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Auto-Biography Archive
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![(First published in 2007)[The previous chapter] My first glimpse of America: looking down on a freeway at night, with glow-worm toy cars. It was just like the picture of GM’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Corvette-1957-white-small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: High Speed Assimilation")
Auto-Biography: High Speed Assimilation
Posted on February 20, 2021 | 19 Comments(First published in 2007)[The previous chapter] My first glimpse of America: looking down on a freeway at night, with glow-worm toy cars. It was just like the picture of GM’s […] -
![The time has come to get rid of the kids’ bike, trikes and wagon. They didn’t want them, and I needed the space. But it’s hard to let them go […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CC-433-104.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Getting Rid Of the Best Built Kid’s Mountain Bike and Trikes Ever")
Auto-Biography: Getting Rid Of the Best Built Kid’s Mountain Bike and Trikes Ever
Posted on February 15, 2021 | 13 CommentsThe time has come to get rid of the kids’ bike, trikes and wagon. They didn’t want them, and I needed the space. But it’s hard to let them go […] -
![I needed to smell life again. Not the stale stench of grease, cigarettes and weak coffee at the Hamburg Inn, the musty-sour smell of my rumpled sheets, the rotting vegetables […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/a-snow-horz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: A Two-Month $125 Hitchhiking Tour of the West in 1972 – An Epic Adventure And A Preview Of Coming Attractions")
Auto-Biography: A Two-Month $125 Hitchhiking Tour of the West in 1972 – An Epic Adventure And A Preview Of Coming Attractions
Posted on January 10, 2021 | 47 CommentsI needed to smell life again. Not the stale stench of grease, cigarettes and weak coffee at the Hamburg Inn, the musty-sour smell of my rumpled sheets, the rotting vegetables […] -
![(originally posted 11/24/2012) I had just lost my job at a well-known New York design house and was looking for a way to make some bucks to finance a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2.05-Caddy-Pimp.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Autobiography: My Life As A Pimp")
Autobiography: My Life As A Pimp
Posted on November 19, 2020 | 93 Comments(originally posted 11/24/2012) I had just lost my job at a well-known New York design house and was looking for a way to make some bucks to finance a […] -
![(first posted 6/5/13) All of the photos in this posting were taken in 1974-75 during a film/photo shoot in France, Spain and Morocco. The still photos were taken by Wally […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a-bus.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Westfalia Work Van, Mobile Hotel, 1974")
Westfalia Work Van, Mobile Hotel, 1974
Posted on November 17, 2020 | 30 Comments(first posted 6/5/13) All of the photos in this posting were taken in 1974-75 during a film/photo shoot in France, Spain and Morocco. The still photos were taken by Wally […] -
![If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I used to think that was my operating principle about many things in life, especially cars and houses. But if truth be told, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CC-429-029.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: F100 Chronicles – If It’s Been Broken In Many Places For Years Maybe It’s Finally Time To Fix Them")
Auto-Biography: F100 Chronicles – If It’s Been Broken In Many Places For Years Maybe It’s Finally Time To Fix Them
Posted on November 13, 2020 | 42 CommentsIf it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I used to think that was my operating principle about many things in life, especially cars and houses. But if truth be told, […] -
![I just looked up what various aggregates weigh, and it’s more than I thought. When I first started hauling gravel in my truck 25 some years ago, I asked the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CC-394-090.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "F100 Chronicles: 2600+ lbs of Rock – All In A Day’s Work")
F100 Chronicles: 2600+ lbs of Rock – All In A Day’s Work
Posted on October 17, 2020 | 39 CommentsI just looked up what various aggregates weigh, and it’s more than I thought. When I first started hauling gravel in my truck 25 some years ago, I asked the […] -
![(more appropriate for Facebook, but I don’t do FB) Some of you have emailed me with concerns about the massive wildfires raging in Oregon (and California) and of any […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CC-425-069.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Van-Tripping Journal: Dodging Wildfire Smoke On the Peaks Of Eastern Oregon")
