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Curbside Classics Archives
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![It may be hard to imagine through the eyes of the 21st century, but the Indy 500 once generated the kind of excitement that only the Super Bowl or the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSCF0118.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Racetrack Classics: Grandpa’s 1969 Indy 500 Photos – A Man With Credentials")
Racetrack Classics: Grandpa’s 1969 Indy 500 Photos – A Man With Credentials
Posted on May 16, 2022 | 27 CommentsIt may be hard to imagine through the eyes of the 21st century, but the Indy 500 once generated the kind of excitement that only the Super Bowl or the […] -
![Antique car shopping is so much more fun (and often more fruitful) when the potential buyer isn’t looking for anything in particular, and I’d say that most of my purchases […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1966-Newport-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Marketplace Find: 1966 Chrysler Newport – “Alive With Pleasure”")
Marketplace Find: 1966 Chrysler Newport – “Alive With Pleasure”
Posted on May 9, 2022 | 31 CommentsAntique car shopping is so much more fun (and often more fruitful) when the potential buyer isn’t looking for anything in particular, and I’d say that most of my purchases […] -
![(first posted 5/2/2016) There are many backdrops for humanity. I’ve been lucky enough in my life to float in, out, and around many dissonant places and groups of people. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ccvvmn.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bicycle Classic: 1966 Schwinn Deluxe Racer – Another Step Toward Clinical Hoarding")
Bicycle Classic: 1966 Schwinn Deluxe Racer – Another Step Toward Clinical Hoarding
Posted on May 2, 2022 | 61 Comments(first posted 5/2/2016) There are many backdrops for humanity. I’ve been lucky enough in my life to float in, out, and around many dissonant places and groups of people. […] -
![(first posted 4/11/2016) Last week, I mentioned Harlow Curtice’s Buick-bias during his tenure at General Motors. That bias was a result of his years as the head of Buick, years […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/5445try.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1942 Buick Series 90 Limited – Icarus’ Twin Carbureted Chariot")
CC Capsule: 1942 Buick Series 90 Limited – Icarus’ Twin Carbureted Chariot
Posted on April 11, 2022 | 61 Comments(first posted 4/11/2016) Last week, I mentioned Harlow Curtice’s Buick-bias during his tenure at General Motors. That bias was a result of his years as the head of Buick, years […] -
![I’ve known for decades that the best magazines for collecting American automobile advertising are Look, Life, and The Saturday Evening Post. Magazines such as Holiday are for the highbrow collector, as one will find ads […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220402_103108.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Advertising: 1963 “Look” Magazines – Cars And A Cultural Education")
CC Advertising: 1963 “Look” Magazines – Cars And A Cultural Education
Posted on April 11, 2022 | 24 CommentsI’ve known for decades that the best magazines for collecting American automobile advertising are Look, Life, and The Saturday Evening Post. Magazines such as Holiday are for the highbrow collector, as one will find ads […] -
![One could be forgiven if one didn’t know that Detroit was home to one of America’s greatest art museums. Yes: Detroit, Michigan. Where there is money, there are art collectors, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20220331_124726a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Art Museum Tour: Detroit Institute of Arts, “Car Design In The Motor City, 1950-2020” – Paying Reverence Where It’s Due")
CC Art Museum Tour: Detroit Institute of Arts, “Car Design In The Motor City, 1950-2020” – Paying Reverence Where It’s Due
Posted on April 5, 2022 | 21 CommentsOne could be forgiven if one didn’t know that Detroit was home to one of America’s greatest art museums. Yes: Detroit, Michigan. Where there is money, there are art collectors, […] -
![(first posted 4/4/2016) After nearly 60 years with no definitive aesthetic consensus on GM’s ’59 models, it might be time to accept them at face value. They were wild but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/DSCF4055.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: A Celebration of GM’s ’59 Models–Bats and Deltas, but No 88s")
Car Show Classics: A Celebration of GM’s ’59 Models–Bats and Deltas, but No 88s
Posted on April 4, 2022 | 93 Comments(first posted 4/4/2016) After nearly 60 years with no definitive aesthetic consensus on GM’s ’59 models, it might be time to accept them at face value. They were wild but […] -
![When I was growing up, my best friend just happened to be the kid who lived kiddie corner from my house, or as the Instagram quips might say, “What luck […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Rules-of-the-Road.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Literature: Michigan’s “What Every Driver Must Know,” 1974 Edition – An Illustrated Amalgamation Of The Detroit Four")
