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- I was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, the Vehicle City. I grew up in an environment chock-full of working-class joie de vivre. Flint was a magical place to grow up, with its myriad factories, vibrant Cultural Center, and being steeped in car-culture. Growing up in Flint undoubtedly shaped my tendency to gravitate toward urban scenes.
![A few weekends ago, I attended a high school reunion back in my hometown of Flint, Michigan. I had mentioned these plans in an essay that ran just over a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/164-1969-Chevrolet-Chevelle-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle – The Importance Of Boundaries")
![I had the unique privilege to spend one night in one of the ten oldest hotel rooms in all of Las Vegas during last month’s vacation. I was already excited […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/968-2006-Chrysler-PT-Cruiser-Touring-convertible-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser Touring Convertible – Why I Think It Was A Good Idea")
![The brilliance of Ford naming this car after a wild pony can’t be overstated, especially at a time when the United States was in a full-blown fascination with the old […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/138-1966-Ford-Mustang-Convertible-for-CC-dusk-edit.jpg "In-Motion Classic: 1966 Ford Mustang Convertible – New Horizons")
![When I was in elementary school, the original Transformers cartoon series that originally began airing in the fall of ’84 was must-watch television. It helped that my brothers and I all […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/190-2007-Pontiac-G6-GT-hardtop-convertible-for-CC.jpg "Future Classic: 2007 Pontiac G6 GT Convertible – More Than Meets The Eye?")
![(first posted 10/24/2016) I photographed these two, fine specimens of 80’s American luxury at the same intersection (Jackson & Franklin) adjacent to the Willis (née Sears) Tower within the span […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1985-Cadillac-1989-Lincoln-collage-CC.jpg "Classics-In-Traffic: 1985 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham & 1989 Lincoln Town Car – Buses & Broughams")
![(first posted 10/18/2016) A famous, now-nonagenarian jazz elocutionist lives a block away from me. I won’t drop his name here, but suffice it to say that many of you […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/007-1964-Ford-Thunderbird-Landau-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1964 Ford Thunderbird Landau – Jazz Riffing")
![A few weeks ago, I had mentioned in an essay about a crimson-colored ’83 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue that many luxury (near-luxury, luxury-leaning, whatever) cars of the ’80s featured […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1988-1994-Cadillac-Eldorado-collage.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1994 Cadillac Eldorado – A “Faster” Roofline")
![I recently signed on to attend a gathering this fall with some of my former high school classmates, which will take place back in Flint, Michigan. This will mark my […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220710_180143-1972-Buick-Skylark-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1972 Buick Skylark Custom Coupe – Was It Cool?")
![(first posted 10/6/2016) “Damn,” cursed Charles under his breath as he saw the flash of light from the traffic camera in his rear view mirror. This was a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/025-1979-Chevrolet-Malibu-Classic-CC.jpg "CC Fiction / In-Motion Classic: 1979 Chevrolet Malibu Classic – Family First")
![The newest Pontiac Firebird to roll off the assembly line is now twenty years old. As I traced this one with my camera as it passed the bus stop where […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/006-2001-Pontiac-Firebird-for-CC.jpg "In-Motion Classic: 2001 Pontiac Firebird – Flameout")
![I’ve read lots of variations of the adage “clothes do not make the man”, or conversely “clothes make the man”, which has come up just as often. Meanings obviously differ […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/046-1983-Chrysler-New-Yorker-Fifth-Avenue-CC.jpg "In-Motion Classic: 1983 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue – Clothes Make The Car")
![I had the good fortune, along with my coworkers, to have been given the Friday before Labor Day off from work this year. This effectively made it a four-day weekend, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/018-1974-Cadillac-Sedan-DeVille-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1974 Cadillac Sedan DeVille – The Last Of The Summer Citrus")
![“Heading for the nineties, living in the wild, wild west!” was the rallying cry in the chorus of Escape Club’s Billboard Hot 100 chart topper “Wild, Wild West” from late […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/035-1990-Chevrolet-Corvette-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet Corvette – Headed For The Nineties")
![(first posted 9/12/2016) Right off the bat, I want to make it clear that I’m not poking fun at the driver of what could be referred to as a “transportation […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/015-1975-Ford-LTD-CC.jpg "In Motion Classic: 1975 Ford LTD – The Hoop-Tee-Dee")
![(first posted 9/6/2016) Chicago is a great city in which to spot classic cars in that much of its iconic architecture has been featured in many now-vintage movies and television […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/161-1973-Cadillac-Eldorado-CC.jpg "In Motion Classic / CC Jukebox: 1973 Cadillac Eldorado – Big Mac")
