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Curbside Classics Archives
Auto-Biography Archive
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![There is a serious rat infestation in our neighborhood. It started years ago thanks to all the diligent backyard gardeners, open compost piles and chickens. I’ve had them in our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_5917.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Shedside Massacre: Exterminating The Rats Under My Shed With Carbon Monoxide From My Lawnmower")
Shedside Massacre: Exterminating The Rats Under My Shed With Carbon Monoxide From My Lawnmower
Posted on April 22, 2021 | 40 CommentsThere is a serious rat infestation in our neighborhood. It started years ago thanks to all the diligent backyard gardeners, open compost piles and chickens. I’ve had them in our […] -
![When I encountered this almost pristine ’71 F250 on a walk, I was instantly taken back to Towson in the fall of 1970 when I drove one identical to this, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_5730.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake/Auto-Biography/QOTD: 1971 Ford F250 Pickup – Exactly Like The First Pickup I Ever Drove – What Was the First Truck You Ever Drove?")
Curbside Outtake/Auto-Biography/QOTD: 1971 Ford F250 Pickup – Exactly Like The First Pickup I Ever Drove – What Was the First Truck You Ever Drove?
Posted on April 12, 2021 | 57 CommentsWhen I encountered this almost pristine ’71 F250 on a walk, I was instantly taken back to Towson in the fall of 1970 when I drove one identical to this, […] -
![If I was smart and practical, I’d have looked for a cheap old RAV4 like this for my upcoming off-road adventure in Nevada in June. This one is all set […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_5746.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Who Needs 4WD? Update #1: Toyota RAV4 (Gen1) “TRD” – What I Should Have Gotten For My Off-Road Trip, But I’ve Already Started On the xB")
Who Needs 4WD? Update #1: Toyota RAV4 (Gen1) “TRD” – What I Should Have Gotten For My Off-Road Trip, But I’ve Already Started On the xB
Posted on April 11, 2021 | 26 CommentsIf I was smart and practical, I’d have looked for a cheap old RAV4 like this for my upcoming off-road adventure in Nevada in June. This one is all set […] -
![“Death Defying Combat” which shows the 1905 Premier racing against the Winton (first posted in 2007) After five years living in the quiet, sheltered and nurturing environment of Iowa City, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Premier-1905-Death-Defying-Combat.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography, Part 8: Childhood’s End")
Auto-Biography, Part 8: Childhood’s End
Posted on April 10, 2021 | 22 Comments“Death Defying Combat” which shows the 1905 Premier racing against the Winton (first posted in 2007) After five years living in the quiet, sheltered and nurturing environment of Iowa City, […] -
![(first posted in 2007) As an immigrant back in the days of the “melting pot,” I was as eager to assimilate as a wide-eyed frat pledge amongst his potential brothers. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/little-league-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Loyalties Tested")
Auto-Biography: Loyalties Tested
Posted on April 3, 2021 | 53 Comments(first posted in 2007) As an immigrant back in the days of the “melting pot,” I was as eager to assimilate as a wide-eyed frat pledge amongst his potential brothers. […] -
![(note: this is not an April Fool’s post like the Voltswagen) This is almost exactly how my xB will look soon. Son Ted and his GF have been doing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Scion-xb-lifted.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: The xBox Gets An Off-Roading Make-Over – Prepping It For The Nevada Backcountry Discovery Route – Who Needs 4WD Anyway?")
Auto-Biography: The xBox Gets An Off-Roading Make-Over – Prepping It For The Nevada Backcountry Discovery Route – Who Needs 4WD Anyway?
