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V8 Archive
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1975 Ford Maverick LDO: The Luxury Maverick – Let’s Drive Opulently
Posted on September 14, 2025 | 23 CommentsWhat’s this? Another Maverick? Haven’t we covered these to death here at CC? Let us answer your questions, rude though they may be: Huh, Yes, and Kind Of. That last […] -
Curbside Classic: 1966 Dodge D100 Pickup Truck – New Old Stock?
Posted on September 3, 2025 | 16 CommentsSome time ago, I took a spin in my imaginary time machine to go back to a Packard dealer of 1958. Today we do not need the time machine because […] -
Curbside Classic: 1939 Ford Deluxe Coupe – This One’s A Keeper
Posted on September 11, 2024 | 77 Comments(first posted 9/13/2018) The classic prewar Ford V8 has always been something that danced in the background of my life. My mother grew up in one, almost […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Rambler Classic – Classic Rambler
Posted on August 17, 2024 | 77 Comments(first posted 8/17/2018) Rambler. Say the word, if only in your mind. Does a car jump to mind? For some folks it might be the older Nash-derived Rambler from […] -
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 […] -
Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Brougham – Adulting, 1970s Style
Posted on August 9, 2023 | 107 Comments(first posted 8/9/2017) I often hear my twenty-something children and their friends talk about “adulting”. Adulting seems to be the practice of what we of an earlier generation […] -
Curbside Classic: 1954 Ford Mainline – An Alternate Take On Life
Posted on July 7, 2023 | 71 Comments(first posted 7/7/2017) The cars from early in our lifetimes can be hugely influential things. The cars we learn to love at a tender age can chart our […] -
CC History: Triumph TR8 – The Wedge Perfected
Posted on October 11, 2022 | 73 Comments(first posted 10/11/2016) Quick quiz – what car has low production numbers, available convertible top, rack and pinion steering, a manual gearbox, an all aluminum V8 engine but somehow remains […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1986 Ford LTD Brougham – Upgraded To Pony Power!
Posted on November 12, 2021 | 36 CommentsThe 1983-1986 Ford LTD is no longer a common sight in the junkyard, however since my family owned two of them (’83 and ’84) I’ve generally held them in low […] -
Curbside Classic: 1950 Hot Rod Ford – A True Love Story
Posted on November 4, 2021 | 31 Comments(first posted in 2009) What are the odds of still being married to your first sweetheart from high school? And of still owning your other first sweetheart, the car you […] -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Studebaker Challenger – This Challenger Never Had a Chance
Posted on July 4, 2021 | 86 Comments(first posted 7/4/2015) I have long had a peculiar love for the 1964 Studebaker. I am one of the few people who spent time around at least two of these […] -
Curbside Review: 2020 Ford F-250 Lariat 7.3 4×4 Crew Cab – SuperDutylicious
Posted on November 16, 2020 | 47 CommentsI’ve been watching. Yes, I see them. Everywhere. Here in Colorado we seem to be sort of at a crossroads for people traversing the country from West to East and […] -
Car Show Classic: 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 – Look Ma, 428 Four-Speed!
Posted on November 3, 2020 | 83 Comments(first posted 11/3/2014) While the 1965 Ford has at times been described as “the box that the 1963 Pontiac came in,” I have always liked them. Perhaps because of family […] -
Curbside Tech: V8 Engine Crankshafts and Firing Orders – Good Vibrations
Posted on April 13, 2020 | 79 CommentsThe V8 is ingrained in American culture. It was the engine that dominated the North American automotive landscape from the 1950s to the end of the 1970s. The V8 has […]