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About Author: Jim Klein
Posts by Jim Klein
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Curbside Find: 1978 Buick Skylark – Tan And Beige And Drab All Over
Posted on September 9, 2024 | 42 CommentsSome curbside finds fill one with an overwhelming sense of excitement at first sight, others with awe and wonder. Sometimes it’s the setting and circumstance, other times the vehicle itself, […] -
Forbidden Fruit Finds: BYD and Peugeot and Chevrolet, Oh My! – Freedom Of Choice
Posted on August 16, 2024 | 22 Comments‘Twas the day before settling my kid in for another semester of college, and while at the southwestern condo to ensure things were alright I decided that a walk around […] -
CC Find: 1985 Renault Encore GS – Bonjour, Suckers!
Posted on August 10, 2024 | 31 CommentsIf you’d asked me to name the least likely car I’d stumble across while passing through Kearney, Nebraska, a Renault Encore would certainly be close to the top of the […] -
Gas Station Classic: 1986 Saab 900 Turbo – Sixteen Candles
Posted on July 27, 2024 | 36 Comments(first posted 7/24/2018) I received my driver’s license on my 16th birthday in the fall of 1985. Just like Samantha Baker, my dream car was not in the […] -
Curbside Travel: Like The Muppets, The Kleins Take Manhattan
Posted on June 20, 2024 | 46 CommentsMy phone reminded me this morning that a year ago I was in New York City, specifically midtown Manhattan. So now that the statute of limitations has (presumably? hopefully?) run […] -
Curbside Hauler: 1974 International Harvester 200 Eight Box Truck – Creamsicle Cowboy
Posted on June 9, 2024 | 32 Comments(first posted 6/9/2018) This lovely orange with white stripe and IH 200 box truck stopped me in my tracks after dinner one evening a couple of weeks ago. […] -
Curbside Recycling: Ford Explorer – Don’t Stop, Won’t Stop…
Posted on May 31, 2024 | 35 CommentsJason Shafer’s latest company ride had me thinking of the Ford Explorer we bought almost exactly 25 years ago, a 1998 XLT with the 5.0, yo! Me and the wife-to-be […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1989 Maserati Biturbo Spyder Zagato – Italy’s Interpretation Of The Chevy Cavalier Z24 Convertible
Posted on May 9, 2024 | 41 CommentsBy this point I think we all know that I have some kind of (ir)rational lust thing going on with Maserati’s supposed savior in the 1980s (and 1990s), the Biturbo. […] -
Curbside Classics: Profiles Of Laramie
Posted on May 2, 2024 | 18 CommentsI’d finished lunch with an old friend and had about half an hour to kill before meeting a prospective tenant at one of my rentals in Laramie, Wyoming. So, as […] -
Curbside Lazarus: Chevrolet Citation – The Car That Launched 22 Million Camrys To Date
Posted on April 4, 2024 | 76 CommentsSome people claim they recently saw Bigfoot, some saw Elvis, but nobody ever seems to snap a clear picture. Yet the Lazarus effect is real wherein a random species commonly […] -
Curbside Creation: When You Have A Chevy Half-Ton And A Suzuki Sidekick. And Some Time.
Posted on February 21, 2024 | 32 CommentsAnd clearly, someone to hold your beer. Ah, America the Beautiful, Land of Bounteous and Unbridled Creativity and Wonder. Or something like that. Whenever I have occasion to head up […] -
Trackside Classics – Monterey Historic Automobile Races, August 2000: Just A Random Roll Of Film
Posted on February 9, 2024 | 15 Comments(first posted 12/18/2017) Back when we lived in Northern California, attending the Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Laguna Seca was on our list of things to do almost every […] -
Wordless Outtake: Keeping The Faith, Volkswagen Edition
Posted on January 27, 2024 | 16 Comments -
Curbside Recycling: 1981 Datsun 210 Hatchback – 354,281 And A Half Miles, Apparently All Of Them In Deep Salty Slush
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 31 CommentsSometimes I will be stopped in my tracks while in the junkyard. At times it’s due to a Maserati, other times a Lancia, and ever so slightly more often anything […] -
CC Outtake: 1960 Ford Falcon Ranchero – On The Road To Resurrection. Hopefully.
