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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: DougD
Posts by DougD
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![(first posted 11/4/2014) If you’re growing up a car nut in 2014 you have all sorts of information at your fingertips, with as much detail and context as you’d like. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/HOT-RODS.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Bookshelf Classics: Car Books of Youth")
Bookshelf Classics: Car Books of Youth
Posted on November 4, 2020 | 84 Comments(first posted 11/4/2014) If you’re growing up a car nut in 2014 you have all sorts of information at your fingertips, with as much detail and context as you’d like. […] -
QOTD: Which Student Car?
Posted on November 2, 2020 | 77 CommentsLast month my daughter passed her G2 road test, so we’re a four driver family now. -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Isuzu Bellett – Canadian CC Holy Grail
Posted on September 21, 2020 | 45 CommentsI have literally been looking for this car my whole life, and here it is. -
Basement Find: 1984 Honda Motorcycle Poster
Posted on April 30, 2020 | 18 CommentsHere’s a poster that was on my bedroom wall for many years. I recently found it in the basement, let’s look at the great Honda motorcycles available in 1984 Canada. -
Art Class-ic: 1982 Ford Bronco
Posted on April 14, 2020 | 23 CommentsAs a kid, I always drove my art teachers nuts because all I wanted to do was draw cars. -
Road Trip: Blue Ridge Parkway and Myrtle Beach
Posted on October 26, 2019 | 20 CommentsI’d been thinking about this trip for a long time, but not quite as far back as our last real adventure. -
QOTD: Black Mustang and Blue Ridge: Road Trip Suggestions?
Posted on September 13, 2019 | 37 CommentsIt’s not just because both Jim Klein and JP Cavanaugh have recently rid themselves of fun vehicles, but I have made a deal to purchase my own fun car. -
![There was a large outdoor car show in our area last Saturday, although I didn’t attend it was a fun day to drive around running errands because old cars were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/merc1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1964 Mercury Marauder – The One Crucial Detail")
CC Outtake: 1964 Mercury Marauder – The One Crucial Detail
Posted on August 22, 2019 | 45 CommentsThere was a large outdoor car show in our area last Saturday, although I didn’t attend it was a fun day to drive around running errands because old cars were […] -
![As I’ve mentioned before, recent events have given me cause to dive into the vaults of old family photos. This one was a bit of a surprise for me, perhaps […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/RUTH-FALLS.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: DougD and the Blue Beetle")
Auto-Biography: DougD and the Blue Beetle
Posted on August 8, 2019 | 29 CommentsAs I’ve mentioned before, recent events have given me cause to dive into the vaults of old family photos. This one was a bit of a surprise for me, perhaps […] -
![Having done nothing to my VW last year other than change the oil, I decided that this year I would try to catch up to the maintenance curve a bit. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190608_152625.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Repairs: Fixing a Pair of Blue Cars")
CC Repairs: Fixing a Pair of Blue Cars
Posted on June 15, 2019 | 28 CommentsHaving done nothing to my VW last year other than change the oil, I decided that this year I would try to catch up to the maintenance curve a bit. […] -
CC Kids: On the Big Road Trip Out West in the ’66 Chevelle, #2
Posted on June 8, 2019 | 20 CommentsThis post by Blaine H. got me thinking about my grandfather’s 1966 Chevelle: -
![One of the unintended benefits of recent family events is that I’ve been spending more time with my father. Every couple of weeks I’ve been going over for dinner and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MOPAR-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Cinema: October Sky and the Grandpa Film Festival")
Curbside Cinema: October Sky and the Grandpa Film Festival
Posted on May 25, 2019 | 12 CommentsOne of the unintended benefits of recent family events is that I’ve been spending more time with my father. Every couple of weeks I’ve been going over for dinner and […] -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Dodge Polara 500 – Green Acress
Posted on May 9, 2019 | 48 Comments(first posted 5/9/2019) Isn’t it odd how some old cars disappear, then pop up elsewhere later? -
1980 Kawasaki 750 LTD – A Motorcycle I Hate
Posted on April 9, 2019 | 43 CommentsYep, I hate this one. Not because it’s a particularly bad motorcycle (although it isn’t particularly good), it’s because of the association with one motorcycle trip in 1994. -
Carspotting Outtake: Halifax 1972
Posted on April 4, 2019 | 32 CommentsI recently had reason to go through a bunch of old photos, and ran across a couple of CC worthy shots taken by my father on slide film.
