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![(first posted 7/29/2013) Last June 29 was a great day for car nuts in the Quad Cities. That’s because the Antique Automobile Club of America decided to have their Grand […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/6-28-13-390-800x533.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1961 Chrysler New Yorker Town & Country – Exner’s Finest Truckster")
Car Show Classic: 1961 Chrysler New Yorker Town & Country – Exner’s Finest Truckster
Posted on May 25, 2024 | 86 Comments(first posted 7/29/2013) Last June 29 was a great day for car nuts in the Quad Cities. That’s because the Antique Automobile Club of America decided to have their Grand […] -
![(first posted 8/2/2013) U. S. automotive history is full of examples of horrible timing. Chrysler’s all new 1974 full sized cars that seemed so right during their gestation, debuted just […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1955ChryslerNewYorker17.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1955 Chrysler New Yorker DeLuxe – Looks Like a Hundred Million Bucks")
Curbside Classic: 1955 Chrysler New Yorker DeLuxe – Looks Like a Hundred Million Bucks
Posted on May 22, 2024 | 70 Comments(first posted 8/2/2013) U. S. automotive history is full of examples of horrible timing. Chrysler’s all new 1974 full sized cars that seemed so right during their gestation, debuted just […] -
![Photos of subject car by Paul Niedermeyer (first posted 5/15/2018) Every once in a while a car springs forth in which it has no real obvious contemporary. One such […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CC-192-058.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst – A Spicy Cocktail Created By George And Walter, With Help From Linda")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Chrysler 300 Hurst – A Spicy Cocktail Created By George And Walter, With Help From Linda
Posted on May 19, 2024 | 71 CommentsPhotos of subject car by Paul Niedermeyer (first posted 5/15/2018) Every once in a while a car springs forth in which it has no real obvious contemporary. One such […] -
![(first posted 4/24/2018) A while back, Paul wrote a very enlightening article about the 250 six powered 1975 Ford Granada winning the dunce cap award for having Ford […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1977-AMC-Auto-Show-Edition-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Since The 1975 Granada Was The Worst Malaise-Mobile, What Was The Best (Or Maybe Just Better)?")
Automotive History: Since The 1975 Granada Was The Worst Malaise-Mobile, What Was The Best (Or Maybe Just Better)?
Posted on April 24, 2024 | 99 Comments(first posted 4/24/2018) A while back, Paul wrote a very enlightening article about the 250 six powered 1975 Ford Granada winning the dunce cap award for having Ford […] -
![(first posted 3/26/2018) Most of us have fond memories of the cars of our youth. Didn’t you just love the stuff that was in showrooms before you reached, say, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1968ChryslerNewport07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Chrysler Newport – My Fountain Of Youth")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Chrysler Newport – My Fountain Of Youth
Posted on March 26, 2024 | 67 Comments(first posted 3/26/2018) Most of us have fond memories of the cars of our youth. Didn’t you just love the stuff that was in showrooms before you reached, say, […] -
![(first posted 2/16/2018) My great uncle William was short, stout, and bald, and always chomped a cigar. He wore slacks and a dress shirt and suspenders and, when he […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_1858.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1973 Chrysler Newport Custom – A Real Car for a Real Man")
CC Capsule: 1973 Chrysler Newport Custom – A Real Car for a Real Man
Posted on February 17, 2024 | 55 Comments(first posted 2/16/2018) My great uncle William was short, stout, and bald, and always chomped a cigar. He wore slacks and a dress shirt and suspenders and, when he […] -
![1961 Chrysler Newport with standard 3-speed floor shift (first posted 12/9/2017) As a rather curious corollary to Chrysler’s very space-age push-button automatic, whose demise was covered here by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Chrysler-1961-3-sp-floor.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Mysterious Appearance of Floor Shifters for 1961-1964 Chrysler Three-Speed Manual Transmissions")
Automotive History: The Mysterious Appearance of Floor Shifters for 1961-1964 Chrysler Three-Speed Manual Transmissions
Posted on December 9, 2023 | 61 Comments1961 Chrysler Newport with standard 3-speed floor shift (first posted 12/9/2017) As a rather curious corollary to Chrysler’s very space-age push-button automatic, whose demise was covered here by […] -
![(first posted 12/8/2017) The sudden disappearance of the pushbutton transmission on Chrysler Corporation vehicles at the end of the 1964 model year has resulted in a lot of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MoparButtons02-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Chrysler Pushbutton Automatic – A Government Conspiracy?")
Automotive History: The Mysterious Disappearance of the Chrysler Pushbutton Automatic – A Government Conspiracy?
Posted on December 8, 2023 | 204 Comments(first posted 12/8/2017) The sudden disappearance of the pushbutton transmission on Chrysler Corporation vehicles at the end of the 1964 model year has resulted in a lot of […] -
![(first posted 6/7/2014) Here’s a lovely 1965 Chrysler 300 in that oh-so-perfect ’60s color combination of aqua/aqua. I love it! But as pretty as it is, the non-letter 300s spelled […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2726648402_289704c923_b-e1401039025783.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: 1965 Chrysler 300 – A Perfect Aquamarine Yacht")
Cohort Capsule: 1965 Chrysler 300 – A Perfect Aquamarine Yacht
Posted on November 9, 2023 | 100 Comments(first posted 6/7/2014) Here’s a lovely 1965 Chrysler 300 in that oh-so-perfect ’60s color combination of aqua/aqua. I love it! But as pretty as it is, the non-letter 300s spelled […] -
![(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&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 11/3/2017) When we look at old cars, each one tends to be something we consider on its own. Unless it is a Mustang or a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1948ChryslerNewYorker08Small-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Comparison: 1949 Chrysler New Yorkers – Early Or Late … Decisions, Decisions")
Curbside Classic Comparison: 1949 Chrysler New Yorkers – Early Or Late … Decisions, Decisions
Posted on November 3, 2023 | 89 Comments(first posted 11/3/2017) When we look at old cars, each one tends to be something we consider on its own. Unless it is a Mustang or a […] -
![(first posted 3/1/2013) In the early 1980s, no auto company had to make more out of less than Chrysler. Sometimes, as with the minivans, the company was spectacularly successful. Other […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1986ChryTCConv02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Convertible – Some Things Just Don’t Translate")
Curbside Classic: 1986 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Convertible – Some Things Just Don’t Translate
Posted on October 24, 2023 | 112 Comments(first posted 3/1/2013) In the early 1980s, no auto company had to make more out of less than Chrysler. Sometimes, as with the minivans, the company was spectacularly successful. Other […] -
CC For Sale: 1957 Chrysler Windsor Hardtop – Peak Forward Look?
Posted on October 24, 2023 | 46 CommentsWow, just wow! Combing through Craigslist, I came up with this stunner! -
![(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&ssl=1 "Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life")
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 […] -
![(first posted 9/22/207) There’s a new arrival or visitor in my neighborhood and it’s from outer space. It certainly isn’t from this world, where aerodynamic plastic-clad fish-mobiles with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CC-335-007.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Space Traveler: 1967 Imperial Crown Coupe – The Empire Strikes Backwards")
Curbside Space Traveler: 1967 Imperial Crown Coupe – The Empire Strikes Backwards
Posted on September 22, 2023 | 104 Comments(first posted 9/22/207) There’s a new arrival or visitor in my neighborhood and it’s from outer space. It certainly isn’t from this world, where aerodynamic plastic-clad fish-mobiles with […]
