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- I was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, the Vehicle City. I grew up in an environment chock-full of working-class joie de vivre. Flint was a magical place to grow up, with its myriad factories, vibrant Cultural Center, and being steeped in car-culture. Growing up in Flint undoubtedly shaped my tendency to gravitate toward urban scenes.
![Few treats seem to bring back the ’80s summertime nostalgia for me like a frozen Coke. Once I had started earning my own money with my newspaper route and daily […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/037-1986-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-LE-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix LE – Frozen Coke")
![(first posted 4/12/2016) On the Friday night before my most recent, February trip to Las Vegas, this hatchback greeted me in front of my favorite, neighborhood pizzeria on my walk […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/011-1981-83-AMC-Eagle-SX4-Series-50-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4 Series 50 – This Bird Has Earned Its Wings")
![I came across this El Camino at the end of this past February while in Evanston, the city just north of Chicago. It was still pretty cold outside that Saturday, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/003-1987-Chevrolet-El-Camino-Conquista-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1987 Chevrolet El Camino Conquista – <i>Fin Del Camino</i>")
![I was in my early twenties when my second apartment got broken into. My insurance career was in its infancy, and my meager, post-college earnings meant a limited allowance for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2013-02-15-Friday-1999-Jaguar-S-Type-Flint-Michigan-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: c. 2000 Jaguar S-Type – Hacked")
![(first posted 3/31/2016) While walking through my neighborhood after a post-work pit stop made at the local drug store, I came across these two purple Plymouth Neons from both generations […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/005-1st-2nd-Gen-Plymouth-Neon-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: First & Second Generation Plymouth Neons – A Parallel-Parked Pair Of Purple Plymouths")
![Attending the North American International Auto Show in Detroit for the first time in early 1987 was one event along my timeline that could be identified as lifechanging, without hyperbole. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/043-1989-Nissan-Pulsar-NX-XE-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Nissan Pulsar NX XE – Beautiful Shapeshifter")
![(first posted 3/28/2016) It is to this car-spotter’s advantage that North Sheridan Road in Chicago’s north side can move slowly during warm, languid summer afternoons. If you aren’t in a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/014-1975-Oldsmobile-Custom-Cruiser-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In Motion Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser – Clamshell Bombshell")
![I have previously made reference before here at CC to my Depeche Mode fandom earlier in my life. A few specific things this week led me down the path of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2012-07-28-Saturday-1980-MGB-BW-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1980 MGB Limited Edition – Taking A Ride With My Best Friend")
![(first posted 3/18/2016) I’d say the 1978 – ’87 A-body (turned G-Body) Olds Cutlass four-door sedan had a pretty rough go of life from the time it appeared. The newly-downsized […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/022-1985-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-sedan-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Sedan – Hand-Me-Downs")
![I recently stumbled across pictures I had taken during the weekend of the CC meetup that took place in the greater Detroit area at the beginning of June 2017. Winter […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_6275-c.-1987-Mercury-Grand-Marquis-crop-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: c. 1986 Mercury Grand Marquis – Lost & Found")
![(first posted 3/4/2016) I miss full-sized, truck-based, American-designed and built, V8-powered passenger vans. I miss regularly seeing them on our roads. I miss the artistic canvas that was many of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Chevy-Van-blue-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Third-Generation Chevrolet G-Series – An Ode To The Chevy Van")
![Every once in a while, I will have an “a-ha” moment prompted by absolutely nothing, or so it seems. I was born somewhere in the middle of the Ford Pinto’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_9644-Ford-Pinto-Runabout-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1974 Ford Pinto Runabout – Little Boat")
![Watching Looney Tunes cartoons on Saturday mornings was a highlight of my childhood, a regular occurrence that I would look forward to throughout the school week. It didn’t matter that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2015-08-15-Saturday-1971-Plymouth-Road-Runner-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1971 Plymouth Road Runner – Just <i>Once</i>")
![(first posted 2/19/2016) The sight of this big, beautiful Olds being piloted by this gentleman last summer stopped me dead in my tracks. In resplendent, factory Dark Green Metallic and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/825-1979-Oldsmobile-Delta-88-Royale-Coupe-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion CC Outtake: 1979 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Coupe – I Deserve This")
