- Website
- https://jpcavanaugh.com/
![“Well, you are in it now, Kevin” he said to himself as slid into the seat of the old Chrysler. “Tim, you idiot, Tim!” he said as soon as the last thought […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1967ChryslerNewport08.jpg "Curbside Fiction – Your New Life Awaits")
![It has been awhile since I have written about any of my own cars, and some other updates will be in order. But for today, the topic is my 2007 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2007HondaFit01.jpg "Curbside Update/QOTD – 2007 Honda Fit Sport – Lacking Clarity")
![(first posted 3/21/2012) Can a vehicle be a Curbside Classic if it is still in production? When it is a throwback like the Club Wagon Chateau (and when I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/1995FordClubWagon03-crop.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1995 Ford Club Wagon Chateau – Welcome to the Club")
![(first posted 8/25/2011) During my adolescent years, virtually all of my firsthand experience with cars from the 1950s came from plastic model kits. It seemed from my vantage […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1956FordFairlane03.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1956 Ford Fairlane – Beautiful, But Still The Bridesmaid")
![(first posted 10/28/2011) “Honey, does this make my rear end look too big?” This is a question that, when asked by his sweetheart, strikes fear into the heart of every male. The problem is that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/1962PontiacStarChief01-crop1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1962 Pontiac Star Chief – Does This Color Make My Butt Look Big?")
![Last summer, one of my sons and I spent an afternoon at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. I have always liked the 1947 Studebaker (Is it coming […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1947StudebakerWoody01.jpg "Museum Classic: 1947 Studebaker Champion Station Wagon Prototype – Woody in the Woods")
![Earlier today, Brendan Saur shared a picture of some of the cars on his street when he was but a tot. Which made me think, do we car-crazed people who […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1963-Avanti.jpg "QOTD: What Were the Most Interesting Cars on the Street where You Grew Up?")
![For the most part, Chrysler in the 1970s was a pretty grim story. From the high-powered glory years of the Hemi and the 440 Six-Pack, Chryler soon slunk through a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1972DodgeCoronetCrestwoodRT01.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1972 Dodge Coronet Crestwood R/T – The Scat Packer")
![(first posted 7/3/2011) Those of us who have owned several cars very seldom get to re-connect with an old one. Sure, we may see them around for awhile after we […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/89Cadillac-crop.jpg "Cars Of A Lifetime: 1989 Cadillac Brougham – Hello, Old Friend")
![When I began writing for CC, I was the almost perfect Yin to Paul Niedermeyer’s Yang. He hails originally from Europe, I am a native-born American. He has mostly lived on the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1997Miata01.jpg "My New Curbside Classic: 1997 Mazda MX-5 Miata – The Niedermeyerization of JPC is Complete")
![It was a swing and a miss for our normally astute commentariat on the last clue. But I suppose that some of you would consider it a badge of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/141223Clue-crop.jpg "CC Clue: Hmmmmmmmmm . . . . .")
![Roger 628 jumped right out front with the correct answer to Sunday afternoon’s Clue for the ’66 Lincoln. Today might see another of our astute readers grab this Clue by […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/141125Clue-crop.jpg "CC Clue")
![I love Bullet Birds. Actually, I love them better when we call them Cigar Birds, but tomayto/tomahto, and all that. I loved these so much I bought one. And as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=766,height=1024,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ford-1962-Thunderbird-Sports-Roadster-ad-b.jpg "CC Capsule: 1962 Ford Thunderbird – Let’s Talk About the Sports Roadster")
![(first posted 11/11/11) The humble station wagon. Everyone remembers the glamorous wood-bodied versions from the 1930s and 40s and even the behemoths of the 1970s. But in the 1950s, there […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/1957PontiacChieftain07-crop.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1957 Pontiac Chieftain Safari – Are We There Yet?")
![Aw, hell. Nobody ever tells me anything. After years of reading about Eugene, Eugene, Eugene, I finally decided “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” So, I searched high […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/63F10006.jpg "CC Capsule: 1963 Ford F-100 – Out of the Loop and Going Eugene")
-
-
-
American Brands: GM 
American Brands: Ford 
American Brands: Chrysler 
American Brands: AMC, Jeep and All Others 
Automotive Histories and Misc. 
Asian Brands 
UK Brands 
Australian Brands 
European Brands 
Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
Buses 
Trucks, Pickups and Vans 
Design 
Trains, Planes & Ships 
Motorcycles, Trikes, Bicycles 
Engines, Transmissions and other Tech 
Tractors, Lawn Mowers, Off-Road Equipment 
RVs, Motorhomes, Trailers, Campers