CC Literature: Michigan’s “What Every Driver Must Know,” 1974 Edition – An Illustrated Amalgamation Of The Detroit Four
Posted on March 28, 2022 | 44 CommentsWhen I was growing up, my best friend just happened to be the kid who lived kiddie corner from my house, or as the Instagram quips might say, “What luck […] -
![As surely as September nights turn chilly in Michigan, I’ll start combing the classifieds for Model A’s when the “gathering swallows twitter in the skies.” The urge lasts for about […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/111_1668.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 1928-31 Ford Model A Sport Coupes – See You In September")
Car Show Classics: 1928-31 Ford Model A Sport Coupes – See You In September
Posted on March 21, 2022 | 21 CommentsAs surely as September nights turn chilly in Michigan, I’ll start combing the classifieds for Model A’s when the “gathering swallows twitter in the skies.” The urge lasts for about […] -
![(first posted 3/14/2016) Have you ever considered how odd it is that Ford, that manufacturer of solid, reliable, conservative transportation, produced a true competitor to Cadillac and Lincoln? The T-Bird, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/tbgb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1965 Ford Thunderbird–Unique in All the World")
Car Show Classic: 1965 Ford Thunderbird–Unique in All the World
Posted on March 14, 2022 | 63 Comments(first posted 3/14/2016) Have you ever considered how odd it is that Ford, that manufacturer of solid, reliable, conservative transportation, produced a true competitor to Cadillac and Lincoln? The T-Bird, […] -
![Although I’ve written extensively about my burgeoning collection of antique cars, comparatively little has been said about my daily drivers. Honestly, there’s not much to say: I spend most of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Image-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1993 Ford Escort LX Wagon – Being Ironic")
COAL: 1993 Ford Escort LX Wagon – Being Ironic
Posted on March 7, 2022 | 33 CommentsAlthough I’ve written extensively about my burgeoning collection of antique cars, comparatively little has been said about my daily drivers. Honestly, there’s not much to say: I spend most of […] -
![A few weeks ago, I pictorially recounted a trip to an old Mid-Michigan junkyard that had been purchased by another yard and was forever closing its doors. The cost of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/020-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Salvage Yard Photographs, Part II: September 2015 – This Could Be The Last Time")
Salvage Yard Photographs, Part II: September 2015 – This Could Be The Last Time
Posted on February 21, 2022 | 25 CommentsA few weeks ago, I pictorially recounted a trip to an old Mid-Michigan junkyard that had been purchased by another yard and was forever closing its doors. The cost of […] -
![(first posted 2/15/2016) In psychology class, I learned that the sense of smell is closely linked to memory, and anyone who has been around a greasy old car since the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mgaaab.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Trackside Classic: 1960 MGA 1600 Coupe–The Allegory of Hope")
Trackside Classic: 1960 MGA 1600 Coupe–The Allegory of Hope
Posted on February 15, 2022 | 55 Comments(first posted 2/15/2016) In psychology class, I learned that the sense of smell is closely linked to memory, and anyone who has been around a greasy old car since the […] -
![It may seem unAmerican, but I’ve never truly wanted to own a Corvette. I’ve respected them, cheered for their LeMans-winning race teams, helped my neighbor work on his ’65 roadster, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/111_1628.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1963 Corvette Sting Ray – A Sting Ray With A Saginaw?")
Car Show Classic: 1963 Corvette Sting Ray – A Sting Ray With A Saginaw?
Posted on February 14, 2022 | 35 CommentsIt may seem unAmerican, but I’ve never truly wanted to own a Corvette. I’ve respected them, cheered for their LeMans-winning race teams, helped my neighbor work on his ’65 roadster, […] -
![To paraphrase William Carlos Williams, so much depends upon the price of scrap metal. Back in 2014, word on the internet grapevine was that a well-known old-school junkyard in Michigan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/034.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Salvage Yard Photographs: September 2014 – A Bittersweet Walk Through A Closing Junkyard")
Salvage Yard Photographs: September 2014 – A Bittersweet Walk Through A Closing Junkyard
Posted on February 7, 2022 | 48 CommentsTo paraphrase William Carlos Williams, so much depends upon the price of scrap metal. Back in 2014, word on the internet grapevine was that a well-known old-school junkyard in Michigan […]
