![When Willie Nelson released “Ten with a Two” in 1990, he wasn’t singing about shopping for a Camaro, but the concept of coming home with something that belies a drunken […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/111_0629.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dealer Classic: 1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z – “Ten With A Two”")
![During the summer of 1992, I was 15 years old. One would think that my fondest memories would involve first or second loves and long days hanging out with my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Smith-System-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Driver’s Ed Video: Harold Smith And The Smith System Of No-Accident Driving – Saving Us From Ourselves")
![According to Psychology Today, “cognitive dissonance is a term for the state of discomfort felt when two or more modes of thought contradict each other,” and one need not have a degree […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/111_0444a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Trackside Classic: 1967 Plymouth Sport Fury – Cognitive Dissonance")
![There’s no point in belaboring the fact that it’s been an odd year for just about everybody. Just recently, I mentioned how a dearth of car events this summer has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/111_0585a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Rolling COAL: A Firebird, A T-Bird, And A Corvair Go On A Drive – Day Trips And A Short Discussion Of Ownership Philosophy")
![The Gulf Oil logo ranks among the most recognizable in the petroleum industry, especially among gearheads. The Gulf colors of powder blue and orange adorned the flanks of such heady […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/111_0417.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Manual Classic: 1970 Gulf Safety “Car-Chek” Guide – A Relic From When Service Stations Sold Tires Instead Of Twinkies")
![Last week while I was out for a ride in my ’74 Firebird, I noticed a clunk beneath my feet in the driver’s floorboard. My first thought was that the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/111_0400a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Was Your Easiest Or Strangest Repair Job?")
![Pessimism has had it made over the past six months, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that good times are in the doghouse. For example, I’ve had an excellent car week, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/109_0375a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 International Transtar – The Star Atop A Busy Week Of Fun With Cars")
![(first posted 8/25/2014) Where does one even begin when describing the top of the line, final Mustang II? The car is already somewhat polarizing, and then one must deal with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/041.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1978 Mustang II King Cobra – The First 5.0 And A Screaming Cobra")
![I thought of my paternal grandpa as an old guy from the moment I met him until he passed away at the age of 92 in 2003. It sounds cruel […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Best of 2020 – Random Stuff Classics: Grandpa Nick’s Basement Stash – Grandpa Was A Tinkerer, Too.")
![Human nature longs to classify and quantify. It longs to make lists, to make sense of concepts that are hard to understand or can never be understood. Carl Linnaeus is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/109_0180a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museum Classic: 1955 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Playing Favorites")
![(first posted 7/4/2014) It’s too bad that I just missed Bicentennial Fever in America: the cheesy cartoons, the shared sense of pride and purpose, the auto manufacturers’ ability to exploit […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/043.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 1972 Mustang Sprint and 1974 Chevrolet Impala “Spirit of America”–Bicentennial Fever")
![Although I was born in 1977, I’m occasionally nostalgic about Bicentennial America, a time that is probably more fun in retrospect than it was for those who lived it. Regardless, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/109_0074a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bicycle Classic: 1976 Schwinn Bicentennial Sting-Ray – It Takes An Independent Man to Ride An Independence Day Themed Child’s Bike")
![While flipping through a very musty Motor magazine from June 1965, I had to flip back to this advertisement for “Ford Authorized Reconditioned” engines. Ford is well-known for its somewhat scattershot approach […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/109_0076.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Trivia/QOTD: June 1965 Magazine Ad – Can You Identify The Engine Family? Do You Have Any Experience With Said Engine Family?")
![A picture of an obscure wrench on my old garage floor is unglamorous, I know. But this tool saved me hours of aggravation and heartbreak, and it’s the “right tool […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/109_0037.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Toolbox Classic: Snap-On “S-Wrench” – Adjusting A GM A-Body’s Doors The Right Way")
![(first posted 5/20/2014) Hopefully, my love of automobiles is evident in my writing. As Bill Mitchell might have said, I was born with gasoline in my veins, and there’s no […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Spitfire-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Triumph Spitfire Mk1 – One Of The Cars I’ll Probably Never Own")
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