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- I write about anything I find interesting. Hopefully that aligns with what at least some readers also find interesting. I adopted my avatar after writing an article about the 1953 movie Crime Wave (see Curbside Cinema: A Crime Wave Of Lincolns) because I liked the movie and the character. I later found out that the actor Sterling Hayden was quite a character, not a typical actor at all. Look him up, it's worth the time!
![A lawsuit was filed against General Motors in 1984, seeking compensation for losses allegedly suffered by a group of car owners. It’s not unusual for GM to get sued, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/20250124_173218.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1976 Cadillac Eldorado With Only 34 Miles – Preserved And Like New, Yet, Your Returns May Vary")
![It’s hard being last. People tend to celebrate firsts, but not so often lasts. The final generation of Buick Park Avenue was ably profiled by Brendan Saur a few years […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190808_103627.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "2005 Buick Park Avenue – The Last Real Buick?")
![Let another praise you, and not your own mouth. – Proverbs 27:2 That lesson wasn’t learned by Chevrolet’s 2002 Monte Carlo SS, at least if it was a Dale Earnhardt […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20210321_185504-scaled-e1757361669185.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS – Not Very Intimidating (M.E.SS #3)")
![When I found the genuine curbside classic 1974 Buick Century that I wrote up in a Capsule article before, that was exciting for me. I love finding real CC’s and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190405_133845.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auction Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – Creampuff Colonnade Close Up")
![Ignore the newer vehicles in the background, and this battered-but-proud 1969 Buick Electra 225 makes you feel that if you switched on the radio, the Bee Gees would be playing, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/20231108_113954-e1750183582664.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Buick Electra 225 – Drive It Like It’s 1979")
![GM’s Colonnades were possibly the most common cars on U.S. roads in the 1970’s. I was a young kid in the late 70’s and just becoming car conscious, but even […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190522_193819.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1974 Buick Century – Colonnade Still Standing")
![The other day we looked at some great dashboards of the pre-war period seen in Arizona this January. Today, we’ll see the huge changes and flights of fancy that took […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Screenshot-2025-05-27-at-14-50-08-1961-Chrysler-300-G-Convertible-Amelia-Island-2021-RM-Sothebysedit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dashboard Evolution Part 2 of 2: Post-War Rocket Ship Cockpits")
![I recently finished up the series on cars I found at the Arizona auctions from 1903-1939, where there was an unusually deep inventory of these amazing early cars that one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250123_111858.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dashboard Evolution Part 1 of 2, Pre-War Symmetry")
![(first posted 5/10/2019) The GM N-body cars of the ’80’s have been covered several times over the years here at Curbside Classic, usually when a tired, can’t-believe-this-is-still-on-the-road […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190505_185610.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1985 Oldsmobile Calais Supreme – A Happy Baby")
![By the 1930’s, automobiles were really coming into their own. Cars were faster and more reliable. Moving far beyond simple transportation, status-conscious and well-to-do buyers had a wide selection of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Screenshot-2025-04-24-at-21-06-22-1934-Packard-1108-Twelve-Sport-Sedan-by-Derham-Arizona-2025-RM-Sothebys.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auction Classics: The Rapid Evolution Of American Cars, Part 4 of 4 1931-1939")
![The first few decades in the U.S. automobile market were an amazing time of rapid technical and styling advancement. In my last article, we looked at cars through 1919. Today, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cadillac20250123_132814.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Rapid Evolution Of American Cars, Part 3 of 4: 1920-1930")
![This is the continuation of a look at many of the amazing very early automobiles I was privileged to see in Arizona this January. See Part 1 if you missed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250123_122701.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auction Classic: The Rapid Evolution Of American Cars, part 2 of 4 – 1914-1919")
![The oldest cars are now well over 100 years old and they are almost never seen on public roads or even most car shows. Today they seem so primitive, it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/20250123_112913-ornament-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auction Classic: The Rapid Evolution Of American Cars, part 1 of 4 1903-1912")
![(first posted 1/31/2019) It’s the early 1980’s and you are president of AMC/Jeep. The question is this: How do you replace one of the most iconic vehicles […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20180630_163633.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1993 Jeep YJ Wrangler – Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear")
![Is it better to buy a fancy version of a cheap car or a cheap version of a fancy car? Here we have a beguilingly plain survivor that urges you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-06-7.39.51-PM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Mercury Monterey – Classy Stripper With A 390 V8 And Three On The Tree")
