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auto-biography Archive
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Auto-Biography: Autology – Advanced Studies In Automotive Obsession
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 55 Comments(first published in 2007) The University of Iowa’s reputation for intellectual excellence lured my family away from Innsbruck (it sure as hell wasn’t the skiing). Despite the fact that my […] -
Auto-Biography, Part 1: Genesis – Innsbruck 1953-1960
Posted on February 13, 2011 | 47 Comments[What to run as the first piece on CC? Well, it somehow felt fitting that it be the first chapter of the Auto-Biography. It documents the very origins of my life-long obsession with cars, as well as it being the first piece I ever wrote and submitted for publication, at TTAC exactly four years ago.
![Auto-Biography: Autology – Advanced Studies In Automotive Obsession (first published in 2007) The University of Iowa’s reputation for intellectual excellence lured my family away from Innsbruck (it sure as hell wasn’t the skiing). Despite the fact that my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-UI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cars Of A Lifetime: The White Rabbit – Keep Your Head I became acquainted with the White Rabbit after my friend moved away and we began writing each other. She lived in Texas and I lived in Oregon. As we exchanged long letters, our virtual romantic interests […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1977-vw-golf-rabbit-oldest-diesel-in-us-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)



