- Description
- 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!
![In the Give Them What They Want series, we’ve been looking at flagship SUVs from early in the era of SUV dominance. When talking big SUVs, the elephant […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/20210407_164730_LI.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2000 Ford Excursion – Big America, This SUV Was Made For You And Me; GTWTW part 4")
![(first posted 4/16/21) I was hitting auto salvage yards a couple months ago as I tried to sort out a few things on my car. Fortunately, winter is the best […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Scan_0009-2-2.jpg "Glovebox Classic: A Cleansing Compilation Of Colorful Cadillacs")
![Expansion teams rarely start out as contenders. It takes at least a few seasons for them to be able to make a run at the championship. In the 2002 championship […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/20210331_150116-2-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 2004 Cadillac Escalade – Assault With A Gilded Ladder, GTWTW pt. 3")
![Every once in a while, when the demand is there in a growing city, a new franchise will be granted for a professional sports team. People love sports and there […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20200221_071829.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1999 Cadillac Escalade – Expansion Team, GTWTW pt.2")
![(first posted 4/1/21. Comment numbers don’t necessarily equal “best”, but this drew some of the most comments of my articles this year) Businesses traditionally have made their money and kept […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/20210204_132228.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1999 Lincoln Navigator – Give Them What They Want, Pt.1")
![I was at my local boneyard the other day looking for a part when I ran up on this unexpected site: a 1990 “Chrysler’s TC by Maserati”. I use quotation […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20210118_120959.jpg "Junkyard Classic: 1990 Chrysler TC – Short Car, Long Life, Sad End")
![(first posted 1/22/21) What should a Buick be? It should be serious but not severe, sober but not dour, undeniably upscale without drawing too much attention to itself. The kind […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-buick.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1954 Buick Roadmaster – The Distinguished Rocket Ship")
![(first posted 7/16/2020) Presence. Some cars just have it. It’s hard to define, but as Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said (about something else entirely), “I know it when […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200606_131540.jpg "Curbside Outtake: 1970 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – Welcome Presence")
![(first posted 1/21/2020) If yesterday’s Curbside Capsule of a 1988 Cadillac Cimarron whet your appetite for Cadillac’s 1980’s flagship of mediocrity, this should be just the main course to satisfy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Scan-2.jpg "Vintage Reviews: Cadillac Cimarron 1982-1985 – Clippings From The Mediocrity Files")
![I almost walked right past this Camaro. You probably would, too. They are ubiquitous, especially in the large, urban, never-ever-snows environs I live in. The Camaro’s 5th generation return has […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201002_142333-1.jpg "Future CC: 2012 Chevrolet Camaro LS – The Wheel Thing")
![These flowers bloomed recently in my back yard, with a little help. It’s curbside because the “flowers” were all found on the side of the road, over a period of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200808_180534.jpg "CC Art Project: The Flowers Are Blooming")
![Everybody loves Mustangs!* That goes for folks like us who are “car people” as well as pretty much any member of the general public who has ever been attracted to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20190919_082046-2.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1967 Ford Mustang Hardtop – No Pasture For This Pony")
![Around here at Curbside Classic, the Chevy Astro Van is considered a Cockroach Of The Road™. Though not widely beloved when new, it has earned respect due to its utility, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200112_170859.jpg "Curbside Classics: Chevrolet Astro Vans – Your Choice: Pampered Or Patina’d?")
![If you’re like me and just can’t get you enough Wagoneer, you might be interested in this. I recently ran a very full CC on the Grand Wagoneer, which included […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MT5.2-1.jpg "Vintage Review: 1963 Jeep Wagoneer – Jeep’s I.F.S. Road To Nowhere")
![A big event every April in Houston, Texas is the Art Car Parade. Well, every April except this one, of course. I suppose it would be safe to have the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20190413_143857-2.jpg "Parade Classic: Houston’s Art Car Parade – Rolling Zaniness For A More Social Time")
