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About Author: Jim Klein
Posts by Jim Klein
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Junkyard Classic: 1979 Mercedes 280SE – Across An Ocean, Up A Mile, And Forty Years Of Stories
Posted on September 8, 2025 | 43 Comments(first posted 9/8/2019) Forty years is a long time, but curiously many of us see a forty year old car and for some reason that span of time doesn’t […] -
Curbside Find: 2010 Saab 9-5 Aero Turbo6 XWD – Well Hello There, You Must Be New In Town!
Posted on September 7, 2025 | 36 Comments(first posted 9/8/2019) I spotted this newcomer to our town the other morning while dropping something off at the USPS’s outpost at my local market and decided […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1980 Ford Fairmont Wagon – Business Outside, Party Inside
Posted on September 4, 2025 | 32 CommentsI don’t know if it’s the constant exposure over the last almost-decade to CC or the recent binge-watching of Mindhunter but somehow I’ve come 180 degrees on the Fairmont. While […] -
Junkyard Classic: 2001 Daewoo Leganza CDX – Battling Uphill All The Way
Posted on August 28, 2025 | 69 Comments(first posted 8/29/2018) Ask the average person on the street what a Daewoo is and the answer will be a blank stare and the response “Day Who?” Yet […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1989 Subaru Justy GL ECVT – There Just Isn’t Any Justice
Posted on August 20, 2025 | 31 Comments(first posted 8/24/2019) Justice – If such a concept really existed, then any of the total beaters of the world that we see every day would be […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1990 Saab 900 Turbo SPG – Darth Vader’s Ride?
Posted on August 13, 2025 | 39 Comments(first posted 8/16/2019) If Darth Vader was a real person and inhabited this planet in the 1980’s would this in fact be Darth’s choice of ride to […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1984 Dodge 600 Coupe – Marooned For Good
Posted on August 9, 2025 | 56 Comments(first posted 8/9/2019) It’s been a while since we’ve featured anything with a landau top and I’m sure some of you are suffering from serious withdrawal symptoms. Well, suffer […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1988 Toyota Tercel Coupe – Oh, What A Feeling (Seeing This Here)!
Posted on August 7, 2025 | 23 CommentsHere’s a little secret: Back when I was in my second year of college, I wanted one of these and tried (in vain) to figure out a way to afford […] -
Curbside Find: 1974 (?) Jensen-Healey – Parked, Now Trying To Run
Posted on July 24, 2025 | 7 CommentsAs I was once again in Laramie, this time working on my other rental house that looks like it is finally rented after I spent way too much time refurbishing […] -
Curbside Classic: Zimmer Quicksilver – It Was Simply Inevitable
Posted on July 23, 2025 | 23 CommentsI once heard someone say “If you wait long enough, eventually you will see every car ever made in the world somewhere in Southern California.” At the time, I sagely […] -
1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera – Not Your Father’s Lighting Setup
Posted on July 22, 2025 | 19 CommentsI was walking across the Home Depot parking lot the other evening when I noticed something a little amiss out of the corner of my eye regarding the Olds Ciera […] -
Junkyard Classic: 1998 Land Rover Discovery V8i 4×4 LWB – It’d Be A Stretch To Say I Love This Thing
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 35 Comments(first posted 7/21/2019) As a generally ardent supporter of the five-second rule I’m not a germaphobe by any stretch of the imagination but I do approach stretch limos […] -
Curbside Find: 1980 AMC Concord Wagon – From The Department Of Last Rides
Posted on July 20, 2025 | 17 CommentsLast month I took a large figure-eight roadtrip involving going to Minnesota and back home and then continuing (after one day’s rest) to the West Coast without backtracking on any […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1977 Ford LTD 2-Door Pillared Hardtop – Oh Baby. Oh Baby. Oh. /s
Posted on June 20, 2025 | 35 CommentsI know there’s no such thing as a pillared hardtop. Except that’s what Ford called it in their brochure and like wildfire the term caught on and now it’s used […] -
Curbside Tech QOTD: Oil – What’s Your Pleasure?
