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Curbside Classics Archives
Auto-Biography Archive
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Auto-Biography: Tales From High School Auto Shop
Posted on January 31, 2024 | 74 Comments(first posed 1/31/2018) I never really took auto shop in high school. It wasn’t offered at my school, but I found a way around that… -
![(first posted 1/30/2018) Memories are deeply bound up in smells, sights, touch, and for us at this website, cars. All those senses—and more—were deeply stimulated on a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/CC-347-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Road Trip Journal: 1972 Dodge Polara – Grand Canyon and Pumice-Crete Revisited")
Road Trip Journal: 1972 Dodge Polara – Grand Canyon and Pumice-Crete Revisited
Posted on January 30, 2024 | 39 Comments(first posted 1/30/2018) Memories are deeply bound up in smells, sights, touch, and for us at this website, cars. All those senses—and more—were deeply stimulated on a […] -
![Thanks to my daughter’s birthday wish, I got to fulfill one of mine too and experience a new for me but very old form of transportation. She’d mentioned wanting to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_1619.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Non-Auto Biography: Up, Up And Away In My Beautiful Balloon")
Non-Auto Biography: Up, Up And Away In My Beautiful Balloon
Posted on November 11, 2023 | 18 CommentsThanks to my daughter’s birthday wish, I got to fulfill one of mine too and experience a new for me but very old form of transportation. She’d mentioned wanting to […] -
![(first written in 2007) They were both gorgeous in that all-American, wholesome, sexy, energetic way. Voluptuous, but athletic. Heartland traditional, but always ready for a good time. Exhilarating and accelerative. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/CC-123-143-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Wildcat!")
Auto-Biography: Wildcat!
Posted on November 8, 2023 | 46 Comments(first written in 2007) They were both gorgeous in that all-American, wholesome, sexy, energetic way. Voluptuous, but athletic. Heartland traditional, but always ready for a good time. Exhilarating and accelerative. […] -
![A few car pics, and some memories. There are cars we come across that flood our memories at first sight. The connection is immediate; the result of a deep personal […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_20231029_162457155_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Volvo 122S – One Sweet Swede")
Curbside Classic: Volvo 122S – One Sweet Swede
Posted on November 1, 2023 | 17 CommentsA few car pics, and some memories. There are cars we come across that flood our memories at first sight. The connection is immediate; the result of a deep personal […] -
![I believe most families have minor friendly ongoing spats. Someone may prefer to watch CSI over Law & Order. Others may prefer Tony Bennet over Sinatra, and so on. You […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WP_20190626_16_04_14_Pro.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro – Learning To Love The Camaro")
Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro – Learning To Love The Camaro
Posted on August 21, 2023 | 12 CommentsI believe most families have minor friendly ongoing spats. Someone may prefer to watch CSI over Law & Order. Others may prefer Tony Bennet over Sinatra, and so on. You […] -
![Read part 1 here. (first posted 6/18/2017) As my 16th birthday approached the desire for me to get a car became much stronger. Many kids seemed to inherit […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Ford-Torino-1972-Bill-Mitchell.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography – Part 2: 1972 Ford Torino – A Tale of a Torino, Fathers and Sons")
Auto-Biography – Part 2: 1972 Ford Torino – A Tale of a Torino, Fathers and Sons
Posted on June 18, 2023 | 62 CommentsRead part 1 here. (first posted 6/18/2017) As my 16th birthday approached the desire for me to get a car became much stronger. Many kids seemed to inherit […] -
![originally posted 15 June 2017 As far back as my earliest memories, I can always remember being crazy about cars. Like most young boys, I was influenced […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Photo-of-Torino-in-1972.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography, Part 1: 1972 Ford Torino · A Torino, Fathers, and Sons")
