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Curbside Classics Archives
Mopar Archive
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![(first posted 3/4/2014) This custard colored station wagon has got to be one of my favorite daily drivers in Bloomington. I’ve seen it shamble around my neighborhood and though I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ygg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980 Dodge Aspen – Rock Bottom And Loving It")
Curbside Classic: 1980 Dodge Aspen – Rock Bottom And Loving It
Posted on March 11, 2025 | 60 Comments(first posted 3/4/2014) This custard colored station wagon has got to be one of my favorite daily drivers in Bloomington. I’ve seen it shamble around my neighborhood and though I […] -
![The snow has melted around these parts and we can again see the hulks of relics and other fantastic curbside gems in the yards, lots, streets, and driveways of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250202_103756_54301815062_o-e1738882078688.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: A Pair of 1971 Fury III’s Up Close – A Furious Fuselage Duo")
Curbside Classics: A Pair of 1971 Fury III’s Up Close – A Furious Fuselage Duo
Posted on February 10, 2025 | 39 CommentsThe snow has melted around these parts and we can again see the hulks of relics and other fantastic curbside gems in the yards, lots, streets, and driveways of the […] -
![Recently, on a warm Saturday in October, I took the family for an afternoon jaunt in the ‘ol Valiant Wagon. We took a ~ 250-mile trip up into the mountains […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54083042443_5cba72c2dc_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip: 1962 Valiant V-200 Station Wagon – An October Drive With The Family")
CC Road Trip: 1962 Valiant V-200 Station Wagon – An October Drive With The Family
Posted on October 24, 2024 | 45 CommentsRecently, on a warm Saturday in October, I took the family for an afternoon jaunt in the ‘ol Valiant Wagon. We took a ~ 250-mile trip up into the mountains […] -
![For Part 4, I am again sharing a family trip in my 1979 Dodge Aspen Special Edition Station Wagon. The year was 2018, and for that summer’s vacation, we decided […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/DSCN8721-e1723655282626.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My 1979 Dodge Aspen SE Station Wagon – Part 4: Vacation Time to VA and WV; Mountains Not Optional.")
My 1979 Dodge Aspen SE Station Wagon – Part 4: Vacation Time to VA and WV; Mountains Not Optional.
Posted on August 29, 2024 | 11 CommentsFor Part 4, I am again sharing a family trip in my 1979 Dodge Aspen Special Edition Station Wagon. The year was 2018, and for that summer’s vacation, we decided […] -
![For this installment, I am again sharing a family trip in my 1979 Dodge Aspen Special Edition Station Wagon. The year 2016, and for that summer’s vacation, we decided to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dscn6643_53384941841_o-e1719965995897.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My 1979 Dodge Aspen SE Station Wagon – Part 3: Vacation Time to the Poconos")
My 1979 Dodge Aspen SE Station Wagon – Part 3: Vacation Time to the Poconos
Posted on July 20, 2024 | 14 CommentsFor this installment, I am again sharing a family trip in my 1979 Dodge Aspen Special Edition Station Wagon. The year 2016, and for that summer’s vacation, we decided to […] -
![(first posted 7/30/2013) One of the reasons I love 1970s luxury cars is because not many have survived to the present day–and Mopars in particular. Why, you ask? Simple. From […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/aa-5-01-2013-009.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Chrysler New Yorker – Living Large")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Chrysler New Yorker – Living Large
Posted on June 1, 2024 | 135 Comments(first posted 7/30/2013) One of the reasons I love 1970s luxury cars is because not many have survived to the present day–and Mopars in particular. Why, you ask? Simple. From […] -
![(first posted 4/2/2013) The year 1966 was an exciting time in the American intermediate-car market, with each of the Big Three serving up a fresh, new model. At the time, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1966DodgeCoronet02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge Coronet 500 – This B-Body Earns an ‘A’")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge Coronet 500 – This B-Body Earns an ‘A’
Posted on May 6, 2024 | 68 Comments(first posted 4/2/2013) The year 1966 was an exciting time in the American intermediate-car market, with each of the Big Three serving up a fresh, new model. At the time, […] -
