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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 -
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? […] -
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. -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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

![Curbside Recycling: 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier RS – Cut Short In Its…Prime? 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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 8-9, Berlin 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&quality=75&ssl=1)

![In-Motion Classic: Being Passed By The Ghost Of Dan Gurney On The Laramie Straight ‘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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Recycling: 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Squeezing Lemonade From A Lemon Twist 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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 6-7, Berlin With Wolfsburg Day Trip 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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 5-6, Copenhagen 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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Day 4, Copenhagen 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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Barcelona, Day 3 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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Barcelona, Day 1-2ish 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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Junkyard Outtakes Double Feature: Toyota Edition – More Spray Foam Madness And A Security Issue 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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![At The Lights Outtake: 1954 Chrysler New Yorker DeLuxe – Green Means Go! 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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Rental Review: 2017 RAM 1500 Promaster Cargo 136″ WB Low Roof – U-Haul Traded In My Transit (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&quality=75&ssl=1)



