![(first posted 1/27/2014) Right off the bat, I don’t mind admitting that I have a borderline unhealthy attachment to Mayfair Maize 1965 Catalinas. After all, a Ventura that looked very […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Pontiac-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Drag Strip Classic: 1965 Pontiac Catalina 2+2 – “Stop Telling Me I’m Beautiful, Love Me For What’s Inside”")
![By the time I got around to taking pictures of this magnificent one-ton mid-’60s Chevy flatbed last May, it had already been sitting in the parking lot of a local […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DSCF8014.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Chevrolet C30 Flatbed – Waiting On A Friend")
![(first posted 12/10/2013) This sanitary 1986 T-Bird Turbo Coupe may appear ready for a spirited jaunt through the countryside, but it makes me think of one thing: 9000 RPM clutch […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/8-29-12-075a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – 200 MPH Standing Still")
![My mother is a retired first-grade teacher who still takes pride in how many people she has taught to read. She’s equally proud that she had to teach me very […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Allegro-II-3-e1577748626672.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History Capsule: The 1967 Ford Allegro II and Henry B. Lent – Things Remembered, Things Forgotten")
![In 1759, Francois-Marie Arouet, otherwise known as Voltaire, wrote Candide, my favorite book. Ironically subtitled “Optimism,” Candide chronicles its eponymous character’s hapless adventures as he crosses the globe in search of a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/70-Eldo-3a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1969 and 1970 Cadillac Eldorados – The Best Of All Possible Worlds")
![At the risk of sounding like a snob, I’ll admit that a title reference to a Glenn Frey song chafes at my pop music sensibilities. Nothing against the Detroit-born late […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/007a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 1965 Dirty Dart – The Heat Is On")
![I am not a mechanical engineer, nor a professional mechanic. Having maintained a growing fleet of mid-century Americana from Detroit’s Big Three longer than I’ve been driving, however, I am […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/DSCF8129.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 1963 Ford Thunderbird – No Pain, No Gain")
![Every car person started somewhere. Some are born into the hobby, imbibing the sweet smell of an over-rich mixture on the way home from the hospital. Some are indoctrinated through […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/DSCF6442.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Tableside Classics: Catalinas, Mustangs, Caprices, and Barracudas–New Miniatures From The Aaron Collection")
![I’m in the middle of reading Thomas Bonsall’s excellent Cadillac: The American Standard. Published in 1993, it arrived at my local library by interlibrary loan from the Michigan Historical Library […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/001-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1941 Cadillac Series 67–General Motors Asserts Its Dominance in Yet Another Niche")
![One of the drawbacks to fleet old car ownership is space; I only have room at home for four old cars, which means that three are always in storage. Therefore, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/016.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 1965 Buick Skylark Sport Coupe–Deferred Maintenance")
![Owning seven old cars has painted me as a man with no impulse control, but that’s a little unfair. In truth, most of the cars I have bought had been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/017.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1963 Ford Thunderbird–A 19-Year-Old Me’s Wish Fulfilled")
![1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible/Money Pit 1998 Ford Escort ZX2 The Dirty Dart, Or How Ebay Makes One Do Stupid Things Sometimes Dirty Dart Update One: Ugh. 1965 Mustang – […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "Aaron65’s Continuing COAL Series")
![The icy hand of winter has granted the Midwest a temporary reprieve this fall, affording fall color drives a stay of execution for a bare couple of weeks, thereby offering another […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/015.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 1974 Pontiac Firebird – Fiery Leaves and Firebirds")
![Most machinery buffs from Middle America likely have a soft spot for the products that bear the “IH” logo, the man seated upon a tractor, and I am no exception. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/016.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1973 International Pickup – A Detroit From Chicago?")
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