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- Car nut with a soft spot for classic Lincolns and early automotive air conditioning.
![(first posted 6/1/2017) I’ve never really seen a good, comprehensive history of Automotive Air Conditioning, so I decided to take it upon myself to write one, being somewhat […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/3604083691_bef5fcfaa1_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cold Comfort: History of Automotive Air Conditioning, Part 1 – Pre-World War II")
![(first posted 5/29/2017) In honor of Memorial Day, let us take a look back at World War II through the eyes of U.S. Automakers, and specifically their advertisements. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1942-Buick-Ad-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: World War II Auto Advertisements")
![(first posted 4/24/2017) While researching my JC Whitney article, I found literally hundreds of great items from their catalogs over the years: Far to many for me to feature in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/JC-Whitney-Barefoot-Pedal.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: JC Whitney Scavenger Hunt")
![(first posted 4/24/2017, updated and expanded over the years. Much to my surprise, this article is often the top non-paid Google search result for JC Whitney. I am humbled […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/JCW-Logo-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "JC Whitney: The Rise and Fall of an Automotive Icon"){kind=logo}
![(first posted 4/17/2017) The tragic story of the downfall of Packard has been told many times. In this Forgotten Future installment, we look at the Packard future that almost […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1956-Packard-Predictor-factory-front-34.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Forgotten Future: 1957 Packard")
![(first posted 4/14/2017) As my regular readers know, I take pictures. Lots of pictures. I take pictures of my cars. I take pictures of my rental cars. For this dive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/samp28cfd76c6e9720f9.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Road Signs Of A Lifetime")
![(first posted 4/6/2017) For my next installment of Forgotten Future, I’ll look back to everyone’s favorite automotive punchline, Edsel. Most of us know the story of the 1960 Ford Falcon […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/60edsel3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Forgotten Future: 1960 Edsel Comet")
![(first posted 4/3/2017) Welcome to the first post in Forgotten Future, my ongoing series where I look at cars that almost made it to production, but didn’t. Because of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/512356005.659448.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Forgotten Future: 1990 Pontiac Fiero Prototype")
![Gliding is an amazing thing. A Boeing 777 flying at 40,000 feet with no engines has a glide distance of around 100 miles and a flight time of over 20 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1958-Corvette.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Tropes: Gliders!")
![This vintage picture of unsold 1973 Ford Mavericks being stored underground has been making the rounds of the internet recently, so I figured I would share it here. At first, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ford-Mavericks.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Photo: Unsold 1973 Ford Mavericks Being Stored Underground")
![Traveling by air today is little more than riding a Greyhound bus with wings, but that wasn’t always the case. Back in the golden age of Aviation, which ran roughly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1930-Marmon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Tropes: Cars in Airports")
![Let me preface this post by saying that I don’t ski. I’ve lived most of my life in Ohio, where winters are long and there are precious few mountains. As […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1960_Chrysler_Windsor_4dr_Sedan_Winterad-scaled-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Tropes: Cars on Ski Slopes")
![(first posted 3/15/2017) Human beings are hard-wired to recognize faces. This causes us to see faces even in places where there are none, whether it is on Mars or on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Malibu-Horror.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD – Worst Car Face?")
![(first posted 2/21/2017) The 1-year-only 2006 Lincoln Zephyr is a car that has been on my CC bucket list for a while. With about 30,000 produced they aren’t exactly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_6381.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2006 Lincoln Zephyr – The Winds of Change")
![(first posted 2/9/2017) One of my many interests is in physics, especially in the outer edges like quantum mechanics and special relativity where odd things start to happen. For example, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_6350.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Comparison: 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC vs. 2001 Cadillac Eldorado ESC – The Twin Paradox")
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