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![(first posted 6/23/2015) Every year, I go to the Mecum Spring Classic car auction in Indianapolis to photograph the cars. I always take my digital camera and a pocketful of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BW.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Classic Cars on Black-and-White Film")
Classic Cars on Black-and-White Film
Posted on June 23, 2021 | 75 Comments(first posted 6/23/2015) Every year, I go to the Mecum Spring Classic car auction in Indianapolis to photograph the cars. I always take my digital camera and a pocketful of […] -
![(first posted 6/10/2015) How can we have Convertible Week without a four-door convertible Continental? Long, low, and lithe. Rival Cadillac may have been at the top of its styling game […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Lincoln-1965-conv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule (and Bonus QOTD): 1936 Cadillac Series 75 and 1965 Lincoln Continental: What Four-Door Convertibles Do You Know Of?")
CC Capsule (and Bonus QOTD): 1936 Cadillac Series 75 and 1965 Lincoln Continental: What Four-Door Convertibles Do You Know Of?
Posted on June 10, 2021 | 93 Comments(first posted 6/10/2015) How can we have Convertible Week without a four-door convertible Continental? Long, low, and lithe. Rival Cadillac may have been at the top of its styling game […] -
![I’m writing this on the morning my family will celebrate my youngest son’s graduation from college. He enters the real world with a degree in computer science, and is eager […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_1719.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1980 Pontiac Firebird — Someone Decided This One Would Make It")
CC Capsule: 1980 Pontiac Firebird — Someone Decided This One Would Make It
Posted on June 8, 2021 | 38 CommentsI’m writing this on the morning my family will celebrate my youngest son’s graduation from college. He enters the real world with a degree in computer science, and is eager […] -
![(first posted 6/4/2015) A couple years ago I shared some photos I’d taken of the typography on classic cars. It seems like such a minor detail, but obvious design work […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1971-Plymouth-GTX.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto Typography 2")
Auto Typography 2
Posted on June 5, 2021 | 72 Comments(first posted 6/4/2015) A couple years ago I shared some photos I’d taken of the typography on classic cars. It seems like such a minor detail, but obvious design work […] -
![(first posted 5/13/2014) I remember clearly the first time I saw the new-for-1986 Ford Taurus. It was around the time I turned 18, late in the summer before the Taurus […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Taurus-1990-wagon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Ford Taurus Wagon – Redefining the Station Wagon")
Curbside Classic: 1990 Ford Taurus Wagon – Redefining the Station Wagon
Posted on May 20, 2021 | 81 Comments(first posted 5/13/2014) I remember clearly the first time I saw the new-for-1986 Ford Taurus. It was around the time I turned 18, late in the summer before the Taurus […] -
![(first posted 3/24/2015) Did you ever notice how seldom I share classics actually found curbside? I’m forever finding old cars and trucks in parking lots. It’s because I live more […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-f250.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Ford F-250 Explorer – At Its Age, Good To Be Anywhere")
Curbside Classic: 1979 Ford F-250 Explorer – At Its Age, Good To Be Anywhere
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 44 Comments(first posted 3/24/2015) Did you ever notice how seldom I share classics actually found curbside? I’m forever finding old cars and trucks in parking lots. It’s because I live more […] -
![I was 22 when Ford introduced the Explorer. I was sitting in my living room watching TV with my girlfriend when we saw our first commercial for it. We were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/93-94FordExplorer1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1993-94 Ford Explorer Limited – How Did It Escape Cash For Clunkers?")
CC Capsule: 1993-94 Ford Explorer Limited – How Did It Escape Cash For Clunkers?
