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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Kevin Martin
Posts by Kevin Martin
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![(first posted 3/5/2014) It was early June in 1970. I had just graduated from college, with honors no less, and was kinda’ wondering what my next step in life […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/a-drag-2-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Great Lakes Dragway 1970")
Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Great Lakes Dragway 1970
Posted on March 20, 2025 | 60 Comments(first posted 3/5/2014) It was early June in 1970. I had just graduated from college, with honors no less, and was kinda’ wondering what my next step in life […] -
![(first posted 3/12/2014) Wax on, wax off. Well, not quite. I had just finished compounding, cleaning and waxing my girlfriend’s Healey 3000 Mk III–something it had never been treated to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/04-67-Austin-Healey.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cars of My Girlfriends: 1967 Austin Healey 3000")
Cars of My Girlfriends: 1967 Austin Healey 3000
Posted on March 7, 2025 | 65 Comments(first posted 3/12/2014) Wax on, wax off. Well, not quite. I had just finished compounding, cleaning and waxing my girlfriend’s Healey 3000 Mk III–something it had never been treated to […] -
![(first posted 4/2/2014) Jimmy Bryan won the 1958 Indy 500 driving for car owner/builder George Salih. Salih was an engineer and foreman for Meyer-Drake, the Los Angeles firm that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/01-Bryan.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Brickyard Classic: 1958 Indy 500 – The Salih and Epperly “Laydown” Roadsters")
Brickyard Classic: 1958 Indy 500 – The Salih and Epperly “Laydown” Roadsters
Posted on September 16, 2024 | 25 Comments(first posted 4/2/2014) Jimmy Bryan won the 1958 Indy 500 driving for car owner/builder George Salih. Salih was an engineer and foreman for Meyer-Drake, the Los Angeles firm that […] -
![(all photos by the author) (first posted 8/25/12) My first real job was in the summer of 1964 when I worked for a taxi company in San Juan, Puerto Rico. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/07-Dodges.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Memoir: My Checkered Career With Checker Cabs")
CC Memoir: My Checkered Career With Checker Cabs
Posted on June 4, 2024 | 94 Comments(all photos by the author) (first posted 8/25/12) My first real job was in the summer of 1964 when I worked for a taxi company in San Juan, Puerto Rico. […] -
![(first posted 6/18/2013) There has been some discussion on CC about the mustard yellow that was popular in the early ‘70s on imports, and some domestics such as Jeep. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Westport-72002.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cars Of My Family: Mustard Yellow Excrescences")
Cars Of My Family: Mustard Yellow Excrescences
Posted on September 6, 2021 | 58 Comments(first posted 6/18/2013) There has been some discussion on CC about the mustard yellow that was popular in the early ‘70s on imports, and some domestics such as Jeep. […] -
![(first posted 1/25/2014) When I looked at Russo and Steele’s list of cars to be auctioned at its 2014 Scottsdale event I was knocked out to see the exact car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01-58-Plymouth.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1958 Plymouth Sport Suburban – The Martin Family Truckster")
COAL: 1958 Plymouth Sport Suburban – The Martin Family Truckster
Posted on November 22, 2020 | 68 Comments(first posted 1/25/2014) When I looked at Russo and Steele’s list of cars to be auctioned at its 2014 Scottsdale event I was knocked out to see the exact car […] -
![(first posted 9/23/2012) As soon as I had the bucks, I traded in my ’62 Ford for a brand-new, Positano Yellow 1972 Fiat 128 two-door sedan. The Fiat set me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/72-Fiat-S1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: The Brougham Antidote, Part 3 – Fiat 128 & VW Rabbit")
COAL: The Brougham Antidote, Part 3 – Fiat 128 & VW Rabbit
Posted on November 20, 2020 | 74 Comments(first posted 9/23/2012) As soon as I had the bucks, I traded in my ’62 Ford for a brand-new, Positano Yellow 1972 Fiat 128 two-door sedan. The Fiat set me […] -
