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![This was the first Curbside Classic, posted in 2009 at the other site and posted here in 2011. I didn’t really have a clear format yet for CC, or know […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/fgb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – The First Curbside Classic")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – The First Curbside Classic
Posted on March 11, 2025 | 83 CommentsThis was the first Curbside Classic, posted in 2009 at the other site and posted here in 2011. I didn’t really have a clear format yet for CC, or know […] -
![(first posted 11/23/2012) Today’s market offers no shortage of such “aspirational” cars as BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Lexus, among others. Each brand has a fairly broad fan base and products […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/1962CadillacCoupedeVille12.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe – Coupe de la Creme")
Curbside Classic: 1962 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe – Coupe de la Creme
Posted on August 6, 2022 | 99 Comments(first posted 11/23/2012) Today’s market offers no shortage of such “aspirational” cars as BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Lexus, among others. Each brand has a fairly broad fan base and products […] -
![(first posted 4/15/2015) Every one of us has had experiences that have seared themselves into our consciousness. Sometimes these remain at the forefront; other times, such as my experience with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/b-cad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1984 Cadillac Coupe deVille – You Can Kill a Horse, But Not a Cadillac")
Curbside Classic: 1984 Cadillac Coupe deVille – You Can Kill a Horse, But Not a Cadillac
Posted on April 15, 2021 | 69 Comments(first posted 4/15/2015) Every one of us has had experiences that have seared themselves into our consciousness. Sometimes these remain at the forefront; other times, such as my experience with […] -
![When inspiration hits, one better go with it. Having just wasted too much time figuring an angle for a base model Ford Probe, a car I am convinced ties somehow […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Deville-Solberg-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Capsule: 1975 or 1976 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – It Was Really Coup DeChance")
Cohort Capsule: 1975 or 1976 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – It Was Really Coup DeChance
Posted on April 15, 2020 | 37 CommentsWhen inspiration hits, one better go with it. Having just wasted too much time figuring an angle for a base model Ford Probe, a car I am convinced ties somehow […] -
![For me, and likely others of my generation, the 1977 to 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (and Sedan DeVille) is Definitive Cadillac. It is all things Cadillac, good and bad, encapsulated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CC-19-054.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 to 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille- Hitting The Ceiling")
Curbside Classic: 1977 to 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille- Hitting The Ceiling
Posted on March 13, 2020 | 36 CommentsFor me, and likely others of my generation, the 1977 to 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille (and Sedan DeVille) is Definitive Cadillac. It is all things Cadillac, good and bad, encapsulated […] -
![I’ve been writing for Curbside Classic off and on for a little more than seven years now. (Mostly off lately; life’s been a little crazy.) As I look back, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/8788CDVa.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1987-88 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Age Mellows a Man")
CC Capsule: 1987-88 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Age Mellows a Man
Posted on March 4, 2020 | 19 CommentsI’ve been writing for Curbside Classic off and on for a little more than seven years now. (Mostly off lately; life’s been a little crazy.) As I look back, I […] -
![This is a continuing CC serial. The previous episode can be found here. Louis Broderick pulled the brown Coupe deVille into the freshly paved parking lot. Sighing as he turned […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/P9170049.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: The Ferryboat Passenger")
Curbside Fiction: The Ferryboat Passenger
Posted on February 4, 2016 | 24 CommentsThis is a continuing CC serial. The previous episode can be found here. Louis Broderick pulled the brown Coupe deVille into the freshly paved parking lot. Sighing as he turned […] -
![Summer is flying by and this is the first time I’ve been to the monthly car show that is all of two miles away. Part of it has been due […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_5160.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Report: The June 2015 Jefferson City Car Show – Studebakers, E-Bodies, and A Few Other Surprises")
Car Show Report: The June 2015 Jefferson City Car Show – Studebakers, E-Bodies, and A Few Other Surprises
Posted on July 2, 2015 | 44 CommentsSummer is flying by and this is the first time I’ve been to the monthly car show that is all of two miles away. Part of it has been due […] -
![With the profound success we have realized with the Midwest branch of the CC Sales Lot, we have now opened a second Midwest location. At the rate we are growing, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_4760.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Sales Lot, The Second Midwest Branch: The Agony of Desire and The Ecstasy of Conquest")
CC Sales Lot, The Second Midwest Branch: The Agony of Desire and The Ecstasy of Conquest
Posted on May 15, 2015 | 42 CommentsWith the profound success we have realized with the Midwest branch of the CC Sales Lot, we have now opened a second Midwest location. At the rate we are growing, […] -
![Ah, the Malaise era. That bit of time when there was very few, if any, good vehicles from American manufacturers. OPEC oil embargos and stringent fuel economy and emissions regulations […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/79MKV-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Would You Own a Malaise Era Car?")
QOTD: Would You Own a Malaise Era Car?
Posted on March 6, 2015 | 296 CommentsAh, the Malaise era. That bit of time when there was very few, if any, good vehicles from American manufacturers. OPEC oil embargos and stringent fuel economy and emissions regulations […] -
![This Caddy had been sitting on my mechanic’s lot for months. “This fellow drops it off here and asks me to do a mechanical restoration,” my mechanic said, “but the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/69CadillacCoupeDeVille1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1969 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Snow-Covered Cadillac")
CC Outtake: 1969 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Snow-Covered Cadillac
Posted on March 15, 2013 | 7 CommentsThis Caddy had been sitting on my mechanic’s lot for months. “This fellow drops it off here and asks me to do a mechanical restoration,” my mechanic said, “but the […]