Posted on February 4, 2021 | 57 CommentsI was 22 when Ford introduced the Explorer. I was sitting in my living room watching TV with my girlfriend when we saw our first commercial for it. We were […] -
![During the pandemic I’ve been working from home. I put about 4,000 miles on my car in 2020, as opposed to the 18,000 miles I put on it in 2019. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_3447.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Spotted While Driving, or Curbside Classics Out and About During the Pandemic")
Spotted While Driving, or Curbside Classics Out and About During the Pandemic
Posted on December 15, 2020 | 21 CommentsDuring the pandemic I’ve been working from home. I put about 4,000 miles on my car in 2020, as opposed to the 18,000 miles I put on it in 2019. […] -
![(first posted 12/12/2014) Winter’s chill came early in central Indiana this year, with morning temperatures in the teens by mid November. My stupid Ford Focus cares not about the weather: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/CommandoAds.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Kaiser Jeepster Commando – One Last Hurrah Before Winter")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Kaiser Jeepster Commando – One Last Hurrah Before Winter
Posted on December 12, 2020 | 32 Comments(first posted 12/12/2014) Winter’s chill came early in central Indiana this year, with morning temperatures in the teens by mid November. My stupid Ford Focus cares not about the weather: […] -
![(first posted 11/19/2014) I’ve experienced The CC Effect before – within days of a rarely-seen Curbside Classic being posted here, I’ve stumbled upon the same make and model on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Mazda-2-Wikipedia.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1996 Ford Aspire – OMG, I Found Another One")
Curbside Classic: 1996 Ford Aspire – OMG, I Found Another One
Posted on November 19, 2020 | 70 Comments(first posted 11/19/2014) I’ve experienced The CC Effect before – within days of a rarely-seen Curbside Classic being posted here, I’ve stumbled upon the same make and model on the […] -
![Even though air-cooled Volkswagens are hardly common in Indiana anymore, they’re still not exactly rare. I don’t keep track in my head of all the old cars I find; it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/VW_Thing_73-74_1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Air-Cooled Volkswagens I Have Recently Known")
CC Capsule: Air-Cooled Volkswagens I Have Recently Known
Posted on November 6, 2020 | 19 CommentsEven though air-cooled Volkswagens are hardly common in Indiana anymore, they’re still not exactly rare. I don’t keep track in my head of all the old cars I find; it […] -
![(first posted 9/9/2014) Coming upon an early Panther-based Ford LTD Crown Victoria is pretty rare out here in Rustopia. Most of the ones that got inherited after Grandpa passed away […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1987-Ford-LTD-Crown-Victoria-h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – Helloooooooo Kitty!")
Curbside Classic: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – Helloooooooo Kitty!
Posted on September 9, 2020 | 90 Comments(first posted 9/9/2014) Coming upon an early Panther-based Ford LTD Crown Victoria is pretty rare out here in Rustopia. Most of the ones that got inherited after Grandpa passed away […] -
![“You want to take it for a drive?” This was my neighbor, Mike, walking down his front lawn toward me as I admired his car. “Seriously?” I replied. I’d only […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/67Tempest1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Tempest Custom Convertible – Out for a Spin")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Pontiac Tempest Custom Convertible – Out for a Spin
Posted on August 21, 2020 | 10 Comments“You want to take it for a drive?” This was my neighbor, Mike, walking down his front lawn toward me as I admired his car. “Seriously?” I replied. I’d only […] -
![It’s not often anymore that I’m stopped dead in my tracks by a curbside classic. I think I’ve grown callous after having contributed here for seven years and counting. Another […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9297SevilleSLSa.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1992-97 Cadillac Seville SLS – Styling That’s Aged Well")
CC Capsule: 1992-97 Cadillac Seville SLS – Styling That’s Aged Well
Posted on July 17, 2020 | 24 CommentsIt’s not often anymore that I’m stopped dead in my tracks by a curbside classic. I think I’ve grown callous after having contributed here for seven years and counting. Another […] -
![In the 1980s it wasn’t uncommon to see unrestored 1960s Mustangs still in use as transportation. It was uncommon by the 1990s. I assume collectors had bought the ones worth […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/8789Mustang2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1987-89 Ford Mustang Convertible – Getting the Groceries")
CC Capsule: 1987-89 Ford Mustang Convertible – Getting the Groceries
Posted on July 11, 2020 | 16 CommentsIn the 1980s it wasn’t uncommon to see unrestored 1960s Mustangs still in use as transportation. It was uncommon by the 1990s. I assume collectors had bought the ones worth […]
