- 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!
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190522_193819.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1974 Buick Century – Long Surviving Colonnade")
![In New York City, when major fires happen in the huge, tall buildings, fighting them is anything but easy. Fighting the big fires in the Big Apple takes big water […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/superpumper101.jpg "Fireside Classic: 1965 Mack Superpumper – Big Water From The Napier Deltic Diesel")
![It’s hard to argue that these are not the glory days for many types of cars. Muscle and sports cars? Crazy capable trucks? Mindbogglingly fast and smooth grand […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/vehicles-xts-sedan-gallery-exterior2019-07-l-m.jpg "Eternal QOTD: Are New Hearses Still Heavenly? Hearsetravaganza Part III"){kind=small}
![Recently, I wrote the CC article on the National Museum of Funeral History. Their collection of early (1916-51) hearses is really impressive. It should not surprise us car people […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20150613_104107.jpg "Graveside Classic: Retired Professionals – Hearsetravaganza Part II")
![The interesting article Paul wrote recently on the demise of American full size cars was excellent food for thought for me. His follow up QOTD’s on picking a big […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1977-Catalina-Back.jpg "Auto-Biography: The Big Cars (And Others) Of My Grandfather")
![My hometown of Houston, Texas is not exactly a major tourist destination. The only legitimate, big time attraction we have is the NASA Johnson Space Center (which is super cool […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20180423_123517.jpg "Museum Classic: National Funeral Museum – Hearsetravaganza")
![This is a real photo of a real Chevy Suburban I shot in stop and go traffic one day on the West 610 Loop in Houston. It really begs for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMAG0511.jpg "Caption Contest: Suburban Flying So Low")
![Since today is Jeep day at CC, it’s a good time to share this super cool toy I came across the other day. It’s a Tonka and represents the early […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190121_144605.jpg "Jeep Day Finale: 1963-65 Jeep Wagoneer – Tonka Edition")
![I had a chance encounter with what is affectionately called a S.L.A.B., with a full set of five Swanger wheels, and thought I might share it with the good readers […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/17369cropped.jpeg "Curbside Culture: 1991 Cadillac Brougham S.L.A.B. – I Don’t Wanna Be Right")
![When I went to the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona this year, it was the first time since 2010. Though there was no shortage of drool worthy cars and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "Auction Classic Flashback: Barrett-Jackson 2010 (part 2 of 2)")
![In October I wrapped up my unintentionally epic series of 20 articles based on my trip to the Scottsdale classic car auctions this year. I profiled a couple hundred […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/50sJaguar.01-10-1.jpg "Auction Classic Flashback: Barrett-Jackson 2010 (part 1 of 2)")
![As a post script on my Scottsdale auction series, the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale had a small Bullitt theme running through it. Fans of the Highland Green Mustangs […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/bb75e4fc-9026-4d64-99de-5fc673de778f.jpg "Auction Classic: The Bullitt Mustangs")
![So here it is. After nineteen articles and a few hundred cars profiled, I’m declaring this to be my favorite of all the vehicles I saw in January […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/a572dbc3-65ee-4ded-9fd3-e59b3ae79903.jpg "Auction Classic: 1966 Buick Riviera GS – the best in Scottsdale 2018")
![Today’s Buicks are mostly pleasant, but unexceptional, sedans and SUVs made for the Chinese market (oh, and also sold in the U.S.!). It wasn’t always so. Buicks had an important […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/535515.jpg "Auction Classic: Buicks in Scottsdale 2018")
![One of the joys of attending a massive event like Auction Week in Scottsdale is that due to the large number of vehicles (about 2,700), there are inevitably some […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DSCF7228.jpg "Auction Classic: Wagons, Independents and Freaks in Scottsdale 2018")
