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- Retired industrial designer.
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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Ed Stembridge
Posts by Ed Stembridge
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![We were in Franklin, Tennessee recently, enjoying a visit with our son and grandkids who are at that super-cute stage (ages 2-1/2 and 4-1/2). Son suggested breakfast at “Biscuit Love,” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1964 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – What Goes Around Comes Around")
Curbside Outtake: 1964 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – What Goes Around Comes Around
Posted on September 17, 2019 | 19 CommentsWe were in Franklin, Tennessee recently, enjoying a visit with our son and grandkids who are at that super-cute stage (ages 2-1/2 and 4-1/2). Son suggested breakfast at “Biscuit Love,” […] -
![(First Posted August 27, 2013) The Volkswagen Routan is a “badge-engineered” version of the Gen 5 Chrysler Town & Country / Dodge Grand Caravan minivan, and around 58,000 units were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photo-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 2012 VW Routan SEL – The Orphan That Caravaned From Town to Country")
Curbside Capsule: 2012 VW Routan SEL – The Orphan That Caravaned From Town to Country
Posted on September 16, 2019 | 66 Comments(First Posted August 27, 2013) The Volkswagen Routan is a “badge-engineered” version of the Gen 5 Chrysler Town & Country / Dodge Grand Caravan minivan, and around 58,000 units were […] -
![(First Posted August 2, 2013) The old saying “Make hay while the sun shines” simply means taking advantage of good conditions to ensure a quality harvest. It only takes a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013_ssix_lfront2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Fieldside Classic: Hesston 6400 Windrower – The Slant Six Dons Work Clothes")
Fieldside Classic: Hesston 6400 Windrower – The Slant Six Dons Work Clothes
Posted on July 30, 2019 | 52 Comments(First Posted August 2, 2013) The old saying “Make hay while the sun shines” simply means taking advantage of good conditions to ensure a quality harvest. It only takes a […] -
CC Outtake: Suddenly It’s The 1950s
Posted on June 11, 2019 | 32 CommentsOn a recent road trip South, I glanced up from refueling the truck and did a double take as this car hauler was approaching with a colorful load… -
![(first posted 6/9/2013) Here’s another find from our excursions yesterday. Pinpointing the exact vintage of this Olds Cutlass (Ciera) Cruiser S would have been quite difficult had I not spoken […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/94_cruiser_lside.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser S – The Station Wagon’s Last Gasp?")
Curbside Capsule: 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser S – The Station Wagon’s Last Gasp?
Posted on June 4, 2019 | 39 Comments(first posted 6/9/2013) Here’s another find from our excursions yesterday. Pinpointing the exact vintage of this Olds Cutlass (Ciera) Cruiser S would have been quite difficult had I not spoken […] -
![I have several route options for my daily commute, and one of the more rural (and scenic) ones takes me past this farm where a pair of immobile 1994-96 Oldsmobile […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/olds98-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Regency(s) – Postlude in C, Opus 94-96")
CC Outtake: Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Regency(s) – Postlude in C, Opus 94-96
Posted on April 16, 2019 | 18 CommentsI have several route options for my daily commute, and one of the more rural (and scenic) ones takes me past this farm where a pair of immobile 1994-96 Oldsmobile […] -
![(first posted 8/17/2013) Following a decent 14,634 unit run of the Austin-Healey 100 from 1953–56, Leonard Lord, the Managing Director of Austin, asked Donald Healey to design an affordable, small […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sprite_front.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1958-61 Austin-Healey Mark I Sprite – A Sports Car For The Masses")
Curbside Classic: 1958-61 Austin-Healey Mark I Sprite – A Sports Car For The Masses
Posted on April 14, 2019 | 38 Comments(first posted 8/17/2013) Following a decent 14,634 unit run of the Austin-Healey 100 from 1953–56, Leonard Lord, the Managing Director of Austin, asked Donald Healey to design an affordable, small […] -
