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![(first posted 2/28/2014) The fourth highest grossing film in the United States in 1977 was the Academy Award nominated Smokey & The Bandit. Some people have ripped this film as being […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/big-and-little-enos.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Cinema: The Cars of “Smokey & The Bandit” – What We Have Here Is a Total Lack of Respect for the Law")
CC Cinema: The Cars of “Smokey & The Bandit” – What We Have Here Is a Total Lack of Respect for the Law
Posted on January 25, 2025 | 106 Comments(first posted 2/28/2014) The fourth highest grossing film in the United States in 1977 was the Academy Award nominated Smokey & The Bandit. Some people have ripped this film as being […] -
![(first posted 1/10/2019) What is there to say about GM’s Colonnade cars of the mid 1970’s that we have not already said here at CC? Sometimes, however, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1976BuickRegalSedan12Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Buick Regal Sedan – The End-Stage Beater")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Buick Regal Sedan – The End-Stage Beater
Posted on January 10, 2025 | 113 Comments(first posted 1/10/2019) What is there to say about GM’s Colonnade cars of the mid 1970’s that we have not already said here at CC? Sometimes, however, […] -
![(first posted 7/25/2018) About seven years ago I was a fresh, new CC contributor/editor and was a thrill with the state of the world. New and interesting curbside subjects […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1964PontiacTempestSafari04Featire.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1964 Pontiac Tempest Custom Safari – In Defense Of The Barn Cat")
Curbside Classic: 1964 Pontiac Tempest Custom Safari – In Defense Of The Barn Cat
Posted on July 25, 2024 | 24 Comments(first posted 7/25/2018) About seven years ago I was a fresh, new CC contributor/editor and was a thrill with the state of the world. New and interesting curbside subjects […] -
![(first posted 6/13/2018) Each of us who contributes to the curbside cornucopia here seems to have a specialty. For example, Jason Shafer finds lots of unusual prewar […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1969PontiacGTOSilver09.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Pontiac GTO Convertible – Hi-ho Silver!")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Pontiac GTO Convertible – Hi-ho Silver!
Posted on June 13, 2024 | 68 Comments(first posted 6/13/2018) Each of us who contributes to the curbside cornucopia here seems to have a specialty. For example, Jason Shafer finds lots of unusual prewar […] -
![(first posted 1/25/2018) I did not have a perfect childhood. Does anyone? But a few months ago I stumbled across this pretty yellow GTO and memories of my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1966PontiacGTO02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac GTO – The Perfect Childhood?")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac GTO – The Perfect Childhood?
Posted on January 25, 2024 | 60 Comments(first posted 1/25/2018) I did not have a perfect childhood. Does anyone? But a few months ago I stumbled across this pretty yellow GTO and memories of my […] -
![(first posted 12/14/2017) At first glance, this particular car may not seem to be of much interest to folks attracted to unusual cars. After all, it looks like […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/LF-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Pontiac Luxury LeMans – Racing Stripes And A Vinyl Roof")
Curbside Classic: 1972 Pontiac Luxury LeMans – Racing Stripes And A Vinyl Roof
Posted on December 14, 2023 | 84 Comments(first posted 12/14/2017) At first glance, this particular car may not seem to be of much interest to folks attracted to unusual cars. After all, it looks like […] -
![(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 […] -
![After successfully downsizing their full-sizers in 1977, it was time for GM’s intermediates to face the shrinking process for 1978. In September of ’77, R&T reviewed those efforts in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Scan-230826-0001a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage R&T Review: 1978 Pontiac LeMans – GM’s Second Downsizing Act Goes -Mostly- Okay")
Vintage R&T Review: 1978 Pontiac LeMans – GM’s Second Downsizing Act Goes -Mostly- Okay
Posted on August 27, 2023 | 54 CommentsAfter successfully downsizing their full-sizers in 1977, it was time for GM’s intermediates to face the shrinking process for 1978. In September of ’77, R&T reviewed those efforts in the […] -
