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Auto-Biography Archive
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![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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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&quality=75&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, […] -
![(My mom with her “retirement present” 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK 350) Mother’s Day is a day of honoring our mothers and motherly figures in our lives, and recognizing all they do or have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_8584.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Mother’s Day Feature: The Cars Of My Mother")
Mother’s Day Feature: The Cars Of My Mother
Posted on May 10, 2015 | 28 Comments(My mom with her “retirement present” 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK 350) Mother’s Day is a day of honoring our mothers and motherly figures in our lives, and recognizing all they do or have […] -
![(first posted 7/18/2011) Mom takes her eighteen year-old son to the mall for some new underpants and socks, toiletries and a cheap traveling bag. They stop for a bite to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Hitchhiking.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxie 500 And Other Rides")
Auto-Biography: The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxie 500 And Other Rides
Posted on April 5, 2015 | 50 Comments(first posted 7/18/2011) Mom takes her eighteen year-old son to the mall for some new underpants and socks, toiletries and a cheap traveling bag. They stop for a bite to […] -
![(none of the images are of his actual car) (originally published in 2007) The pop rivets on the crudely fabricated rocker panels were a dead giveaway: tell-tales of cancer under […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mga.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Autobiography: 1957 MGA – Learning From Big Brother")
Autobiography: 1957 MGA – Learning From Big Brother
Posted on March 15, 2015 | 39 Comments(none of the images are of his actual car) (originally published in 2007) The pop rivets on the crudely fabricated rocker panels were a dead giveaway: tell-tales of cancer under […] -
![(first published in 2007) Once I crossed the line and became a fifteen year-old driving addict, there was no turning back. Nothing could stop me from using my drug of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/LSD_trip_II_by_Meteoritu.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: The Drug Of Choice")
Auto-Biography: The Drug Of Choice
Posted on March 7, 2015 | 34 Comments(first published in 2007) Once I crossed the line and became a fifteen year-old driving addict, there was no turning back. Nothing could stop me from using my drug of […] -
![“Look at this, Gerardo”, my father told me this week after going to town. “I found something I lost a long time ago”. He passed me his cell phone and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_20150127_125246.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: 1971 Ford Mustang – Family History.")
Auto-Biography: 1971 Ford Mustang – Family History.
Posted on January 30, 2015 | 22 Comments“Look at this, Gerardo”, my father told me this week after going to town. “I found something I lost a long time ago”. He passed me his cell phone and […] -
![So we’ve all done it. Bought something because it was there rather than because we needed it. Sometimes the purchase is flung into a drawer or cupboard, never to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/IMG_2377-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My Unintentional COAL I: 1993 Honda Ascot FBX – How I Fell In Like With A Magnificent Honda")
My Unintentional COAL I: 1993 Honda Ascot FBX – How I Fell In Like With A Magnificent Honda
Posted on December 12, 2014 | 78 CommentsSo we’ve all done it. Bought something because it was there rather than because we needed it. Sometimes the purchase is flung into a drawer or cupboard, never to be […] -
![Over the last several years, I have developed Jason’s Theorem of Automobiles. My theorem states all cars are built to mimic a thirty-five year old human. At 35, one is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/DSCN3494.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My 1963 Ford Galaxie, Part 3: A Year In The Life")
My 1963 Ford Galaxie, Part 3: A Year In The Life
Posted on December 12, 2014 | 87 CommentsOver the last several years, I have developed Jason’s Theorem of Automobiles. My theorem states all cars are built to mimic a thirty-five year old human. At 35, one is […] -
![I’d like to tell you that I took this picture on the go because I instantly recognized it as a rather rare Chevelle 300 hardtop coupe. But I didn’t; I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CC-235-053-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1968 Chevelle 300 Hardtop Coupe – The Un-Malibu Chevelle")
CC Outtake: 1968 Chevelle 300 Hardtop Coupe – The Un-Malibu Chevelle
Posted on September 25, 2014 | 37 CommentsI’d like to tell you that I took this picture on the go because I instantly recognized it as a rather rare Chevelle 300 hardtop coupe. But I didn’t; I […] -
![In 1971, I committed a crime, the repercussions of which still affect me today. I was a bored eighteen-year-old whose overdeveloped but under-used automotive memory banks craved stimulus. In those […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/The-East-Glows-1965.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: In Search of….The East Glows – And Actual Chinese Curbside Classics")
Auto-Biography: In Search of….The East Glows – And Actual Chinese Curbside Classics
Posted on September 18, 2014 | 56 CommentsIn 1971, I committed a crime, the repercussions of which still affect me today. I was a bored eighteen-year-old whose overdeveloped but under-used automotive memory banks craved stimulus. In those […] -
![I try to show my faithful old truck a little love once in a while, but it’s been a couple of years since I touched anything other than the controls […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CC-140-113-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My ’66 F-100 Gets A Wash, A $10 Dyno Tune Up and A Set of $225 Used Tires")
My ’66 F-100 Gets A Wash, A $10 Dyno Tune Up and A Set of $225 Used Tires
Posted on August 1, 2014 | 50 CommentsI try to show my faithful old truck a little love once in a while, but it’s been a couple of years since I touched anything other than the controls […] -
![One of my hopes in starting CC was to be able to find the cars of my childhood and youth (yes, I have a strong nostalgic streak), to use the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Dodge-Coronet-1965-wagon-engine.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Niedermeyer Family 1965 Dodge Coronet 440 Wagon Rediscovered, They Way I Would Have Liked It To Be")
The Niedermeyer Family 1965 Dodge Coronet 440 Wagon Rediscovered, They Way I Would Have Liked It To Be
Posted on June 15, 2014 | 22 CommentsOne of my hopes in starting CC was to be able to find the cars of my childhood and youth (yes, I have a strong nostalgic streak), to use the […] -
![As you probably know, we bought a 2013 Acura TSX Sport Wagon to replace ye olde 2000 Forester. One of the reasons why we keep cars a long time is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CC-224-045-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Adios Forester: A Quick and Comical Sale And The Final Tally Of The Cost To Drive For 15 Years")
Adios Forester: A Quick and Comical Sale And The Final Tally Of The Cost To Drive For 15 Years
Posted on April 18, 2014 | 77 CommentsAs you probably know, we bought a 2013 Acura TSX Sport Wagon to replace ye olde 2000 Forester. One of the reasons why we keep cars a long time is […]
