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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Daniel Stern
Posts by Daniel Stern
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![I was headed north the other day when I saw this southbound apparition pull over at a meter on the other side of Commercial Drive. Gladys provided a parking space […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BMW_E30_ute_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: U-Built Bimmer Bakkie")
Curbside Outtake: U-Built Bimmer Bakkie
Posted on May 6, 2021 | 14 CommentsI was headed north the other day when I saw this southbound apparition pull over at a meter on the other side of Commercial Drive. Gladys provided a parking space […] -
BOAL: “English Racers” • Raleigh-oop!
Posted on May 1, 2021 | 60 CommentsAfter high school there was a disturbance in the force, by which I mean my motorised automobility got interrupted. One of my -
COAL: 1962 Valiant, 1964 & 1970 Dodge Darts • Hot Dogs and Mustard
Posted on April 24, 2021 | 29 CommentsOld cars and stashes of old car parts go together like Calvin and Hobbes or hot dogs and mustard: the one -
COAL: 1992 Chrysler LeBaron • Don’t Say “Grey”!
Posted on April 17, 2021 | 50 CommentsThe decision to sell the ’90 Jetta was easy, troublemaker that it was. Now then: what would replace it? We talked about it round the -
COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part I • Verschlimmbesserung
Posted on April 10, 2021 | 59 CommentsI turned 16 early in 1992, and about half a year later I spotted a text-only ad in the back of Cars and Parts magazine: -
COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part II • Go West!
Posted on April 3, 2021 | 39 CommentsWith the ’62 Lancer registered and insured, tuned up and shod with tires from 1990 rather than 1963 or so, dad and I started having fun with -
COAL: 1961 Plymouth Valiant • Not My Precedent!
Posted on March 27, 2021 | 16 CommentsIt was beginner’s luck, really. Had to be; the hardest, fraughtmost, uncertainest part had been -
COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part I • A Start
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 66 CommentsIn the middle of November 1990 two things happened almost simultaneously: -
![I mentioned last week we might make a stop on the way to the next car, proper, and here we are—before I get too old in this rough chronicle to […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IH_Superior.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL • Large Chauffeured Vehicles")
COAL • Large Chauffeured Vehicles
Posted on March 13, 2021 | 59 CommentsI mentioned last week we might make a stop on the way to the next car, proper, and here we are—before I get too old in this rough chronicle to […] -
![I was 13 or so, maybe early 14. Kinda the age where it was starting to be okeh for my folks to leave me alone in the house for the […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DrainGrate.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Anyone Else Ever Almost Blow Up Your Folks’ House?")
QOTD: Anyone Else Ever Almost Blow Up Your Folks’ House?
Posted on March 10, 2021 | 61 CommentsI was 13 or so, maybe early 14. Kinda the age where it was starting to be okeh for my folks to leave me alone in the house for the […] -
COAL: 1964 Plymouth Valiant • Some Disassembly Required
Posted on March 6, 2021 | 27 CommentsBy the time I was 14, I’d pretty much outgrown monkeying around with small engines, except for my fastidious upkeep of the family lawnmower. It was bound to -
![In the summer of 1990, my folks set out to buy my sister a car, in effect. Nominally it would be theirs, but practically speaking it was my sister’s, at […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DJS-DAS-Jetta-School_s.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1990 VW Jetta • Fahrverschmerzen")
COAL: 1990 VW Jetta • Fahrverschmerzen
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 60 CommentsIn the summer of 1990, my folks set out to buy my sister a car, in effect. Nominally it would be theirs, but practically speaking it was my sister’s, at […] -
![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 | 77 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-VFD-Dash.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 | 92 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://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1984-chevy-caprice-classic-white-low-miles-near-mint-amazing-vin-2g1an69h8e-4.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 | 17 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 […]
