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Curbside Classics Archives
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![(first posted 3/13/2012) We can thank Mazda for adding a lot of spice to the automotive landscape. Their compact, smooth and high-revving rotary engine started (and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Mazda-Rx-4-Wagon-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Mazda RX-4 Rotary Wagon – Still Spinning")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Mazda RX-4 Rotary Wagon – Still Spinning
Posted on February 22, 2025 | 57 Comments(first posted 3/13/2012) We can thank Mazda for adding a lot of spice to the automotive landscape. Their compact, smooth and high-revving rotary engine started (and […] -
![Just when you think you have Canadian-specific Fords figured out, one runs into exceptions that break all the prior established rules. It is easy to spot a rookie owner when […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1975-Mercury-Meteor-Montcalm-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Mercury Meteor Montcalm – End Of An Era For Canadian Fords")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Mercury Meteor Montcalm – End Of An Era For Canadian Fords
Posted on December 2, 2024 | 15 CommentsJust when you think you have Canadian-specific Fords figured out, one runs into exceptions that break all the prior established rules. It is easy to spot a rookie owner when […] -
![(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&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 […] -
![(first posted 8/17/2018) Rambler. Say the word, if only in your mind. Does a car jump to mind? For some folks it might be the older Nash-derived Rambler from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/1961RamblerClassic06Feature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic – Classic Rambler")
Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic – Classic Rambler
Posted on August 17, 2024 | 77 Comments(first posted 8/17/2018) Rambler. Say the word, if only in your mind. Does a car jump to mind? For some folks it might be the older Nash-derived Rambler from […] -
![AMC had danced to the rhythm of a different drum for a few years, betting it all on its compact Ramblers during the second half of the ’50s. That lucky […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/4938773181_af3fa3be72_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1964 Rambler Classic V-8 – Chasing Market Trends")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1964 Rambler Classic V-8 – Chasing Market Trends
Posted on November 19, 2023 | 27 CommentsAMC had danced to the rhythm of a different drum for a few years, betting it all on its compact Ramblers during the second half of the ’50s. That lucky […] -
![(first posted 8/9/2017) I often hear my twenty-something children and their friends talk about “adulting”. Adulting seems to be the practice of what we of an earlier generation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1979OldsCutlassSupreme04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – Adulting, 1970s Style")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – Adulting, 1970s Style
Posted on August 9, 2023 | 107 Comments(first posted 8/9/2017) I often hear my twenty-something children and their friends talk about “adulting”. Adulting seems to be the practice of what we of an earlier generation […] -
![(first posted 7/7/2017) My daughter is working out of town this summer and only gets home every couple of weeks. When her car needed some service work […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/1998HondaCivic06-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Driving Impression: 1998 Honda Civic LX – My Two Weeks With A Curbside Classic")
CC Driving Impression: 1998 Honda Civic LX – My Two Weeks With A Curbside Classic
Posted on July 7, 2023 | 73 Comments(first posted 7/7/2017) My daughter is working out of town this summer and only gets home every couple of weeks. When her car needed some service work […] -
![I recently came across a small trove of junkyard Ramblers in a short period of time and have become completely smitten with them, especially in wagon format and even more […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_4993.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1963 Rambler Classic Six 770 Cross Country Wagon")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1963 Rambler Classic Six 770 Cross Country Wagon
Posted on August 16, 2021 | 45 CommentsI recently came across a small trove of junkyard Ramblers in a short period of time and have become completely smitten with them, especially in wagon format and even more […] -
![How is it possible that out of all the Studebakers we have featured here (as well as all of the old trucks of all kinds) we have never pointed the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1949Studebaker2R5-10-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1949 Studebaker 2R-5 – Two All-New Trucks In One (Studebaker’s First And Last)")
Curbside Classic: 1949 Studebaker 2R-5 – Two All-New Trucks In One (Studebaker’s First And Last)
Posted on October 31, 2019 | 21 CommentsHow is it possible that out of all the Studebakers we have featured here (as well as all of the old trucks of all kinds) we have never pointed the […] -
![Way back in 2011 I spotted a great little Corvair on the move at a particular intersection near my home. How strange that at the very same intersection eight years […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/VairyNiceDay05Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In Motion Classic: A(nother) Vair-y Nice Day")
In Motion Classic: A(nother) Vair-y Nice Day
Posted on August 7, 2019 | 18 CommentsWay back in 2011 I spotted a great little Corvair on the move at a particular intersection near my home. How strange that at the very same intersection eight years […] -
![I used to own a Sting-Ray. A couple of them, actually. I traded my ’66 for a higher performance version in ’71. It was great for awhile, but then I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1975SchwinnStingRay01Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Curbside Classic: 1975 Schwinn Sting-Ray – A Family Tradition")
My Curbside Classic: 1975 Schwinn Sting-Ray – A Family Tradition
Posted on August 2, 2019 | 91 CommentsI used to own a Sting-Ray. A couple of them, actually. I traded my ’66 for a higher performance version in ’71. It was great for awhile, but then I […] -
![When Jason Shafer recently gave us a long-term report on his 2007 Chevy Silverado company truck, a comment was made that we should do some more long-term test reports here. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2007HondaFit200701.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Long Term: 2007 Honda Fit Sport – Ten Years Of Keeping Fit")
CC Long Term: 2007 Honda Fit Sport – Ten Years Of Keeping Fit
Posted on August 4, 2017 | 72 CommentsWhen Jason Shafer recently gave us a long-term report on his 2007 Chevy Silverado company truck, a comment was made that we should do some more long-term test reports here. […] -
![A decade ago, Mercedes-Benz decided to open a facility dedicated to the preservation and restoration of its cars. As the first and so far only manufacturer-owned and operated facility of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/P1020921.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Center – The Mercedes-Benz Classic Center, That Is!")
Curbside Classic Center – The Mercedes-Benz Classic Center, That Is!
Posted on January 8, 2017 | 60 CommentsA decade ago, Mercedes-Benz decided to open a facility dedicated to the preservation and restoration of its cars. As the first and so far only manufacturer-owned and operated facility of […] -
![One of my favorite things in life is the chance to drive an unfamiliar car. Our motto at CC is that Every Car Has A Story, and it’s true. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/63GalaxieDrive01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Driving Impression: 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 – Simplicity Is Its Virtue")
CC Driving Impression: 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 – Simplicity Is Its Virtue
Posted on July 5, 2016 | 172 CommentsOne of my favorite things in life is the chance to drive an unfamiliar car. Our motto at CC is that Every Car Has A Story, and it’s true. It […] -
![(first posted 5/5/2012) LuAnn was a modest, quiet, and unassuming woman. During the late 1980’s, she was in her mid-60’s. LuAnn had had a sad, rough life. Widowed at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/P41705411.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Rambler Classic 770 – Miss LuAnn’s Ride")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Rambler Classic 770 – Miss LuAnn’s Ride
Posted on October 29, 2014 | 61 Comments(first posted 5/5/2012) LuAnn was a modest, quiet, and unassuming woman. During the late 1980’s, she was in her mid-60’s. LuAnn had had a sad, rough life. Widowed at […]
