![My raison d’être, I believe, is to amass as many old, largely unwanted cars as I can, and make them operational; however, being the primary caretaker of five old cars leaves […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1977-Dodge-Ramcharger-01.jpg "CC Dealer Film: 1977 Dodge Ramcharger–Not My Usual Object of Desire")
![Only a handful of antique automobiles are celebrated in their ubiquity to the extent of the first generation Camaro. Their popularity has bred popularity like some perpetual motion machine that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/0771.jpg "Car Show Outtake: 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS350 Convertible–The Camaro for People Who Are Sick of Camaros")
![It is a tacit fact that anyone who is averse to mindless cliches and tired idioms must grin and bear them (ha ha) when studying online classifieds like Craigslist. It […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Torino-1.jpg "Craigslist Classic–1973 Ford Gran Torino–Can We Just Stop the Barn Find Bit Already?")
![It didn’t take long for the Dirty Dart to weasel its way into my heart; after all, who can resist a beat-up underdog of a car that probably gets more […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/012.jpg "COAL: Dirty Dart Update Volume Four–Spoiler Alert: Beaters are Better")
![I have a bit of a morbid streak. At art museums, I will often stare into the eyes of the subjects of portraiture, and bother myself with their “quintessence of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/6-18-11-010.jpg "Dad’s COAL: 1999 Ford Mustang GT–A Question of Existence")
![Survivor vehicles are always fun in their honesty, and this Champ is no exception. Part Lark, part Dodge truck (the bed in this case), the Champ never truly had a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/010.jpg "CC Outtake: Studebaker Champ–The Plucky Journeyman Fights to the Last Round")
![Last September, this Monterey caught my shutter in the salvage yard because it’s almost certainly the first one I’d seen in the flesh. This is unsurprising, since I was born […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/046.jpg "Junkyard Outtake: 1972 Mercury Monterey Custom–No Perks for Being a Wallflower")
![Car number nine on my “Great 28” list was built by a company without any salient historic aim or goals; however, it was a “renaissance car” on its own terms. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/comet_champ.jpg "Great 28 Car Number 9 and CC Cinema–1964/65 Mercury Comet, the 100,000 Mile Durability Champion!")
![Michigan’s Historical Museum, although it hasn’t been updated in about 25 years, has a cool “1957 Detroit Auto Show” section, where this ’57 Fury is perched high overhead at a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/053.jpg "Museum Outtake: 1957 Plymouth Fury–The Forward Look, Once Again on a Pedestal")
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/plymouth3bt8.3521.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/007.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/031.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/044.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/8-7-11-004.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/003.jpg "CC Cinema Craziness: Chrysler’s “Tech” and the Idealized Workplace")
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