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Book Archive
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![John Z. DeLorean’s memoir/exposé On A Clear Day You Can See General Motors is well known among auto enthusiasts and GM watchers. Many of you have probably read it at […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/delorean-pontiac-firebird-115x115.jpg "Book Review: John Z. DeLorean’s On A Clear Day You Can See General Motors")
Book Review: John Z. DeLorean’s On A Clear Day You Can See General Motors
Posted on June 18, 2026 | 26 CommentsJohn Z. DeLorean’s memoir/exposé On A Clear Day You Can See General Motors is well known among auto enthusiasts and GM watchers. Many of you have probably read it at […] -
Book Review: “Cars That Drove Me” by Mark Janzen
Posted on April 23, 2026 | 7 CommentsI received this book for Christmas last year. After I started reading it, I immediately came up with an alternate title: Cars of a Lifetime, The Book. -
![(Updated 3/10/2026) Shooting cars found on the streets is hardly a new thing, even if we here have elevated the disease to new heights. But imagine being […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cover-1.jpg "“Classics On The Street”: Curbside Classics Shot in Paris, 1953 – Bugattis, Hispano-Suiza, Delages, Delahayes, Tatras, and Many More Exotic Daily Drivers")
“Classics On The Street”: Curbside Classics Shot in Paris, 1953 – Bugattis, Hispano-Suiza, Delages, Delahayes, Tatras, and Many More Exotic Daily Drivers
Posted on March 11, 2026 | 39 Comments(Updated 3/10/2026) Shooting cars found on the streets is hardly a new thing, even if we here have elevated the disease to new heights. But imagine being […] -
![(Updated 3/9/2026) This charming little book arrived totally unexpectedly in the mail the other day, sent by Scott Bremer, who has to be a CC reader. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Dilworth-crop.jpg "Thank You Mark Bremer for “The Dilworth Story”- Pioneer Developer of the Diesel Locomotive")
Thank You Mark Bremer for “The Dilworth Story”- Pioneer Developer of the Diesel Locomotive
Posted on March 9, 2026 | 16 Comments(Updated 3/9/2026) This charming little book arrived totally unexpectedly in the mail the other day, sent by Scott Bremer, who has to be a CC reader. […] -
![If you’ve worked on cars over the course of the last 75 years, you’ve probably heard of Motor manuals, Chilton manuals, and Haynes manuals. Maybe you had an old Glenn’s auto repair […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Toboldt-Books-1-115x115.jpg "Goodheart-Willcox Repair Manuals: 100 Years Of How-To")
Goodheart-Willcox Repair Manuals: 100 Years Of How-To
Posted on February 22, 2026 | 17 CommentsIf you’ve worked on cars over the course of the last 75 years, you’ve probably heard of Motor manuals, Chilton manuals, and Haynes manuals. Maybe you had an old Glenn’s auto repair […] -
![No person who’s being honest can argue that 1963 wasn’t one of the greatest years in automotive styling history, and the cars that Italian design house Pininfarina alone presented to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-24-082929-115x115.jpg "Pininfarina’s Shared Language of Beauty in 1963—From Ferrari to FIAT")
Pininfarina’s Shared Language of Beauty in 1963—From Ferrari to FIAT
Posted on January 6, 2026 | 10 CommentsNo person who’s being honest can argue that 1963 wasn’t one of the greatest years in automotive styling history, and the cars that Italian design house Pininfarina alone presented to […] -
![(first posted 9/2/2018) From 1958 to 1962, illustrator and futurist Arthur Radebaugh thrilled newspaper readers with his weekly syndicated visions of the future, in a Sunday strip enticingly […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dOMxE-1479163018-1244-blog-Header.jpg "CC Sunday Comics: Closer Than We Think – Automotive Future Passed")
CC Sunday Comics: Closer Than We Think – Automotive Future Passed
Posted on September 1, 2024 | 33 Comments(first posted 9/2/2018) From 1958 to 1962, illustrator and futurist Arthur Radebaugh thrilled newspaper readers with his weekly syndicated visions of the future, in a Sunday strip enticingly […] -
![(first posted 8/12/2018) Behold one of the oldest and most prized possessions in my modest automotive library: The Car Spotter’s Encyclopedia 1940-1980, by the Editors of Consumer Guide. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_9504.jpg "BOAL: Car Spotter’s Encyclopedia 1940-1980 – Book of a Lifetime")
BOAL: Car Spotter’s Encyclopedia 1940-1980 – Book of a Lifetime
