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![When I wrapped my COAL series in 2013, I had just bought this 2006 Ford Focus as my daily driver and had demoted my 2003 Toyota Matrix (COAL story here) […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Focus1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 2006 Ford Focus ZX5 SES – Passed Down to Three Generations")
COAL Update: 2006 Ford Focus ZX5 SES – Passed Down to Three Generations
Posted on December 19, 2018 | 73 CommentsWhen I wrapped my COAL series in 2013, I had just bought this 2006 Ford Focus as my daily driver and had demoted my 2003 Toyota Matrix (COAL story here) […] -
![It was a random day in Crown Point, a town of about 27,000 in Indiana’s northwest-most county. We were there visiting one of my wife’s sisters and her husband for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/vwbus3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip: Classics on the Square in Crown Point")
CC Road Trip: Classics on the Square in Crown Point
Posted on November 8, 2018 | 25 CommentsIt was a random day in Crown Point, a town of about 27,000 in Indiana’s northwest-most county. We were there visiting one of my wife’s sisters and her husband for […] -
![We’ve remarked here many times how the FWD A body became a genuine Roach of the Road – but only the Olds and Buick versions, because the Chevy and Pontiac […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_1473.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – A Rare Sighting")
CC Outtake: 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity – A Rare Sighting
Posted on October 3, 2018 | 57 CommentsWe’ve remarked here many times how the FWD A body became a genuine Roach of the Road – but only the Olds and Buick versions, because the Chevy and Pontiac […] -
![(first posted 12/22/2012) In the summer of 1986, I was home after my freshman year at engineering school when my Aunt Betty offered me a job driving for the courier […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Pintomobile5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1975 Ford Pinto–Fecal Brown Freedom")
COAL: 1975 Ford Pinto–Fecal Brown Freedom
Posted on August 27, 2018 | 81 Comments(first posted 12/22/2012) In the summer of 1986, I was home after my freshman year at engineering school when my Aunt Betty offered me a job driving for the courier […] -
![After I shared my last post from a local Cars and Coffee gathering, our very own J.P. Cavanaugh pinged me on Facebook and said, “Another one is coming up, do […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ccjpc01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: Building Friendship at a Cars and Coffee, or C&C with JPC")
Car Show Classics: Building Friendship at a Cars and Coffee, or C&C with JPC
Posted on August 22, 2018 | 31 CommentsAfter I shared my last post from a local Cars and Coffee gathering, our very own J.P. Cavanaugh pinged me on Facebook and said, “Another one is coming up, do […] -
![It’s shocking how short the second-generation Ford Escort was. I suppose that’s true of many subcompact cars of 20 and more years ago, but cars have gotten a lot taller […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_0208jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1996 Ford Escort LX Sedan – A Manually Shifted Clown Car")
CC Capsule: 1996 Ford Escort LX Sedan – A Manually Shifted Clown Car
Posted on August 8, 2018 | 43 CommentsIt’s shocking how short the second-generation Ford Escort was. I suppose that’s true of many subcompact cars of 20 and more years ago, but cars have gotten a lot taller […] -
![I got to drive a first-gen Subaru Legacy a handful of times. A company I worked for owned one, and we were supposed to use it on local Official Business. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_2084.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1993 Subaru Legacy – Where Have I Seen That Kick-Up Before?")
CC Capsule: 1993 Subaru Legacy – Where Have I Seen That Kick-Up Before?
Posted on July 11, 2018 | 28 CommentsI got to drive a first-gen Subaru Legacy a handful of times. A company I worked for owned one, and we were supposed to use it on local Official Business. […] -
![I try to take in a couple car shows each year. Naturally, I enjoy walking among the cars. I also I love to load film into one of my old […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ae1p.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: Confronting My Biases at Indy Cars and Coffee")
Car Show Classics: Confronting My Biases at Indy Cars and Coffee
Posted on June 27, 2018 | 21 CommentsI try to take in a couple car shows each year. Naturally, I enjoy walking among the cars. I also I love to load film into one of my old […] -
![I like coming upon any Wagoneer in the wild, but the older the better. So I was pretty stoked to find this one which, judging by the grille, was from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/IMG_1532.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1983 Jeep Wagoneer Brougham – The Perfect Vintage Ride for a Rock-Ribbed Republican")
CC Capsule: 1983 Jeep Wagoneer Brougham – The Perfect Vintage Ride for a Rock-Ribbed Republican
Posted on June 13, 2018 | 28 CommentsI like coming upon any Wagoneer in the wild, but the older the better. So I was pretty stoked to find this one which, judging by the grille, was from […] -
![It’s becoming my annual tradition, this sharing of the old cars I photograph through my windshield while I wait at stoplights. I’ve done it since 2013, except that I skipped […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_2213.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Spotted While Driving, or Curbside Classics Photographed Through a Dirty Windshield")
Spotted While Driving, or Curbside Classics Photographed Through a Dirty Windshield
Posted on May 30, 2018 | 34 CommentsIt’s becoming my annual tradition, this sharing of the old cars I photograph through my windshield while I wait at stoplights. I’ve done it since 2013, except that I skipped […] -
![Downtown Fishers, Indiana, is under construction. Ten years ago it was a few aging commercial buildings and a bunch of tiny houses. Today, the houses are mostly gone, being replaced […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/17620004-proc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1977 Ford F-150 – Construction Special")
CC Capsule: 1977 Ford F-150 – Construction Special
Posted on May 23, 2018 | 22 CommentsDowntown Fishers, Indiana, is under construction. Ten years ago it was a few aging commercial buildings and a bunch of tiny houses. Today, the houses are mostly gone, being replaced […] -
Wordless Outtake: Cavalier at the Gates of Heaven
Posted on April 26, 2018 | 18 CommentsNorthwest Indianapolis, July 2008 -
![(first posted 12/7/2013) Okay, you might have known that the 1960 Edsel two-door hardtop shared the 1960 Ford Starliner two-door hardtop roof. But I sure didn’t. Ford only manufactured 1960 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1960Edsel1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1960 Edsel Ranger – Who Knew Edsel Had a Starliner?")
Cohort Outtake: 1960 Edsel Ranger – Who Knew Edsel Had a Starliner?
Posted on August 2, 2017 | 84 Comments(first posted 12/7/2013) Okay, you might have known that the 1960 Edsel two-door hardtop shared the 1960 Ford Starliner two-door hardtop roof. But I sure didn’t. Ford only manufactured 1960 […] -
![Ten years I’ve lived in this house, and with the enjoyable exception of a 1967 Ford F250 several years ago (see it here), I’ve seen nary a classic parked curbside […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/tbird1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Neighborhood Outtakes: At Last, Curbside Classics In My Own Neighborhood")
Neighborhood Outtakes: At Last, Curbside Classics In My Own Neighborhood
Posted on July 23, 2017 | 38 CommentsTen years I’ve lived in this house, and with the enjoyable exception of a 1967 Ford F250 several years ago (see it here), I’ve seen nary a classic parked curbside […] -
![We haven’t seen very many second-generation Firebirds here. This one and this one are the only full-on CCs I can find. And we’ve certainly not seen such an early example. That […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_1510.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1970 or 1971 Pontiac Firebird Esprit – Getting Groceries")
CC Capsule: 1970 or 1971 Pontiac Firebird Esprit – Getting Groceries
Posted on July 15, 2017 | 29 CommentsWe haven’t seen very many second-generation Firebirds here. This one and this one are the only full-on CCs I can find. And we’ve certainly not seen such an early example. That […]
