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- Grew up in McKeesport, PA, a steel town on the Monongehela River southeast of Pittsburgh, where my Great-Grandfather began selling Model Ts in 1917. Added a Chrysler-Plymouth dealership in 1933, dropped Ford in 1938, and left the business in 1967, when I was 2 and too young to protest. I'm a child of the CC era, and I've been lucky enough to own them in the US, Europe and Asia, from a 78 Estate Wagon here in New York to a DS23 Pallas in Amsterdam and a Saab 900 convertible in Hong Kong. I've been settled in Brooklyn for a while, and I spend my days working in advertising and dreaming of a garage.
![(first posted 2/12/2017) I recently scanned some more of my father’s Kodachromes, including these shots taken during a much calmer – and much less female – Spring Break in 1953. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Kodachromes-022.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Color Snapshots: Florida, 1953")
![(first posted 11/20/2016) From the 50s through the early 90s, nothing said success like a fake woodie wagon in the driveway. Like the vinyl roof on a Brougham or Limited […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/68-Country-Squire.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Who Had The Best – And Worst – Fake Woodie Treatment?")
![(first posted 11/18/2016) The postwar era presented America’s railroads with a dilemma. Wartime traffic swelled profits but wore out prewar equipment. But faced with new cars, new roads, unlimited gas […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/BM-RDC-e1460946035470.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Trackside Classics: The Budd RDC – Self-Propelled Railcars To The Rescue")
![(first posted 11/17/2016) We all know what a sport sedan is, from the ur-BMW 5 series to the legions it spawned. But there was an earlier, American era of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/WP_20140725_19_19_09_Pro-e1479100181161.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Chrysler 300: Requiem for the Big American Sport Sedan")
![(first posted 6/4/2016) In 1948, the postwar boom was in full swing. After almost 20 years of Depression and wartime rationing, people were buying – cars, homes, TVs, you name […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/04171602-e1461554763424.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Dealer Classic: Planning Automobile Dealer Properties – GM’s Postwar Vision")
![(first posted 3/17/2016) Today, McKeesport, PA is a hollowed-out former steel town. But in 1958, the “Tube City” was the heart of a still-thriving Mon Valley. 50,000 people called it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/bnnhh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "McKeesport Auto Show: Suddenly It’s 1958")
![(first posted 3/13/2016) Streetcars are enjoying a resurgence across the USA, but throughout the CC era, the car above was America’s streetcar. The PCC Car burst on the scene […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/pcccc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Streetcar Stop Classic: The PCC Car – A Timeless Classic")
![(first posted 3/9/2016) Following up on our road wheel discussion, let’s consider the wheel cover. Practically extinct today, wheel covers were just as distinct as the cars they adorned throughout […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/wwwwsh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Was The Best (and Worst) Wheel Cover of the CC Era?")
![(first posted 3/2/2016) Walk around any parking lot today, and you soon realize all but the cheapest cars have alloy wheels. And while each model has a unique design, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/78-Estate-Wagon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: What Was the Best (and Worst) Road Wheel of the CC Era?")
![The best part of my commute is trips over and back across the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s New York’s first large-span bridge, and still it’s most elegant. But it’s not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Jag-S-e1475097330469.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: Jaguar S Type – Less Than Mint")
![If one accessory defined the Brougham Era, it has to be the vinyl roof. Sure, you can have your opera windows, your tufted velour, and your fold down armrests, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/linc1969vinylroofblack-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: What’s The Best (And Worst) Vinyl Roof Treatment Of The Brougham Era?")
![I know the folks at Mini like to trumpet the larger footprint of their Clubman, but as this Monster Mini spotted on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn makes clear, they’ve got […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/WP_20150125_15_51_46_Pro-e1460520461458.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Union Jacked")
![Vinegar Hill is a scruffy, almost old-world collection of cobbled streets and tiny houses sandwiched between trendy DUMBO and the sprawling Brooklyn Navy Yard. It’s also home to this long-entombed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Outtake: Long Term Parking")
