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chevy Archive
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Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier Z-24- Camaro Z-28 Minus Four?
Posted on February 23, 2025 | 77 Comments(first posted 3/9/2014) Chevy takes quite a beating over the Cavalier. Critics tell us the car was too heavy, remained unchanged over the years, and didn’t break any new ground. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 – Wherein The Author Finds An Interesting Camaro
Posted on February 1, 2025 | 56 Comments(first posted 2/1/2019) Let’s just get this out there. Camaros have never interested me. They did not interest me in 1967, they did not interest me in […] -
CC Capsule: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – It’s the First Chevy of the 80s
Posted on October 25, 2024 | 132 Comments(first posted 10/25/2018) Since I’ve been writing for Curbside Classic I can count on one hand the number of Chevy Citations I’ve seen. This is the first one […] -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Camaro Convertible – Perfect Patina
Posted on September 12, 2024 | 88 Comments(first posted 4/3/2014) I’ve seen this Camaro running around town for a couple of months, and last week I caught up with it in the parking lot of a local community […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Chevy Nova Spirit Of America – Red, White, Black and Blue
Posted on July 4, 2024 | 93 Comments(first posted 7/13/2013) I spotted this Nova while rolling down Catalina Avenue in Redondo Beach, California. While you don’t need to know I was in Redondo Beach, I did want to slide in […] -
Automotive History: General Motors 1949-50 – The Mystery Of The Missing B Body (Part 1)
Posted on May 16, 2024 | 37 Comments(first posted 5/16/2018) The General Motors B body provided the basis for some of the most popular cars the company ever built. Its long and proud history spans […] -
Curbside Lazarus: Chevrolet Citation – The Car That Launched 22 Million Camrys To Date
Posted on April 4, 2024 | 76 CommentsSome people claim they recently saw Bigfoot, some saw Elvis, but nobody ever seems to snap a clear picture. Yet the Lazarus effect is real wherein a random species commonly […] -
Curbside Creation: When You Have A Chevy Half-Ton And A Suzuki Sidekick. And Some Time.
Posted on February 21, 2024 | 32 CommentsAnd clearly, someone to hold your beer. Ah, America the Beautiful, Land of Bounteous and Unbridled Creativity and Wonder. Or something like that. Whenever I have occasion to head up […] -
COAL #3: Mother’s First Car – The Bow-Tie Bel Air
Posted on November 5, 2023 | 12 CommentsWhen our family moved to northern NJ, Mom needed a car of her own for the first time in her life, as she had commuted to her previous NYC […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Nova 4-Door – 6 Cyl. Pride
Posted on October 5, 2023 | 24 CommentsHere’s ‘just a car.’ Never did I imagine I would ever stop to take photos of a ’68-’72 Chevy Nova. So familiar a shape throughout my whole life, that to […] -
Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life
Posted on October 3, 2023 | 66 Comments(first posted 10/3/2017) As a kid, whenever someone got a new car it was a real event. Of course, a new car is always an event, but for a […] -
Curbside Forbidden Fruit Stand: 2020 Chevrolet Tornado RS – Why Does GM Hate The USA?
Posted on September 20, 2023 | 42 CommentsVirtually every red-blooded male American retiree or retiree-to-be either vocally or secretly has a deep-held desire for a genuinely small pickup truck to either potter around town with, use to […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside – It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
Posted on June 24, 2023 | 106 Comments(first posted 8/17/2011) There have been very, very few vehicles produced in post WWII America that can be accurately described as unique. Not “sort of” unique, but unique in the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer – The Anti-Impala
Posted on June 23, 2023 | 134 Comments(first posted 6/23/2017) We live in a day and age of opposites. You may say black while I say white. We have red states and blue states, Fox News […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973 Chevrolet Corvette – A Car And An Author Come To Terms
Posted on June 12, 2023 | 63 CommentsI am a contrarian. This is, of course, well known hereabouts. Many things that are popular bore me. I, instead, seek out things that are unusual. When I was in […]
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet Cavalier Z-24- Camaro Z-28 Minus Four? (first posted 3/9/2014) Chevy takes quite a beating over the Cavalier. Critics tell us the car was too heavy, remained unchanged over the years, and didn’t break any new ground. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Z-24-side-view-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 – Wherein The Author Finds An Interesting Camaro (first posted 2/1/2019) Let’s just get this out there. Camaros have never interested me. They did not interest me in 1967, they did not interest me in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1978ChevroletZ28Camaro03Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – It’s the First Chevy of the 80s (first posted 10/25/2018) Since I’ve been writing for Curbside Classic I can count on one hand the number of Chevy Citations I’ve seen. This is the first one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/80Citation1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1967 Camaro Convertible – Perfect Patina (first posted 4/3/2014) I’ve seen this Camaro running around town for a couple of months, and last week I caught up with it in the parking lot of a local community […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/67-Camaro-side-view.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1974 Chevy Nova Spirit Of America – Red, White, Black and Blue (first posted 7/13/2013) I spotted this Nova while rolling down Catalina Avenue in Redondo Beach, California. While you don’t need to know I was in Redondo Beach, I did want to slide in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Badging-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Automotive History: General Motors 1949-50 – The Mystery Of The Missing B Body (Part 1) (first posted 5/16/2018) The General Motors B body provided the basis for some of the most popular cars the company ever built. Its long and proud history spans […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1949-Missing-B-Body-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Lazarus: Chevrolet Citation – The Car That Launched 22 Million Camrys To Date Some people claim they recently saw Bigfoot, some saw Elvis, but nobody ever seems to snap a clear picture. Yet the Lazarus effect is real wherein a random species commonly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3302.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Creation: When You Have A Chevy Half-Ton And A Suzuki Sidekick. And Some Time. And clearly, someone to hold your beer. Ah, America the Beautiful, Land of Bounteous and Unbridled Creativity and Wonder. Or something like that. Whenever I have occasion to head up […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_6413.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![COAL #3: Mother’s First Car – The Bow-Tie Bel Air When our family moved to northern NJ, Mom needed a car of her own for the first time in her life, as she had commuted to her previous NYC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Captura-de-pantalla-2023-11-04-23.58.57.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Chevrolet Nova 4-Door – 6 Cyl. Pride Here’s ‘just a car.’ Never did I imagine I would ever stop to take photos of a ’68-’72 Chevy Nova. So familiar a shape throughout my whole life, that to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_20230917_161552482_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life (first posted 10/3/2017) As a kid, whenever someone got a new car it was a real event. Of course, a new car is always an event, but for a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/72MarkIV.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Forbidden Fruit Stand: 2020 Chevrolet Tornado RS – Why Does GM Hate The USA? Virtually every red-blooded male American retiree or retiree-to-be either vocally or secretly has a deep-held desire for a genuinely small pickup truck to either potter around town with, use to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_2684.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1961 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside – It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time (first posted 8/17/2011) There have been very, very few vehicles produced in post WWII America that can be accurately described as unique. Not “sort of” unique, but unique in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1961ChevroletCorvairRampside06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1961 Dodge Dart Pioneer – The Anti-Impala (first posted 6/23/2017) We live in a day and age of opposites. You may say black while I say white. We have red states and blue states, Fox News […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TwilightZone.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1973 Chevrolet Corvette – A Car And An Author Come To Terms I am a contrarian. This is, of course, well known hereabouts. Many things that are popular bore me. I, instead, seek out things that are unusual. When I was in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1973-Chevrolet-Corvette-07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


