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CC Story: 1959 Chevrolet Impala – Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Posted on December 15, 2023 | 45 CommentsNote: The story you are about to read is true. The names have NOT been changed to protect the innocent (or the guilty!) So there! -
Road Trip Classic: 1950 Plymouth – Break on Through to the Other Side, or… Travels With Tintin
Posted on October 1, 2023 | 41 Comments(first posted 12/8/2013) I was walking down the street in Bellingham, Washington with an old friend of mine when I spotted this 1950 Plymouth. This car had rolled out of […] -
What Did You Do For Your Car Today? The Whole Story.
Posted on April 5, 2023 | 67 CommentsI’ll admit, the bulk of this post’s title was lifted from a very popular and long-lived thread over on a marque-specific car site that I frequent. I have subsequently discovered […] -
Curbside Poetry: Observations From A Lowly Lube Tech
Posted on July 30, 2022 | 14 Comments(submitted by Jack H.) Smooth paint to rusted Engine bay dusty and cracked Days, months, years of neglect Torn seats, chipped leather, tires deflated Flat, bald, nail in the middle -
CC Momento Mori: 1960 Ford Thunderbird – Sex and Death
Posted on June 15, 2022 | 22 CommentsThe French psychotherapist and homeopath Rene Allendy said that the number sixty is deeply embedded in our world and in our psyches.In his 1921 book “Number Symbolisms: Essays on […] -
Junk Yard Tales
Posted on February 28, 2022 | 90 Comments(first posted 2/28/2016) I first encountered Colorado Auto and Parts at the age of 14 or so, when my folks let me buy a running-but-not-driveable ’64 Valiant to faff around […] -
Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 1
Posted on June 19, 2021 | 35 Comments(first posted 6/20/2015) Doesn’t time quickly slip by? Having had the realization I can remember my father as being significantly younger than I am now, it seemed wise to […] -
Curbside Story: A Different Split Window
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 12 CommentsThe time was late September, 1990. I was an indoor vendor at one of the country’s largest collector car flea markets, located in Carlisle, PA. I had been vending at […] -
The Case Of The $25,000 Taillights
Posted on February 9, 2021 | 53 Commentskind of like these ’54 Chevy taillights, but more complicated and a lot more expensive During the course of my 35+ years as a court-recognized expert in transportation matters, […] -
Curbside Case Study: 1965 Buick Skylark – Attempted Murder Of A Lead Acid Battery, Auto Part Arrested
Posted on April 27, 2020 | 34 CommentsOn Tuesday of last week, this 1965 Buick Skylark was driven through the semi-rural areas surrounding an average mid-sized, midwestern city. The owner enjoyed himself, wife by his side, the […] -
Reminiscences: Prowling the Dealerships of Rockford, IL for Brochures
Posted on January 11, 2020 | 42 CommentsLike that of many others, my life long car addiction probably started with toys and models. I think the first may have been Wiking 1/87 (HO) scale models but certainly […] -
Curbside Fiction: 1987 Ford Bronco II Making Ends Meet
Posted on December 14, 2019 | 11 Comments(Authors Note: This story was inspired by the following truck, all other pictures found on Google) Barbara sighed heavily and glanced out the window of the diner. Through the snow […] -
Curbside Story: 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier – Shining Knight
Posted on May 2, 2019 | 19 CommentsAh… This brings back memories. Some good, some bad, and all because of a teal Cavalier Coupe.