![(originally posted 11/24/2012) I had just lost my job at a well-known New York design house and was looking for a way to make some bucks to finance a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2.05-Caddy-Pimp.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Autobiography: My Life As A Pimp")
Autobiography: My Life As A Pimp
Posted on November 19, 2020 | 93 Comments(originally posted 11/24/2012) I had just lost my job at a well-known New York design house and was looking for a way to make some bucks to finance a […] -
![(first posted 9/9/2012) My first car was a 1957 Chevy Bel Air two-door post, with the Blue Flame Six and Powerglide. My dad had bought it in 1965, for $300, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/57-Chevy-s.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: The Brougham Antidote, Part 1 – ’57 Chevy And ’60 Plymouth Fury")
COAL: The Brougham Antidote, Part 1 – ’57 Chevy And ’60 Plymouth Fury
Posted on November 18, 2020 | 65 Comments(first posted 9/9/2012) My first car was a 1957 Chevy Bel Air two-door post, with the Blue Flame Six and Powerglide. My dad had bought it in 1965, for $300, […] -
![(first posted 6/5/13) All of the photos in this posting were taken in 1974-75 during a film/photo shoot in France, Spain and Morocco. The still photos were taken by Wally […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/a-bus.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Westfalia Work Van, Mobile Hotel, 1974")
Westfalia Work Van, Mobile Hotel, 1974
Posted on November 17, 2020 | 30 Comments(first posted 6/5/13) All of the photos in this posting were taken in 1974-75 during a film/photo shoot in France, Spain and Morocco. The still photos were taken by Wally […] -
![(first posted 10/28/2012. It’s been five years that Kevin passed, so as a tribute I’m running some of his posts again) The lovely Natalie’s father had a 1966 Saab 850 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Saab-Monte-Carlo-850.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COMG: Cars of My Girlfriends")
COMG: Cars of My Girlfriends
Posted on November 16, 2020 | 55 Comments(first posted 10/28/2012. It’s been five years that Kevin passed, so as a tribute I’m running some of his posts again) The lovely Natalie’s father had a 1966 Saab 850 […] -
![(first posted 5/31/13) The Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 electric locomotive can lay claim to a number of “firsts”, one of which was that it was the longest lasting locomotive in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/01-GG1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Trackside Classic: Pennsylvania RR GG1 #4935")
Trackside Classic: Pennsylvania RR GG1 #4935
Posted on November 15, 2020 | 60 Comments(first posted 5/31/13) The Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 electric locomotive can lay claim to a number of “firsts”, one of which was that it was the longest lasting locomotive in […] -
![(first posted 3/20/2014) Fashion goes in and out of style. Style is always in fashion. Or so it is said. When these photos were taken in 1969-70, a custom […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/17-T-Hot-Rod.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photography: 1969-70 Custom Paint Vernacular")
Vintage Photography: 1969-70 Custom Paint Vernacular
Posted on March 18, 2020 | 41 Comments(first posted 3/20/2014) Fashion goes in and out of style. Style is always in fashion. Or so it is said. When these photos were taken in 1969-70, a custom […] -
![(first posted 2/26/2014) Picking up where I left off Monday, I’ll begin the second installment of pictures from my visit to the ’68 Chicago Auto Show with this concept, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/22-Mustang-Concept.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1968 and 1969 Chicago Auto Show, Part 2")
1968 and 1969 Chicago Auto Show, Part 2
Posted on March 7, 2020 | 37 Comments(first posted 2/26/2014) Picking up where I left off Monday, I’ll begin the second installment of pictures from my visit to the ’68 Chicago Auto Show with this concept, […] -
![(first posted 2/24/2014) It hardly seems that 46 years have gone by since the 1968 Chicago Auto Show opened its doors on February 24, 1968. Almost five decades after […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "1968 Chicago Auto Show, Part 1")
1968 Chicago Auto Show, Part 1
Posted on March 6, 2020 | 35 Comments(first posted 2/24/2014) It hardly seems that 46 years have gone by since the 1968 Chicago Auto Show opened its doors on February 24, 1968. Almost five decades after […]
