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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.
![I was recently back home in Flint for the annual Back To The Bricks car festival, which brought over 250,000 people downtown for Saturday’s big show. That event is the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/072-1986-Chevrolet-Chevette-CS-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Chevrolet Chevette CS Diesel – Beloved Slow Box")
![There’s a section of Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago’s “Loop” District that’s referred to as “Jewelers Row”. Over the stretch of two city blocks that run north and south between […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1988-Cadillac-Eldorado-Biarritz-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1988 Cadillac Eldorado – Puttin’ On The Ritz")
![One of the many things I love about Chicago is that admission to the Lincoln Park Zoo costs absolutely nothing. Of course, donations are welcome, but it is one of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/002-1967-Mercury-Cougar-GT-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Mercury Cougar GT – Wild & Beautiful")
![(first posted 10/23/2017) Some time ago, GN posed a question to CC readers as to which were some of our favorite designs from General Motors during the Irv […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/257-1990-Chevrolet-1500-Pickup-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1994 Chevrolet 1500 Pickup – Still Hard At Work")
![Before it came out, I saw pictures of the eight-generation Chevrolet Corvette in a news story. Of course, the car was heavily camouflaged, and it was being piloted through Manhattan […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1981-Chevrolet-Corvette-5-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 Chevrolet Corvette – Letting Go Is Hard")
![I’ve never been hyper-competitive, at least not outwardly. I usually tackle tasks and goals with the thought that as long as I have a somewhat clear picture of what needs […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1988-Oldsmobile-Toronado-Trofeo-for-CC-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1988 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo – The Trophy")
![Earlier this week, I had written about a ’57 Chevrolet Bel Air, one of the most celebrated combinations of year, make and model in American automotive history. That particular example, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras-3.0.3/images/thumbnail.png "Curbside Find: 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle Hardtop Coupe – Secondhand")
![At the time I had put pen to paper to draft this piece, I was on a plane to spend the December holidays with family in southwest Florida. This was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1966-Pontiac-Tempest-LeMans-5-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1966 Pontiac Tempest LeMans – A Perfect Storm")
![Do not adjust the settings on your phone. The colors you see in this photograph are the result of a little bit of post-processing courtesy of my imagination, life experience, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/035-1973-Buick-LeSabre-Custom-Hardtop-Sedan-vintage-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1973 Buick LeSabre Custom – “Sing It With Feeling, Y’all”")
![(first posted 5/27/2019) I was barely a teenager in the summer of 1988 when my older brother, who was by then an adult and visiting, took our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_1353-Roll-With-It-fuzzy-dice-crop-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1978 AMC Pacer D/L Wagon – Roll With It, Baby")
![(first posted 4/29/2019) I am the proud owner of a Ford Maverick, as I had recently written about in an essay I had posted on the First […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1973-Ford-Maverick-1-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Ford Maverick Grabber – Canned Rebellion")
![(first posted 5/20/2019) I recently watched a movie made in 1971 for Italian TV called “L’Automobile”, which was originally part of a trilogy called “Tre Donne” (translated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1981-FIAT-Spider-2000-6-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 FIAT Spider 2000 – La Macchina")
![It has occurred to me lately that each of my new acquisitions of a diecast scale model has been of a car or truck that has personal significance to me. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/024-2002-Ford-Thunderbird-3.9L-V8-Wixom-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2002 Ford Thunderbird – Selling Things")
![Years ago, a former manager had reintroduced an effective marketing phrase I had long forgotten from my ’80s childhood when she referred to the “Toyota jump”. Within the context of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/a-terc.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 Toyota Corolla Tercel – Little Red Hawk")
![(first posted 4/8/2019) This month will mark the first time in seven whole years that I will have spent time with either / both of my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1981-Chevrolet-Monte-Carlo-Nebraska-1-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1981 & 1982 Chevrolet Monte Carlos – Yin & Yang")