Auto-Biography, Part 1: 1972 Ford Torino · A Torino, Fathers, and Sons
Posted on June 15, 2023 | 83 Commentsoriginally posted 15 June 2017 As far back as my earliest memories, I can always remember being crazy about cars. Like most young boys, I was influenced […] -
![It’s been six years since I bought our 2017 Promaster. It’s been utterly flawless so far, requiring nothing but oil changes, an air filter and a set of new tires. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CC-376-069.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Update: The Promaster Turns Six, And It’s Been Flawless So Far")
COAL Update: The Promaster Turns Six, And It’s Been Flawless So Far
Posted on May 2, 2023 | 35 CommentsIt’s been six years since I bought our 2017 Promaster. It’s been utterly flawless so far, requiring nothing but oil changes, an air filter and a set of new tires. […] -
![I know what you are thinking. Another boring article about a Tri-Five Chevy. Ok, I get it, these cars are way over-exposed and Curbsiders like something a little more interesting. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1957-Chevrolet-210-2.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1957 Chevrolet Two-Ten Sport Coupe – First Love")
CC For Sale: 1957 Chevrolet Two-Ten Sport Coupe – First Love
Posted on March 17, 2023 | 56 CommentsI know what you are thinking. Another boring article about a Tri-Five Chevy. Ok, I get it, these cars are way over-exposed and Curbsiders like something a little more interesting. […] -
![This is a story of a boy and his car . . . two boys, actually, one being me. Tangentially, it is a story of 58,220 boys, but that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_7164.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1966 Pontiac Gran Turismo Omologato – Our Kid and the GTO")
1966 Pontiac Gran Turismo Omologato – Our Kid and the GTO
Posted on February 16, 2023 | 88 CommentsThis is a story of a boy and his car . . . two boys, actually, one being me. Tangentially, it is a story of 58,220 boys, but that […] -
![(first posted 12/17/2016) My best friend Jerry in eighth grade was one of ten kids (yes, it was a Catholic school). His mom drove a Dart 270 sedan like this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/CC-310-020-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: 1964 Dodge Dart 270 – The Estro-Dart")
Auto-Biography: 1964 Dodge Dart 270 – The Estro-Dart
Posted on December 17, 2022 | 30 Comments(first posted 12/17/2016) My best friend Jerry in eighth grade was one of ten kids (yes, it was a Catholic school). His mom drove a Dart 270 sedan like this […] -
![(first posted 9/27/2011) I find myself floating above an endless sea of thimbleberry bushes. The berries are all ripe, infinite delectable crimson caps punctuating a sea of green. I can’t […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/aufderheide-drive.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: Maserati Dreamin’")
Auto-Biography: Maserati Dreamin’
Posted on September 8, 2022 | 28 Comments(first posted 9/27/2011) I find myself floating above an endless sea of thimbleberry bushes. The berries are all ripe, infinite delectable crimson caps punctuating a sea of green. I can’t […] -
![A couple of weeks ago as I was bopping down a forest road at a healthy clip to get to a distant trailhead, I had to slow down and make […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_6094.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Auto-Biography: My Xb Now Has Manual Steering – Maybe I’ll Keep It That Way –")
Auto-Biography: My Xb Now Has Manual Steering – Maybe I’ll Keep It That Way –
Posted on September 5, 2022 | 35 CommentsA couple of weeks ago as I was bopping down a forest road at a healthy clip to get to a distant trailhead, I had to slow down and make […] -
![(first posted 8/26/2016) September 2003 – outside of Paris, France, approx. 12:30am, pitch dark, drizzly. After a brutal clutch-dumping launch from the stop sign and a quick run through the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Audi-SQ4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Classic Drive: 1984 Audi Sport Quattro – I Drove My Hero")
Classic Drive: 1984 Audi Sport Quattro – I Drove My Hero
Posted on August 26, 2022 | 32 Comments(first posted 8/26/2016) September 2003 – outside of Paris, France, approx. 12:30am, pitch dark, drizzly. After a brutal clutch-dumping launch from the stop sign and a quick run through the […]
