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About Author: Ryan Paradis
Posts by Ryan Paradis
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![(Today, Sept. 15th, marks the 12th anniversary of the last Panther platform car ever produced. Enjoy this COAL submitted in its honor.) “Just when I thought I was out, they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_14441.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1989 Lincoln Town Car – If It’s Not Baroque, Don’t Fix it; One Man’s Love for the Big American Car, Vol. 4")
COAL: 1989 Lincoln Town Car – If It’s Not Baroque, Don’t Fix it; One Man’s Love for the Big American Car, Vol. 4
Posted on September 15, 2023 | 15 Comments(Today, Sept. 15th, marks the 12th anniversary of the last Panther platform car ever produced. Enjoy this COAL submitted in its honor.) “Just when I thought I was out, they […] -
![(Ed. Note: This piece was first published exactly ten years ago today) It has become beyond trite by this point to say that, with the end of the Crown […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Requiem for the Last American Car – A Decade On")
Requiem for the Last American Car – A Decade On
Posted on September 15, 2021 | 71 Comments(Ed. Note: This piece was first published exactly ten years ago today) It has become beyond trite by this point to say that, with the end of the Crown […] -
CC Outtake: 1996 GMC Sierra – How Can It Be 25 Years Already?
Posted on May 2, 2021 | 28 CommentsTime has a way of sneaking up on you. -
![The genesis of one man’s love for the big American automobile started on a cool spring day in 2007. Approaching from behind, on the rain-spackled streets, the big American automobile […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/crownvic1fc4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "One Man’s Love for the Big American Car: Miss Vicky and Me – The Beginning")
One Man’s Love for the Big American Car: Miss Vicky and Me – The Beginning
Posted on April 26, 2021 | 31 CommentsThe genesis of one man’s love for the big American automobile started on a cool spring day in 2007. Approaching from behind, on the rain-spackled streets, the big American automobile […] -
COAL: Mr. President and Me – One Man’s Love for the Big American Automobile, Again
Posted on August 15, 2020 | 29 Comments“Why do you want to drive a big old car like this?” he asked. -
![Roy and I entered our partnership on October 19, 2015. It was inauspiciously the same day as Canada’s federal election. Roy was always bespoked in a dark red suit, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/RIMG5117.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1992 Buick Roadmaster – Roy and Me: One Man’s Love for the American Automobile")
COAL: 1992 Buick Roadmaster – Roy and Me: One Man’s Love for the American Automobile
Posted on August 1, 2020 | 26 CommentsRoy and I entered our partnership on October 19, 2015. It was inauspiciously the same day as Canada’s federal election. Roy was always bespoked in a dark red suit, and […]