Posted on August 12, 2024 | 53 Comments(first posted 8/12/2018) Behold one of the oldest and most prized possessions in my modest automotive library: The Car Spotter’s Encyclopedia 1940-1980, by the Editors of Consumer Guide. […] -
![While I cannot quantify what it truly is, there is enough of a certain hook within John Jerome’s book Truck to have compelled a book review. Was it subject matter? […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/john-jerome.jpeg "Curbside Book Review: Truck by John Jerome")
Curbside Book Review: Truck by John Jerome
Posted on March 15, 2024 | 12 CommentsWhile I cannot quantify what it truly is, there is enough of a certain hook within John Jerome’s book Truck to have compelled a book review. Was it subject matter? […] -
![On a snowy Sunday of late, my dad and I made our annual sojourn to a local Model A Restorers Club swap meet, which was unfortunately less well-attended by vendors […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Image-2.jpg "CC Literature: 1977 Ford <em>Noise And Vibration Diagnosis</em> – Never Has A Dollar Been So Useful")
CC Literature: 1977 Ford Noise And Vibration Diagnosis – Never Has A Dollar Been So Useful
Posted on February 1, 2023 | 35 CommentsOn a snowy Sunday of late, my dad and I made our annual sojourn to a local Model A Restorers Club swap meet, which was unfortunately less well-attended by vendors […] -
![(first posted 12/6/2016. At first thought, I wasn’t going to rerun this. But in rereading it and the comments, I changed my mind. It is a decent short take on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Elon-Musk-bio.jpg "Book Report: Elon Musk; Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future – The Henry Ford Of Our Times?")
Book Report: Elon Musk; Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future – The Henry Ford Of Our Times?
Posted on December 6, 2022 | 88 Comments(first posted 12/6/2016. At first thought, I wasn’t going to rerun this. But in rereading it and the comments, I changed my mind. It is a decent short take on […] -
![When I was growing up, my best friend just happened to be the kid who lived kiddie corner from my house, or as the Instagram quips might say, “What luck […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Rules-of-the-Road.webp "CC Literature: Michigan’s “What Every Driver Must Know,” 1974 Edition – An Illustrated Amalgamation Of The Detroit Four")
CC Literature: Michigan’s “What Every Driver Must Know,” 1974 Edition – An Illustrated Amalgamation Of The Detroit Four
Posted on March 28, 2022 | 44 CommentsWhen I was growing up, my best friend just happened to be the kid who lived kiddie corner from my house, or as the Instagram quips might say, “What luck […] -
![This is a fascinating book–ahead of its time and prophetic. I first saw it when I was in the 8th or 9th grade. Then the local library put it in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/88593_96f562c06864fa2f_b1-2.jpg "CC Library: Reading “God’s Own Junkyard” 58 Years Later")
CC Library: Reading “God’s Own Junkyard” 58 Years Later
Posted on January 16, 2022 | 40 CommentsThis is a fascinating book–ahead of its time and prophetic. I first saw it when I was in the 8th or 9th grade. Then the local library put it in […] -
![(first posted 11/30/2015) We drive phenomenally safe cars today. Safety factors into just about every aspect of car design and engineering. The number of deaths per 100 million vehicle miles […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/unfds.jpg "‘Unsafe At Any Speed’ Turns 50: The Most Influential Book Ever On The Automobile Industry")
‘Unsafe At Any Speed’ Turns 50: The Most Influential Book Ever On The Automobile Industry
Posted on November 30, 2021 | 198 Comments(first posted 11/30/2015) We drive phenomenally safe cars today. Safety factors into just about every aspect of car design and engineering. The number of deaths per 100 million vehicle miles […] -
![Several years ago, as I was pawing through someone’s unwanted stuff at a garage sale, I came across this unique little book. It may be the only book of its […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/81-0jyt8wL1.jpg "CC Library: “Think Small” (1967)–When VW Dealers Gave Out Comic Books")
CC Library: “Think Small” (1967)–When VW Dealers Gave Out Comic Books
Posted on November 29, 2021 | 38 CommentsSeveral years ago, as I was pawing through someone’s unwanted stuff at a garage sale, I came across this unique little book. It may be the only book of its […]
