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![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=75&ssl=1 "The Automobile and the American Road Bridge – Part 2")
![1828 stone-arch “S bridge” and 1932 concrete-arch bridge, Blaine, Ohio (first posted 10/6/2015) Rivers, streams, lakes, and valleys have always hindered our ability to get from here to there. That’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/bridge.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Automobile and the American Road Bridge – Part 1")
![From September 1 through 4 this year, I rode my bicycle across Indiana from east to west on US 40. It was a longtime dream realized — I’d wanted to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/schwinn_abandoned_bridge.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Cars of US 40 on a Bicycle Ride Across Indiana")
![(first posted 6/8/2013) I was picking my way through a giant architectural salvage store in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood when I came upon this unusual little ute. It’s hardly parked by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/siam-de-tella.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963-66 Siam Di Tella Argenta – Hecho En Argentina")
![(first posted 8/4/2015) After the fuel crisis, it took the major US auto manufacturers the rest of the 1970s to fully respond with roomy, fuel-efficient family cars. They all […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Chrysler-1983-E-class.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1983 Chrysler E-Class – Not Passing for Luxury")
![Meijer is a chain of big-box stores in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Wisconsin. It’s like Walmart, only slightly nicer in every regard. Also like Walmart, pretty much everyone […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/91_Volvo_240_Wagon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CCs Getting Groceries: A Collection Of Old Cars At The Big Box Store")
![In the never-ending hunt to find and photograph curbside classics, you never know when you’ll come upon something that is a real head-scratcher. To wit: this Morris Minor 1000, which […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MorrisMinor01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Morris Minor 1000 – Let’s All Play “What The Hell Is This Car Doing Here?”")
![(first posted 6/23/2015) Every year, I go to the Mecum Spring Classic car auction in Indianapolis to photograph the cars. I always take my digital camera and a pocketful of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BW.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Classic Cars on Black-and-White Film")
![(first posted 6/10/2015) How can we have Convertible Week without a four-door convertible Continental? Long, low, and lithe. Rival Cadillac may have been at the top of its styling game […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lincoln-1965-conv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule (and Bonus QOTD): 1936 Cadillac Series 75 and 1965 Lincoln Continental: What Four-Door Convertibles Do You Know Of?")
![I’m writing this on the morning my family will celebrate my youngest son’s graduation from college. He enters the real world with a degree in computer science, and is eager […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_1719.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1980 Pontiac Firebird — Someone Decided This One Would Make It")
![(first posted 6/4/2015) A couple years ago I shared some photos I’d taken of the typography on classic cars. It seems like such a minor detail, but obvious design work […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1971-Plymouth-GTX.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auto Typography 2")
![(first posted 5/13/2014) I remember clearly the first time I saw the new-for-1986 Ford Taurus. It was around the time I turned 18, late in the summer before the Taurus […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Taurus-1990-wagon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Ford Taurus Wagon – Redefining the Station Wagon")
![(first posted 3/24/2015) Did you ever notice how seldom I share classics actually found curbside? I’m forever finding old cars and trucks in parking lots. It’s because I live more […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-f250.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Ford F-250 Explorer – At Its Age, Good To Be Anywhere")
![I was 22 when Ford introduced the Explorer. I was sitting in my living room watching TV with my girlfriend when we saw our first commercial for it. We were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93-94FordExplorer1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1993-94 Ford Explorer Limited – How Did It Escape Cash For Clunkers?")
![During the pandemic I’ve been working from home. I put about 4,000 miles on my car in 2020, as opposed to the 18,000 miles I put on it in 2019. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_3447.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Spotted While Driving, or Curbside Classics Out and About During the Pandemic")
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