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![For ten minutes one afternoon in 1986, I thought I had killed a little girl. This is my story. It involves a van, the military Hummer, and 25 80-pound buckets […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ChevyVan.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Van Stories: The Frozen Glue Incident")
![The other day, a bunch of us at work ran out to the Greek place around the corner for a quick lunch. When we came out, this Volvo 164 was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Volvo164_3jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1970 Volvo 164: Out to Lunch")
![The route-home-delivery era ended during my 1970s kidhood. Milk delivery ended first. Bread delivery hung on through the early 1970s; I remember the brightly painted Tip-Top Bread truck swinging through […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IHMetros.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auction Classic: 1959 International Harvester Metro – Breadbox Bread Truck")
![I was visiting family in my hometown of South Bend recently and went downtown to drink a little scotch with my oldest friend. As we left the little pub we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/63FordFairlane1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1963 Ford Fairlane 500 – Out for a Night on the Town")
![This is the third and final part in a series. Check out the prewar Studebakers in Part 1, and the postwar Studes in Part 2. The Studebaker National Museum contains […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/MuppetMovie51Commander.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "A Tour of the Studebaker National Museum: Part 3 – Rarities and Oddities")
![Read Part One of this tour of the Studebaker National Museum, with vehicles made before World War II, here. This dramatic Lark sign–the first thing you see when you enter […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/LarkSign.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "A Tour of the Studebaker National Museum: Part 2 – After World War II")
![I was born in South Bend a few years after Studebaker shuttered its plant, so a post-Studebaker South Bend is all I’ve ever known. But I will always love the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1934President.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "A Tour of the Studebaker National Museum: Part 1 – Before World War II")
![Is there a sports car that typifies the 1990s more than the Mitsubishi 3000GT (and its mechanically identical companion, the Dodge Stealth)? It seemed so exotic at the time – […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/VR4brochure.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL – At Least It’s Not Red")
![Fountain Square is an old Indianapolis neighborhood that lies just southeast of downtown. It’s in the beginning stages of gentrification, which means that the trappings of blue-collar life – the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/74BMW30CS2jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1974 BMW 3.0 CS – Bringing the Gentrification")
![Though I’m a city boy through and through, I have a soft spot in my heart for vintage farm equipment, especially vintage Oliver farm equipment. You see, my dad worked […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/1968Oliver1950T1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "State Fair Classic: 1968 Oliver 1950-T: The Oliver Years")
![Back in the 80s, I used to go to this cool little record store (remember records?) where the sign over the door read, “Since 1969.” The store actually opened in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/69VWWestie1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1969 Volkswagen Westfalia Camper – Perfect for that Workday Afternoon Siesta")
![“It’s in rough shape,” my mechanic said when I asked about the old Jeep with a for-sale sign in the window. I’d just paid him for an oil change. “It’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/79JeepCJ7_2jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1979 Jeep CJ-7 – Dads Can Dream")
![As soon as I saw this Land Rover on a Chicago street several months ago, I knew I’d have to photograph it to share with you here. But I’ve been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/BornFree.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1961 Land Rover Series IIa – I Have No Idea What to Say About This Vehicle, But Look, Here It Is")
![As the 1980s faded into the 1990s, Olds kept one foot planted as firmly as it could in the 1970s. After all, plenty of bluehairs would still line up, with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1993OldsNinetyEightRegencyElite1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Oldsmobility at the Office")
![Kaiser in its various corporate guises produced vehicles for 22 years – cars just the first seven of them. Thanks to their purchase of Willys-Overland in 1953, however, they made […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/69KaiserJeepsterCommando3jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Auction Classic Capsule: 1969 Kaiser Jeepster Commando – It’s Screaming Yellow, But It’s No Zonker")
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