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Curbside Classics Archives
Auto-Biography Archive
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![taking my brothers for a drive, age 12 I visited my youngest brother Franz in Seattle a couple of weeks ago and asked him about old family photos. He dug […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Paul-driving-Coronet-1965.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Lost Vintage Snapshots of Niedermeyer-Mobiles Found (1965-1982) – The Towson Years And Beyond")
Auto-Biography: Lost Vintage Snapshots of Niedermeyer-Mobiles Found (1965-1982) – The Towson Years And Beyond
Posted on May 14, 2024 | 29 Commentstaking my brothers for a drive, age 12 I visited my youngest brother Franz in Seattle a couple of weeks ago and asked him about old family photos. He dug […] -
![The “odd man hypothesis” was first advanced in Michael Crichton’s 1969 seminal techno-thriller novel The Andromeda Strain. Crichton presented it so convincingly that for decades afterward, I believed it to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Volvo-240-Green-Books-e1714077045766.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Volvo and the Odd Man Hypothesis")
Auto-Biography: Volvo and the Odd Man Hypothesis
Posted on April 28, 2024 | 15 CommentsThe “odd man hypothesis” was first advanced in Michael Crichton’s 1969 seminal techno-thriller novel The Andromeda Strain. Crichton presented it so convincingly that for decades afterward, I believed it to […] -
![When we last left this saga, I was deep into my year at Syracuse University and had exposed my ’74 Audi Fox to the worst of a typical Central New […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/74-Fox-Brochure-Shot-e1713469564557.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: The ’74 Audi Fox Becomes a Commuter Car")
Auto-Biography: The ’74 Audi Fox Becomes a Commuter Car
Posted on April 21, 2024 | 14 CommentsWhen we last left this saga, I was deep into my year at Syracuse University and had exposed my ’74 Audi Fox to the worst of a typical Central New […] -
![Man, I really hit a nerve with my Audi Fox recollections. Who would have thought that a simple, square-rigged, German two-door would have elicited such emotion? There are more foxy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-04-11-16.59.07.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Thinking Small in Syracuse — The PTV (Personal Transportation Vehicle) Project")
Auto-Biography: Thinking Small in Syracuse — The PTV (Personal Transportation Vehicle) Project
Posted on April 14, 2024 | 14 CommentsMan, I really hit a nerve with my Audi Fox recollections. Who would have thought that a simple, square-rigged, German two-door would have elicited such emotion? There are more foxy […] -
![(first posted 3/26/2018) Most of us have fond memories of the cars of our youth. Didn’t you just love the stuff that was in showrooms before you reached, say, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1968ChryslerNewport07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Chrysler Newport – My Fountain Of Youth")
Curbside Classic: 1968 Chrysler Newport – My Fountain Of Youth
Posted on March 26, 2024 | 67 Comments(first posted 3/26/2018) Most of us have fond memories of the cars of our youth. Didn’t you just love the stuff that was in showrooms before you reached, say, […] -
![Son Will on the day we “towed” four houses in 1997 (Update: this was first written in 2011. Not long after I became aware of the key reasons why towing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/House-Moving-001-700.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Great American Anti-Towing Conspiracy – Update: There’s Actually A Good Reason Why It Exists")
The Great American Anti-Towing Conspiracy – Update: There’s Actually A Good Reason Why It Exists
Posted on March 24, 2024 | 89 CommentsSon Will on the day we “towed” four houses in 1997 (Update: this was first written in 2011. Not long after I became aware of the key reasons why towing […] -
![Since I’m covering for Rich this week and it’s been a while since I’ve done an update on the official CC company truck, here it is, still hard at work. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_2403-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: My 1966 F100 Is Overloaded Once Again, But For A Good Cause")
Auto-Biography: My 1966 F100 Is Overloaded Once Again, But For A Good Cause
Posted on March 19, 2024 | 11 CommentsSince I’m covering for Rich this week and it’s been a while since I’ve done an update on the official CC company truck, here it is, still hard at work. […] -
![Last week’s post described a fifth-semester Art Center design assignment involving a domestic automaker investigating the use of a “not invented here” powertrain for use in several of their vehicle […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-02-15-16.33.58.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: The Art Center Years – Have You Designed a Ford Lately?")
Auto-Biography: The Art Center Years – Have You Designed a Ford Lately?
Posted on February 18, 2024 | 23 CommentsLast week’s post described a fifth-semester Art Center design assignment involving a domestic automaker investigating the use of a “not invented here” powertrain for use in several of their vehicle […] -
![Strangely enough, two of the transportation design projects during my Art Center years involved assignments to develop a vehicle powered by an engine supplied by a different automaker. Remember, this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-02-08-16.31.40.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: The Art Center Years – Wouldn’t You Really Rather Airbrush a Buick?")
Auto-Biography: The Art Center Years – Wouldn’t You Really Rather Airbrush a Buick?
Posted on February 11, 2024 | 13 CommentsStrangely enough, two of the transportation design projects during my Art Center years involved assignments to develop a vehicle powered by an engine supplied by a different automaker. Remember, this […] -
Auto-Biography: Tales From High School Auto Shop
Posted on January 31, 2024 | 74 Comments(first posed 1/31/2018) I never really took auto shop in high school. It wasn’t offered at my school, but I found a way around that… -
![(first posted 1/30/2018) Memories are deeply bound up in smells, sights, touch, and for us at this website, cars. All those senses—and more—were deeply stimulated on a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CC-347-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Road Trip Journal: 1972 Dodge Polara – Grand Canyon and Pumice-Crete Revisited")
Road Trip Journal: 1972 Dodge Polara – Grand Canyon and Pumice-Crete Revisited
Posted on January 30, 2024 | 39 Comments(first posted 1/30/2018) Memories are deeply bound up in smells, sights, touch, and for us at this website, cars. All those senses—and more—were deeply stimulated on a […] -
![Thanks to my daughter’s birthday wish, I got to fulfill one of mine too and experience a new for me but very old form of transportation. She’d mentioned wanting to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_1619.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Non-Auto Biography: Up, Up And Away In My Beautiful Balloon")
Non-Auto Biography: Up, Up And Away In My Beautiful Balloon
Posted on November 11, 2023 | 18 CommentsThanks to my daughter’s birthday wish, I got to fulfill one of mine too and experience a new for me but very old form of transportation. She’d mentioned wanting to […] -
![(first written in 2007) They were both gorgeous in that all-American, wholesome, sexy, energetic way. Voluptuous, but athletic. Heartland traditional, but always ready for a good time. Exhilarating and accelerative. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CC-123-143-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Wildcat!")
Auto-Biography: Wildcat!
Posted on November 8, 2023 | 47 Comments(first written in 2007) They were both gorgeous in that all-American, wholesome, sexy, energetic way. Voluptuous, but athletic. Heartland traditional, but always ready for a good time. Exhilarating and accelerative. […] -
![A few car pics, and some memories. There are cars we come across that flood our memories at first sight. The connection is immediate; the result of a deep personal […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20231029_162457155_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Volvo 122S – One Sweet Swede")
Curbside Classic: Volvo 122S – One Sweet Swede
Posted on November 1, 2023 | 17 CommentsA few car pics, and some memories. There are cars we come across that flood our memories at first sight. The connection is immediate; the result of a deep personal […] -
![I 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WP_20190626_16_04_14_Pro.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro – Learning To Love The Camaro")
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 […]
