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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.
![It was the day of the annual Chicago Marathon when I happened upon our featured convertible. I had completely forgotten that the race was happening that day, but the hoards […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/017-1998-Ford-Mustang-convertible-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1998 Ford Mustang Convertible – Still Going The Distance")
![My late, beloved grandma almost always had gum or mints in her purse. It was part of the Sunday morning ritual when my family would visit for a roll of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/020-1983-Oldsmobile-Ninety-Eight-Regency-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1983 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – The Whole Gum")
![I present for today’s essay topic a vehicle that has never fallen out of fashion, and in what is arguably its most desirable body style. A perennial favorite reverse status […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/082-1979-Volkswagen-Beetle-Convertible-for-CC-2-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1979 Volkswagen Super Beetle Cabriolet – Terminally Cute")
![We car people just want to be right. Maybe it’s because of the many hours we had spent reading and re-reading our favorite books, magazines, or sections of automotive encyclopedias about […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/153-1962-Plymouth-Valiant-V200-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1961 And 1962 Plymouth Valiant V200 – The Wrong Toilet Seat")
![I was on the third stop on my Great Michigan Adventure 2025 road trip this past August when this beautiful ’73 Mustang came into view. I was visiting Keri, a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/126-1973-Ford-Mustang-convertible-for-CC-2-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1973 Ford Mustang Convertible – At A Canter")
![This Buick Century wagon could be the automotive embodiment of my late grandfather. Like the FWD A-Body Century that lasted a whopping fifteen model years from between 1982 and ’96, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2012-02-05-1995-Buick-Century-Estate-CC.jpg "Curbside Find: 1995 (?) Buick Century Wagon – A Century Ago…")
![This year, I celebrated twenty years of homeownership in Chicago’s north side neighborhood of Edgewater. It’s really hard to believe I’ve been here this long, with this being the longest […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/085-1993-Chevrolet-Blazer-K1500-4WD-5.7L-V8-Janesville-WI-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1993 Chevrolet Blazer K1500 4WD – Attachment Without True Familiarity")
![I like what I observe to be a trend toward increased appreciation for vehicles that are unrestored, low-spec, or otherwise seem to be considered unremarkable in some way. As much […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1214-1977-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix – Linda")
![I have noticed on some of my more challenging days, independent of anything else, how others will seem to pile on, so to speak. Sure, sure. I also believe that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/237-1961-Rambler-American-Custom-for-CC-115x115.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1961 Rambler American Custom – Frowny Face")
![I was going to make this one a “CC Wordless Outtake”, but I couldn’t keep silent. Nope. I realize I write a lot about having grown up in Flint, Michigan, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/164-Frankenstang-CC.jpg "1982 Mustang-Chevy: Fox Body, Chevy Power – Identity Crisis")
![A road trip through my native Michigan last month was a reinvigorating and life-affirming experience. This was my third such annual excursion where I had taken a whistle-stop tour through […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/110-1960-Cadillac-Coupe-DeVille-Convertible-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1960 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – The Big Breakfast")
![Some of us are born with a natural disposition to be, let’s say, very expressive. I recently came across photos of myself taken in the late ’70s in my grandparents’ […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/001-c.-1992-Toyota-Town-Ace-Super-Extra-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: c. 1992 Toyota TownAce Super Extra – Be All Of Yourself")
![I did something at the beginning of this month that I haven’t done for twenty years: I went to an amusement park to which I had never been before. I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/54636752669_9dba1b6355_o-1987-Jeep-Wrangler-Laredo-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1987 Jeep Wrangler Laredo – Just Hanging Out There")
![It had occurred to me last week, while writing my recent essay on the very last Pontiac Firebird, that this model seemed to be one of last, few cars […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2011-11-05-Saturday-Buick-Reatta-Edgewater-CC.jpg "An Ode To Pop Up Headlights")
![There were Chevy Monte Carlos aplenty on the streets of Flint, Michigan when I was a kid. Our neighbors next door to the first house I had lived in had […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/294-1975-or-76-Ford-Elite-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1975 Ford Elite – I’m So Fancy")
