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![What do Engineers do for enjoyment on business trips? I try to be on the lookout for things that are interesting. Recently I was in Mexico for two days and here’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Beetle-1200w.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Roadtrip Capsule: A Quick Trip to Mexico")
Roadtrip Capsule: A Quick Trip to Mexico
Posted on March 8, 2016 | 29 CommentsWhat do Engineers do for enjoyment on business trips? I try to be on the lookout for things that are interesting. Recently I was in Mexico for two days and here’s […] -
![It seems our family keeps vehicles until they are about 15 years old. Our 88 Ranger and our 96 Windstar both departed at 15, the 80 Concord and the 89 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Canoes.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2001 Ford Focus – A Daily Dose Of Joy")
COAL: 2001 Ford Focus – A Daily Dose Of Joy
Posted on February 9, 2016 | 98 CommentsIt seems our family keeps vehicles until they are about 15 years old. Our 88 Ranger and our 96 Windstar both departed at 15, the 80 Concord and the 89 […] -
![a·nom·a·ly: something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected. I had a Windstar. I drove it for almost 10 years without major problems. It still had the original […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Freestar.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 Ford Windstar – Anomaly")
COAL: 1996 Ford Windstar – Anomaly
Posted on July 11, 2015 | 45 Commentsa·nom·a·ly: something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected. I had a Windstar. I drove it for almost 10 years without major problems. It still had the original […] -
COAL: 1980 AMC Concord – Little Green Concord, You Don’t Know What I Got
Posted on April 10, 2015 | 30 CommentsThis little green 1980 Concord was a three-generation family car, owned by my grandfather, my aunt and myself. Like the title says, I didn’t know what I got: -
![Dad gave me this photo he’d scanned from a slide. It epitomizes my childhood; mop of blonde hair, patched knees on pants, messing about with some old car. But this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/56_Fargo_Orange_Julep.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Childhood Classic: Following Cliff Around")
Childhood Classic: Following Cliff Around
Posted on March 24, 2015 | 28 CommentsDad gave me this photo he’d scanned from a slide. It epitomizes my childhood; mop of blonde hair, patched knees on pants, messing about with some old car. But this […] -
CC Outtake: The Lost Glendale Trailer Graveyard
Posted on January 31, 2015 | 37 CommentsI’ve been coming to this campground all my life, over 45 years. It is also the secret location of the trailer graveyard that time forgot… -
![As the Gambler sang: “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, know when to run”. Over the course of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Img_2168.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1962 Triumph TR4 – Know When To Hold ‘Em…")
COAL: 1962 Triumph TR4 – Know When To Hold ‘Em…
Posted on January 3, 2015 | 40 CommentsAs the Gambler sang: “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, know when to run”. Over the course of […] -
COAL: 1985 Mazda RX-7 – Reality Steps In
Posted on November 22, 2014 | 20 CommentsThis was the shortest term of ownership I ever had a car for, about a year and a half but this brief flame burns bright in my memory. -
CC Outtake: 1963 Mercury Monterey – Red is the Color of Love’s Unheeded Call
Posted on November 19, 2014 | 75 CommentsThis is precisely the kind of unloved old car that calls to me, and precisely the kind of unloved old car I know I have to stay away from. -
Wordless Outtake: CC Busted!
Posted on November 14, 2014 | 44 Comments -
COAL: 1981 Chevrolet Impala – B is for Broom Handle
Posted on October 26, 2014 | 99 CommentsHere at CC we normally have a high regard for the GM B-bodies that appeared in 1977, but my own B-body tale is a bit uneven. -
COAL: 1988 Ford Ranger – The Wee Truck
Posted on July 18, 2014 | 56 CommentsThis is a story about a relationship that began and ended with shouting. -
Vacation CC Clue
Posted on April 23, 2014 | 9 CommentsHint: Seen outside a grocery store in Utah -
Vacation CCs: A Short Tale of Two Jeeps, One Old; One New
Posted on March 26, 2014 | 19 CommentsThe D family just returned from ten days in the Southwestern States, and amongst all the other great scenery, I really enjoyed looking at all the CC Jeep Cherokees. -
BOAL: Honda 450 Nighthawk – The Best First Bike
Posted on March 8, 2014 | 51 CommentsI shot this snow covered pair of 450 Hondas on my way to work. They are my daily reminder of my own introduction to the world of motorcycles.
