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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Daniel Stern
Posts by Daniel Stern
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CC History: “Midnight Motoring” – the Dawn of Driving (and Dazzle) in the Dark
Posted on November 6, 2021 | 28 CommentsOver a hundred years ago, the big innovation in vehicular lighting was its very existence. -
Daniel Stern’s COAL Series
Posted on October 30, 2021 | 9 CommentsHere’s Daniel Stern’s COAL Series, with links to each post: -
COAL Dust – The Rest of the Stories + Afterword
Posted on October 23, 2021 | 80 CommentsThe metal, unpadded dashboard on D’Valiant wasn’t just matte (an anti-glare improvement from the glossy paint used in ’64), it was also -
![The Lancer was being doted on in Northern Michigan, as much as it’s possible for a man with too many cars of his own (and a day job seeing to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Lancer-Offload_2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part IV – A Stop")
COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part IV – A Stop
Posted on October 16, 2021 | 53 CommentsThe Lancer was being doted on in Northern Michigan, as much as it’s possible for a man with too many cars of his own (and a day job seeing to […] -
![[Part I is here. Part II is here.] After I went off to university, dad carried on driving the Dodge every day, to and from work and wherever-all he wanted […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/62_Lancer_tonemapped_1A.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part III – Nothing Is Permanent")
COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part III – Nothing Is Permanent
Posted on October 9, 2021 | 47 Comments[Part I is here. Part II is here.] After I went off to university, dad carried on driving the Dodge every day, to and from work and wherever-all he wanted […] -
![I’ll give it its due credit: this is the most dependable car I’ve ever owned. It has been almost entirely trouble-free. It starts on the sixth compression every time—not the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2007-Accord-taillight2371.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2007 Honda Accord – Jenna’s Orange Doid")
COAL: 2007 Honda Accord – Jenna’s Orange Doid
Posted on October 2, 2021 | 54 CommentsI’ll give it its due credit: this is the most dependable car I’ve ever owned. It has been almost entirely trouble-free. It starts on the sixth compression every time—not the […] -
COAL: 1991 Dodge Spirit ES – Let’s Try That Again…!
Posted on September 25, 2021 | 35 Comments“Eek, a ghost!” That was the subject of an -
COAL: 1996 Toyota Camry Wagon – Glass Onion
Posted on September 18, 2021 | 51 CommentsLast week I told about my trip out West, from Toronto to -
COAL: 1973 Dodge Dart – Border? I Almost Lost ‘er!
Posted on September 11, 2021 | 87 CommentsAt the tag end of Summer 2009, an acclaimed Canadian Chrysler historian and expert pointed me at an ad for a car; specialists in the field of addiction call this -
![Around 2004 I spotted this tooth-enamel white ’64 Dart, an eight- (or three-) minute walk uphill from (or downhill to) my grandfather Stern’s house in Seattle, or a 1-minute drive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/64_Dodge_Dart_LeF34.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1964 Dodge Dart – Greasing the Grief")
COAL: 1964 Dodge Dart – Greasing the Grief
Posted on September 4, 2021 | 79 CommentsAround 2004 I spotted this tooth-enamel white ’64 Dart, an eight- (or three-) minute walk uphill from (or downhill to) my grandfather Stern’s house in Seattle, or a 1-minute drive […] -
![In May of 2002, on my first venture out into traffic after my primary (before my secondary) battle with some godawful strain of flu, I spotted an alien. At first […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/71-Dart-RHside.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1971 Dodge Dart – Chase, Chase, Chase, POUNCE!")
COAL: 1971 Dodge Dart – Chase, Chase, Chase, POUNCE!
Posted on August 28, 2021 | 56 CommentsIn May of 2002, on my first venture out into traffic after my primary (before my secondary) battle with some godawful strain of flu, I spotted an alien. At first […] -
![Y’know the Doppler Effect: it causes the sound pitch of cars and horns and sirens and suchlike to seem lower as they pass and move away from you at speed. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Spirit_ESRT_LF34.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1992 Dodge Spirit ESRT – The Nine-Year Lesson")
COAL: 1992 Dodge Spirit ESRT – The Nine-Year Lesson
Posted on August 21, 2021 | 24 CommentsY’know the Doppler Effect: it causes the sound pitch of cars and horns and sirens and suchlike to seem lower as they pass and move away from you at speed. […] -
CC Roadside Refreshments: The Food Shark of Marfa
Posted on August 17, 2021 | 28 CommentsThe 2010 US census recorded all of 1,981 people living in Marfa, Texas, so you’re probably not one of them. I’m not, either. But if I were, I’d -
![[I’m looking after a spouse suddenly sick amidst the severe heat and wildfire smoke that moved in today, so this week’s post is a shorty; the intended feature-length piece is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/00_Outback_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Briquette: 2000 and 2016 Subaru Outbacks – The Tail Wagon the Dog")
COAL Briquette: 2000 and 2016 Subaru Outbacks – The Tail Wagon the Dog
Posted on August 14, 2021 | 44 Comments[I’m looking after a spouse suddenly sick amidst the severe heat and wildfire smoke that moved in today, so this week’s post is a shorty; the intended feature-length piece is […] -
CC Outtake: Karmann Ghia, Fiat Abarth – History Doesn’t Repeat Itself
Posted on August 7, 2021 | 13 Comments…but sometimes it echoes.