Posted on April 1, 2021 | 54 Comments(note: this is not an April Fool’s post like the Voltswagen) This is almost exactly how my xB will look soon. Son Ted and his GF have been doing […] -
![I took this picture of my future replacement “practicing” on the Farmall H; the Ford 8N is in the distance, and the soon to be doomed Studebaker pickup as well […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tractor-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Tractor Driving Maniac")
Auto-Biography: Tractor Driving Maniac
Posted on March 27, 2021 | 77 CommentsI took this picture of my future replacement “practicing” on the Farmall H; the Ford 8N is in the distance, and the soon to be doomed Studebaker pickup as well […] -
![(first published in 2007) The University of Iowa’s reputation for intellectual excellence lured my family away from Innsbruck (it sure as hell wasn’t the skiing). Despite the fact that my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-UI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Autology – Advanced Studies In Automotive Obsession")
Auto-Biography: Autology – Advanced Studies In Automotive Obsession
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 55 Comments(first published in 2007) The University of Iowa’s reputation for intellectual excellence lured my family away from Innsbruck (it sure as hell wasn’t the skiing). Despite the fact that my […] -
![(first published in 2007) As a boy in the pre-internet early sixties, I became obsessed with unveiling the secrets of that inexplicably alluring object of male interest. I had a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/facts-of-life.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: The Facts Of Life Revealed")
Auto-Biography: The Facts Of Life Revealed
Posted on March 13, 2021 | 38 Comments(first published in 2007) As a boy in the pre-internet early sixties, I became obsessed with unveiling the secrets of that inexplicably alluring object of male interest. I had a […] -
![(first posted in 2011) “It’s about the journey, not the destination”. Tell that to a family of six—one of them seven months pregnant—on the third day jammed into in a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-62.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: 1962 Ford Fairlane – Sometimes It Is About The Destination")
Auto-Biography: 1962 Ford Fairlane – Sometimes It Is About The Destination
Posted on March 6, 2021 | 72 Comments(first posted in 2011) “It’s about the journey, not the destination”. Tell that to a family of six—one of them seven months pregnant—on the third day jammed into in a […] -
![Lew Williams Chevrolet, Eugene, OR 1960 (first published in 2007) Three days after our psychedelic nocturnal arrival in America, my family arrived at our final destination: Iowa City. The transition […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Chevrolet-dealer-1960-Eugene-former-Romania.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Getting Religion")
Auto-Biography: Getting Religion
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 70 CommentsLew Williams Chevrolet, Eugene, OR 1960 (first published in 2007) Three days after our psychedelic nocturnal arrival in America, my family arrived at our final destination: Iowa City. The transition […] -
![(First published in 2007)[The previous chapter] My first glimpse of America: looking down on a freeway at night, with glow-worm toy cars. It was just like the picture of GM’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Corvette-1957-white-small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: High Speed Assimilation")
Auto-Biography: High Speed Assimilation
Posted on February 20, 2021 | 19 Comments(First published in 2007)[The previous chapter] My first glimpse of America: looking down on a freeway at night, with glow-worm toy cars. It was just like the picture of GM’s […] -
![The time has come to get rid of the kids’ bike, trikes and wagon. They didn’t want them, and I needed the space. But it’s hard to let them go […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CC-433-104.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Getting Rid Of the Best Built Kid’s Mountain Bike and Trikes Ever")
Auto-Biography: Getting Rid Of the Best Built Kid’s Mountain Bike and Trikes Ever
Posted on February 15, 2021 | 13 CommentsThe time has come to get rid of the kids’ bike, trikes and wagon. They didn’t want them, and I needed the space. But it’s hard to let them go […] -
![I needed to smell life again. Not the stale stench of grease, cigarettes and weak coffee at the Hamburg Inn, the musty-sour smell of my rumpled sheets, the rotting vegetables […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/a-snow-horz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: A Two-Month $125 Hitchhiking Tour of the West in 1972 – An Epic Adventure And A Preview Of Coming Attractions")
Auto-Biography: A Two-Month $125 Hitchhiking Tour of the West in 1972 – An Epic Adventure And A Preview Of Coming Attractions
Posted on January 10, 2021 | 47 CommentsI needed to smell life again. Not the stale stench of grease, cigarettes and weak coffee at the Hamburg Inn, the musty-sour smell of my rumpled sheets, the rotting vegetables […] -
![(originally posted 11/24/2012) I had just lost my job at a well-known New York design house and was looking for a way to make some bucks to finance a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2.05-Caddy-Pimp.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Autobiography: My Life As A Pimp")
Autobiography: My Life As A Pimp
Posted on November 19, 2020 | 93 Comments(originally posted 11/24/2012) I had just lost my job at a well-known New York design house and was looking for a way to make some bucks to finance a […]
