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In-Motion Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds – Out Of The Mist
Posted on March 26, 2024 | 53 CommentsThe model names of Oldsmobile’s muscle cars had always confused me just a little bit. The naming of similar models from other makes didn’t seem all that cerebral. I could […] -
Curbside Musings: 2004 Buick Rendezvous – Meetup With A Deer
Posted on March 19, 2024 | 45 CommentsIt was November of 2011, and I was back home in Flint as one of many featured artists participating in one of the downtown art walks held regularly on the […] -
Curbside Musings: 2006 Ford Mustang V6 & 1993 Ford Mustang GT – Generation Gap
Posted on March 12, 2024 | 22 CommentsSometimes an essay topic drops right into my lap, and this was one of those days. This marks the third appearance of this black ’93 Mustang GT at CC, after […] -
Curbside Musings: 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva SL – Gifted?
Posted on March 5, 2024 | 64 CommentsI attended one of Flint, Michigan’s elementary schools for the academically gifted, starting in the second grade. Lest anyone take that as a humble-brag, I want to be clear that […] -
Curbside Musings: 1994 Dodge Shadow – Groundhog Day
Posted on February 27, 2024 | 31 CommentsI sat down to write this on Groundhog Day, February 2nd, which fell on a Friday this year. I wouldn’t have noticed or paid attention to the occasion were it […] -
Curbside Musings: 2015 Ferrari California T – The Drama
Posted on February 20, 2024 | 21 CommentsI was involved in several acting programs in my formative years, with those opportunities available to me by living in a city with a vibrant cultural center. In addition to […] -
Curbside Musings: 1956 Pontiac Chieftain Catalina Hardtop – Sweet Treat
Posted on February 13, 2024 | 36 CommentsIce cream shops and classic vehicles go together like chocolate chips and cookies. The most recent instance of my spotting such a combo was this past August while in Lexington, […] -
Curbside Musings: 1966 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport Convertible – Fire
Posted on February 6, 2024 | 20 CommentsThe day I sat down to write this, it was literally one degree Fahrenheit (-17 Celsius) outside at that very moment, with a predicted high of 5F (-15C). Maybe it […] -
Curbside Musings: 1983 Honda Accord Hatchback – Stealthy & Studious
Posted on January 30, 2024 | 29 CommentsOne piece of advice I wish I could give my younger self is that having “cool” friends is overrated. By “cool”, I mean in the image-conscious sense of the word […] -
Curbside Musings: Playland Park – The Drive To Drive
Posted on January 23, 2024 | 25 CommentsLong before I had enrolled in drivers’ training as a teenager, I had gotten my first taste of piloting a motorized land vehicle behind the wheel of a go-kart at […] -
Curbside Musings: 1967 Ford Thunderbird Coupe – A Different Kind Of Bird
Posted on January 16, 2024 | 63 CommentsI love penguins. It’s hard to pinpoint when this might have started. I do remember having owned and shared a children’s record on which the positive characteristics of various birds, […] -
Curbside Musings: 1976 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray – Suddenly Last Summer
Posted on January 9, 2024 | 40 Comments“One summer never ends, one summer never beganIt keeps me standing still, it takes all my willAnd then suddenly, last summer” – Martha Davis, 1983 I was a Motels fan […] -
Curbside Musings: A Cluster Of (Alfa Romeo) Spiders, Part 2 – Just Chop It
Posted on January 2, 2024 | 26 CommentsI haven’t made any New Year’s resolutions for some time. It’s not that I don’t believe in doing so, or that I don’t find value in the accountability that often […] -
Curbside Musings: 1979 Lincoln Continental Town Coupe – Treasure
Posted on December 19, 2023 | 55 CommentsA couple of years ago, I had stumbled across these pictures of a ’79 Town Coupe I had taken back in the fall of 2016, coincidentally on the same day […] -
Curbside Musings: c. 1992 Ford Mustang LX 5.0L – Contact Lenses
Posted on December 12, 2023 | 48 CommentsEverybody in my family of origin wears glasses. When I was a young kid, I had thought that getting specs was a rite of passage into the world of grownups. […]