![As I write this, my school has called the second “cold day” in a week, with wind chills dipping down into the 30 below region. Sure, you can argue that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/plymouth3bt8.3521.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Cinema: The Cars of Le Cercle Rouge–Americans in Paris (and Marseilles)")
![Since I’ve been visiting the annual auto show in Detroit since 1988, I feel inclined to offer my opinions of some of the highlights, but please allow me to qualify […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/007.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The 2015 North American International Auto Show: A Biased Viewpoint from a Midwestern Old Car Guy")
![Bill Mitchell’s specter hangs like a well-tailored vapor over my Great 28; after all, his guidance and leadership inspired two of the first four cars on the list. Of course, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/031.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Great 28, Car #4–1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, The Almost A Riviera")
![Is there a more American image than the one above, a late-model Mustang stopped at a traffic light on Woodward Avenue, one of the storied thoroughfares in automotive history? Upon […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/044.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Graveside Classics: Auto Magnates and a Gloomy Day on Woodward Avenue")
![Car number two on my “Great 28” lags infinitesimally behind my favored Continental, and in some ways outpaces it, largely because of its relative attainability. Alas, my window of opportunity […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/8-7-11-004.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Great 28, Car #2–1963-65 Buick Riviera: The Buick I Can’t Buy")
![About a year ago, I, in a cold medication-induced stupor, suffered from a bout of insomnia. Therefore, in the wee small hours of an ice-cold morning, I explored the internet in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/003.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Cinema Craziness: Chrysler’s “Tech” and the Idealized Workplace")
![The second-generation Camaro and the Fox-body Mustang have one fundamental similarity–their unlikely longevity. Both cars trembled under the long ax of their respective corporations at some point during their tenures, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/030.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 and 1979 Ford Mustang Cobra–Two Right Answers to the Same Question")
![Almost 10 years ago, I began collecting antique bicycles. It made no sense that I rode around on a modern Huffy when most of my cars were built during the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/0012.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bicycle Outtake: 1973 Schwinn Speedster–Kool Lemon for the Long of Leg")
![This picture graced my family Christmas Card this year, the fourth in a series of at least five. Next year, the Dirty Dart’s scheduled to be up, but for now, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/010d1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: Happy Holidays!")
![There’s nothing like that old car smell. And while the patina trend has been discussed to death, the hard truth of the matter is that my favorite old car times invariably […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/64-Dodge-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Idle Hands and the Craigslist Classic: 1964 Dodge D300–Daddy Wants a Stake Truck")
![Five years ago, I was lucky enough to attend a lecture given by famous General Motors designer Bill Porter. He highlighted some of his favorite designs and explained why they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/020a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Is the Most Beautiful Four-Door Sedan/Hardtop in the World?")
![Like moths to a flame, car people are naturally drawn to an elegantly sketched and pressed body line, or the smells and sounds of an internal combustion engine, but it’s the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/074.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Car Had the Most Attractive Dashboard?")
![The “original” Mustang II has led a sad life. My point: I have been a rabid car fan for all of my 37 years on this planet, live in Michigan, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/006.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Roped-Off Classic: 1963 Ford Mustang II Concept–The Hamtramck Falcon?")
![O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing… –Percy Bysshe Shelley “from ‘Ode […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/9-22-13-017.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtakes: Nocturne in Brown and Gold: Falling Rockets (and other Things)")
![Everyone here knows what I’m talking about. We’ve all had an experience with the one you don’t take home to Mom. Oh, maybe she (or he) is a little more experienced […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1975-Pontiac-Full-Line-16-17.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Brochure Classic: The “Why Do I Like This?” File, Part I: 1975 Pontiac Grand Prix")
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