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![(first posted 8/31/2013) This was a radical car for Ford. If you didn’t live through the ‘70s and remember well all the bloatmobiles that Ford (and, to be fair, GM […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/79FordFairmont1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Ford Fairmont – The Ur-Fox")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Ford Fairmont – The Ur-Fox
Posted on September 3, 2023 | 164 Comments(first posted 8/31/2013) This was a radical car for Ford. If you didn’t live through the ‘70s and remember well all the bloatmobiles that Ford (and, to be fair, GM […] -
![I had never come upon a single parked BMW 2002 in my life, and then I found two in two days. My wife and I were on a weekend getaway […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/BMW-2002-1-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: Two BMW 2002s – God Bless the Weirwolf")
Curbside Classics: Two BMW 2002s – God Bless the Weirwolf
Posted on July 20, 2023 | 14 CommentsI had never come upon a single parked BMW 2002 in my life, and then I found two in two days. My wife and I were on a weekend getaway […] -
![This past Election Day as I exited my polling place, there sat this vintage fire truck. Naturally I photographed it. As it wore the livery of the local FD, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1962-Ford-F-800-fire-truck-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1962 Ford F-800 Fire Truck – The Prodigal Pumper Returns")
CC Capsule: 1962 Ford F-800 Fire Truck – The Prodigal Pumper Returns
Posted on July 11, 2023 | 9 CommentsThis past Election Day as I exited my polling place, there sat this vintage fire truck. Naturally I photographed it. As it wore the livery of the local FD, I […] -
![(first posted 4/10/2017) I want a fun little car just to drive to work. Especially now: I just started a new job, as Director of Engineering for a software startup, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IMG_9571.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Honda Civic CRX Si – A Little Zip On The Commute")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Honda Civic CRX Si – A Little Zip On The Commute
Posted on April 10, 2023 | 51 Comments(first posted 4/10/2017) I want a fun little car just to drive to work. Especially now: I just started a new job, as Director of Engineering for a software startup, […] -
![(first posted 1/6/2013) If you were born after a certain time, you think of the Ranger only as Ford’s (lost, lamented) compact truck. But from 1965 through 1970, Ford crowned […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/69F100Ranger4jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Ford F-100 Ranger–Faded but Still Glorious")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Ford F-100 Ranger–Faded but Still Glorious
Posted on March 10, 2023 | 63 Comments(first posted 1/6/2013) If you were born after a certain time, you think of the Ranger only as Ford’s (lost, lamented) compact truck. But from 1965 through 1970, Ford crowned […] -
![It was after midnight, and I had the shuttle bus driver drop me off where I thought my car was in the airport parking lot, but I was wrong. So […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1999-2000-Ford-Escort-ZX2-SR-a_Radiant.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1999-2000 Ford Escort ZX2 S/R — A Rare Hot Coupe")
CC Capsule: 1999-2000 Ford Escort ZX2 S/R — A Rare Hot Coupe
Posted on March 2, 2023 | 17 CommentsIt was after midnight, and I had the shuttle bus driver drop me off where I thought my car was in the airport parking lot, but I was wrong. So […] -
![The 1967-68 Chevrolet Impala hardtop coupe is easily my favorite automotive body design of all time. I love the semi-fastback roof line, and the saucy kick-up at the bottom of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1967-Chevrolet-Impala-red-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1967 Chevrolet Impalas – A Study In Off-Color Contrast")
Curbside Classics: 1967 Chevrolet Impalas – A Study In Off-Color Contrast
Posted on February 23, 2023 | 52 CommentsThe 1967-68 Chevrolet Impala hardtop coupe is easily my favorite automotive body design of all time. I love the semi-fastback roof line, and the saucy kick-up at the bottom of […] -
![I’ve driven Indiana’s historic Michigan Road a lot over the last 15 years, as a buddy and I built grassroots support to have it named a historic byway, and now […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1949-Buick-Super-b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1949 Buick Super – Elegant Patina")
Curbside Classic: 1949 Buick Super – Elegant Patina
