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Did Air Conditioning Kill The Convertible?
Posted on March 21, 2025 | 37 CommentsIf you read a lot of automotive histories, you’ll frequently encounter the contention that the growing popularity of factory air conditioning on American cars in the 1960s and early […] -
Curbside Classic: Cadillac Cimarron D’Oro Convertible – This Little Piggy Went To Market
Posted on January 3, 2025 | 76 Comments(first posted 7/16/2014) Once upon a time, there was a little car called Cimarron. -
Curbside Classic: 1966 Mercury Monterey and the Indian Summer of the Full Sized Convertible
Posted on November 24, 2024 | 81 Comments(first posted 11/3/2011) The second half of the 1960s was the last point in time full sized convertibles had any relevance in the American market. A short five years later […] -
Curbside Classic: 1986 Volkswagen Cabriolet – What Women Want
Posted on November 18, 2024 | 97 Comments(first posted 2/14/2013) What is it that makes a car a “chick car?” Put another way, what is it about some cars that appeals to the fairer sex? And why […] -
Curbside Classic Double Feature: 1941 Buick Super and 1948 Buick Roadmaster – The Look Of Success
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 60 Comments(first posted 1/18/2018) Although it has had a tough time of late, no American mid-priced brand has had the long term success of Buick. That the 1950s was Buick’s […] -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Mustang – Forty-Four Years of Wedded Bliss
Posted on August 23, 2023 | 49 Comments(I ran into this old friend at a local show recently and remembered featuring it here on September 13, 2011. It is still owned and loved by the same lady. […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1964 Valiant Convertible – Engelized Sun Chaser
Posted on August 19, 2023 | 19 CommentsHere’s a new entry from robadr at the Cohort. A rather nice survivor that doesn’t look too pampered, nor too ruined; and with the top down, it’s very curbside chic! -
Curbside Classic: 1969 Cadillac DeVille Convertible – Please Turn Out the Lights When You Leave
Posted on July 27, 2023 | 91 Comments(first posted 8/5/2011) Once upon a time, there were few more desirable things on earth than a big, expensive, luxurious convertible. From the 1920s through the jet age, the luxury […] -
Curbside Classic: Cuban Camouflage – Simca P60 Aronde Océane Convertible
Posted on February 28, 2023 | 6 CommentsSeeing a Simca on the streets of Havana is probably not as a rare sight as one might expect. There are a few sedans around of various types. In fact […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Pontiac Catalina – Let’s Go Wide-Tracking
Posted on November 1, 2021 | 108 Comments(first posted 9/23/2011) When I was growing up, there were more Oldsmobiles in my extended family than anything else. But if we go to second place, it would have […] -
CC Outtake: Citroën DS Cabriolet – Spotted in Southfield, Michigan,
Posted on June 12, 2021 | 52 Comments(first posted 6/12/2015) Southfield was the headquarter of AMC when it existed, and there are still few AMCs running around here, including a Gremlin owned by a campus security guy. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet – Beauty for Beauty’s Sake
Posted on June 11, 2021 | 60 Comments(first posted 6/11/2015) What is the purpose of a convertible? Most would probably say that a convertible’s purpose is for the enjoyment of the beauty of outdoors – at […]