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Curbside Classics Archives
Auto-Biography Archive
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![Despite my love for cars, working in the automobile industry as a sales position was something I never imagined myself doing. But life has an odd way of working itself out, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/thumb_IMG_2476_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Feature: SoCal Road Trip – 2017 MINI Countryman Launch and JCW Track Day at BMW West Coast Performance Center")
CC Feature: SoCal Road Trip – 2017 MINI Countryman Launch and JCW Track Day at BMW West Coast Performance Center
Posted on April 14, 2017 | 16 CommentsDespite my love for cars, working in the automobile industry as a sales position was something I never imagined myself doing. But life has an odd way of working itself out, […] -
![(first posted 12/24/2011) Santa came early in 1972. My older brother had taken a civilian job on a military radar base at Thule, Greenland. Out of the blue, he gave […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Corvair-snow.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: I’ll Be Home For Christmas")
Auto-Biography: I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Posted on December 24, 2016 | 37 Comments(first posted 12/24/2011) Santa came early in 1972. My older brother had taken a civilian job on a military radar base at Thule, Greenland. Out of the blue, he gave […] -
![Paul Niedermeyer’s Auto-Biography Series: Genesis (Innsbruck 1953-1960) The Trip of a Lifetime: Douglas DC-8 to America High Speed Assimilation: NYC 1960 Getting Religion: The Cult Of GM 1961-1964 Sometimes It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Innsbruck-Olds-crop2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Paul Niedermeyer’s Auto-Biography Series")
Paul Niedermeyer’s Auto-Biography Series
Posted on December 3, 2016 | 1 CommentPaul Niedermeyer’s Auto-Biography Series: Genesis (Innsbruck 1953-1960) The Trip of a Lifetime: Douglas DC-8 to America High Speed Assimilation: NYC 1960 Getting Religion: The Cult Of GM 1961-1964 Sometimes It […] -
![Have I destroyed any small hope of being taken seriously as an automotive historian? I’ll let you decide. But after the blunders I made in trying to help my friend […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CC-298-047-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "From The Annals Of Automotive Archaeology Blunders: The Great Tailgate Mystery Solved, A Bit Too Late")
From The Annals Of Automotive Archaeology Blunders: The Great Tailgate Mystery Solved, A Bit Too Late
Posted on September 18, 2016 | 23 CommentsHave I destroyed any small hope of being taken seriously as an automotive historian? I’ll let you decide. But after the blunders I made in trying to help my friend […] -
![Yes, I really wanted that Beetle when I saw it the other night, in the glow of that sunset on Sunday evening. But in the light of day yesterday, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Herbie-002-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Why I Won’t Be Buying That VW Beetle: I Already Have One")
Why I Won’t Be Buying That VW Beetle: I Already Have One
Posted on September 6, 2016 | 52 CommentsYes, I really wanted that Beetle when I saw it the other night, in the glow of that sunset on Sunday evening. But in the light of day yesterday, I […] -
![The simple answer is I’ve been a wee bit busy. Sixty days straight of hard work without a day off, until last weekend. Six re-rentals that all required lots of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/CC-298-001-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Why I Haven’t Been Posting Much New At CC/The Resurrection Of The Chinook")
Auto-Biography: Why I Haven’t Been Posting Much New At CC/The Resurrection Of The Chinook
Posted on August 16, 2016 | 55 CommentsThe simple answer is I’ve been a wee bit busy. Sixty days straight of hard work without a day off, until last weekend. Six re-rentals that all required lots of […] -
![If each of us were to go back and look at our lives, we could all likely pinpoint a few moments in which our perspectives were greatly altered. Perhaps not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1985-Dodge-Aries-03-04.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1983 Plymouth Reliant – The Lioness Feeds Tonight")
Curbside Classic / Jason’s Family Chronicles: 1983 Plymouth Reliant – The Lioness Feeds Tonight
Posted on August 12, 2016 | 29 CommentsIf each of us were to go back and look at our lives, we could all likely pinpoint a few moments in which our perspectives were greatly altered. Perhaps not […] -
Auto-Biography: 2002 Ford Crown Victoria – Should You Meet Your Heroes?
