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Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro – Learning To Love The Camaro
Posted on August 21, 2023 | 12 CommentsI believe most families have minor friendly ongoing spats. Someone may prefer to watch CSI over Law & Order. Others may prefer Tony Bennet over Sinatra, and so on. You […] -
Auto-Biography – Part 2: 1972 Ford Torino – A Tale of a Torino, Fathers and Sons
Posted on June 18, 2023 | 62 CommentsRead part 1 here. (first posted 6/18/2017) As my 16th birthday approached the desire for me to get a car became much stronger. Many kids seemed to inherit […] -
Auto-Biography, Part 1: 1972 Ford Torino · A Torino, Fathers, and Sons
Posted on June 15, 2023 | 83 Commentsoriginally posted 15 June 2017 As far back as my earliest memories, I can always remember being crazy about cars. Like most young boys, I was influenced […] -
COAL Update: The Promaster Turns Six, And It’s Been Flawless So Far
Posted on May 2, 2023 | 35 CommentsIt’s been six years since I bought our 2017 Promaster. It’s been utterly flawless so far, requiring nothing but oil changes, an air filter and a set of new tires. […] -
CC For Sale: 1957 Chevrolet Two-Ten Sport Coupe – First Love
Posted on March 17, 2023 | 55 CommentsI know what you are thinking. Another boring article about a Tri-Five Chevy. Ok, I get it, these cars are way over-exposed and Curbsiders like something a little more interesting. […] -
Auto-Biography: 1966 Pontiac Gran Turismo Omologato – Our Kid and the GTO
Posted on February 16, 2023 | 82 CommentsThis is a story of a boy and his car . . . two boys, actually, one being me. Tangentially, it is a story of 58,220 boys, but that […] -
Auto-Biography: 1964 Dodge Dart 270 – The Estro-Dart
Posted on December 17, 2022 | 30 Comments(first posted 12/17/2016) My best friend Jerry in eighth grade was one of ten kids (yes, it was a Catholic school). His mom drove a Dart 270 sedan like this […] -
Auto-Biography: Maserati Dreamin’
Posted on September 8, 2022 | 28 Comments(first posted 9/27/2011) I find myself floating above an endless sea of thimbleberry bushes. The berries are all ripe, infinite delectable crimson caps punctuating a sea of green. I can’t […] -
Auto-Biography: My Xb Now Has Manual Steering – Maybe I’ll Keep It That Way –
Posted on September 5, 2022 | 35 CommentsA couple of weeks ago as I was bopping down a forest road at a healthy clip to get to a distant trailhead, I had to slow down and make […] -
Classic Drive: 1984 Audi Sport Quattro – I Drove My Hero
Posted on August 26, 2022 | 32 Comments(first posted 8/26/2016) September 2003 – outside of Paris, France, approx. 12:30am, pitch dark, drizzly. After a brutal clutch-dumping launch from the stop sign and a quick run through the […] -
My New Future Curbside Classic: 2220 Monroe Street – I Built It My Way
Posted on August 18, 2022 | 100 Comments(first posted 8/18/2016) Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to build a house. Like by myself, from the first pencil doodle to the last detail; maybe with a […] -
Auto-Biography: Port Orford Journal, Part 3 – One Year Later, A Room With A (Better) View
Posted on August 16, 2022 | 34 CommentsIt’s been almost exactly a year since we first saw our Port Orford property. My last update was back in January and some of you expressed interest in more updates. […] -
Un-Auto-Biography: The Cars Of Woodstock – I Almost Made It There
Posted on August 7, 2022 | 69 Comments(first posted 11/25/2012) Now why would I suddenly find myself thinking of Woodstock on this gray and cold morning? Especially since it’s a bit of a sore spot in my […] -
Auto-Biography: A 22 Mile Hiking Lesson On Aging
Posted on July 23, 2022 | 28 CommentsNorth and Middle Sister from Four-In-One Cone (disclaimer: very low automotive content) Yesterday’s outing started out as a typical 8 mile round-trip hike up to a high Cascades view […]