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- Retired industrial designer.
Curbside Classic Archives
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![Curbside Capsule: 1970 Cadillac Eldorado Hardtop Coupe – Peak Displacement When I saw that Brendan had queued up his ’83 Eldorado for today, I knew it was time to write up the ’70 Eldorado I shot last fall, if only […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/70eldorrearcu.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: Generation Gap I caught these two “C Bodies” (okay, one’s technically a “D”) at work the other day. Only a few years separate this 1987 Cadillac Brougham from the 1991-93 Olds Ninety Eight, but, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/88and93.jpg)

![Curbside Capsule: 1980 Mercury Capri RS – The Fox Mustang’s Alter Ego I met John in the Industrial Design program at Georgia Tech in 1983, and we became fast friends (and remain so to this day). We both enjoyed road racing, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/rs003.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: Passing On The Left Will Get You A Citation I haven’t seen a Citation moving under its own power in forever, so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to document this one in the very act. Unfortunately, I didn’t […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/citation.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: The Cat 797 Mining Truck – I’ll See Your V12 and Raise You Twelve Paul’s post on the GM “Twin Six” was fascinating to me. While I’m sure I’ve seen mention of these, I really wasn’t aware of them in any detail and his […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012_0731-Cat797_02.jpg)
![QOTD: How Far Have You Gone to Rescue a Disabled Car? My eldest son and his wife recently set out on a six hour trip North to spend the week with us, and three hours into the trip, called to let […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_0043.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: 1989-91 Jeep Grand Wagoneer – Broughamnative Dissonance Introduced for the 1963 model year, the Jeep Wagoneer was offered as the “world’s most sensible family car.” In what might be close to a record, the Wagoneer name survived […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_0012.jpg)
![COAL: 1977 Nova – The Electric Blue Star Car Since Paul stirred the paint pot the other day with a delicious Light Lime colored Nova, I thought I’d also toss my entry into The Colorful World of Novas series. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014_NovaTexas.jpeg)
![Curbside Outtake: Me and My Bel Air As I’ve written in the past, my parents replaced their first car with a used 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air right about the time I came along. I was looking through some […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1960_biscayne.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: 1993 Chevrolet Lumina APV – The Shape of Things to Clean Now here’s a sight I haven’t seen in years – a Chevrolet Lumina APV. While widely panned as looking like a popular hand vacuum cleaner on wheels, a bit of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013_93dustbuster2.jpg)
![Curbside (or Fieldside?) Outtake: 1950 Ford 8N – Above-ground Plowing Folks, I have been busier than a set of jumper cables at an Arkansas wedding reception lately, and with the rebuild of my storm-damaged machine shed finally underway, things probably […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013_8nsnow.jpg)
![CC Capsule: Thrift Store Fords No. 3 – 1977 Ford Maverick Thrift stores serve a dual purpose; they provide a place for folks to purchase items that still have some service left in them for a fraction of their original cost, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/77maverick_front.jpg)

![CC Outtake: Thrift Store Fords No. 2 – 1975-78 Mercury Bobcat Villager Looking sheepishly small between this Chrysler Town & Country and Toyota Matrix is our next Thrift Store find… It’s a ’75-78 Mercury Bobcat Villager, but I’m not aware of any […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013_77bobcat_front.jpg)


