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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Jim Klein
Posts by Jim Klein
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Wordless Outtake: The Power Of Marketing – What’s In A Name?
Posted on May 20, 2023 | 20 Comments -
![Ah, the Cavalier. Or Cadavalier. Or Crapalier. Or “Cockroach of the Road”. What other denigrating terms are/were there for these? Dozens I’m sure. But did they really suck so bad? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_5314.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier RS – Cut Short In Its…Prime?")
Curbside Recycling: 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier RS – Cut Short In Its…Prime?
Posted on May 19, 2023 | 75 CommentsAh, the Cavalier. Or Cadavalier. Or Crapalier. Or “Cockroach of the Road”. What other denigrating terms are/were there for these? Dozens I’m sure. But did they really suck so bad? […] -
![Welcome back after a short work-related delay…Lest you fear that we spent all of our Berlin-based days visiting car manufacturers in the countryside, fret not, as we still had two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2658.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 8-9, Berlin")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 8-9, Berlin
Posted on April 20, 2023 | 43 CommentsWelcome back after a short work-related delay…Lest you fear that we spent all of our Berlin-based days visiting car manufacturers in the countryside, fret not, as we still had two […] -
Curbside Outtake: 1965 Chevrolet Sportvan – Room Service
Posted on April 19, 2023 | 8 CommentsGetting a late start. -
![‘Twas a boring early Sunday morning’s drive to Laramie via I-80 Westbound to work on some fencing and gates for a rental property, suddenly livened up by a glimpse of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_3823.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: Being Passed By The Ghost Of Dan Gurney On The Laramie Straight")
In-Motion Classic: Being Passed By The Ghost Of Dan Gurney On The Laramie Straight
Posted on April 18, 2023 | 21 Comments‘Twas a boring early Sunday morning’s drive to Laramie via I-80 Westbound to work on some fencing and gates for a rental property, suddenly livened up by a glimpse of […] -
![I write this on April 13, 2023 after returning from the junkyard this afternoon, and realize that it’s a day like any other. Except it isn’t, it’s the exact 50th […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_3793.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Squeezing Lemonade From A Lemon Twist")
Curbside Recycling: 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Squeezing Lemonade From A Lemon Twist
Posted on April 14, 2023 | 51 CommentsI write this on April 13, 2023 after returning from the junkyard this afternoon, and realize that it’s a day like any other. Except it isn’t, it’s the exact 50th […] -
![We left Copenhagen in the late morning of Day 6, and our next destination was Berlin, Germany. We’d been to Berlin once before back in the late ’90s and only […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2449.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 6-7, Berlin With Wolfsburg Day Trip")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 6-7, Berlin With Wolfsburg Day Trip
Posted on April 11, 2023 | 65 CommentsWe left Copenhagen in the late morning of Day 6, and our next destination was Berlin, Germany. We’d been to Berlin once before back in the late ’90s and only […] -
![Another day in Copenhagen but with a very unexpected sight – a semi-disguised prototype test car. I’d expect to perhaps run across this in Death Valley in the summer or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2383.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 5-6, Copenhagen")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 5-6, Copenhagen
Posted on April 6, 2023 | 43 CommentsAnother day in Copenhagen but with a very unexpected sight – a semi-disguised prototype test car. I’d expect to perhaps run across this in Death Valley in the summer or […] -
![On the road again…when we last left we were at the airport waiting for our next flight. To Copenhagen, Denmark! A city in a country that I have never been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2332.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Day 4, Copenhagen")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Day 4, Copenhagen
Posted on April 4, 2023 | 38 CommentsOn the road again…when we last left we were at the airport waiting for our next flight. To Copenhagen, Denmark! A city in a country that I have never been […] -
![Hello again, seasoned compatriots, after a hearty meal at the end of day two we have arisen early on a Sunday to see much of what else Barcelona is known […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_2181.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Barcelona, Day 3")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Barcelona, Day 3
Posted on March 31, 2023 | 25 CommentsHello again, seasoned compatriots, after a hearty meal at the end of day two we have arisen early on a Sunday to see much of what else Barcelona is known […] -
![Our daughter is studying abroad in Barcelona (Spain) this semester, so we figured why not take the opportunity to get out of the terrible winter we’re having in Colorado and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_2076.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Barcelona, Day 1-2ish")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Barcelona, Day 1-2ish
Posted on March 29, 2023 | 46 CommentsOur daughter is studying abroad in Barcelona (Spain) this semester, so we figured why not take the opportunity to get out of the terrible winter we’re having in Colorado and […] -
![Well, here we are again with more random engineering and other (mis)adventures spotted in the junkyard over the weekend. Today’s features both involve Toyotas, curiously the last time we did […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_2991.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Outtakes Double Feature: Toyota Edition – More Spray Foam Madness And A Security Issue")
Junkyard Outtakes Double Feature: Toyota Edition – More Spray Foam Madness And A Security Issue
Posted on March 26, 2023 | 24 CommentsWell, here we are again with more random engineering and other (mis)adventures spotted in the junkyard over the weekend. Today’s features both involve Toyotas, curiously the last time we did […] -
![I pull up to the light in the left turn lane and ogle the cars facing me waiting for their light. One stands out, clearly a ’50’s something-or-other that has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1669-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "At The Lights Outtake: 1954 Chrysler New Yorker DeLuxe – Green Means Go!")
At The Lights Outtake: 1954 Chrysler New Yorker DeLuxe – Green Means Go!
Posted on March 5, 2023 | 40 CommentsI pull up to the light in the left turn lane and ogle the cars facing me waiting for their light. One stands out, clearly a ’50’s something-or-other that has […] -
![(first posted 2/26/2017. This was just a couple of months before I bought our 2017 Promaster, which is now six years old and has served us impeccably. As in, not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_1413.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rental Review: 2017 RAM 1500 Promaster Cargo 136″ WB Low Roof – U-Haul Traded In My Transit")
Rental Review: 2017 RAM 1500 Promaster Cargo 136″ WB Low Roof – U-Haul Traded In My Transit
Posted on February 26, 2023 | 86 Comments(first posted 2/26/2017. This was just a couple of months before I bought our 2017 Promaster, which is now six years old and has served us impeccably. As in, not […] -
Wordless Outtake: Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia – Upwardly Mobile
Posted on January 27, 2023 | 12 Comments
