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plymouth Archive
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My 1990 Plymouth Laser RS – Owning Plymouth’s Forgotten Coupe Of The ’90s
Posted on August 30, 2025 | 13 CommentsWhen was the last time you saw a Plymouth Laser, or any Plymouth for that matter? This ‘92 Laser RS is a nice looking car – don’t you agree? It’s […] -
How Many Dealers Did U.S. Automakers Have In The Late 1960s?
Posted on June 29, 2025 | 31 CommentsOne of the biggest factors in how well cars sell in a given market is how many dealer franchises the automaker has at a given time. Here’s a breakdown […] -
Curbside Finds: Summer Time Highs in the Seventies
Posted on June 24, 2025 | 23 CommentsIn the mid-1980s, an LA record company called AIP released a series of compilation albums centered on regional mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelia. Naturally, the series was called “Highs […] -
The Cars & Trucks of My Formative Years, Part 4 – This Potpourri Flavored Stew Ain’t Just Cars
Posted on June 19, 2025 | 22 CommentsSo far in this series we have seen pictures pulled from the refuse pile. Not this time! This entry has some flavorful pictures, but there was nothing standalone. So what […] -
Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Plymouth GTX — A Hemi Killer On The Street
Posted on May 29, 2025 | 14 CommentsFor 1967, Plymouth got into the midsize Supercar game by installing the big Super Commando 440 engine in the intermediate Plymouth Belvedere, creating a muscular new high-performance model called […] -
1968 Chrysler Newport Vs. 1968 Plymouth VIP – Which Was The Better Budget Chrysler Value?
Posted on May 7, 2025 | 43 CommentsIn 1966, Chrysler-Plymouth tried to join the lucrative budget luxury segment established by the Ford LTD with a well-trimmed new full-size model called the Plymouth VIP. The VIP was […] -
Curbside Classic: 1978 Plymouth Sapporo – Stayin’ Alive
Posted on April 28, 2025 | 74 Comments(originally posted 4/5/2011. This was one of the first cars I ever shot. This car was still a regular driver around town for years, and it was starting to show […] -
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 […] -
Air Conditioning On Low-Priced Full-Size U.S. Cars In The 1960s
Posted on March 9, 2025 | 58 CommentsOnce upon a time, factory air conditioning was one of the most (if not THE most) expensive automotive options you could buy — rarely seen at all, and then […] -
A Pair of 1971 Fury IIIs Up Close – A Furious Fuselage Duo
Posted on February 10, 2025 | 47 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 […] -
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 […] -
Curbside Classic: 1977 Plymouth Arrow GS – Celeste Before the Fire
Posted on January 22, 2025 | 85 Comments(first posted 3/27/2014) A couple of weeks ago, we covered the Dodge Colt lineup of Chrysler’s captive Mitsubishi products with a nine part series on the many variations available (describing both the Galant and Lancer […]
![My 1990 Plymouth Laser RS – Owning Plymouth’s Forgotten Coupe Of The ’90s When was the last time you saw a Plymouth Laser, or any Plymouth for that matter? This ‘92 Laser RS is a nice looking car – don’t you agree? It’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Laser-K4.jpg)
![How Many Dealers Did U.S. Automakers Have In The Late 1960s? One of the biggest factors in how well cars sell in a given market is how many dealer franchises the automaker has at a given time. Here’s a breakdown […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Nowlings-Oldsmobile-Downey-Calif-1967.webp)
![Curbside Finds: Summer Time Highs in the Seventies In the mid-1980s, an LA record company called AIP released a series of compilation albums centered on regional mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelia. Naturally, the series was called “Highs […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_0945.jpg)
![The Cars & Trucks of My Formative Years, Part 4 – This Potpourri Flavored Stew Ain’t Just Cars So far in this series we have seen pictures pulled from the refuse pile. Not this time! This entry has some flavorful pictures, but there was nothing standalone. So what […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Reliant-Scottsdale-Vandalia-2.jpeg)
![Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Plymouth GTX — A Hemi Killer On The Street For 1967, Plymouth got into the midsize Supercar game by installing the big Super Commando 440 engine in the intermediate Plymouth Belvedere, creating a muscular new high-performance model called […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1967-Plymouth-GTX-hardtop-Bright-Red-Mecum-Auctions-F160-front-3q-left.webp)
![1968 Chrysler Newport Vs. 1968 Plymouth VIP – Which Was The Better Budget Chrysler Value? In 1966, Chrysler-Plymouth tried to join the lucrative budget luxury segment established by the Ford LTD with a well-trimmed new full-size model called the Plymouth VIP. The VIP was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/1968-Chrysler-Newport-vs-1968-Plymouth-VIP-side-composite.webp)
![Curbside Classic: 1978 Plymouth Sapporo – Stayin’ Alive (originally posted 4/5/2011. This was one of the first cars I ever shot. This car was still a regular driver around town for years, and it was starting to show […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Plymouth-Sapporro-004-800.jpg)
![Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 – “Re-Roofed Budget-Racer Valiant” Chrysler-Plymouth Division had spent five and a half years trying without much luck to sell a sporty fastback version of its compact Valiant, the Plymouth Barracuda. Although the aggressively […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1970-Plymouth-Duster-340-In-Violet-Mecum-Auctions-front-3q-left.webp)
![Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1970 Plymouth Barracuda ‘Cuda 340 – “At Least The Stylists Did A Good Job Of It” Since April 1964, Chrysler-Plymouth Division had been trying and mostly failing to compete with the popular Ford Mustang with two generations of the Plymouth Barracuda, a solidly engineered sporty […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1970-Plymouth-Cuda-340-green-Mecum-Auctions-side-lft.webp)
![Curbside Classic: 1980 Dodge Aspen – Rock Bottom And Loving It (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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ygg.jpg)
![Air Conditioning On Low-Priced Full-Size U.S. Cars In The 1960s Once upon a time, factory air conditioning was one of the most (if not THE most) expensive automotive options you could buy — rarely seen at all, and then […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1959-Ford-Galaxie-Barn-Finds-Select-Air-badge.webp)
![A Pair of 1971 Fury IIIs Up Close – A Furious Fuselage Duo 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250202_103756_54301815062_o-e1738882078688.jpg)
![Vintage CL Road Test: 1968 Plymouth Barracuda 340-S – “Best Yet Of The Barracuda Brigade” When the second-generation Plymouth Barracuda debuted for 1967, it offered an awkward choice between too much engine (the bulky, heavy 383) and not quite enough (the smaller 273 V-8 or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Car-Life-1967-12-Barracuda-340-S-featured.webp)
![CC Cinema: The Cars of “Smokey & The Bandit” – What We Have Here Is a Total Lack of Respect for the Law (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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/big-and-little-enos.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1977 Plymouth Arrow GS – Celeste Before the Fire (first posted 3/27/2014) A couple of weeks ago, we covered the Dodge Colt lineup of Chrysler’s captive Mitsubishi products with a nine part series on the many variations available (describing both the Galant and Lancer […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Plymouth-Arrow-Front-3-quarter.jpg)