Posted on June 16, 2025 | 68 CommentsWho doesn’t love an oil thread? I found myself looking at my various containers of oil in the garage and thinking about my habits in that regard. Nowadays I do […]
![Junkyard Classic: 1979 Mercedes 280SE – Across An Ocean, Up A Mile, And Forty Years Of Stories (first posted 9/8/2019) Forty years is a long time, but curiously many of us see a forty year old car and for some reason that span of time doesn’t […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_5044.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 2010 Saab 9-5 Aero Turbo6 XWD – Well Hello There, You Must Be New In Town! (first posted 9/8/2019) I spotted this newcomer to our town the other morning while dropping something off at the USPS’s outpost at my local market and decided […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_5268.jpg)
![Junkyard Classic: 1980 Ford Fairmont Wagon – Business Outside, Party Inside I don’t know if it’s the constant exposure over the last almost-decade to CC or the recent binge-watching of Mindhunter but somehow I’ve come 180 degrees on the Fairmont. While […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_5036.jpg)
![Junkyard Classic: 2001 Daewoo Leganza CDX – Battling Uphill All The Way (first posted 8/29/2018) Ask the average person on the street what a Daewoo is and the answer will be a blank stare and the response “Day Who?” Yet […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_5065.jpg)
![Junkyard Classic: 1989 Subaru Justy GL ECVT – There Just Isn’t Any Justice (first posted 8/24/2019) Justice – If such a concept really existed, then any of the total beaters of the world that we see every day would be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_4457.jpg)
![Junkyard Classic: 1990 Saab 900 Turbo SPG – Darth Vader’s Ride? (first posted 8/16/2019) If Darth Vader was a real person and inhabited this planet in the 1980’s would this in fact be Darth’s choice of ride to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_4436.jpg)
![Junkyard Classic: 1984 Dodge 600 Coupe – Marooned For Good (first posted 8/9/2019) It’s been a while since we’ve featured anything with a landau top and I’m sure some of you are suffering from serious withdrawal symptoms. Well, suffer […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_4383.jpg)
![Junkyard Classic: 1988 Toyota Tercel Coupe – Oh, What A Feeling (Seeing This Here)! Here’s a little secret: Back when I was in my second year of college, I wanted one of these and tried (in vain) to figure out a way to afford […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_4405.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1974 (?) Jensen-Healey – Parked, Now Trying To Run As I was once again in Laramie, this time working on my other rental house that looks like it is finally rented after I spent way too much time refurbishing […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_4190.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: Zimmer Quicksilver – It Was Simply Inevitable I once heard someone say “If you wait long enough, eventually you will see every car ever made in the world somewhere in Southern California.” At the time, I sagely […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_3651.jpg)
![1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera – Not Your Father’s Lighting Setup I was walking across the Home Depot parking lot the other evening when I noticed something a little amiss out of the corner of my eye regarding the Olds Ciera […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG_0438.jpg)
![Junkyard Classic: 1998 Land Rover Discovery V8i 4×4 LWB – It’d Be A Stretch To Say I Love This Thing (first posted 7/21/2019) As a generally ardent supporter of the five-second rule I’m not a germaphobe by any stretch of the imagination but I do approach stretch limos […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_4203.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1980 AMC Concord Wagon – From The Department Of Last Rides Last month I took a large figure-eight roadtrip involving going to Minnesota and back home and then continuing (after one day’s rest) to the West Coast without backtracking on any […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_3538.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1977 Ford LTD 2-Door Pillared Hardtop – Oh Baby. Oh Baby. Oh. /s I know there’s no such thing as a pillared hardtop. Except that’s what Ford called it in their brochure and like wildfire the term caught on and now it’s used […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_7446.jpg)
![Curbside Tech QOTD: Oil – What’s Your Pleasure? Who doesn’t love an oil thread? I found myself looking at my various containers of oil in the garage and thinking about my habits in that regard. Nowadays I do […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_7259.jpg)


