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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Daniel Stern
Posts by Daniel Stern
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![I mentioned Gomer Pyle in yesterday’s COAL, so now habbout I pour us some good, stiff shots of Televisionland to wash that fetid Town Car taste out from our mouths, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gomer_Pyle-Hitcar.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC TV Two-Fer: Gomer, Wally, Eddie, and Many Mopars")
CC TV Two-Fer: Gomer, Wally, Eddie, and Many Mopars
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 75 CommentsI mentioned Gomer Pyle in yesterday’s COAL, so now habbout I pour us some good, stiff shots of Televisionland to wash that fetid Town Car taste out from our mouths, […] -
![It was 1987, and conspicuous consumption was in. That’s how come mother toyed with the idea of getting a Mercedes, and I guess it’s how come dad came to be […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/80-Towncar-Brochure.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1980 Lincoln Town Car • The Stinkoln Clown Car")
COAL: 1980 Lincoln Town Car • The Stinkoln Clown Car
Posted on February 20, 2021 | 85 CommentsIt was 1987, and conspicuous consumption was in. That’s how come mother toyed with the idea of getting a Mercedes, and I guess it’s how come dad came to be […] -
![“I want one of those cars that fixes itself!” So declared my mother—I guess after misunderstanding a news item about computerised engine control or something of the like. I was […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1984-Chevrolet-Caprice-Engine-Bay-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL • 1984 Chev Caprice—Second Verse, Same(?) as the First")
COAL • 1984 Chev Caprice—Second Verse, Same(?) as the First
Posted on February 13, 2021 | 16 Comments“I want one of those cars that fixes itself!” So declared my mother—I guess after misunderstanding a news item about computerised engine control or something of the like. I was […] -
![In 1984 my sister was 11 and I was eight, mother got her law degree and set out to have a go at being a lawyer, and with both parents […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1971-jeep-wagoneer-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL • Laurie’s Cars: ’63 Volvo, ’71 VW, ’71 Wagoneer, ’78 Caprice")
COAL • Laurie’s Cars: ’63 Volvo, ’71 VW, ’71 Wagoneer, ’78 Caprice
Posted on February 6, 2021 | 38 CommentsIn 1984 my sister was 11 and I was eight, mother got her law degree and set out to have a go at being a lawyer, and with both parents […] -
CC TV: A Relatively Large Dodge Dart Relative
Posted on February 5, 2021 | 8 CommentsDodge advertised their new 1963 Dart as “a compact in the large economy size”. Clever! But how big is “large”? And -
![This pic of Deane Buick amidst the visual din of Denver’s Colorado Boulevard in Autumn 1963 sparked some fun car spotting when I posted it the other day, so let’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/colo-blvd-at-virginia.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: Colorado Boulevard in the ’60s (and COAL Outtake: Smelly Old Chev Vans)")
Vintage Photos: Colorado Boulevard in the ’60s (and COAL Outtake: Smelly Old Chev Vans)
Posted on February 3, 2021 | 31 CommentsThis pic of Deane Buick amidst the visual din of Denver’s Colorado Boulevard in Autumn 1963 sparked some fun car spotting when I posted it the other day, so let’s […] -
COAL: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass—Weren’t They All That Colour?
Posted on January 30, 2021 | 80 CommentsMother threw a high holy tantrum shortly after we got to Denver in the Spring of 1980. The thing of it was, we hadn’t quite exactly moved to Denver; we’d -
COAL: 1978 Chevrolet Caprice Classic—Movin’ Upward-Westward
Posted on January 23, 2021 | 90 CommentsThe new car was The New Chevrolet: a metallic medium-deep red (“Carmine”) ’78 Caprice Classic with a blood-red vinyl interior, ordered at Bryner Chevrolet— -
![(»This is Cars of a Lifetime, so I’m gonna tell the whole story, back to the first roots and shoots of my awareness of cars. There’ll be some chronological turbulence […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Door-lock-knobs.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1970 Dodge Dart and Associates—Earliest Influences")
COAL: 1970 Dodge Dart and Associates—Earliest Influences
Posted on January 16, 2021 | 31 Comments(»This is Cars of a Lifetime, so I’m gonna tell the whole story, back to the first roots and shoots of my awareness of cars. There’ll be some chronological turbulence […] -
![Last Wednesday the postie delivered a letter for the previous owners of our house. They didn’t move very far away, and after supper I walked it over to them. As […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/95-Caravan-Headlamp.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: The Morning After The Night Before")
Curbside Classics: The Morning After The Night Before
Posted on January 14, 2021 | 49 CommentsLast Wednesday the postie delivered a letter for the previous owners of our house. They didn’t move very far away, and after supper I walked it over to them. As […] -
![This is a still from a Japanese animated movie called Shitī Hantā (“City Hunter”). The alarmed-looking character we see here is in the back seat of a…ruh…what is that? It’s […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Dodge_Michigan_Manga.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Brochure Boggle: 1986 Dodge Michigan—They Sold What, Where?!")
CC Brochure Boggle: 1986 Dodge Michigan—They Sold What, Where?!
Posted on December 4, 2020 | 39 CommentsThis is a still from a Japanese animated movie called Shitī Hantā (“City Hunter”). The alarmed-looking character we see here is in the back seat of a…ruh…what is that? It’s […] -
![Paul’s post of about a week ago showed a quartet Dodge dealers doomed to a third model year’s beating. Look at their posture and their faces—plainly they know they’re hosed, […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/62_Lancer_Dealership_H72.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photo: A Bigger Smile for a Better Dodge")
Vintage Photo: A Bigger Smile for a Better Dodge
Posted on November 29, 2020 | 40 CommentsPaul’s post of about a week ago showed a quartet Dodge dealers doomed to a third model year’s beating. Look at their posture and their faces—plainly they know they’re hosed, […] -
QOTD: What’s This Car?
Posted on November 11, 2020 | 54 CommentsThat’s my husband’s mother driving in Toronto in 1961. -
CCs For Sale: Argentine Valiants on the Spectrum in Midwinter
Posted on August 9, 2020 | 24 CommentsI’ve all but quit trawling local-ish ads for interesting old cars—anyone who’s recovered from Mad Car Disease and Elevated Collectserall knows it sure as hell can hurt to “just look”—but -
![Lately it’s Diesel Days here at CC. Paul’s put up articles about a gasoline-engine-based diesel that went just fine (VW’s 4-pot), and one that probably shouldn’t have been built but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DieselSlantSixPrototype.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Diesel Chrysler Slant-Sixes, In-House and Otherwise")
Automotive History: Diesel Chrysler Slant-Sixes, In-House and Otherwise
Posted on May 19, 2020 | 61 CommentsLately it’s Diesel Days here at CC. Paul’s put up articles about a gasoline-engine-based diesel that went just fine (VW’s 4-pot), and one that probably shouldn’t have been built but […]
