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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.
![The bankruptcy and closure of the Toys “R” Us empire, after seventy years in business, has shaken me to the core with less hyperbole than some might think. I’ve written […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1970-Chevrolet-Camaro-RS-SS-CC-3.jpg "CC Capsule: Miniature 1970 1/2 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS – Toys Were Us")
![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/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/139-1972-Chevrolet-Chevelle-CC.jpg "CC Capsule: 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle Hardtop Coupe – Secondhand Living")
![Chance sightings are often my favorites. Here in Edgewater, there seems to be an unusual abundance of vintage cars. Every once in a while, I’ll catch sight of one in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1978-Chevrolet-Malibu-Classic-4-CC.jpg "In-Motion Classic: 1978 Chevrolet Malibu Classic – An Acrostic Poem")
![That went quickly. All of a sudden, here we are in the first full week of March, with just eleven days of winter left in the northern hemisphere. Spring may […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG_0038-1991-Toyota-MR2-CC.jpg "In-Motion Outtakes: 1991 Toyota MR2 – Lil’ Red Rocket")
![Sometimes, a good idea can be recycled or repurposed to good effect. “Sampling”, the practice of using parts of a previously recorded song for use in a newly created one, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_0012-2003-Ford-ZX2-CC.jpg "CC Capsule: 2003 Ford ZX2 – A Liberal Use Of Sampling")
![Earlier this week, I had profiled an example of the last model year of rear-wheel-drive Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency, an ’84. It had always struck me as interesting that the upmarket, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1985-Oldsmobile-Delta-88-CC.jpg "Curbside Coda: 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Pound-For-Pound")
![Last November, Vince C. profiled “The Cars Of John Hughes’ Movies” (which was / is a must-read). Having been a kid who spent the biggest chunk of my childhood in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/1975-Mercury-Marquis-crop-CC.jpg "CC Outtake: 1975 Mercury Marquis Brougham – Uncle Buck Goes To The Opera")
![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1966-Pontiac-Tempest-LeMans-5-CC.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1966 Pontiac Tempest LeMans – One Perfect Storm")
![As this year winds to an end, I marvel at how Twenty-Seventeen seems to have passed with unusual speed. It seems like only a few months ago, I was putting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_7718-1979-Cadillac-Eldorado-CC.jpg "Classics-In-Motion: 1979 Cadillac Eldorado & Vintage Mini – Things I’ve Learned This Year")
![Five years back, I saw this beautiful, late-third-generation Mustang GT soft top while on my way to meet my brother for an after-work cocktail. His law office is mere blocks […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1991-Ford-Mustang-CC.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1991 & 1988 Ford Mustangs – Home For The Holidays")
![When recently flipping through an old Auto Trader, I thought of my former neighbors, Bill and Gert Tabor. They had the most stately, bronze-colored LeSabre. The brown, vinyl interior matched […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/671-My-Neighbors-LeSabre-crop.jpg "CC Outtake: 1971 Buick LeSabre – My Neighbor’s LeSabre")
![I had been awake for close to twenty-four hours when my flight from JFK in NYC landed at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome. Even though eight hours is a long […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_8215-1991-Chevrolet-S-10-Blazer-CC.jpg "CC Outtake: 1991 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer – An American In <strike>Paris</strike> Rome")
![I’m back, CC Readers. Following the catastrophic failure of my old computer, I have since purchased and set up a new one. Thankfully, most of my files (including my vast […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/IMG_8264-FIAT-500-CC.jpg "Curbside Capsule: Vintage FIAT 500 – A Little Italian")
![There comes a time when something of yours breaks and you’re faced with the decision to either pay a lot to fix it or let it go. This poor Grand […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1996-Pontiac-Grand-Am-CC.jpg "CC Outtake: 1996 Pontiac Grand Am – Busted")