Posted on May 17, 2016 | 54 Comments“Can I drive your car?” “Sure, why not?” And with that, I was on the driver’s seat. -
![(an oldie, re-posted for Toyota Week) For me, driving bliss is all about the setting. Give me an empty road, spectacular scenery, good company and the freedom to explore without […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/death-valley.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Autobiography: Driving Nirvana — In A 1975 Corolla")
Autobiography: Driving Nirvana — In A 1975 Corolla
Posted on January 16, 2016 | 39 Comments(an oldie, re-posted for Toyota Week) For me, driving bliss is all about the setting. Give me an empty road, spectacular scenery, good company and the freedom to explore without […] -
![My first memories, like the ones of everyone in this earth, are a fuzzy, uncoordinated ocean of amorphous circumstances and people that are intersected on occasion by moments of supreme […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/celica10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto Biography : 1992 Toyota Celica – Commence Memory Ignition")
Auto Biography : 1992 Toyota Celica – Commence Memory Ignition
Posted on January 15, 2016 | 13 CommentsMy first memories, like the ones of everyone in this earth, are a fuzzy, uncoordinated ocean of amorphous circumstances and people that are intersected on occasion by moments of supreme […] -
![I was never big on cigars, though (first posted 10/26/2011) In a recent Nova CC, I lamented the fact that I’d never had the pleasure of a direct encounter with a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Bob-Lutz-Opel.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: How I Came To Be A Professional Pre-Production Test Driver For The Pontiac Iron Duke Engine Program")
Auto-Biography: How I Came To Be A Professional Pre-Production Test Driver For The Pontiac Iron Duke Engine Program
Posted on November 22, 2015 | 67 CommentsI was never big on cigars, though (first posted 10/26/2011) In a recent Nova CC, I lamented the fact that I’d never had the pleasure of a direct encounter with a […] -
![…At least those were the words that the man at the dealership said to my dad when he was buying it to haul God-knows-what to God-knows-where. I was far more […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1997_chevrolet_s_10_ls_brown_in_columbus_indiana_1190005415669002954.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: 1997 Chevrolet S10 – “What You’re Buying Here Is a Car. Not a Truck.”")
Auto-Biography: 1997 Chevrolet S10 – “What You’re Buying Here Is a Car. Not a Truck.”
Posted on August 14, 2015 | 31 Comments…At least those were the words that the man at the dealership said to my dad when he was buying it to haul God-knows-what to God-knows-where. I was far more […] -
![I saw this second-generation, 1978 – ’79 Ford Bronco on my way to the drug store after deboarding my CTA Red Line train back to my neighborhood after work a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/025-1979-Ford-Bronco-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Auto-Biography: 1979 Ford Bronco – A Disaster Averted, A Dream Deferred")
CC Auto-Biography: 1979 Ford Bronco – A Disaster Averted, A Dream Deferred
Posted on July 22, 2015 | 30 CommentsI saw this second-generation, 1978 – ’79 Ford Bronco on my way to the drug store after deboarding my CTA Red Line train back to my neighborhood after work a […] -
![Several months ago, a longtime reader of Curbside Classic, Jeffrey Farias, contacted me about doing an article on his 1990 Buick Riviera. He happens to live nearby and extended the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_9628.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Reader’s COAL/My Driving Impressions: 1990 Buick Riviera – A Mysterious Buick Fulfilling A Lifelong Dream")
Reader’s COAL/My Driving Impressions: 1990 Buick Riviera – A Mysterious Buick Fulfilling A Lifelong Dream
Posted on July 15, 2015 | 44 CommentsSeveral months ago, a longtime reader of Curbside Classic, Jeffrey Farias, contacted me about doing an article on his 1990 Buick Riviera. He happens to live nearby and extended the […] -
![(first posted 5/11/2013) As I recall, it was a bright sunny February morning when I accompanied my grandparents (whom I affectionately called “Nana and Papa”) to Quirk Oldsmobile in Braintree, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/8899.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic/Auto Biography: 1994 & 1997 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight – Hooked On The Memory Of You")
Curbside Classic/Auto Biography: 1994 & 1997 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight – Hooked On The Memory Of You
Posted on July 2, 2015 | 59 Comments(first posted 5/11/2013) As I recall, it was a bright sunny February morning when I accompanied my grandparents (whom I affectionately called “Nana and Papa”) to Quirk Oldsmobile in Braintree, […]
