![(first posted 7/20/2015) My father is, perhaps unwittingly, an enabler. Therefore, when he called my house last Friday and told me we should ride up to see this “old Fiat […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Renault-caravelle.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Renault Caravelle S: A Francophile’s Underdog, Musty Smell and Regret Included in Purchase Price")
![My wife and I are victims of bad timing. We got married and bought our house during the last housing bubble in 2005, and the amount of debt with which […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/111_1289a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bicycle Classic: 1969 Schwinn Deluxe Racer – Something There Is That Doesn’t Love A Wall")
![(first posted 7/15/2015) This website is partially to blame for my recent 1970s fixation; therefore, I’ve become no stranger to attending a local cruise and photographing some cars that others […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Plymouth-1971-RR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: Fun at the Local Cruise–Two ’70s Muscle Cars and an Awkward Interloper")
![I love an old Mercury. I’ve never owned one, but that’s just a matter of coincidence at this point in my life, and it’s only a matter of time considering […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/111_1030.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic – 1962 Mercury Monterey Custom Sedan: The 20-Footer Club, Part II")
![(first posted 6/29/2015) Leave it to me. At a car show surrounded by seductive chariots spanning from 1933 to 1977, I manage to fall in love with an AMC Hornet. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/AMC-Hornet.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1974 AMC Hornet Sportabout – A Dorky Cupid Moment")
![“Patina” and “provenance” have been flogged so mercilessly by cable TV auction announcers that they might as well be food words, words that leave me feeling a vague dread as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/111_1158a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Parking Lot Classic: 1964 Oldsmobile F-85 Cutlass Holiday – The 20-Footer Club, Part One")
![The idea that many of the things I enjoy may disappear within my lifetime makes my head hurt. When I was a kid, I would lie awake in the dark […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/111_1048.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Antique Store Classic: 1965 Buick Protect-O-Plate – Decoding Some Fella’s New Car")
![(first posted 6/9/2015) I recently read Patrick Foster’s American Motors Corporation: The Rise and Fall of America’s Last Independent Automaker, and Mr. Foster, in so many words, felt that AMC may […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Rambler-1967-rogue-conv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1967 Rambler Rogue Convertible–A Rascally Scoundrel?")
![“On this earth there are, in truth, so many new experiences that I desire but rarely to live over any part of my past life, not even the happiest moments […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AGuyinVancouver1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: 1960 Lincoln – Here Comes The Sun King")
![The area of Michigan that I call home is flatter than week-old Faygo. While fertile sugar beet fields are perhaps poor substitutes for what others might consider to be breathtaking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/111_0997a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dealer Classics: 1961 Dodge and 1968 Chevy Mediums – Visualizing The Ideal Commute")
![(first posted 4/6/2015) Most Corvair owners tend to own multiple Corvairs; in fact, as often as not, said owners are “Corvair exclusive,” meaning that they collect as many different variants […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Corvair-Rampside-camper.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Capsule: 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Rampside Camper – A Box Atop a Boxer")
![As a superfan of American auto advertising, and as a companion piece to yesterday’s article about 1960 Buicks, I’d like to today explore some of the 1960 BOP advertisements from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/111_0967.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Advertising Classics: 1960 Buick-Olds-Pontiac Advertisements – Being Our Best Selves")
![Oh, how fickle are the fortunes of man. In 1956, Buick’s model year production of 572,024 cars was good enough for third place in the industry; however, the 1957 and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/037a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 1960 Buicks – If This Is A Slump, What Is A Streak?")
![(first posted 3/23/2015) In contrast to Gerardo’s entry last week on the Cimarron, which was perhaps the nadir of the Cadillac brand, I’d like to present an example of “Peak […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-cad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: 1965 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – Nothing Missing but the Garage Space")
![396. Say it aloud. It’s an easy number to like, an easy number to sell; its intonation suggests malignity. John Milton eulogized William Shakespeare in 1630 by lauding the way […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/111_0486.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Racetrack Capsule: 1965 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport – Jukebox Hero?")
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