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![There were Chevy Monte Carlos aplenty on the streets of Flint, Michigan when I was a kid. Our neighbors next door to the first house I had lived in had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/294-1975-or-76-Ford-Elite-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1975 Ford Elite – I’m So Fancy")
Curbside Musings: 1975 Ford Elite – I’m So Fancy
Posted on July 8, 2025 | 45 CommentsThere were Chevy Monte Carlos aplenty on the streets of Flint, Michigan when I was a kid. Our neighbors next door to the first house I had lived in had […] -
![I have read opinions about social media (including on social media), including from individuals whose ideas I generally value, about how horrible it is. While there have been some downsides […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/023-2005-Pontiac-Aztek-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2005 Pontiac Aztek – A Misunderstanding?")
Curbside Musings: 2005 Pontiac Aztek – A Misunderstanding?
Posted on June 24, 2025 | 85 CommentsI have read opinions about social media (including on social media), including from individuals whose ideas I generally value, about how horrible it is. While there have been some downsides […] -
![I’ve never been hyper-competitive, at least not outwardly. I usually tackle tasks and goals with the thought that as long as I have a somewhat clear picture of what needs […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1988-Oldsmobile-Toronado-Trofeo-for-CC-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1988 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo – The Trophy")
Curbside Musings: 1988 Oldsmobile Toronado Troféo – The Trophy
Posted on June 10, 2025 | 27 CommentsI’ve never been hyper-competitive, at least not outwardly. I usually tackle tasks and goals with the thought that as long as I have a somewhat clear picture of what needs […] -
![Do not adjust the settings on your phone. The colors you see in this photograph are the result of a little bit of post-processing courtesy of my imagination, life experience, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/035-1973-Buick-LeSabre-Custom-Hardtop-Sedan-vintage-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1973 Buick LeSabre Custom – “Sing It With Feeling, Y’all”")
Curbside Musings: 1973 Buick LeSabre Custom – “Sing It With Feeling, Y’all”
Posted on May 27, 2025 | 65 CommentsDo not adjust the settings on your phone. The colors you see in this photograph are the result of a little bit of post-processing courtesy of my imagination, life experience, […] -
![Scion iQ that I spotted on a car lot. The Scion iQ. A car that got a lot of press when it was introduced for the 2012 model year. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Scion-iQ-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Scion iQ, The Modern Subaru 360?")
Scion iQ, The Modern Subaru 360?
Posted on May 25, 2025 | 22 CommentsScion iQ that I spotted on a car lot. The Scion iQ. A car that got a lot of press when it was introduced for the 2012 model year. […] -
![It has occurred to me lately that each of my new acquisitions of a diecast scale model has been of a car or truck that has personal significance to me. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/024-2002-Ford-Thunderbird-3.9L-V8-Wixom-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2002 Ford Thunderbird – Selling Things")
Curbside Musings: 2002 Ford Thunderbird – Selling Things
Posted on May 13, 2025 | 46 CommentsIt has occurred to me lately that each of my new acquisitions of a diecast scale model has been of a car or truck that has personal significance to me. […] -
![“Super” used as an adjective has often made me chuckle to myself. It’s one of those descriptors that no one in my Generation X cohort would have used without tongue […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_2523-1956-Buick-Super-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1956 Buick Super Riviera – It Has Been Super")
Curbside Musings: 1956 Buick Super Riviera – It Has Been Super
Posted on April 15, 2025 | 42 Comments“Super” used as an adjective has often made me chuckle to myself. It’s one of those descriptors that no one in my Generation X cohort would have used without tongue […] -
![I had been gifted with my first boombox during Christmas of 1984. It could be described more accurately as just a portable radio, as it wasn’t large or complex, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/121-1993-SAAB-900S-Convertible-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1993 SAAB 900 S Convertible – Color Of Success")
Curbside Musings: 1993 SAAB 900 S Convertible – Color Of Success
Posted on April 8, 2025 | 51 CommentsI had been gifted with my first boombox during Christmas of 1984. It could be described more accurately as just a portable radio, as it wasn’t large or complex, but […] -
![There’s no “April fooling” when I say that this may be it. This may possibly be the year that I get corrective lenses. Again. Almost immediately following my move to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/138-2008-Ford-Focus-Coupe-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2008 Ford Focus Two-Door – Blurred Stylistic Vision")
Curbside Musings: 2008 Ford Focus Two-Door – Blurred Stylistic Vision
Posted on April 1, 2025 | 66 CommentsThere’s no “April fooling” when I say that this may be it. This may possibly be the year that I get corrective lenses. Again. Almost immediately following my move to […] -
![I was traveling through northern Michigan while on vacation last August when I had the chance to stand face-to-face with a life-sized cutout of one of my childhood authority figures: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/113-1987-Ford-Ranger-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1987 Ford Ranger – Fun-Sized")
Curbside Musings: 1987 Ford Ranger – Fun-Sized
Posted on March 25, 2025 | 34 CommentsI was traveling through northern Michigan while on vacation last August when I had the chance to stand face-to-face with a life-sized cutout of one of my childhood authority figures: […] -
![When I was young, I had thought that the El Camino was simply a Chevelle or Malibu wagon with the rear section of the roof and cargo area lopped off […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1234-1972-Chevrolet-El-Camino-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1972 Chevrolet El Camino – Repurposed Container")
Curbside Musings: 1972 Chevrolet El Camino – Repurposed Container
Posted on March 18, 2025 | 7 CommentsWhen I was young, I had thought that the El Camino was simply a Chevelle or Malibu wagon with the rear section of the roof and cargo area lopped off […] -
![I’m glad I had started to realize the importance of just listening before some of my elders had passed away. As a young adult, I had wanted to speak my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20180818_163422-1953-Ford-Customline-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1953 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan – Old Henry")
Curbside Musings: 1953 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan – Old Henry
Posted on March 11, 2025 | 36 CommentsI’m glad I had started to realize the importance of just listening before some of my elders had passed away. As a young adult, I had wanted to speak my […] -
![Welcome to March. Only a couple of weeks ago, I was back in Las Vegas for what had been something of a last-minute decision to spend time there both with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/011-1966-Chevrolet-Impala-Convertible-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1966 Chevrolet Impala Convertible – Don’t Blink")
Curbside Musings: 1966 Chevrolet Impala Convertible – Don’t Blink
Posted on March 4, 2025 | 33 CommentsWelcome to March. Only a couple of weeks ago, I was back in Las Vegas for what had been something of a last-minute decision to spend time there both with […] -
![I loved animated Disney movies as a kid. When I was in elementary school in the early ’80s, there was this period when I had not only seen many classics […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/4126266903_cb45279221_o-1979-Cadillac-Coupe-DeVille-for-CC-2009-11-22-edit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Cruella")
Curbside Musings: 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Cruella
Posted on February 25, 2025 | 33 CommentsI loved animated Disney movies as a kid. When I was in elementary school in the early ’80s, there was this period when I had not only seen many classics […] -
![Last summer, I had made my first-ever appearance at the annual tailgate party at my former high school. On what is usually the second Saturday of August, the rear parking […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/171-rotated-1.00-shift-FINAL-1977-Lincoln-Continental-Mark-V-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V – Keeping It Classy")
Curbside Musings: 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V – Keeping It Classy
Posted on February 18, 2025 | 52 CommentsLast summer, I had made my first-ever appearance at the annual tailgate party at my former high school. On what is usually the second Saturday of August, the rear parking […]
