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- Retired industrial designer.
![So are you a “nose-in-er,” or a “nose-out-er?” Or, perhaps, one of those people that take up two spaces (grrr)? Anyway, I’ve noticed that pickups are almost always parked nose-out […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/noseout_nosein.jpg "QOTD: Nose In, or Nose Out?")
![Well, how’d you do? The car from this morning’s CC Clue is one of only 1,266 convertible sedans produced in 1937 (including both ‘sixes’ and ‘eights’), and they are very rare on the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/37pontiacfront.jpg "Car Show Outtake: 1937 Pontiac Deluxe Eight Convertible Sedan – “America’s Finest Low-Priced Car”")
![CC Clues usually consist of an extreme closeup of a feature, but this time I’m giving you the whole vehicle, which I found at the sandblaster I’ve been using for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IMG_8821.jpg "CC Clue")
![“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” So what to do if the aging 1930 Model A […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/modelamail01.jpg "eBay Find: 1930 Ford Model A Mail Delivery – Proto Donk")
![We’ve been clueless for a while, so here’s one to whet your appetite… If you’re new or simply have forgotten, make your guess in the comments, but please, no pictures – […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/clue.jpg "CC Clue")
![I spent a pleasant two hours digging us out from about a foot of snow this morning (drifts were in the two foot range), and given that this system treated […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/IMG_4208.jpg "QOTD: What’s Your Most Harrowing Winter Weather Travel Story?")
![I was at lunch with my coworkers the other day, most of whom are also industrial designers. The topic of cars inevitably came up and we got to talking about the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/eeyorebonnet.jpg "QOTD: How Many Tools Do You Carry With You?")
![While I’m sure some of you regularly top this (my hat’s off to you!), I set a ‘personal best’ of over 32,000 miles on the road in 2014. Besides my normal […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/driving.jpg "QOTD: What Technique Do You Use To Stay Awake On Long Road Trips?")
![Living out in corn and bean country, it’s not unusual to get stuck behind a combine or large tractor pulling a huge disc, but this was a first for me. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/IMG_3891.jpg "QOTD: What’s the Slowest Vehicle You’ve Been Stuck Behind?")
![Last Fall, Paul announced the official Great Vega Hunt, with the goal of finding a true CC Vega sporting its original (running!) 2300 engine. Amazonray did indeed locate one this past […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/vega_front.jpg "The Great Vega Hunt Continues: Bone Stock 1973 Notchback – With Powerglide!")
![I was only in possession of our subject Cougar LS for a few months – it had been my brother’s DD until it blew a (3.8l) head gasket and he replaced […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1985_cougar.jpeg "COAL Outtake: 1985 Mercury Cougar – A Brief Fling With Personal Luxury and a Blown Head Gasket")
![When we last left our story, I had pretty much decided that I was willing to swallow the depreciation on my 18-month-old Beetle and look for a replacement that A) […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shortlist.jpg "Curbside Replacement: Decisions, Decisions… Decided!")
![Long-time CC readers are familiar with my affinity for Volkswagens – I’ve been continually driving VW products for nearly thirty years. When my 2000 New Beetle reached 219,000 miles and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/beetletradein.jpg "Curbside Divorce: 2013 Beetle Convertible – Irreconcilable Differences")
![This photo was taken in my driveway last June (2013, about 16 months ago). Only one of these vehicles remains in the driveway today. Which one (or two) would you have kept, and why? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/oneleft.jpg "Driveway Outtake / QOTD: Which One Would You Have Kept?")
![Some time ago, Son Number One paid a visit to a cousin of mine who lives near Savannah, Georgia USA, and while on a hike, discovered this 1940 Plymouth gently […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/2012_40plymouth_front.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1940 Plymouth Roadking 2-Door Sedan – The <i>Low Priced</i> Beauty With the Luxury Ride")
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