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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.
![When I was young, I had thought that the El Camino was simply a Chevelle or Malibu wagon with the rear section of the roof and cargo area lopped off […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1234-1972-Chevrolet-El-Camino-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1972 Chevrolet El Camino – Repurposed Container")
![(first posted 3/11/2019) I realize that it’s only March, but I’m already dreaming about summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, we are less than two weeks from the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1968-Plymouth-Fury-III-11-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Plymouth Fury III – Hip To Be Square")
![I’m glad I had started to realize the importance of just listening before some of my elders had passed away. As a young adult, I had wanted to speak my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20180818_163422-1953-Ford-Customline-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1953 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan – Old Henry")
![Welcome to March. Only a couple of weeks ago, I was back in Las Vegas for what had been something of a last-minute decision to spend time there both with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/011-1966-Chevrolet-Impala-Convertible-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1966 Chevrolet Impala Convertible – Don’t Blink")
![(first posted 2/25/2019) The “Calais” name had ultimately been used by General Motors on three different occasions, spanning from the mid-1960s through the early ’90s. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1980-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Calais-5-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / CC Jukebox: 1980 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais – High Society")
![I loved animated Disney movies as a kid. When I was in elementary school in the early ’80s, there was this period when I had not only seen many classics […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/4126266903_cb45279221_o-1979-Cadillac-Coupe-DeVille-for-CC-2009-11-22-edit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Cruella")
![Last summer, I had made my first-ever appearance at the annual tailgate party at my former high school. On what is usually the second Saturday of August, the rear parking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/171-rotated-1.00-shift-FINAL-1977-Lincoln-Continental-Mark-V-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V – Keeping It Classy")
![(first posted 2/11/2019) More than a few years ago, I had been semi-voluntarily vacuumed into the guilty TV pleasures that were the early seasons of “America’s Next […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1973-Buick-Riviera-GS-5-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Buick Riviera GS – Be Memorable")
![(first posted 1/28/2019) When I think about things I consider to be stylish or “cool”, one factor has remained crucial and essential: the lack of apparent […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1962-Plymouth-Valiant-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1962 Plymouth Valiant – Doing Too Much")
![The third-generation Chevy Camaro will always make me think immediately of only a handful of people, including a friend I had first met while in college in Gainesville, Florida over […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/097-1992-Chevrolet-Camaro-RS-For-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1992 Chevrolet Camaro RS – Base Model Beauty")
![(first posted 2/4/2019) Winter has returned to Chicago with full fury, with this past Thursday, January 31st, 2019 bringing some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1972-Oldsmobile-Toronado-2-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado – A Brougham For Winter")
![It was December of 2023 when I had first discovered a die cast model of a yellow 1969 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S fastback for sale on the shelf of a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_20241229_105643750-2011-Chevrolet-HHR-1LT-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2011 Chevrolet HHR – Reflection Of A Reflection")
![Occasionally, I will stumble across old photos of a car that I had taken long before I had discovered Curbside Classic. In September of 2011, when I had first seen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/6183126824_647535b6a1_o-1973-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-S-Zodiac-Blue-Sunday-9-25-2011-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass S – At The Beginning")
![(first posted 1/21/2019) Recently, there have been a few things from my early childhood that have come back into my present consciousness, eliciting genuine affection. Having been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1979-Pontiac-Bonneville-4-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Pontiac Bonneville – Yacht Rock")
![Mere weeks before we entered 2025, I was blessed with a visit from my college-aged niece and her best friend, with their friendship going back to young childhood. It had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/012-1967-Ford-Thunderbird-Landau-Sedan-for-CC-2024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Landau Sedan – Dressed Like A Grownup")