![Here’s a menacing creature, tightly wearing its dark tailored suit, and ready to push lesser creatures out of the way on looks alone. Finally, a colonnade GM body had crossed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_20230726_134709060_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Pontiac LeMans Sport Coupe With Floor Shifter – A Victim Of Fashion")
Curbside Classic: 1973 Pontiac LeMans Sport Coupe With Floor Shifter – A Victim Of Fashion
Posted on July 31, 2023 | 28 CommentsHere’s a menacing creature, tightly wearing its dark tailored suit, and ready to push lesser creatures out of the way on looks alone. Finally, a colonnade GM body had crossed […] -
![‘Twas a boring early Sunday morning’s drive to Laramie via I-80 Westbound to work on some fencing and gates for a rental property, suddenly livened up by a glimpse of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_3823.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: Being Passed By The Ghost Of Dan Gurney On The Laramie Straight")
In-Motion Classic: Being Passed By The Ghost Of Dan Gurney On The Laramie Straight
Posted on April 18, 2023 | 21 Comments‘Twas a boring early Sunday morning’s drive to Laramie via I-80 Westbound to work on some fencing and gates for a rental property, suddenly livened up by a glimpse of […] -
![Time flies. A reminder of that came along recently when Jim Klein posted some onesies and twosies of cars he had captured in 2020. Since imitation is the sincerest form […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_0150.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Photo Album: Random Pictures From 2019 and 2020")
CC Photo Album: Random Pictures From 2019 and 2020
Posted on January 14, 2021 | 19 CommentsTime flies. A reminder of that came along recently when Jim Klein posted some onesies and twosies of cars he had captured in 2020. Since imitation is the sincerest form […] -
![(first posted 12/24/2014) For fifteen glorious years, Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors led a charmed existence. Under General Managers Semon (Bunkie) Knudsen, Elliot (Pete) Estes and John Z. DeLorean, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1971PontiacT3706.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac T-37 – We Build Confusion")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Pontiac T-37 – We Build Confusion
Posted on December 20, 2020 | 113 Comments(first posted 12/24/2014) For fifteen glorious years, Pontiac Motor Division of General Motors led a charmed existence. Under General Managers Semon (Bunkie) Knudsen, Elliot (Pete) Estes and John Z. DeLorean, […] -
![As the days grow cooler and the nights grow cold, ones thoughts sometimes turn introspective. This evening I found myself scanning through older photos and I came across these two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_1472.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Hindsight Classic: 1962 Pontiac Tempest LeMans Convertible – This Is What I Should Have Driven Back From Last Summer’s Meet-Up")
Hindsight Classic: 1962 Pontiac Tempest LeMans Convertible – This Is What I Should Have Driven Back From Last Summer’s Meet-Up
Posted on October 21, 2019 | 37 CommentsAs the days grow cooler and the nights grow cold, ones thoughts sometimes turn introspective. This evening I found myself scanning through older photos and I came across these two […] -
![Never let it be said that I dislike a car, any car. I can generally find something to appreciate about any of them once I really take into consideration their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_6012.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1989 Pontiac LeMans LE – K-Po(o)p Kadett")
Junkyard Classic: 1989 Pontiac LeMans LE – K-Po(o)p Kadett
Posted on October 2, 2019 | 52 CommentsNever let it be said that I dislike a car, any car. I can generally find something to appreciate about any of them once I really take into consideration their […] -
![It would appear that we have stumbled across two 1967 Firebirds in the past. Both convertibles. There was aqua car with a 326 V8/automatic and a blue one that claimed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1967-Pontiac-Firebird-02-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – The Sexy Six")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – The Sexy Six
Posted on August 9, 2019 | 47 CommentsIt would appear that we have stumbled across two 1967 Firebirds in the past. Both convertibles. There was aqua car with a 326 V8/automatic and a blue one that claimed […]