Posted on January 6, 2024 | 37 Comments(first posted 1/3/2018) Every journey starts with a step. Or, in our case, replace the “e” with an “o” and make it a “stop” for gas and coffee […]
![Curbside Find: 1978 Buick Skylark – Tan And Beige And Drab All Over Some curbside finds fill one with an overwhelming sense of excitement at first sight, others with awe and wonder. Sometimes it’s the setting and circumstance, other times the vehicle itself, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1943-EDIT.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Forbidden Fruit Finds: BYD and Peugeot and Chevrolet, Oh My! – Freedom Of Choice ‘Twas the day before settling my kid in for another semester of college, and while at the southwestern condo to ensure things were alright I decided that a walk around […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_0848.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Find: 1985 Renault Encore GS – Bonjour, Suckers! If you’d asked me to name the least likely car I’d stumble across while passing through Kearney, Nebraska, a Renault Encore would certainly be close to the top of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/IMG_0501-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Gas Station Classic: 1986 Saab 900 Turbo – Sixteen Candles (first posted 7/24/2018) I received my driver’s license on my 16th birthday in the fall of 1985. Just like Samantha Baker, my dream car was not in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_1280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Travel: Like The Muppets, The Kleins Take Manhattan My phone reminded me this morning that a year ago I was in New York City, specifically midtown Manhattan. So now that the statute of limitations has (presumably? hopefully?) run […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_7452.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Hauler: 1974 International Harvester 200 Eight Box Truck – Creamsicle Cowboy (first posted 6/9/2018) This lovely orange with white stripe and IH 200 box truck stopped me in my tracks after dinner one evening a couple of weeks ago. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_1058.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Recycling: Ford Explorer – Don’t Stop, Won’t Stop… Jason Shafer’s latest company ride had me thinking of the Ford Explorer we bought almost exactly 25 years ago, a 1998 XLT with the 5.0, yo! Me and the wife-to-be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6685.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Recycling: 1989 Maserati Biturbo Spyder Zagato – Italy’s Interpretation Of The Chevy Cavalier Z24 Convertible By this point I think we all know that I have some kind of (ir)rational lust thing going on with Maserati’s supposed savior in the 1980s (and 1990s), the Biturbo. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5137.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classics: Profiles Of Laramie I’d finished lunch with an old friend and had about half an hour to kill before meeting a prospective tenant at one of my rentals in Laramie, Wyoming. So, as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_4776.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Lazarus: Chevrolet Citation – The Car That Launched 22 Million Camrys To Date Some people claim they recently saw Bigfoot, some saw Elvis, but nobody ever seems to snap a clear picture. Yet the Lazarus effect is real wherein a random species commonly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3302.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Creation: When You Have A Chevy Half-Ton And A Suzuki Sidekick. And Some Time. And clearly, someone to hold your beer. Ah, America the Beautiful, Land of Bounteous and Unbridled Creativity and Wonder. Or something like that. Whenever I have occasion to head up […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_6413.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Trackside Classics – Monterey Historic Automobile Races, August 2000: Just A Random Roll Of Film (first posted 12/18/2017) Back when we lived in Northern California, attending the Monterey Historic Automobile Races at Laguna Seca was on our list of things to do almost every […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Monterey2000-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Curbside Recycling: 1981 Datsun 210 Hatchback – 354,281 And A Half Miles, Apparently All Of Them In Deep Salty Slush Sometimes I will be stopped in my tracks while in the junkyard. At times it’s due to a Maserati, other times a Lancia, and ever so slightly more often anything […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtake: 1960 Ford Falcon Ranchero – On The Road To Resurrection. Hopefully. (first posted 1/3/2018) Every journey starts with a step. Or, in our case, replace the “e” with an “o” and make it a “stop” for gas and coffee […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_0267.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


