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Curbside Musings: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Exit Stage Left
Posted on December 10, 2024 | 51 CommentsTo “exit stage left” is an expression adapted from theater that colloquially means to leave in an uneventful and inconspicuous manner. That’s exactly what the Chevrolet Corvair did after […] -
Curbside Commentary: In Praise of Peter Egan.
Posted on December 3, 2024 | 25 CommentsPeter Egan has been a contributing editor to Road and Track and Cycle World magazine for so many years. His column “Side Glances” has enriched my life as an […] -
Curbside Musings: 1979 Chevrolet G20 Ambulance – Sugar Me
Posted on December 3, 2024 | 32 CommentsI realize that I’ve made reference to my sweet tooth countless times as interwoven into my essays here at Curbside Classic, but you’ll have to indulge me (pun intended) once […] -
Curbside Musings: 1986 BMW 325e – Preppy & Peppy
Posted on November 26, 2024 | 27 CommentsThe quality vs. quantity debate still continues in some areas of my life, but for the most part, it often comes down to bang for the buck when it’s time […] -
Curbside Musings: 1995 Mercury Cougar XR7 – The Kitty Grew
Posted on November 19, 2024 | 28 CommentsLast month, my essay featuring a Jaguar XJ6 from the mid-’80s prompted memories of one of the cats in my childhood household, a tiger-striped tom named Chester. In that piece, […] -
Curbside Musings: 1964 Ford Thunderbird – How Things Make Us Feel
Posted on November 12, 2024 | 56 CommentsI’ll state from the jump that this week’s essay is mostly a means by which to share pictures I had taken of the featured Thunderbird last fall, but I do […] -
Curbside Musings: 1985 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am – Nevermore
Posted on November 5, 2024 | 29 CommentsEnglish was one of my favorite subjects in school, especially when it came to assignments involving colorful use of vocabulary and creative expression. I wasn’t a big reader (I’m still […] -
Curbside Musings: c. 1996 Ford Probe GT – The Correct Connotation
Posted on October 29, 2024 | 35 CommentsI wrote the first draft for this essay from a window seat on an airplane while returning to Chicago after a Las Vegas vacation. This is an annual trip for […] -
Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
Posted on October 22, 2024 | 67 CommentsChicago is known for its deep-dish pizza. It is one of our city-defining foods, and for good reason. My first slice… Wait a second. Can something that thick and rich […] -
Curbside Musings: c. 1984 Jaguar XJ6 – Black Cat
Posted on October 15, 2024 | 42 CommentsHalloween will be here in just over two weeks from now, and many already seem to be in the spirit. I started seeing Halloween-themed candy and t-shirts for sale in […] -
Curbside Musings: 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Convertible – Like Fine Wine
Posted on October 8, 2024 | 55 CommentsExactly three weeks before I had spotted our featured car, I had made my first-ever appearance at the annual tailgate party held in the main parking lot of my former, […] -
Curbside Musings: 1998 Plymouth Neon Expresso Coupe – Proper Pronunciation
Posted on October 1, 2024 | 50 CommentsThere was a host of words and phrases that I had grown up mispronouncing, misunderstanding, and/or misusing until being corrected in adulthood. I can’t really blame my gifted magnet program […] -
Curbside Musings: Autumn (Nissan) LEAFs – Welcome To Fall
Posted on September 24, 2024 | 29 Comments2015 & 2017 Nissan LEAFs Just over three weeks ago, I was walking to the lawn of local Senn High School on a Sunday afternoon to attend one of the […] -
Curbside Musings: 2014 Chevrolet Spark LS – Lemon Pez
Posted on September 17, 2024 | 35 CommentsTimes of spending some or all of my weekly allowance on candy are among my happiest childhood memories. This was true up until one year when I had earned a […] -
Curbside Musings: 1977 AMC Pacer D/L Wagon – Peak Pacer
Posted on September 10, 2024 | 53 CommentsI’ve been an AMC fan since adolescence, starting around the time I had received my first copy of the Encyclopedia Of American Cars by the editors of Consumer Guide. As […]