- Description
- Grew up in McKeesport, PA, a steel town on the Monongehela River southeast of Pittsburgh, where my Great-Grandfather began selling Model Ts in 1917. Added a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership in 1933, dropped Ford in 1938, and left the business in 1967, when I was 2 and too young to protest. I'm a child of the CC era, and I've been lucky enough to own them in the US, Europe and Asia, from a 78 Estate Wagon here in New York to a DS23 Pallas in Amsterdam and a Saab 900 convertible in Hong Kong. I've been settled in Brooklyn for a while, and I spend my days working in advertising and dreaming of a garage.
Curbside Classic Archives
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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 Privacy
![Vintage Color Snapshots: Florida, 1953 (first posted 2/12/2017) I recently scanned some more of my father’s Kodachromes, including these shots taken during a much calmer – and much less female – Spring Break in 1953. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Kodachromes-022.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: Who Had The Best – And Worst – Fake Woodie Treatment? (first posted 11/20/2016) From the 50s through the early 90s, nothing said success like a fake woodie wagon in the driveway. Like the vinyl roof on a Brougham or Limited […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/68-Country-Squire.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Trackside Classics: The Budd RDC – Self-Propelled Railcars To The Rescue (first posted 11/18/2016) The postwar era presented America’s railroads with a dilemma. Wartime traffic swelled profits but wore out prewar equipment. But faced with new cars, new roads, unlimited gas […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/BM-RDC-e1460946035470.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1967 Chrysler 300: Requiem for the Big American Sport Sedan (first posted 11/17/2016) We all know what a sport sedan is, from the ur-BMW 5 series to the legions it spawned. But there was an earlier, American era of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/WP_20140725_19_19_09_Pro-e1479100181161.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Dealer Classic: Planning Automobile Dealer Properties – GM’s Postwar Vision (first posted 6/4/2016) In 1948, the postwar boom was in full swing. After almost 20 years of Depression and wartime rationing, people were buying – cars, homes, TVs, you name […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/04171602-e1461554763424.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![McKeesport Auto Show: Suddenly It’s 1958 (first posted 3/17/2016) Today, McKeesport, PA is a hollowed-out former steel town. But in 1958, the “Tube City” was the heart of a still-thriving Mon Valley. 50,000 people called it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/bnnhh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Streetcar Stop Classic: The PCC Car – A Timeless Classic (first posted 3/13/2016) Streetcars are enjoying a resurgence across the USA, but throughout the CC era, the car above was America’s streetcar. The PCC Car burst on the scene […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pcccc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: What Was The Best (and Worst) Wheel Cover of the CC Era? (first posted 3/9/2016) Following up on our road wheel discussion, let’s consider the wheel cover. Practically extinct today, wheel covers were just as distinct as the cars they adorned throughout […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/wwwwsh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: What Was the Best (and Worst) Road Wheel of the CC Era? (first posted 3/2/2016) Walk around any parking lot today, and you soon realize all but the cheapest cars have alloy wheels. And while each model has a unique design, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/78-Estate-Wagon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![In-Motion Classic: Jaguar S Type – Less Than Mint The best part of my commute is trips over and back across the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s New York’s first large-span bridge, and still it’s most elegant. But it’s not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Jag-S-e1475097330469.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![QOTD: What’s The Best (And Worst) Vinyl Roof Treatment Of The Brougham Era? If one accessory defined the Brougham Era, it has to be the vinyl roof. Sure, you can have your opera windows, your tufted velour, and your fold down armrests, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/linc1969vinylroofblack-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtake: Union Jacked I know the folks at Mini like to trumpet the larger footprint of their Clubman, but as this Monster Mini spotted on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn makes clear, they’ve got […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/WP_20150125_15_51_46_Pro-e1460520461458.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


