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- Retired industrial designer.
![I enjoy cruising through our local thrift stores from time-to-time in search of vintage small appliances or the occasional cheap sweater. If you have time to parse the high noise-to-signal […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013_71fordltd_front.jpg "CC Capsule: Thrift Store Fords No. 1 – 1971 Ford LTD in “Resale Red”")
![Some CCs exist more in their owner’s dreams and aspirations than they do in real life. When I run across a car like this Hudson Hornet, I, too, can see […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013_51hornet_trunkbadge.jpg "Curbside Outtake: 1951 Hudson Hornet – Down, But Not Out")
![ED: We have two Clues for your guessing enjoyment! Both will run tomorrow. Have fun… There might (or might not) be enough here to tip you off to which this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013_clue1.jpg "CC Clue: One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure")
![Introduced in April 1971, the mechanically fuel-injected 130hp BMW 2002 tii quickly became a hot item, and over 22,500 units found happy homes before the August 1973 redesign (known as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013_bmw2002tii-lhfront.jpg "Curbside Outtake: 1971-73 BMW 2002 tii – These Happy Golden Years")
![My Mom and Dad lived next door to each other growing up on the south side of Atlanta, Georgia; a friendship developed which, over the course of time, led to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013_Mar58-Highlands-NC-VW-Beetle-02.jpeg "COAL: 1958 Volkswagen Type I Deluxe: My First Ride In A Beetle")
![Introduced in 1950, the Volkswagen Type II made enough inroads in America that by the 1960s, the Detroit “Big Three” all developed ‘forward control’ offerings of their own in response, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013_62vwsinglecab_fright.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1962 VW Type II Single Cab – Not Your Typical Daily Driver")
![When I was seven or so, I fell out of a tree in our front yard and suffered a large gash on my leg. As part of my recovery program, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013_vwtoys10.jpg "Curbside Miniatures: 1969 Tonka VW Beetle – My VW Gateway Toy")
![This is an image that’s been floating around the interwebs for a while, but I couldn’t resist using it as one last “parting shot” for VW Week (I missed the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/avenger.jpg "Curbside Outtake: 1966 VW Beetle & 1977 GAU-8 Avenger – VW Week Parting Shot")
![Having purchased a 2013 Beetle TDi Convertible earlier this year, I am now on my third major platform/generation of Volkswagen Beetle. When I purchased my former 2000 New Beetle TDI […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/64-00_side.jpg "COAL Comparison: Three Generations of Beetle")
![I had to stop by Menards this morning, and caught this land barge in the parking lot amidst all the contractor’s trucks… Good thing I got to it before Tom […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/photo-1.jpg "CC Definition: Swoon [verb] – What Tom Klockau Will Do When He Sees This Post")
![With Jim’s Audi COAL and the Beetle Clue from yesterday, we officially welcome you to a week of additional coverage on the offerings of Volkswagen and Audi here at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/beetle_audi.jpg "Welcome to VW & AUDI Week at Curbside Classic: Air Cooled, Water Cooled, Or Just Cool")
![In 1949, Ford introduced its first completely redesigned line of cars since the end of WWII, beating the other major automakers to the punch. The Custom nameplate sat at the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013_50fordcustom_rfrontcu.jpg "CC Capsule: 1950 Ford Custom Deluxe Tudor – It’s A Custom Custom")
![Some of you have noticed our mobile theme coming and going over the past day or two (it’s back for now). That’s because we’re doing some work under the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/checkengine.jpg "Curbside Maintenance: Trying To Clear A CEL")
![I snapped this 1957 Chevrolet 210 in town this afternoon, and just before turning a mile or two farther, I looked in the rear view mirror and was greeted with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013_cceffect.jpg "CC Effect Outtake: Two-Ten Times Two")
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Automotive Histories and Misc. 
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Cars Of A Lifetime & Auto-Biography 
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Engines, Transmissions and other Tech 
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