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![(first posted 2/2/2017) The church where I serve is in a tough neighborhood. It was solidly middle class when it was built a hundred years ago, but today it knows […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/76MarkVIAd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Lincoln Continental Mark IV – Former Cover Girl Now Living on the Wrong Side of the Tracks")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Lincoln Continental Mark IV – Former Cover Girl Now Living on the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Posted on January 2, 2023 | 92 Comments(first posted 2/2/2017) The church where I serve is in a tough neighborhood. It was solidly middle class when it was built a hundred years ago, but today it knows […] -
![(first posted 2/13/2013) I’m not just a car lover – I’m also a former book editor. From my years in publishing I learned how subtle type and layout choices […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/41BuickSuper-jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Auto Typography")
Auto Typography
Posted on December 10, 2022 | 123 Comments(first posted 2/13/2013) I’m not just a car lover – I’m also a former book editor. From my years in publishing I learned how subtle type and layout choices […] -
![It’s been almost two years since my last Spotted While Driving post, a series I began in 2014. I drive probably half as many miles as I used to, as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_0467.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Spotted While Driving, or Curbside Classics Out to Play Post Pandemic")
Spotted While Driving, or Curbside Classics Out to Play Post Pandemic
Posted on November 17, 2022 | 15 CommentsIt’s been almost two years since my last Spotted While Driving post, a series I began in 2014. I drive probably half as many miles as I used to, as […] -
![Chevrolet’s name has always been affixed to some of the best-selling automobiles in the United States. But for some reason, when General Motors dropped the Geo make and started selling […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1998-2002-Chevy-Prizm-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1998-2002 Chevrolet Prism — One Nice, One a Beater")
CC Capsule: 1998-2002 Chevrolet Prism — One Nice, One a Beater
Posted on November 3, 2022 | 22 CommentsChevrolet’s name has always been affixed to some of the best-selling automobiles in the United States. But for some reason, when General Motors dropped the Geo make and started selling […] -
![(first posted 6/30/2016) Every May I go to the Mecum Spring Classic old-car auction here in Indianapolis and spend the day taking scads of photographs. This year, my favorite photos […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Mecum01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Auction Classics: Black-and-White Photography (and Disappointment) at the Mecum Spring Classic")
Auction Classics: Black-and-White Photography (and Disappointment) at the Mecum Spring Classic
Posted on June 30, 2022 | 75 Comments(first posted 6/30/2016) Every May I go to the Mecum Spring Classic old-car auction here in Indianapolis and spend the day taking scads of photographs. This year, my favorite photos […] -
![(first posted 6/9/2016) He was a salesman at the company where I had gone to work after graduating from engineering school. And he routinely made my life, and the lives […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/dddbv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1993-96 Lincoln Mark VIII – On Dealing with Douchebags")
CC Capsule: 1993-96 Lincoln Mark VIII – On Dealing with Douchebags
Posted on June 9, 2022 | 70 Comments(first posted 6/9/2016) He was a salesman at the company where I had gone to work after graduating from engineering school. And he routinely made my life, and the lives […] -
![You’re looking at my younger son’s car. Long story short, I passed my 2006 Ford Focus on to him and within a month someone ran a stop sign and put […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2000_Saturn_SL_a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2000 Saturn SL – A CC In The Family")
CC Capsule: 2000 Saturn SL – A CC In The Family
Posted on February 2, 2022 | 21 CommentsYou’re looking at my younger son’s car. Long story short, I passed my 2006 Ford Focus on to him and within a month someone ran a stop sign and put […] -
![You never know what will pop up in the yard at my mechanic’s. Seems like anytime I’m over there dropping off or picking up one of our cars, there’s something […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/196x_Jeepster_Commando_a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1966-69 Kaiser Jeepster Commando — Beechwood, Aged")
CC Capsule: 1966-69 Kaiser Jeepster Commando — Beechwood, Aged
Posted on January 26, 2022 | 18 CommentsYou never know what will pop up in the yard at my mechanic’s. Seems like anytime I’m over there dropping off or picking up one of our cars, there’s something […] -
![Ever since I was five, which was 50 years ago, I’ve known how to tell the model year of a first-generation Camaro. I imagine you know the signs as well. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/68_Camaro_a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport Convertible — Behind the Bar and Grill")
CC Capsule: 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport Convertible — Behind the Bar and Grill
Posted on January 19, 2022 | 19 CommentsEver since I was five, which was 50 years ago, I’ve known how to tell the model year of a first-generation Camaro. I imagine you know the signs as well. […] -
![When I married my wife, she owned a rental house. It was in Lebanon, a small town that is the county seat of Boone County, Indiana, about 20 minutes up […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cct.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: A Convention of Corvairs at the Boone County Courthouse")
Curbside Classics: A Convention of Corvairs at the Boone County Courthouse
Posted on January 12, 2022 | 67 CommentsWhen I married my wife, she owned a rental house. It was in Lebanon, a small town that is the county seat of Boone County, Indiana, about 20 minutes up […] -
![(first posted 3/6/2013) Incredibly, it’s already been 17 years since you could last buy a brand-new Oldsmobile Ninety Eight. But those years of absence are dwarfed by the staggering 55 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/oool.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Regency – It’s a Bloated, Wallowy Feeling to Have an Olds Around You")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Regency – It’s a Bloated, Wallowy Feeling to Have an Olds Around You
Posted on January 8, 2022 | 93 Comments(first posted 3/6/2013) Incredibly, it’s already been 17 years since you could last buy a brand-new Oldsmobile Ninety Eight. But those years of absence are dwarfed by the staggering 55 […] -
![When I met my colleague Elsa, she drove a white Plymouth Acclaim. She was a woman of intelligence, education, and sophistication. So the first time we went to lunch together […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/tttth.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1992 Plymouth Acclaim — The Car For Someone Who Doesn’t Care About Cars")
CC Capsule: 1992 Plymouth Acclaim — The Car For Someone Who Doesn’t Care About Cars
Posted on January 6, 2022 | 56 CommentsWhen I met my colleague Elsa, she drove a white Plymouth Acclaim. She was a woman of intelligence, education, and sophistication. So the first time we went to lunch together […] -
![When you chart the changes of the Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera across its 14-year run, it’s easy to break it down into the six-window era and the four-window era. Less obviously, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/88_olds_cutlass_ciera.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera — Roach Of The Road In Transition")
CC Outtake: 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera — Roach Of The Road In Transition
Posted on January 3, 2022 | 25 CommentsWhen you chart the changes of the Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera across its 14-year run, it’s easy to break it down into the six-window era and the four-window era. Less obviously, […] -
![(first posted 12/3/2015) I love to follow the old roads. In Indiana, they don’t get much older than the National Road, which Thomas Jefferson authorized in 1806 and was built […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bbbvj.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Bonneville – A Long, Flowing Old Car On A Long, Flowing Old Road")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Bonneville – A Long, Flowing Old Car On A Long, Flowing Old Road
Posted on December 3, 2021 | 91 Comments(first posted 12/3/2015) I love to follow the old roads. In Indiana, they don’t get much older than the National Road, which Thomas Jefferson authorized in 1806 and was built […] -
![1914 Leeper Bridge, South Bend, Indiana (first posted 10/7/2015) This is the final part of this two-part series about bridges in the United States. See Part 1 here. As the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/brid.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "The Automobile and the American Road Bridge – Part 2")
The Automobile and the American Road Bridge – Part 2
Posted on October 8, 2021 | 55 Comments1914 Leeper Bridge, South Bend, Indiana (first posted 10/7/2015) This is the final part of this two-part series about bridges in the United States. See Part 1 here. As the […]
