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Curbside Classics Archives
Curbside Fiction Archive
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![Text submitted by Jack Allen. Way back when, our US pro sports leagues originated with only a few teams in big, magnet cities – the rest initially located in whatever […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/5561656754_79de913137_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A CC Super Bowl Dream")
A CC Super Bowl Dream
Posted on February 8, 2024 | 6 CommentsText submitted by Jack Allen. Way back when, our US pro sports leagues originated with only a few teams in big, magnet cities – the rest initially located in whatever […] -
![(Author’s Note: This is a prequel of sorts to a series of fictional tales I told way back in 2015 and 2016. This installment has been trapped in my head […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/70-f100-1-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: The One Way Passenger")
Curbside Fiction: The One Way Passenger
Posted on February 1, 2024 | 26 Comments(Author’s Note: This is a prequel of sorts to a series of fictional tales I told way back in 2015 and 2016. This installment has been trapped in my head […] -
![(This has become a serial; the first episode can be found here.) (first posted 11/6/2015) Louis Broderick stopped the black 1987 Chrysler Fifth Avenue when he encountered a red light […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/khng.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: The Next Passenger – Part 2")
Curbside Fiction: The Next Passenger – Part 2
Posted on November 6, 2021 | 31 Comments(This has become a serial; the first episode can be found here.) (first posted 11/6/2015) Louis Broderick stopped the black 1987 Chrysler Fifth Avenue when he encountered a red light […] -
![(first posted 11/5/2015) Louis Broderick had been born in the back of a clapped out Dodge station wagon and things had not improved much since. Twenty-eight years later, as Louis […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/pjhg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: The Passenger – Part 1")
Curbside Fiction: The Passenger – Part 1
Posted on November 6, 2021 | 38 Comments(first posted 11/5/2015) Louis Broderick had been born in the back of a clapped out Dodge station wagon and things had not improved much since. Twenty-eight years later, as Louis […] -
![(first posted 10/7/2015) A couple of years ago, the historic Capitol Theatre located in the heart of downtown Flint, Michigan was offering free tours of this grand, old dame that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/143-1964-Chevrolet-Corvair-Monza-Spyder-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "On-Stage Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder Club Coupe – The Seductress")
On-Stage Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder Club Coupe – The Seductress
Posted on October 7, 2021 | 58 Comments(first posted 10/7/2015) A couple of years ago, the historic Capitol Theatre located in the heart of downtown Flint, Michigan was offering free tours of this grand, old dame that […] -
![(first posted 9/25/2015) I had first spotted this penultimate-year ’74 Grand Ville from the train during my weekday commute when it was parked in a lot near the famous Aragon […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/031-1974-Pontiac-Grand-Ville-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / CC Fiction: 1974 Pontiac Grand Ville – A Love Gone Horribly Wrong")
Curbside Classic / CC Fiction: 1974 Pontiac Grand Ville – A Love Gone Horribly Wrong
Posted on September 25, 2021 | 46 Comments(first posted 9/25/2015) I had first spotted this penultimate-year ’74 Grand Ville from the train during my weekday commute when it was parked in a lot near the famous Aragon […] -
![Imagine that you have endured an entire Midwestern winter, especially the often brutally windy and cold kind that we have in Chicago, and have done so with a smile on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_4182-1995-Volkswagen-Cabrio-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtakes: 2000 Volkswagen Cabrio – Dang It")
Curbside Outtakes: 2000 Volkswagen Cabrio – Dang It
Posted on May 4, 2021 | 26 CommentsImagine that you have endured an entire Midwestern winter, especially the often brutally windy and cold kind that we have in Chicago, and have done so with a smile on […] -
![It took me until September, but I finally scheduled time off from work for the first time this entire year. One could say that I finally had an “Aha!” moment […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20200910_123841-1969-Ford-Capri-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: 1971 Ford Capri – On Holiday In Capri")
Curbside Fiction: 1971 Ford Capri – On Holiday In Capri
Posted on September 22, 2020 | 25 CommentsIt took me until September, but I finally scheduled time off from work for the first time this entire year. One could say that I finally had an “Aha!” moment […] -
![(Authors Note: This story was inspired by the following truck, all other pictures found on Google) Barbara sighed heavily and glanced out the window of the diner. Through the snow […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_E0355.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: 1987 Ford Bronco II Making Ends Meet")
Curbside Fiction: 1987 Ford Bronco II Making Ends Meet
Posted on December 14, 2019 | 11 Comments(Authors Note: This story was inspired by the following truck, all other pictures found on Google) Barbara sighed heavily and glanced out the window of the diner. Through the snow […] -
![Introductory Note: If ever there was a vehicle we are unlikely to encounter at curbside and just as unlikely to find at a car show, it would be the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1958-Packard-Colors-Bluff-Gray-08-Small.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Goes Shopping: For A 1958 Packard")
Curbside Classic Goes Shopping: For A 1958 Packard
Posted on August 7, 2019 | 86 CommentsIntroductory Note: If ever there was a vehicle we are unlikely to encounter at curbside and just as unlikely to find at a car show, it would be the […] -
![The following is an excerpt from a story I’m working on called ‘Dear Sam’. I read a book in high school that had such a great premise, and screwed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1975-Ford-Torino-front-left-23806577.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: 1975 Ford Gran Torino- Dueling Dragons")
Curbside Fiction: 1975 Ford Gran Torino- Dueling Dragons
Posted on September 25, 2018 | 9 CommentsThe following is an excerpt from a story I’m working on called ‘Dear Sam’. I read a book in high school that had such a great premise, and screwed […] -
![Bill Dixon was a renowned professional driver and private investigator. He had appeared in a few small movies as well as some TV shows as a stunt driver. So when […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2014-chrysler-300C-front-view.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Fiction: What If The Tables Were Turned?")
CC Fiction: What If The Tables Were Turned?
Posted on June 3, 2018 | 15 CommentsBill Dixon was a renowned professional driver and private investigator. He had appeared in a few small movies as well as some TV shows as a stunt driver. So when […] -
![Author’s Note: It’s been quite a while since we’ve visited with Louis Broderick, the delightfully shrewd and unpolished driving savant who made an inadvertent splash in the underworld. While I’ve […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/thumb_IMG_8442_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Fiction: The Insightful Passenger")
CC Fiction: The Insightful Passenger
Posted on January 24, 2018 | 22 CommentsAuthor’s Note: It’s been quite a while since we’ve visited with Louis Broderick, the delightfully shrewd and unpolished driving savant who made an inadvertent splash in the underworld. While I’ve […] -
![by Bill Shields There once was a man named Paul, who worked in TV and could have made quite the haul He decided on a whim this was not the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CC-232-048-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Poetry: The Ode to CC")
Curbside Poetry: The Ode to CC
Posted on May 15, 2017 | 22 Commentsby Bill Shields There once was a man named Paul, who worked in TV and could have made quite the haul He decided on a whim this was not the […] -
![–––– Once upon an evening beery As I staggered weak and weary Forgetting where I’d parked my car Suddenly I heard a rapping, Beak on windshield, tap, tap, tapping From […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/RAVEN.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Couplet — Quoth the Raven")
Curbside Couplet — Quoth the Raven
Posted on April 1, 2017 | 7 Comments–––– Once upon an evening beery As I staggered weak and weary Forgetting where I’d parked my car Suddenly I heard a rapping, Beak on windshield, tap, tap, tapping From […]
