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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.
![For subscribers of the philosophy that bigger is better, I present to you a full-sized Buick passenger car of ample external proportions, this ’82 Electra Park Avenue coupe. This model […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2012-12-18-Tuesday-1982-Buick-Electra-Limited-CC-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1982 Buick Electra Park Avenue – Good & Plenty")
![The annual Back To The Bricks car festival is happening this week in my hometown of Flint, Michigan, and this year will mark only the second time since 2010 that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/010-1973-Cadillac-Eldorado-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1973 Cadillac Eldorado – Somebody Else’s Nice Things")
![(first posted 8/12/2015) One of the things I enjoy most about business travel is the ability to explore new-to-me places once the day’s work is done. My current job afforded […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/151-1985-Chevrolet-Cavalier-Type-10-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1985 Chevrolet Cavalier Type 10 Notchback – Nice To See You Again")
![My first and only tent-camping trip happened when I was in the sixth grade in the mid-1980s. The two teachers for our large class at the gifted elementary school I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/022-Jeep-CJ-7-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: c. 1981 Jeep CJ-7 – No Glamping Here")
![National Ice Cream Day fell on Sunday, July 18th this year. I used to eat ice cream by the bowlful regularly when I was growing up. Vanilla was what my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2012-08-05-Sunday-1946-Ford-Super-DeLuxe-Tudor-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1946 Ford Super DeLuxe Coupe – To Resume")
![McDonald’s. I’m trying really hard right now to think of another proper noun that made me more excited when I was a kid. “Atari”, “Hostess”, and “Baskin-Robbins” came close. I’m […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1965-Buick-Special-CC-3-REDO.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Buick Special – Don’t Grimace")
![Riddle: “When is an El Camino not an El Camino?” Answer: “When it’s a GMC Caballero!” Or a GMC Sprint, to be fair. This past July 4th weekend found me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/022-1981-GMC-Caballero-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 GMC Caballero – Red Hot")
![(first posted 7/18/2015) I’ve been thinking lately about cars I used to see every day that at some indiscernible point seemed to reach the flashpoint of invisibility overnight. This […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/125-1979-Oldsmobile-Ninety-Eight-Regency-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1979 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – Rockin’ A Real Rocket")
![(first posted 7/16/2015) My neighborhood of Edgewater in Chicago’s north side has a very eclectic mixture of cars, which reflects the diversity here that I’ve been a part of for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/006-1977-Ford-Thunderbird-Town-Landau-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford Thunderbird Town Landau – Her Name Was Lola")
![A few weeks ago, I had made reference to having owned one of those plastic, two-tone, beige and brown record players made by Fisher-Price, when I was a kid. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Rufus-Masterjam-album-cover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Jukebox: The Cars Of Rufus & Chaka’s <i>Masterjam</i> – Do You Love What You Feel?")
![(first posted 7/11/2015) I had spotted this ’75 Olds Starfire SX from my southbound, morning Red Line train on the way to work in the Chicago Loop. I actually considered […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/037-1975-Oldsmobile-Starfire-SX.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Oldsmobile Starfire – SX Appeal")
![Last summer, I had written an essay with the hypothetical premise of “what if” the fictional Charles Townsend Detective Agency from the 1970s television series Charlie’s Angels had used AMC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-06-11-1977-Ford-Pinto-CC-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford Pinto – The Townsend Agency Cheaped Out")
![A couple of years ago, I had written about a pair of Lincolns parked curbside near one of my favorite, then-newly discovered destinations, Rogers Beach, in the Chicago neighborhood […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/020-1991-Oldsmobile-Toronado-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1991 Oldsmobile Toronado – Lost In A Changing Landscape")
![Mere days before Christmas of last year, I stumbled across this sad specimen of a Chevrolet Citation while on one of my long, meditative walks. To see any Citation anymore, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/038-1980-Chevrolet-Citation-CC-USE.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – Murphy’s Law")
![Today marks the first official day of summer 2021 in the northern hemisphere. It also happens to be Father’s Day. It was my dad who was the parent to ask […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/005-2006-11-Chevrolet-HHR-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 2007 Chevrolet HHR Panel – Ice Cream Truck")
