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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 weeks ago, I had made reference to having owned one of those plastic, two-tone, beige and brown record players made by Fisher-Price, when I was a kid. I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rufus-Masterjam-album-cover.jpg "Curbside Jukebox: The Cars Of Rufus & Chaka’s <i>Masterjam</i> – Do You Love What You Feel?")
![(first posted 7/11/2015) I had spotted this ’75 Olds Starfire SX from my southbound, morning Red Line train on the way to work in the Chicago Loop. I actually considered […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/037-1975-Oldsmobile-Starfire-SX.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Starfire – SX Appeal")
![Last summer, I had written an essay with the hypothetical premise of “what if” the fictional Charles Townsend Detective Agency from the 1970s television series Charlie’s Angels had used AMC […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-06-11-1977-Ford-Pinto-CC-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford Pinto – The Townsend Agency Cheaped Out")
![A couple of years ago, I had written about a pair of Lincolns parked curbside near one of my favorite, then-newly discovered destinations, Rogers Beach, in the Chicago neighborhood […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/020-1991-Oldsmobile-Toronado-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1991 Oldsmobile Toronado – Lost In A Changing Landscape")
![Mere days before Christmas of last year, I stumbled across this sad specimen of a Chevrolet Citation while on one of my long, meditative walks. To see any Citation anymore, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/038-1980-Chevrolet-Citation-CC-USE.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – Murphy’s Law")
![Today marks the first official day of summer 2021 in the northern hemisphere. It also happens to be Father’s Day. It was my dad who was the parent to ask […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-2006-11-Chevrolet-HHR-CC.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 2007 Chevrolet HHR Panel – Ice Cream Truck")
![Pulp Fiction has to be one my favorite movies of all-time. It’s not for everybody, and I certainly don’t recommend it for family viewing, as it has an MPAA rating […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210522_164225-1981-Oldsmobile-Delta-88-Royale-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1981 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Royale With Cheese")
![Oldsmobiles used to be everywhere. Lately, it has become difficult to spot even a later model Alero out in traffic. Demand for personal luxury coupes like this Toronado declined sharply […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/004-1977-Oldsmobile-Toronado-Brougham-CC.jpg "In-Motion Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Toronado Brougham – An Acrostic Poem")
![(first posted 6/6/2015) This ’77 Cutlass Supreme, photographed in the parking lot of Flint Central High School, is almost like one of my Cars Of A Lifetime in that many […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/403-1977-Olds-Cutlass-Supreme-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – School’s Out")
![Earlier this week, I had mentioned how living frugally and our general conservation of funds might have allowed for my family to take an extended road trip. When I was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1990-Summer-1974-AMC-Javelin-full-color-rotated-USE.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: 1973 AMC Javelin AMX, Niagara Falls and Me")
![I was a senior in high school when I was given my own car, which was a used, bright red 1984 Ford Tempo GL . The Tempo had served duty […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/007-1988-Plymouth-Reliant-America-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988 Plymouth Reliant America – Mom And Dad, Please Don’t")
![(first posted 5/25/2015) “Don’t overthink it.” This is an admonishment I’m used to. It can be a real buzzkill to have someone explain to you, in scientific, psychological terms, why […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/034-1968-Cadillac-Eldorado-CC.jpg "In Motion Classic: 1967 Cadillac Eldorado – More Art, Less Science")
![I have been a fan of Duran Duran since elementary school in the 1980s. This was not the same kind of fandom I’d observe from the girls in my classroom […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_8308-2008-Pontiac-Solstice-CC.jpg "Curbside Jukebox: 2008 Pontiac Solstice – Taste The Summer")
![I love birds. There’s something about hearing their songs in the morning during this time of year that makes me thankful to live in this forest-like neighborhood on Chicago’s north […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/078-1990-Pontiac-Sunbird-LE-CC.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1990 Pontiac Sunbird LE – Ornithology 101")
![(first posted 5/16/2015) Last week, Paul Niedermeyer posted a feature on an orange ’75 Corvette which had taken a pretty nasty hit to its front clip (CC Outtake: 1975 Corvette […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/084-1974-Chevrolet-Corvette-Stingray-CC.jpg "In Motion Classic: 1974 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray – American Apparel")
