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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Daniel Stern
Posts by Daniel Stern
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![(Great?) grandpa and grandma stopped driving oh, gosh, who knows how long ago! These cars look to have not moved in quite awhile; that’s substantially more than just moss growing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Imperial-Edsel_7735.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1968 Imperial & 1958 Edsel – Anyone home?")
CC Outtake: 1968 Imperial & 1958 Edsel – Anyone home?
Posted on June 22, 2021 | 32 Comments(Great?) grandpa and grandma stopped driving oh, gosh, who knows how long ago! These cars look to have not moved in quite awhile; that’s substantially more than just moss growing […] -
Curbside Classic: Renault 4CV – Quattre Pattes on the Lot
Posted on June 21, 2021 | 45 CommentsThis is a Renault 4CV. -
Curbside Classic: 1948 Pontiac – The Fastback of Notre Dame?
Posted on June 21, 2021 | 40 CommentsHave you ever seen such a fine old Pontiac napping in the sun? -
![I spotted this duo—a latter-day Ocho and a ’57 Chev—at a transmission shop walk distance from my office. Assuming they’re both in for rather more than a fluid change, it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_2780.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: One Fine Day at a Transmission Shop")
CC Outtake: One Fine Day at a Transmission Shop
Posted on June 19, 2021 | 23 CommentsI spotted this duo—a latter-day Ocho and a ’57 Chev—at a transmission shop walk distance from my office. Assuming they’re both in for rather more than a fluid change, it’s […] -
COAL: 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T, Part II – Oh, Grow Up!
Posted on June 19, 2021 | 58 CommentsMy first headlamp upgrade had been on -
Curbside Classic: 1976(ish) Dodge Tradesman – All Bound For Mu Mu Land
Posted on June 18, 2021 | 43 CommentsVans like this, in condition like this, are a thing of the distant past. -
I Want My CCTV: Drop-Top Motion-Stop
Posted on June 17, 2021 | 18 CommentsI was inspired by this video in 2011, too late to -
COAL: 1990 (+’91) Chrysler Saratoga – An American in Westphalia
Posted on June 12, 2021 | 25 CommentsThis week my German friend Peter Wendt steps up as guest author. I met Peter around 1996 or ’97, early in my learning about the differences between -
![In the summer of 1996 I took a notion to get a Dodge Spirit R/T. I can guess pretty well at the chain of thoughts: I’d become acquainted with the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Spirit_Yellowlights.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T, Part I – The AAA-Body")
COAL: 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T, Part I – The AAA-Body
Posted on June 5, 2021 | 94 CommentsIn the summer of 1996 I took a notion to get a Dodge Spirit R/T. I can guess pretty well at the chain of thoughts: I’d become acquainted with the […] -
![Spring break ’96 came round, and I was booked on a flight home to Denver leaving Eugene at 6:29 AM on Thursday, so Wednesday afternoon I packed my two carry-on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DValiant-LF34A.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part IV – Self-Own Service and Naming Names")
COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part IV – Self-Own Service and Naming Names
Posted on May 29, 2021 | 53 CommentsSpring break ’96 came round, and I was booked on a flight home to Denver leaving Eugene at 6:29 AM on Thursday, so Wednesday afternoon I packed my two carry-on […] -
COAL: A VW Bus That Was, One That Wasn’t, and an Isuzu I-Mark
Posted on May 22, 2021 | 40 CommentsI met Mike shortly after I arrived at UOregon, somewhere between a couple of classes we took together and KWVA, the -
![I felt no longer like just a visitor, but a proper resident once I brought the Valiant out to Oregon, and so I started to explore. I was happily astonished […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/DValiant_Alviso-edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part III – Making Friends and Bucking Entropy")
COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part III – Making Friends and Bucking Entropy
Posted on May 15, 2021 | 73 CommentsI felt no longer like just a visitor, but a proper resident once I brought the Valiant out to Oregon, and so I started to explore. I was happily astonished […] -
![In March of 1995, with my first Spring Break approaching, I persuaded my parents to let me fetch the Valiant from Denver and drive it back to the University of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DValiant-Depart-UO-Dad_s.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part II – The Oregon Trail")
COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part II – The Oregon Trail
Posted on May 8, 2021 | 55 CommentsIn March of 1995, with my first Spring Break approaching, I persuaded my parents to let me fetch the Valiant from Denver and drive it back to the University of […] -
![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 | 22 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 | 63 CommentsAfter high school there was a disturbance in the force, by which I mean my motorised automobility got interrupted. One of my
