![To paraphrase a common saying: I am envious of those who see a Cord L-29 for the first time. One of the grand names of the Classic Age, E.L. Cord […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PXL_20230628_151834004.MPa_.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Car Show: Leaks and L-29s, A Car Show Where I Didn’t Know There Would Be A Car Show (COAL Thunderbird Content Included)")
![Everyone is to some degree a hypocrite, although some forms of hypocrisy are admittedly harmless. Take mine, for example. Much of my automotive picture catalog consists of wallflowers, oddballs, four-door […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PXL_20230624_143030893a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1963 Buick Special Sedan – What I Say, What I Do")
![They say it’s never healthy to love something that can’t love you back, but that’s never stopped me from fostering sentimental attachments to machinery. A few weeks ago, I realized […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Skylark-2003-1a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: Do You Celebrate Car Anniversaries? (COAL 1965 Skylark Content)")
![What if all of existence is nothing but a twisted joke? After all, what other rational explanation could there be for my inability to remember someone’s name for more than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PXL_20230617_180834215a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1952 and 1953 Ford Sunliners – R.M. Clarke and the <em>The White Album</em>")
![In 1965, Ford Motor Company ran a lovely advertising campaign that was frankly a little derivative. While Ford was perhaps better at finding market niches in the 1960s than their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PXL_20230615_203326956a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Advertising: 1965 Ford Models – Ford Motor Company Is…A Little Boxier This Year")
![We’ve all been there. The dusty paths, the “Radio Flyer” aired up for a weekend of walking, the families with no spatial awareness, the golf carts, the DJ who thinks […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230603_113311a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Swap Meet: Monacos, Meteors, Baby Flatheads, and Autolites – Monday Swap Meet Miscellanea")
![Ever since I found my late grandpa’s collection of Fleischmann’s Bicentennial bourbon decanters stashed in my parents’ basement when I was 20 or so, I’ve been a bourbon sipper. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20220618_124032a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1960 Mercury Commuter – There’s Nothing Wrong With A Cold Blatz")
![Lady Liberty (by way of Emma Lazarus) said it best: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” There’s no other explanation for the irrational affinity I feel for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230429_174436a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: Ford, GMC, and Chevy Mediums – “Low Mileage”")
![Filed in the drawer of “doing something right while doing something wrong” is being able to line up your 1963-model personal luxury cars for a quick picture. That it has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230518_185145a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Capsule: 1963 Thunderbird vs. 1963 Riviera – Side Eye")
![In my never ending quest to own every antique car ever built, I have only ever put cash in my pocket to seriously look at one or two Falcons, including […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1962-Falcon-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: What’s Your Favorite Early Falcon Face?")
![Michigan is well-populated with cities and towns that have played an enormous part in America’s automotive mosaic. Ypsilanti is best known for its proximity to Willow Run, where Ford built […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20230330_135147a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Field Trip: Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum – Part I, The Hudsons")
![Countless gearheads contend that the Jaguar E-Type is the most beautiful car ever made, particularly the models produced from 1961-1968, and especially the coupes. Whether you agree with that assertion […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/023a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1968 Jaguar E-Type – The Pride Of An Ethos")
![For no tangible reason, I tend to buy cars in the waning months of autumn. It’s been almost 20 years since I’ve signed the title on something, new or old, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230327_170505a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 1963 Buick Riviera – Since When Is A Holiday On The Riviera Dark And Cold?")
![Next month is the thirtieth anniversary of one of the most important relationships: that of me and my driver’s license. In that time, however, aside from a couple of my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DSCF2040.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2000 Chevrolet Blazer – The Fruits of Impetuosity")
![My lovely bride buys me old car brochures as gifts, and this Christmas I found a catalog for the full line of 1963 Buicks under the tree, in honor of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1963-Buick-05-amp-06.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: 1963 Buick Electra(s) – What’s The Story Behind These Pictures?")
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