300.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4 Sport – America’s Audi Quattro")
Curbside Recycling: 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4 Sport – America’s Audi Quattro
Posted on October 22, 2021 | 28 CommentsAs CC’s resident biggest fan of the Audi Quattro Turbo Coupe of the early 1980s, I had a chunk of alternate reality hit me on a recent trip to the […] -
![An AMC Hornet that was pricier and more exclusive than a equivalently-specified Ford, GM or Chrysler product, sold in a market where what would be an American compact was the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/rambler-hornet-side.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1972-75 Rambler Hornet – A Swarm Didn’t Exactly Descend")
CC Capsule: 1972-75 Rambler Hornet – A Swarm Didn’t Exactly Descend
Posted on July 21, 2021 | 35 CommentsAn AMC Hornet that was pricier and more exclusive than a equivalently-specified Ford, GM or Chrysler product, sold in a market where what would be an American compact was the […] -
![(first posted 7/9/2012) Call it what you may, but this rather handsome convertible was one of the nails in the coffin of American Motors. How could something this good […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AMC-1966-amby-conv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 AMC Ambassador 990 Convertible – Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption")
Curbside Classic: 1966 AMC Ambassador 990 Convertible – Abernethy’s Asinine Assumption
Posted on June 12, 2021 | 61 Comments(first posted 7/9/2012) Call it what you may, but this rather handsome convertible was one of the nails in the coffin of American Motors. How could something this good […] -
![I have a real love for the 1965 Ambassadors. Part of that may be due to my chance encounter with a lilac 1965 880 sedan back in the late ’90s, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/aa-6-28-13-252.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 990 Convertible – Green and White Is Good!")
Car Show Classic: 1965 Rambler Ambassador 990 Convertible – Green and White Is Good!
Posted on January 27, 2014 | 40 CommentsI have a real love for the 1965 Ambassadors. Part of that may be due to my chance encounter with a lilac 1965 880 sedan back in the late ’90s, […] -
![“Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can” So sang the Allman Brothers in 1973, and although the song was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/R.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Ramblin’ in the Southern Hemisphere")
Automotive History: Ramblin’ in the Southern Hemisphere
Posted on January 26, 2014 | 62 Comments“Lord, I was born a ramblin’ man Tryin’ to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can” So sang the Allman Brothers in 1973, and although the song was […] -
![(first posted 1/25/2014) Certain makes and models take a lot of flak from armchair enthusiasts when they are perceived to be plain or boring. Corolla, Camry, Accord, Malibu–it goes on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1968-AMC-Full-Line-22-23-800x481-e1388529237300.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Rambler American 220 – Plain White Wrapper")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Rambler American 220 – Plain White Wrapper
Posted on January 25, 2014 | 57 Comments(first posted 1/25/2014) Certain makes and models take a lot of flak from armchair enthusiasts when they are perceived to be plain or boring. Corolla, Camry, Accord, Malibu–it goes on […] -
CC Outtake: I’m Guessing His Horn Went Beep Beep Beep…
Posted on December 12, 2013 | 21 CommentsWhile driving in my Lincoln, what to my surprise! A little Rambler was following me, roughly half my size.
