![(Mildly revised since first published on July 11, 2012) John Johnson always fascinated me. Married to my grandmother Iris’s older sister, Margie, he worked in the oil business in Houston, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/P6220710.jpg "Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1976 Mercury Marquis – John and Margie Come Visting From Cut And Shoot")
![The article in Cars & Parts magazine hooked me. They were advertising a cruise to happen next year in 1997 along Old US 66, that long storied and fabled highway […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1955-Chevrolet-210.webp "COAL: 1955 Chevrolet Two-Ten – Portia Faces Life")
![The hankering had been growing for a while. I knew what I wanted, had test driven two or three examples, and it was just a matter of acting upon it. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/96-tbird.jpeg "COAL: 1996 Ford Thunderbird – The Young & The Restless")
![Yes, the title is correct. While I had the 1963 Galaxie for a very long time, there was an interloper in there for about ten years, with this pair stored […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Galaxie-and-Plymouth.jpeg "COAL: 1962 Ford Galaxie – The Brighter Day")
![(first posted 6/21/2013) Hangovers cannot be explained to the uninitiated. After a good long period of having pure merriment, you awake to find yourself regretting having ever been born. Despite […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/1980-Lincoln-Continental-03.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1982 Lincoln Town Car – Honey, I Shrank The Lincoln!")
![(Author’s Note: Upon taking the dive to present a COAL series, it occurred to me life is a grand soap opera of sorts but with somewhat less melodrama and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1991_Ford_Mustang-06-07-1.jpeg "COAL: 1989 Ford Mustang LX – Search For Tomorrow")
![There are some endeavors in life in which the challenge increases over time rather than decreasing. We are now embarking on one such endeavor. What is it you ask? My […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/soap-life.jpeg "COAL Introduction: From These Roots")
![(first posted 8/2/2013) For quite some time I’ve been on the lookout for a Dodge Dynasty to use in an article about a long ago road trip plus espousing the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1990-Chrysler-Full-Line-Prestige-10-11.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1990 Chrysler New Yorker Salon – No, It’s Not a Dynasty, and It Could Have Been Named Better")
![(first posted 6/29/2016) There are some cars that are hard for me to find any excitement about. Yet after looking at this burgundy Nova it appears I may be experiencing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/nnnnvq.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Nova Custom – “X” Marks The Spot Of Its Uncertain Future")
![(first posted 6/27/2016) To varying degrees, all of us have likely contemplated having an older car as a daily driver. Whenever such discussions arise around here, there is always a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hhhhbh.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1950 Hudson Pacemaker – For Best Results, Use Daily")
![(first posted 8/14/2013) The state fair is always a jubilant and optimistic peek into the future. Displaying the latest developments for home, garden, and farm, it offers an abundance of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1959-Dodge-Ad-09.jpg "State Fair Classic: 1959 Dodge Coronet – Yep, It’s the Real Thing")
![Life is a delicious mixture of planning and doing. We all know people who specialize in one at the expense of the other, but a person has to be fluent […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_2740.jpeg "Curbside Classic: 1968 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special Brougham – Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This")
![(first posted 6/6/2016) If one were to get technical, this should be a Car Show Classic since that is where I took these pictures. However, in my defense, this 1953 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_0871.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1953 Plymouth Cranbrook – What The Hell Else Can You Do With A ’53 Plymouth?")
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