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About Author: Daniel Stern
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![I’m not really sure why I bought a truck in August of 2002. I wasn’t a farmer or a contractor, and I wasn’t doing any big project or anything else […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Ram_Front_Lit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1989 Dodge D-100 – What The Truck?")
COAL: 1989 Dodge D-100 – What The Truck?
Posted on August 7, 2021 | 70 CommentsI’m not really sure why I bought a truck in August of 2002. I wasn’t a farmer or a contractor, and I wasn’t doing any big project or anything else […] -
COAL: 1985 Volvo 245 Turbo the Second – Oops, I Did It Again
Posted on July 31, 2021 | 40 CommentsOn 6 October 2002, I impulsively decided that, having done my time in a K (ish)-car, I was rehabilitated and ready to return to productive society. The -
COAL: 1991 Chevrolet Caprice 9C1 – The Crapiece
Posted on July 24, 2021 | 106 CommentsWith the ’85 Volvo declared unroadworthy, I went seeking a replacement. I looked at -
COAL: 1985 Volvo 245 Turbo the First – Rustic Charm and Squash Soup
Posted on July 17, 2021 | 35 CommentsIn late August 2000 I flew back to Michigan for my last year of university, having spent a -
![I’ve always liked the Volvo 164. The first one I remember belonged to a teacher at my elementary school in the early 1980s, Mrs. DeLeo. I liked the boxy body, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Volvo_164_A3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1971 Volvo 164 – Dreams Deferred Indefinitely")
COAL: 1971 Volvo 164 – Dreams Deferred Indefinitely
Posted on July 10, 2021 | 80 CommentsI’ve always liked the Volvo 164. The first one I remember belonged to a teacher at my elementary school in the early 1980s, Mrs. DeLeo. I liked the boxy body, […] -
![That ’63 VW I referred to before was in fact a Valiant wagon. Beyond that, gosh, what’s to tell? Everyone who visits California from Colorado gets a free ’63 Valiant […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Red-Valiant-Wagon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1963 Valiant (+ the Spirit R/T Goes Away) – Planes, Trains and Automobiles")
COAL: 1963 Valiant (+ the Spirit R/T Goes Away) – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Posted on July 3, 2021 | 45 CommentsThat ’63 VW I referred to before was in fact a Valiant wagon. Beyond that, gosh, what’s to tell? Everyone who visits California from Colorado gets a free ’63 Valiant […] -
CC Outtake: There’s Fixin’ to be a Filmin’
Posted on July 1, 2021 | 19 CommentsIt’s not unusual here to see sights and sites like this. -
CC Outtake: 1961 Ford F-100 – Welcome Back, Paul!
Posted on June 29, 2021 | 13 CommentsFrom a bit of distance, this looks like pretty much the opposite of Paul’s truck: no -
Curbside Classic: 1928(?) Ford Model A Pickup – Reg. U.S. Patina Off.
Posted on June 26, 2021 | 16 CommentsI saw this well-loved Ford truck in traffic in March 2013. It’s been suggested -
COAL: 1999 UM Maize Blaze – Everybody Makes Mistakes
Posted on June 26, 2021 | 36 CommentsThe trouble was, we had much too much money. -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Buick Electra 225 – Lowered NOx
Posted on June 24, 2021 | 87 CommentsThis is a 1967 Buick Electra 225. It appears to be substantially original in all but three respects—two of which are obvious, and the third is interesting. The -
Curbside Classic: 1965(ish) Envoy Special – Don’t Mention the Vauxhall!
Posted on June 24, 2021 | 36 CommentsThis is a circa-1965 Envoy Special. That is: a 1963 -
CC Outtake: 1965 Pontiac Parisienne – Sitar Not Included
Posted on June 23, 2021 | 21 CommentsThis 1965 Parisienne (or Paris Enne, as the missing letter would have it) is a blend of -
Paul’s Update From the Hinterlands
Posted on June 22, 2021 | 18 CommentsPaul and the brigade are making a grand time of it on their –road– trip. We were briefly in contact this morning when they -
![(Great?) grandpa and grandma stopped driving oh, gosh, who knows how long ago! These cars look to have not moved in quite awhile; that’s substantially more than just moss growing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Imperial-Edsel_7735.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1968 Imperial & 1958 Edsel – Anyone home?")
CC Outtake: 1968 Imperial & 1958 Edsel – Anyone home?
Posted on June 22, 2021 | 32 Comments(Great?) grandpa and grandma stopped driving oh, gosh, who knows how long ago! These cars look to have not moved in quite awhile; that’s substantially more than just moss growing […]
