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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!
![I’ve been occasionally writing on the best cars I saw at the Arizona classic car auctions in January since I got back from the trip and my list of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/20230126_154815.jpg "Auction Classic: Arizona 2023 – Best Of The Rest: GM (Part 1 of 2)")
![Yesterday’s article covered wagons found during Arizona’s Auction Week up through the woody era, today’s cars will cover the post-woody 50s and beyond. If you, like me, are one […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/20230126_162250-1.jpg "Auction Classic: Arizona 2023 – A Walk Through Wagon History, part II")
![(first posted July 4, 2023) I’ve long been a Long Roof guy. My first car was a Wagoneer and since then tailgates, fold-down seats, and vehicles with the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230126_170650.jpg "Auction Classic: Arizona 2023 – A Walk Through Wagon History, part I")
![Our family visited a ghost town this March. Not an actual ghost town, because people still live there, rather a virtual ghost town as these days the ghost population […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230321_144816.jpg "The Ghosts Of Witten")
![Today’s and yesterday’s articles asked the question: How low can you go? The answer: pretty darned low. Today’s cars are once again presented in descending order of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20230127_142138-2.jpg "Auction Classics: Arizona 2023 – How Low [Mileage] Can You Go? part 2 of 2")
![Continuing my series on cars mined from my visit to Arizona Auction Week in and around Scottsdale in January, I’ll profile the best low mileage cars I found […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230126_142256.jpg "Auction Classics: Arizona 2023 – How Low [Mileage] Can You Go? part 1 of 2")
![Yesterday we looked at some GM cars I saw on my visit to Arizona Auction Week in and around Scottsdale, with a focus on cars in excellent, unrestored, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20230126_165710-2.jpg "Auction Classics: Arizona 2023 – It’s Only Original Forever, part 2 of 2")
![You know the saying: It’s Only Original Once. Sometimes, though, once can last a very long time. I submit the following vehicles as evidence. You’ll find a smorgasbord […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/20230126_090539-2.jpg "Auction Classics: Arizona 2023 – It’s Only Original Forever, part 1 of 2")
![One of the all time greatest hits to come out of GM, the original Buick Riviera has acquired full classic status in the minds of car lovers if not […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1963-Buick-Riviera-02-03.jpg "Console Stereoside Classic: 1963 Buick Riviera – The Ride And Sound Of Tomorrow")
![Most anybody in a long term relationship knows the meaning of “captive audience”. You inevitably (but joyfully!) will end up doing a fair amount of things that your spouse […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20210903_161737.jpg "Curbside Celebrity: 1962 Chevrolet C10 – How To, And How NOT To, Achieve Marital Zen")
![There are certain landmark vehicles that us car nuts are naturally aware of. The Lexus LS400 is the sort of car my radar is always on for. I’ve been […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20200830_144945crop.jpg "Curbside Classic/Vintage Review: 1990 Lexus LS400 – Nothing To Hide")
![Across North America there once roamed great herds of large and unmistakable beasts, unique to the continent. I’m talking about the American Bison, of course, but I could […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220925_1056281.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2007 Chevrolet Monte Carlo LS – The Last Of A Very American Species")
![Never terribly common, the final generation of the Buick Riviera is getting notable for its increasing absence on the curbs and driveways of our land. This rough looking Riviera’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220620_125906-2.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1995 Buick Riviera – Something To Say")
![The 1980 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow profiled in yesterday’s CC represented the last of the line for this generation of uber-upscale sedans. What better way to follow it up than […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Scan_0027-2.jpg "Vintage Autocar Road Test: 1966 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow – Britons’ First Look"){kind=small}