![(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 9/4/2017) When Virgil Exner’s Forward Look burst onto the scene at dowdy, conservative old Chrysler Corporation in 1955, it marked a new era for the company […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/1964Dodge880-01-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1964 Dodge Custom 880 – The Forward Look Goes Out With A Whimper")
Car Show Classic: 1964 Dodge Custom 880 – The Forward Look Goes Out With A Whimper
Posted on September 4, 2023 | 115 Comments(first posted 9/4/2017) When Virgil Exner’s Forward Look burst onto the scene at dowdy, conservative old Chrysler Corporation in 1955, it marked a new era for the company […] -
![(first posted 5/24/2012) The Chrysler New Yorker was a very long lived model for Chrysler. Between the late 1930s and the early 1980s, it was the biggest, fanciest model Chrysler […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2-10-2012-001-e1337551180204.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1992 Chrysler Fifth Avenue – The End Of Mopar’s Broughamance")
Curbside Classic: 1992 Chrysler Fifth Avenue – The End Of Mopar’s Broughamance
Posted on August 14, 2022 | 87 Comments(first posted 5/24/2012) The Chrysler New Yorker was a very long lived model for Chrysler. Between the late 1930s and the early 1980s, it was the biggest, fanciest model Chrysler […] -
![Though I didn’t realize it at the time, my life was perfect in October of 1979. I was a sophomore in college and I had an excellent specimen of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1959-Plymouth-Futy-04a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1959 Plymouth Fury – Chapter 5, A Backwards Look At The Forward Look")
COAL: 1959 Plymouth Fury – Chapter 5, A Backwards Look At The Forward Look
Posted on August 14, 2022 | 53 CommentsThough I didn’t realize it at the time, my life was perfect in October of 1979. I was a sophomore in college and I had an excellent specimen of […] -
![(first posted at the other site in 2010, and here in 2012 and most recently on 8 August 2016. In many ways, this is the pretty much the Ultimate CC, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/CC-71-027-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Ultimate Daily Driver Curbside Classic #2: 1965 Plymouth Valiant With Well Over 400k (500k?) Miles")
The Ultimate Daily Driver Curbside Classic #2: 1965 Plymouth Valiant With Well Over 400k (500k?) Miles
Posted on August 8, 2022 | 81 Comments(first posted at the other site in 2010, and here in 2012 and most recently on 8 August 2016. In many ways, this is the pretty much the Ultimate CC, […] -
![(First posted 5/28/2012) Jason Shafer recently had a post on a 1975-76 Plymouth Valiant, the sturdy, stalwart compact Ma Mopar wisely produced for most of the ’70s, then sadly replaced […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ytfbnn.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Plymouth Valiant Brougham – Least Likely Brougham")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Plymouth Valiant Brougham – Least Likely Brougham
Posted on May 13, 2022 | 103 Comments(First posted 5/28/2012) Jason Shafer recently had a post on a 1975-76 Plymouth Valiant, the sturdy, stalwart compact Ma Mopar wisely produced for most of the ’70s, then sadly replaced […] -
![(first posted 2/11/2013) I think it is safe to say that most of us here at CC are familiar with the origins of the Great Brougham Epoch. In a nutshell, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/12-18-2012-002.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Plymouth VIP – Very Important Plymouth Or Footnote To The Great Brougham Epoch?")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Plymouth VIP – Very Important Plymouth Or Footnote To The Great Brougham Epoch?
Posted on March 17, 2022 | 94 Comments(first posted 2/11/2013) I think it is safe to say that most of us here at CC are familiar with the origins of the Great Brougham Epoch. In a nutshell, […] -
![(first posted 11/23/2011) It started simply enough: Oh look – a great car to photograph for a CC. And then I saw the sign – Asking price of only […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1974PlymouthSatellite03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1974 Plymouth Satellite Custom – Almost Our Thanksgiving Turkey")
Curbside Classic: 1974 Plymouth Satellite Custom – Almost Our Thanksgiving Turkey
Posted on November 27, 2021 | 83 Comments(first posted 11/23/2011) It started simply enough: Oh look – a great car to photograph for a CC. And then I saw the sign – Asking price of only […]
