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Curbside Classics Archives
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![It appears from my casual observations on public transportation and in the office that the mustache is making something of a comeback. I suppose it never really left, but in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_20240412_172509287_HDR-2004-2008-Chrysler-Crossfire-fastback-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 2004 Chrysler Crossfire – Sporting Whiskers")
Curbside Musings: c. 2004 Chrysler Crossfire – Sporting Whiskers
Posted on July 2, 2024 | 40 CommentsIt appears from my casual observations on public transportation and in the office that the mustache is making something of a comeback. I suppose it never really left, but in […] -
![I had a great assortment of toys when I was a kid. Though many of them were shared and/or hand-me-downs as I was the middle son of three, some were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/018-1995-Dodge-Neon-Highline-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1995 Dodge Neon Highline – Brite Lite")
Curbside Musings: 1995 Dodge Neon Highline – Brite Lite
Posted on June 25, 2024 | 65 CommentsI had a great assortment of toys when I was a kid. Though many of them were shared and/or hand-me-downs as I was the middle son of three, some were […] -
![I had sat down to write this on Friday, just two days before Father’s Day. There was a combination of semi-recent events that had contributed to my selection of today’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/4355651237_ae3e29d4bf_o-c.-1973-Plymouth-Road-Runner-for-CC-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Worth Beyond Appearance")
Curbside Musings: c. 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Worth Beyond Appearance
Posted on June 18, 2024 | 26 CommentsI had sat down to write this on Friday, just two days before Father’s Day. There was a combination of semi-recent events that had contributed to my selection of today’s […] -
![It’s not often that I’ll find a subject car with which I’ve had firsthand experience. The discovery of this Cutlass Ciera in the neighborhood adjacent to mine was one such […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/014-1994-Oldsmobile-Cutlass-Ciera-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL – Reluctant Admiration")
Curbside Musings: 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera SL – Reluctant Admiration
Posted on June 11, 2024 | 65 CommentsIt’s not often that I’ll find a subject car with which I’ve had firsthand experience. The discovery of this Cutlass Ciera in the neighborhood adjacent to mine was one such […] -
![My grandparents had owned a Fifth Avenue in the mid-’80s. It had seemed like a significant upgrade from their navy-colored 1980 LeBaron sedan, but even as a kid, I could […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/53042182584_51c9eefe77_o-1992-Chrysler-New-Yorker-Fifth-Avenue-for-CC-edit.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 1992 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue – Gingerbread")
Curbside Musings: c. 1992 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue – Gingerbread
Posted on June 4, 2024 | 52 CommentsMy grandparents had owned a Fifth Avenue in the mid-’80s. It had seemed like a significant upgrade from their navy-colored 1980 LeBaron sedan, but even as a kid, I could […] -
![During my early music collecting days as a college student, I had purchased a compilation disc of mostly ’70s output from Paul McCartney, including work with his band Wings. This […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/024-1974-Chevrolet-Corvette-Stingray-Roadster-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1974 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible – Don’t Say Goodnight Tonight")
Curbside Musings: 1974 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible – Don’t Say Goodnight Tonight
Posted on May 28, 2024 | 30 CommentsDuring my early music collecting days as a college student, I had purchased a compilation disc of mostly ’70s output from Paul McCartney, including work with his band Wings. This […] -
![I was in the third grade when my classmate and neighborhood friend, Amy, and I had found a couple of bright blue robin’s eggs outside that appeared to have been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/001-2008-Chrysler-Sebring-Convertible-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 2008 Chrysler Sebring Convertible – Broken-Winged Bird")
Curbside Musings: 2008 Chrysler Sebring Convertible – Broken-Winged Bird
Posted on May 21, 2024 | 23 CommentsI was in the third grade when my classmate and neighborhood friend, Amy, and I had found a couple of bright blue robin’s eggs outside that appeared to have been […] -
![I’ve been thinking a lot this year about mindfulness, intentionality, and being present. In a recent essay I had written about a ’59 Ford Galaxie, I had touched on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6625-1988-91-Cadillac-Seville-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 1989 Cadillac Seville – Head In The Clouds")
Curbside Musings: c. 1989 Cadillac Seville – Head In The Clouds
Posted on May 14, 2024 | 36 CommentsI’ve been thinking a lot this year about mindfulness, intentionality, and being present. In a recent essay I had written about a ’59 Ford Galaxie, I had touched on the […] -
![I didn’t really know what a “marquis” was until I looked up the definition. Why would or should I know this? There has never been any such title in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/015-1985-Mercury-Grand-Marquis-LS-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis LS – Nobility")
Curbside Musings: 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis LS – Nobility
Posted on May 7, 2024 | 83 CommentsI didn’t really know what a “marquis” was until I looked up the definition. Why would or should I know this? There has never been any such title in the […] -
![Birds have been increasingly visible in my neighborhood this spring, and I’m thrilled. The day of this writing, I had just returned from the local grocery store and had passed […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/010-1996-Ford-Thunderbird-LX-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX – Migration Patterns")
Curbside Musings: 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX – Migration Patterns
Posted on April 30, 2024 | 44 CommentsBirds have been increasingly visible in my neighborhood this spring, and I’m thrilled. The day of this writing, I had just returned from the local grocery store and had passed […] -
![I’ve written plenty about having grown up in Flint, Michigan and my decades spent in beautiful Chicago, but there are entire chapters in between that were written in the Sunshine […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/025-1998-Isuzu-Hombre-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1998 Isuzu Hombre XS – Correct Pronunciation Is Everything")
Curbside Musings: 1998 Isuzu Hombre XS – Correct Pronunciation Is Everything
Posted on April 23, 2024 | 43 CommentsI’ve written plenty about having grown up in Flint, Michigan and my decades spent in beautiful Chicago, but there are entire chapters in between that were written in the Sunshine […] -
![This past March marked the first month since August of 2012 in which I had returned to my hometown of Flint, Michigan twice. Last month was bookended by two trips, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_20240211_110207805-1959-Ford-Fairlane-500-Galaxie-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1959 Ford Galaxie – On Becoming Stanley Roper")
Curbside Musings: 1959 Ford Galaxie – On Becoming Stanley Roper
Posted on April 16, 2024 | 42 CommentsThis past March marked the first month since August of 2012 in which I had returned to my hometown of Flint, Michigan twice. Last month was bookended by two trips, […] -
![I had recently compared a ’97 Olds Achieva with my experience of having attended a gifted elementary school from grades two through six. My early education began, however, in a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/049-Yellow-MG-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: c. 1979 MG MGB – How Associations Are Formed")
Curbside Musings: c. 1979 MG MGB – How Associations Are Formed
Posted on April 9, 2024 | 53 CommentsI had recently compared a ’97 Olds Achieva with my experience of having attended a gifted elementary school from grades two through six. My early education began, however, in a […] -
![I really enjoy meeting and getting to know my friends’ children, many of whom are now young adults. These sons and daughters often remind me of their parents, my peers, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/006-1990-Pontiac-Bonneville-LE-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Musings: 1990 Pontiac Bonneville LE – The Cool Adult")
Curbside Musings: 1990 Pontiac Bonneville LE – The Cool Adult
Posted on April 2, 2024 | 43 CommentsI really enjoy meeting and getting to know my friends’ children, many of whom are now young adults. These sons and daughters often remind me of their parents, my peers, […] -
![The 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/009-1984-Oldmobile-Hurst-Olds-for-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Classic: 1984 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds – Out Of The Mist")
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 […]