![A picket is defined as, “A detachment of one or more troops, ships, or aircraft held in readiness or advanced to warn of an enemy’s approach.” Equipping a submarine with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/01_SSR-312-Burrfish.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Dockside Classic: USS Burrfish (SSR-312) – A Deep Dive Into The History Of The Radar Picket Submarine")
Dockside Classic: USS Burrfish (SSR-312) – A Deep Dive Into The History Of The Radar Picket Submarine
Posted on March 2, 2019 | 36 CommentsA picket is defined as, “A detachment of one or more troops, ships, or aircraft held in readiness or advanced to warn of an enemy’s approach.” Equipping a submarine with […] -
![If the Weather Guessers were correct when I wrote this, the Midwest USA is currently under a “cold snap” and the forecast high temperature for today is -11°F (-24°C). We’ve […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Eagle02.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: AMC Eagle Wagon – In Its Natural Habitat")
Curbside Outtake: AMC Eagle Wagon – In Its Natural Habitat
Posted on January 31, 2019 | 36 CommentsIf the Weather Guessers were correct when I wrote this, the Midwest USA is currently under a “cold snap” and the forecast high temperature for today is -11°F (-24°C). We’ve […] -
![I drive a dinosaur – the sub-$50K, naturally-aspirated V8, rear-wheel-drive, manual transmission Sport Sedan is officially extinct. By happy circumstance, I acquired one of the last living specimens exactly one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/roadbeckons.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2017 Chev SS – See The USA In A Chevrolet, er, Holden")
COAL: 2017 Chev SS – See The USA In A Chevrolet, er, Holden
Posted on April 19, 2018 | 58 CommentsI drive a dinosaur – the sub-$50K, naturally-aspirated V8, rear-wheel-drive, manual transmission Sport Sedan is officially extinct. By happy circumstance, I acquired one of the last living specimens exactly one […] -
![I chuckled out loud when I pulled up behind this truck today… I’ve seen the usual crop of Garfield legs and such hanging out of trunk lids before, but this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/whereswoody.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: Anyone Seen Woody?")
Curbside Outtake: Anyone Seen Woody?
Posted on March 9, 2018 | 8 CommentsI chuckled out loud when I pulled up behind this truck today… I’ve seen the usual crop of Garfield legs and such hanging out of trunk lids before, but this […] -
![With snow still on the ground in places, it was quite a surprise to catch this ’66 Fury III out and about a couple weeks ago. I’ve not seen it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1966-Plymouth-Fury-III.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1966 Plymouth Fury III – Let Yourself Go")
Curbside Outtake: 1966 Plymouth Fury III – Let Yourself Go
Posted on March 6, 2018 | 27 CommentsWith snow still on the ground in places, it was quite a surprise to catch this ’66 Fury III out and about a couple weeks ago. I’ve not seen it […] -
![Not the first time we’ve documented an overloaded vehicle, but this is likely the first 2001-05 Volkswagen Passat (B5.5) to be so tagged. Looks like he’s a bit short of a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_1052.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Overloaded?")
CC Outtake: Overloaded?
Posted on February 24, 2018 | 9 CommentsNot the first time we’ve documented an overloaded vehicle, but this is likely the first 2001-05 Volkswagen Passat (B5.5) to be so tagged. Looks like he’s a bit short of a […] -
![A 1963 Grand Prix not-so-quietly slipped into the bay across from me this morning as I was satiating the Commodore’s thirst for 93 Octane on my way to a supplier […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/63gp2-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix – Soldiering On")
Curbside Outtake: 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix – Soldiering On
Posted on February 17, 2018 | 45 CommentsA 1963 Grand Prix not-so-quietly slipped into the bay across from me this morning as I was satiating the Commodore’s thirst for 93 Octane on my way to a supplier […] -
Wordless Outtake: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Posted on January 14, 2018 | 19 Comments(credit for the title goes to Tall T on the YT Forum where I first saw this pic)