Van-Tripping Journal: Dodging Wildfire Smoke On the Peaks Of Eastern Oregon
Posted on September 13, 2020 | 39 Comments(more appropriate for Facebook, but I don’t do FB) Some of you have emailed me with concerns about the massive wildfires raging in Oregon (and California) and of any […] -
![(first posted 12/22/2014. This happened 60 years ago today, so here it is again) I awoke before dawn on August 27, 1960, bursting with nervous anticipation. This was to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/DC-8-swiss-air-in-air-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Autobiography/Aviation History: Douglas DC-8 – The Trip of a Lifetime")
Autobiography/Aviation History: Douglas DC-8 – The Trip of a Lifetime
Posted on August 27, 2020 | 88 Comments(first posted 12/22/2014. This happened 60 years ago today, so here it is again) I awoke before dawn on August 27, 1960, bursting with nervous anticipation. This was to be […] -
![posted at the Cohort by MattZ We all (hopefully) have memories of our first fast car rides. And hopefully good ones. Mine were colored by severely distracting circumstances, but I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/50105751328_c5b5b6fb7a_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: 1956 Ford Customline – My First 90+ MPH Ride, But Under Less Than Ideal Circumstances")
Auto-Biography: 1956 Ford Customline – My First 90+ MPH Ride, But Under Less Than Ideal Circumstances
Posted on July 19, 2020 | 24 Commentsposted at the Cohort by MattZ We all (hopefully) have memories of our first fast car rides. And hopefully good ones. Mine were colored by severely distracting circumstances, but I […] -
![click all images for max. size The Metolius River in Central Oregon has been a tourist destination since the late 1800s, when hot and tired wheat farmers from Eastern Washington […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CC-418-063-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Van-Tripping Chronicles: The Magical Metolius River and the First Van Breakdown – Lightning Does Strike The Same Place Twice")
Van-Tripping Chronicles: The Magical Metolius River and the First Van Breakdown – Lightning Does Strike The Same Place Twice
Posted on May 29, 2020 | 29 Commentsclick all images for max. size The Metolius River in Central Oregon has been a tourist destination since the late 1800s, when hot and tired wheat farmers from Eastern Washington […] -
![(our new COAL didn’t quite get ready to start for today, so if you’re desperate for something to read, I offer you this one first posted 9/27/2014.) The Second Annual […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/CC-230-003-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1971 Mercury Marquis Brougham – I’m Off To The CC Meet-Up, And I’ve Found The Perfect Car For The Trip")
Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1971 Mercury Marquis Brougham – I’m Off To The CC Meet-Up, And I’ve Found The Perfect Car For The Trip
Posted on April 26, 2020 | 92 Comments(our new COAL didn’t quite get ready to start for today, so if you’re desperate for something to read, I offer you this one first posted 9/27/2014.) The Second Annual […] -
![When I woke up the morning after I purchased this 1981 VW Westfalia, I had only one thought: What the hell had I done? What kind of a fix had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC00926.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL Mini Series: 1981 Volkswagen Westfalia Part II – Return of the Jeddy")
COAL Mini Series: 1981 Volkswagen Westfalia Part II – Return of the Jeddy
Posted on April 5, 2020 | 21 CommentsWhen I woke up the morning after I purchased this 1981 VW Westfalia, I had only one thought: What the hell had I done? What kind of a fix had […] -
![Here at CC we have the COAL series that looks at the cars from our past and present. Other than my Torino, a car that has been in my family […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Chevrolet-Malibu-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 1976 Chevrolet Malibu Classic – Unsung Hero")
COAL: 1976 Chevrolet Malibu Classic – Unsung Hero
Posted on February 4, 2020 | 53 CommentsHere at CC we have the COAL series that looks at the cars from our past and present. Other than my Torino, a car that has been in my family […] -
![(first posted 1/21/2014) For many blue collar kids, Rambler wagons were the minivans of working class suburbia. These were perfect as a family vehicle or as a second car since […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AMC-Rambler-wagon-thrid-seat-hemmings.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Kid Freedom In A Rambler")
Auto-Biography: Kid Freedom In A Rambler
Posted on January 31, 2020 | 50 Comments(first posted 1/21/2014) For many blue collar kids, Rambler wagons were the minivans of working class suburbia. These were perfect as a family vehicle or as a second car since […]
