![When we last left off, I had gone from liking cars but being mostly clueless as to how they worked, to the proud owner of one of the cheapest functional […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PXL_20250717_224603281-scaled.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My Old Cars Of Questionable Quality; Part 3 – Learning to Break Stuff")
![In the first installment of this rapid-fire overview of the shifting winds of my car enthusiasm, I covered the early years. I had gone from a high schooler not particularly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_5971.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My Old Cars Of Questionable Quality; Part 2 – Finally, A Classic of My Own")
![It’s getting late on a weeknight, but I need to blow off a little steam. A little cathartic quick fix sure would feel good before bed. I walk outside […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/adventure18-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My Old Cars Of Questionable Quality; Part 1 – How Did I Get Here?")
![I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time detailing my friends’ cars and sometimes fixing / breaking them. They’re largely hand-me-down desperation-mobiles, but that makes their stories even more CC-worthy. You […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/crv-compare-4.jpg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "2003 Honda CR-V: Desperate Car Shopping in 2025 – A Hopeless Hooptie Adventure")
![Time and age catch up to all of us. Except some people manage to not show much sign of that pesky aging, until it comes on them all of a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cc-valiant-composite-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Update: 1975 Plymouth Valiant – Looking Ready to Retire")
![Sometimes, individual cars tell a story by representing profound corporate triumph or failure. Other times, cars seem to speak to the conditions they lived their life in. Occasionally, they can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/pontiac7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1978 Pontiac Phoenix — Grady’s Fall From Grace")
![The ever-accessible small Japanese pickups from the 80s and even 90s are finally starting to age out of their affordable all-purpose work and leisure vehicle roles. But these famously resilient […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tty.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Hooptie : 1973 Toyota Hilux Pickup – Long Lived Backyard Convertible")
![The short lived 2007-2011 Chevrolet HHR Panel Van is an interesting footnote in the madness of bankruptcy-era GM. Following in the steps of Chrysler’s successful PT Cruiser, GM’s retro competitor […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/hhr_3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Find: 2009 Chevrolet HHR Panel – Quarter Panel Retro Hauler")
![In the long and storied history of International trucks, there has been plenty of cross-pollination between their commercial-oriented heavy-duty trucks and more pedestrian pickups. Today’s truck represents the 1959-1961 B […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ih-b-series-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1960 International B160 – Flatbed Footnote")
![While digging around in the depths of my digital photo albums for CC worthy oddities, I rediscovered this custom commissioned 1951 Kenworth I found on display outside of the Whitefish, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/bruck3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1951 Kenworth “Bruck” – Custom Shuttle Bus")
![Nissan’s former reputation for sportiness, dating back to its days peddling Datsuns, is all but gone today. The Maxima died in 2023, but the manufacturer still maintains a well-rounded lineup […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/stanza-8.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1987 Nissan Stanza – Mini Maxima")
![The famously tough Ford Festiva is one of a mere handful of subcompacts that earned a legendary reputation in North America. Most cars of such small stature are despised and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/festiva-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: Ford Festivas – The Circle of Life")
![Even the most popular vehicles of the immediately post-war period tend to be much harder to find in the wild than the always-popular mid-60s favorites such as the first generation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ih-5-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1947 International KB5 – Prop Hauler")
![On a recent junkyard trip, I came across a car I never knew existed. I was vaguely aware of the slow-selling sporty Escort EXP Ford dabbled in for a brief […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/exp4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1987 Ford EXP – Forgotten Commuter Coupe")
![The Ford Mustang is one of the most iconic vehicles of all time thanks to its recognizable consistency. Throughout its many generations, it has always been a sporty four-seater grand […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/PXL_20211009_215508218.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: ’87-’90 Ford ASC McLaren Mustang – Two Seater Aftermarket Chop Top")
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