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![In the last 5-10 years many folks around my area now have elaborate outdoor decorations for Halloween. Some of the families around the local neighborhoods seem to decorate the outside […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54081956138_8e5280712b_o-e1729866375666.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Yard Art: Happy Halloween — Spooky MoPar Scenes!")
CC Yard Art: Happy Halloween — Spooky MoPar Scenes!
Posted on October 31, 2024 | 10 CommentsIn the last 5-10 years many folks around my area now have elaborate outdoor decorations for Halloween. Some of the families around the local neighborhoods seem to decorate the outside […] -
![In his article detailing the zaniness of Houston’s annual Art Car parade Jon Stephenson notes that his city is also home to an Art Car museum. Well, it took me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_7200-2.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Travelogue: Yes, There Really is an Art Car Museum")
Curbside Travelogue: Yes, There Really is an Art Car Museum
Posted on November 16, 2023 | 26 CommentsIn his article detailing the zaniness of Houston’s annual Art Car parade Jon Stephenson notes that his city is also home to an Art Car museum. Well, it took me […] -
![A recent trip to NY’s Hudson Valley provided an opportunity to consider how the term “Outsider Art” – or Art Brut – can apply to any number of media, including […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/DSC_8906.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Art Brut")
Curbside Art Brut
Posted on August 3, 2022 | 19 CommentsA recent trip to NY’s Hudson Valley provided an opportunity to consider how the term “Outsider Art” – or Art Brut – can apply to any number of media, including […] -
![[Originally published on 24 December 2016 @ 08:00] ‘Twas the night before Xmas; outside the garage, not a pickup was moving—not even this Dodge. It’s a ’64—Slant-6, natch—that lives over […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/So-This-Is-Xmas-1441-e1477531677945.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Slide Show: So This is Christmas")
CC Slide Show: So This is Christmas
Posted on December 25, 2021 | 21 Comments[Originally published on 24 December 2016 @ 08:00] ‘Twas the night before Xmas; outside the garage, not a pickup was moving—not even this Dodge. It’s a ’64—Slant-6, natch—that lives over […] -
![(first posted 4/15/2011) There are no less than 220 photos by Michal Meduna in this amazing gallery of junked cars being reclaimed by nature. Stephanie and I got totally […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/woods-starlight.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Woodside Classics: Man’s Handiwork vs Nature – The Best Cars-In-The-Woods Gallery Ever")
Woodside Classics: Man’s Handiwork vs Nature – The Best Cars-In-The-Woods Gallery Ever
Posted on November 21, 2021 | 48 Comments(first posted 4/15/2011) There are no less than 220 photos by Michal Meduna in this amazing gallery of junked cars being reclaimed by nature. Stephanie and I got totally […] -
CC Illustrations: Bear Spotting
Posted on June 28, 2021 | 19 CommentsIn this first of my weekly posts, I present the illustration that started me down -
![Automotive illustrations were of course very common, with the last great exponents being Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman, who carried on doing Pontiac and Opel illustrations right up into the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/48075503702_026e734227_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Superb Automotive Illustrations of Harry Anderson – Before Fitzpatrick and Kaufman")
The Superb Automotive Illustrations of Harry Anderson – Before Fitzpatrick and Kaufman
Posted on April 14, 2021 | 35 CommentsAutomotive illustrations were of course very common, with the last great exponents being Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman, who carried on doing Pontiac and Opel illustrations right up into the […] -
![In The Aims of Education, Harvard professor Alfred North Whitehead said that “a merely well-informed man is the most useless bore on God’s earth.” Less cynically, though perhaps no less accurately, he […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/111_0889-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Literature: Ford Educational Foldouts, Circa 1959 – The Aims Of Education")
CC Literature: Ford Educational Foldouts, Circa 1959 – The Aims Of Education
Posted on February 24, 2021 | 33 CommentsIn The Aims of Education, Harvard professor Alfred North Whitehead said that “a merely well-informed man is the most useless bore on God’s earth.” Less cynically, though perhaps no less accurately, he […] -
![The H Conte Schwimmwagen the other day reminded me of this other genuine 1968 LeSabre land yacht. Titled “Two If By Sea” (1986) it was created by Pippa Garner (formerly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Pippa-Garner-Buick-yacht.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1968 Buick LeSabre Land Yacht, Backwards 1959 Chevy, and More: A Tribute To Pippa Garner")
1968 Buick LeSabre Land Yacht, Backwards 1959 Chevy, and More: A Tribute To Pippa Garner
Posted on December 4, 2020 | 14 CommentsThe H Conte Schwimmwagen the other day reminded me of this other genuine 1968 LeSabre land yacht. Titled “Two If By Sea” (1986) it was created by Pippa Garner (formerly […] -
![A big event every April in Houston, Texas is the Art Car Parade. Well, every April except this one, of course. I suppose it would be safe to have the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20190413_143857-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Parade Classic: Houston’s Art Car Parade – Rolling Zaniness For A More Social Time")
Parade Classic: Houston’s Art Car Parade – Rolling Zaniness For A More Social Time
Posted on April 29, 2020 | 20 CommentsA big event every April in Houston, Texas is the Art Car Parade. Well, every April except this one, of course. I suppose it would be safe to have the […] -
![(first posted 3/20/2014) Fashion goes in and out of style. Style is always in fashion. Or so it is said. When these photos were taken in 1969-70, a custom […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/17-T-Hot-Rod.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Photography: 1969-70 Custom Paint Vernacular")
Vintage Photography: 1969-70 Custom Paint Vernacular
Posted on March 18, 2020 | 41 Comments(first posted 3/20/2014) Fashion goes in and out of style. Style is always in fashion. Or so it is said. When these photos were taken in 1969-70, a custom […] -
![The Guardian is running a gallery of New York-based images from the collection of film maker Peter Fetterman, original prints of which will be going to auction at Bonhams. A […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/3914.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Gallery: Selections From The Peter Fetterman Collection")
CC Gallery: Selections From The Peter Fetterman Collection
Posted on December 14, 2019 | 29 CommentsThe Guardian is running a gallery of New York-based images from the collection of film maker Peter Fetterman, original prints of which will be going to auction at Bonhams. A […] -
![During the second day of our British Columbia vacation we stopped at the lake side community of Osoyoos which located in the Okanagan Valley only a few kilometers north of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Mazda-MPV-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Customized Mazda MPV – Built for Country Music")
Curbside Classic: Customized Mazda MPV – Built for Country Music
Posted on August 8, 2019 | 5 CommentsDuring the second day of our British Columbia vacation we stopped at the lake side community of Osoyoos which located in the Okanagan Valley only a few kilometers north of […] -
![(First posted 3/27/2017. Pictures are now numbered in order to facilitate discussion) Car oriented video games are about as old as the medium itself, but beyond racing games like the Forza […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2-20-2017_7-28-11_PM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Curbside Classics Of Final Fantasy XV")
The Curbside Classics Of Final Fantasy XV
Posted on February 22, 2019 | 26 Comments(First posted 3/27/2017. Pictures are now numbered in order to facilitate discussion) Car oriented video games are about as old as the medium itself, but beyond racing games like the Forza […] -
![While I’m certainly no artist nor any kind of art critic, I can and do appreciate an art car when I see one. We have no shortage of them on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_0918.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake – The Modern Art Car")
CC Outtake – The Modern Art Car
Posted on May 11, 2018 | 13 CommentsWhile I’m certainly no artist nor any kind of art critic, I can and do appreciate an art car when I see one. We have no shortage of them on […]
