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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.
![(first posted 10/24/2015) I love Detroit. This scrappy, determined and historic U.S. Rust Belt city has accomplished some amazing feats over the past five years, not limited to emerging from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1977-Cadillac-Eldorado-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1977 Cadillac Eldorado & Detroit, Michigan – Downsize Or Die")
![It’s still convertible season in the Northern Hemisphere for a little while longer this year. Summer can sometimes feel too hot to have the top down, where closed windows and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2013-10-13-Sunday-Lakeview-1966-Silver-Frost-10259558436_0f2b860127_o-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: 1965-1966 Ford Mustang Convertibles In Motion")
![I was on my way home from a night out early on a Sunday morning over eight years ago when I came across this ’78 Continental Town Car. It was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/8351770579_bec58d49a5_o-1978-Lincoln-Continental-Town-Car-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Lincoln Continental Town Car – The Grand, Old Architecture")
![(first posted 10/7/2015) A couple of years ago, the historic Capitol Theatre located in the heart of downtown Flint, Michigan was offering free tours of this grand, old dame that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/143-1964-Chevrolet-Corvair-Monza-Spyder-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "On-Stage Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder Club Coupe – The Seductress")
![The first full month of autumn in the northern hemisphere is here, and it’s a little hard to believe it’s already October. I have some friends who aren’t “summer people” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/016-1993-Plymouth-Acclaim-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: c. 1993 Plymouth Acclaim – Plymouth Rock")
![(first posted 9/30/2015) I don’t care what anyone else says. Toy cars in 1:64 scale (Matchbox, Johnny Lightning, etc.), or any other scale, for that matter, are not exclusively for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/AMC-Javelin-Bridge-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Miniature CCs: Matchbox Cars – The Gateway Drug")
![I’m something of a popular culture junkie. Perhaps not to the extent that I subscribe to any websites, blogs, or the like, but when I’m surfing the internet in my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/015-Customized-1990-Chevrolet-CK-1500-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1990 Chevrolet C/K 1500 – A Little Sheetmetal Surgery")
![(first posted 9/25/2015) I had first spotted this penultimate-year ’74 Grand Ville from the train during my weekday commute when it was parked in a lot near the famous Aragon […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/031-1974-Pontiac-Grand-Ville-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / CC Fiction: 1974 Pontiac Grand Ville – A Love Gone Horribly Wrong")
![(first posted 9/23/2015) What you’re looking at behind that Ford Excursion SUV is a Cadillac Coupe DeVille from its second-most-plentiful year, 1979. With just under 122,000 coupes sold (out of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/023-1979-Cadillac-Coupe-DeVille-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Cadillac Coupe DeVille – Many A Pensioner’s Reward")
![I’ll state right off the bat that my knee-jerk reaction to crustaceans is that they’re nasty. I’ve never been a seafood person, per se. Back when I was in high […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/011-1986-Dodge-Ram-Van-InterVec-Falcon-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1986 Dodge Ram Van InterVec Falcon – An Ode To The Hermit Crab")
![Almost exactly one month ago, I committed an entire week to treating Chicago like a vacation destination, and my home on the northeast side like an imaginary AirBNB. During each […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/033-1979-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Supreme-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme – Fewer Calories With All Of The Flavor")
![A lot can change in twenty years. The Honda Insight was the very first gas-electric hybrid vehicle offered for sale in North America in December of 1999, following its introduction […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20210819_174949-2001-Honda-Insight-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2001 Honda Insight – Another Insightful Piece")
![(first posted 9/1/2015) Mom had come to visit me in Chicago several years ago, and she and I had taken the Metra commuter rail out to the southwestern Chicago suburb […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/045-1975-2006-2007-Chevrolet-Monte-Carlos-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1975 and 2006-’07 Chevrolet Monte Carlos – I See The Resemblance")
![It was an otherwise ordinary, late-summer Sunday afternoon, three years ago. I had just spent an hour or so at the Lincoln Park Zoo, one of my favorite free attractions […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/005-1985-Oldsmobile-Delta-88-Royale-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale – Along Came Delta")
![(first posted 8/29/2015) I love Michigan. Our state goes car-crazy pretty much the entire month of August. There are many noteworthy shows occurring that month, including the Woodward Dream Cruise […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/939-1973-AMC-Javelin-AMX-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 AMC Javelin AMX – Right On Target")
