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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.
![Convertibles were hot again in the 1980s after having been sworn off by domestic manufacturers less than a decade earlier. For ’82, Chrysler fielded a K-platform LeBaron convertible in two […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/7732342864_15c65f88e0_o-1984-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Ciera-Convertible-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera Brougham Convertible – A-Body Beauty")
![(first posted 5/6/2016) Earlier this week, Paul Niedermeyer had written about a same-year E-Body Chrysler New Yorker – a model with which I used to confuse our featured LeBaron. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1986-Chrysler-LeBaron-CC.jpg "In Motion Outtake: 1986 Chrysler LeBaron – I’ll Have The Burgundy")
![I have recently rewatched episodes of the “I Love The ’80s” specials that first ran on the VH1 cable channel starting back in 2002. It wasn’t wasted on me that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1979-Volkswagen-Rabbit-CC-6.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1979 Volkswagen Rabbit – Lucky")
![(first posted 4/27/2013) I was on my way home after work this past Friday evening with an arm full of groceries, when I spotted a classic, early 1980’s American luxury […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/003-1981-Chrysler-Cordoba-LS-CC.jpg "In Motion Classic: 1981 Chrysler Cordoba LS – All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go")
![I had purchased a used 1988 Ford Mustang LX 2.3L hatchback from the lot of the local Ford dealer when I was a young adult. It was five years old […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20211119-1993-Ford-Mustang-LX-notchback-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1993 Ford Mustang LX Sedan – Beating The Odds")
![(first posted 4/21/2016) I found this Park Avenue in my Chicago neighborhood, Edgewater, several years ago, parked in front of this old, yellow-brick mansion. This area used to be full […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/013-1991-Buick-Park-Avenue-CC.jpg "CC Capsule: 1991 Buick Park Avenue – A Heritage Of Class")
![Few treats seem to bring back the ’80s summertime nostalgia for me like a frozen Coke. Once I had started earning my own money with my newspaper route and daily […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/037-1986-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-LE-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix LE – Frozen Coke")
![(first posted 4/12/2016) On the Friday night before my most recent, February trip to Las Vegas, this hatchback greeted me in front of my favorite, neighborhood pizzeria on my walk […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/011-1981-83-AMC-Eagle-SX4-Series-50-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4 Series 50 – This Bird Has Earned Its Wings")
![I came across this El Camino at the end of this past February while in Evanston, the city just north of Chicago. It was still pretty cold outside that Saturday, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/003-1987-Chevrolet-El-Camino-Conquista-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1987 Chevrolet El Camino Conquista – <i>Fin Del Camino</i>")
![I was in my early twenties when my second apartment got broken into. My insurance career was in its infancy, and my meager, post-college earnings meant a limited allowance for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2013-02-15-Friday-1999-Jaguar-S-Type-Flint-Michigan-CC.jpg "Curbside Capsule: c. 2000 Jaguar S-Type – Hacked")
![(first posted 3/31/2016) While walking through my neighborhood after a post-work pit stop made at the local drug store, I came across these two purple Plymouth Neons from both generations […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/005-1st-2nd-Gen-Plymouth-Neon-CC.jpg "CC Capsule: First & Second Generation Plymouth Neons – A Parallel-Parked Pair Of Purple Plymouths")
![Attending the North American International Auto Show in Detroit for the first time in early 1987 was one event along my timeline that could be identified as lifechanging, without hyperbole. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/043-1989-Nissan-Pulsar-NX-XE-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1989 Nissan Pulsar NX XE – Beautiful Shapeshifter")
![(first posted 3/28/2016) It is to this car-spotter’s advantage that North Sheridan Road in Chicago’s north side can move slowly during warm, languid summer afternoons. If you aren’t in a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/014-1975-Oldsmobile-Custom-Cruiser-CC.jpg "In Motion Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser – Clamshell Bombshell")
![I have previously made reference before here at CC to my Depeche Mode fandom earlier in my life. A few specific things this week led me down the path of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-07-28-Saturday-1980-MGB-BW-CC.jpg "In-Motion Classic: 1980 MGB Limited Edition – Taking A Ride With My Best Friend")
![(first posted 3/18/2016) I’d say the 1978 – ’87 A-body (turned G-Body) Olds Cutlass four-door sedan had a pretty rough go of life from the time it appeared. The newly-downsized […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/022-1985-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-sedan-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Sedan – Hand-Me-Downs")
