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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.
![State Street in downtown Chicago’s Loop District has been a treasure trove of rolling, CC-worthy Detroit iron in the ten-plus years I’ve lived here. When winter’s thaw is fully underway […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/023-1978-Chevrolet-Malibu-Classic-Coupe-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion CC Capsule: 1978 Chevrolet Malibu Classic Coupe – Less Is More")
![The weather in the Windy City was unseasonably warm during the second week of last November when I had rediscovered these photos I had taken several years prior. Temperatures had reached around […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/007-Venomous-Valet-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: Shelby Cobra 427 Replica – An Accessory To Mischief?")
![There was a time in the not-too-distant past when my hometown was best known for headquartering Buick and building GM-branded cars and trucks instead of for toxic drinking water. Spotting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/253-1968-Buick-Skylark-Custom-Convertible-CC-downtown-Flint.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1968 Buick Skylark Custom Convertible – Better Days In Flint")
![When I first spotted this pairing of old and then-new Cadillacs in downtown traffic on a Friday afternoon, my first thought was that the ’76 Sedan DeVille in the foreground took […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/006-Old-76-Cadillac-newish-11-SRX-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Outtakes: 1976 Cadillac Sedan DeVille & 2011 Cadillac SRX – Old Hat, New Hat")
![Summertime warmth now seems like a dream to me, now that we in the Midwestern United States are in the middle of Winter 2015 – ’16 in our lovely hemisphere. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/026-1977-Chevrolet-Corvette-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1977 Chevrolet Corvette – I Feel Love (A Rhapsody In Blue)")
![The future can’t be stopped. It’s somewhat hard for me to believe we’re now firmly entrenched in the first week (as defined by the first seven days) of the new year. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1989-Lincoln-Town-Car-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Outtake: 1989 Lincoln Town Car – Hurtling Into Twenty-Sixteen")
![It was back to the good, old Shenango River Valley region of northeastern Ohio / northwestern Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving with my other half’s extended family, just a few weeks ago. It’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/014-The-Storage-Lot-That-Time-Forgot-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1956 Studebaker Hawk & 1980 Ford Thunderbird – Two Old, Blue Birds From Yesteryear")
![I spotted this beauty on Thanksgiving Day three years ago, while on a walk with extended family through this suburban neighborhood outside of Washington, DC. I had the pleasure of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1967-69-Volvo-1800S-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1967 Volvo 1800S – Safe Flights, Everyone")
![I was on business travel several weeks ago, as I had referenced in my earlier Ford Granada post. I consider myself something of a “practiced extrovert”, and most of the time I just want […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/062-1970-Chevrolet-Chevelle-SS-454-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 – Some Kind Of Wonderful")
![It has been unseasonably warm here in Chicago this week, with the temperatures hovering around 70°F (21°C) from this past Monday through Wednesday, and predicted again for today (Thursday) as the high. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/014-1985-Cadillac-Eldorado-Biarritz-convertible-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "On-The-Go Classic: 1985 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible – One More Time")
![This is the car I had wished I had when I was a teenager in the late 1980’s / early-90’s. It is as far from my same-generation, 2.3L four-cylinder Mustang in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/008-1992-Ford-Mustang-GT-5.0-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1991 – ’93 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 Hatchback – Dark Horse")
![Riding the Route 36 bus to the neighborhood grocery store afforded me this view of these two Toyota Camrys (complete with eleventh-generation Ford Thunderbird photobomb). I don’t recall ever having seen […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/038-US-spec-2nd-6th-generation-Toyota-Camrys-V20-XV40.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: US-Spec 2nd & 6th Generation Toyota Camrys – My, How You’ve Grown")
![On my first trip to Las Vegas, Nevada three years ago, I wasn’t prepared for either the wonderful, sensory excesses I was about to experience, or for the random car sighting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/123-1962-Cadillac-Fleetwood-limousine-Binions-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics On Holiday: Cars Of My Las Vegas Adventures")
![Few times have I passed local pizzeria and hangout Gino’s North (unrelated to Chicago-based national chain Gino’s East) and seen a car parked in front as appropriate to this setting as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/005-1975-Chevrolet-Impala-Sport-Coupe-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1975 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe – A Taste Of How It Was")