Posted on January 11, 2023 | 24 CommentsI’ve driven Indiana’s historic Michigan Road a lot over the last 15 years, as a buddy and I built grassroots support to have it named a historic byway, and now […] -
![Last August my company sent me to Aalborg, Denmark. We had just acquired a small company there, and its team of software engineers were to report to me. I was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1971-74-Jaguar-E-Type.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics in Aalborg, Denmark: Old Cars Encountered While Walking and Riding")
Curbside Classics in Aalborg, Denmark: Old Cars Encountered While Walking and Riding
Posted on January 3, 2023 | 20 CommentsLast August my company sent me to Aalborg, Denmark. We had just acquired a small company there, and its team of software engineers were to report to me. I was […] -
![(first posted 2/2/2017) The church where I serve is in a tough neighborhood. It was solidly middle class when it was built a hundred years ago, but today it knows […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/76MarkVIAd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Lincoln Continental Mark IV – Former Cover Girl Now Living on the Wrong Side of the Tracks")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Lincoln Continental Mark IV – Former Cover Girl Now Living on the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Posted on January 2, 2023 | 92 Comments(first posted 2/2/2017) The church where I serve is in a tough neighborhood. It was solidly middle class when it was built a hundred years ago, but today it knows […] -
![(first posted 2/13/2013) I’m not just a car lover – I’m also a former book editor. From my years in publishing I learned how subtle type and layout choices […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/41BuickSuper-jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto Typography")
Auto Typography
Posted on December 10, 2022 | 123 Comments(first posted 2/13/2013) I’m not just a car lover – I’m also a former book editor. From my years in publishing I learned how subtle type and layout choices […] -
![It’s been almost two years since my last Spotted While Driving post, a series I began in 2014. I drive probably half as many miles as I used to, as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_0467.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Spotted While Driving, or Curbside Classics Out to Play Post Pandemic")
Spotted While Driving, or Curbside Classics Out to Play Post Pandemic
Posted on November 17, 2022 | 15 CommentsIt’s been almost two years since my last Spotted While Driving post, a series I began in 2014. I drive probably half as many miles as I used to, as […] -
![Chevrolet’s name has always been affixed to some of the best-selling automobiles in the United States. But for some reason, when General Motors dropped the Geo make and started selling […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1998-2002-Chevy-Prizm-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1998-2002 Chevrolet Prism — One Nice, One a Beater")
CC Capsule: 1998-2002 Chevrolet Prism — One Nice, One a Beater
Posted on November 3, 2022 | 22 CommentsChevrolet’s name has always been affixed to some of the best-selling automobiles in the United States. But for some reason, when General Motors dropped the Geo make and started selling […] -
![(first posted 6/30/2016) Every May I go to the Mecum Spring Classic old-car auction here in Indianapolis and spend the day taking scads of photographs. This year, my favorite photos […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Mecum01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auction Classics: Black-and-White Photography (and Disappointment) at the Mecum Spring Classic")
Auction Classics: Black-and-White Photography (and Disappointment) at the Mecum Spring Classic
Posted on June 30, 2022 | 75 Comments(first posted 6/30/2016) Every May I go to the Mecum Spring Classic old-car auction here in Indianapolis and spend the day taking scads of photographs. This year, my favorite photos […] -
![(first posted 6/9/2016) He was a salesman at the company where I had gone to work after graduating from engineering school. And he routinely made my life, and the lives […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/dddbv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1993-96 Lincoln Mark VIII – On Dealing with Douchebags")
CC Capsule: 1993-96 Lincoln Mark VIII – On Dealing with Douchebags
Posted on June 9, 2022 | 70 Comments(first posted 6/9/2016) He was a salesman at the company where I had gone to work after graduating from engineering school. And he routinely made my life, and the lives […]
