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Curbside Classics Archives
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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![My next car would be my first new car purchase. After owning 3 fairly crude, rear wheel drive imports I was ready for something a bit more civilized. But I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Gold-colt.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1981 Dodge Colt – Big Rig Shifting")
COAL: 1981 Dodge Colt – Big Rig Shifting
Posted on June 13, 2021 | 19 CommentsMy next car would be my first new car purchase. After owning 3 fairly crude, rear wheel drive imports I was ready for something a bit more civilized. But I […] -
COAL: 1990 (+’91) Chrysler Saratoga – An American in Westphalia
Posted on June 12, 2021 | 25 CommentsThis week my German friend Peter Wendt steps up as guest author. I met Peter around 1996 or ’97, early in my learning about the differences between -
![March 26, 2021 Don’t tell the EPA, but I evicted an entire ecosystem from the paintwork today. Amazingly, there was still a nice car hiding under all the mud, lichen, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6FA4DB79-BCCA-487D-BD65-56FF4486A045_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2000 BMW 540i – The Journey To My First V8")
COAL: 2000 BMW 540i – The Journey To My First V8
Posted on June 10, 2021 | 27 CommentsMarch 26, 2021 Don’t tell the EPA, but I evicted an entire ecosystem from the paintwork today. Amazingly, there was still a nice car hiding under all the mud, lichen, […] -
![Last post, I went on about how my family’s 1961 Plymouth Suburban defined “car” for me as a toddler. While I stand by that assessment – based largely on recollections […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/simcaundertree.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1964 Simca 1000 – Big Car and Little Car")
COAL: 1964 Simca 1000 – Big Car and Little Car
Posted on June 9, 2021 | 34 CommentsLast post, I went on about how my family’s 1961 Plymouth Suburban defined “car” for me as a toddler. While I stand by that assessment – based largely on recollections […] -
![In five months, I had gone from buying my dream car, living what felt like the dream life in a new job and new city, to smashing the 164’s oil […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Alfa-164-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Alfa of a Lifetime: 1991 Alfa Romeo 164 S, Part 3 – The Long Way Back.")
Alfa of a Lifetime: 1991 Alfa Romeo 164 S, Part 3 – The Long Way Back.
Posted on June 7, 2021 | 27 CommentsIn five months, I had gone from buying my dream car, living what felt like the dream life in a new job and new city, to smashing the 164’s oil […] -
Alfa Of A Lifetime: 1991 Alfa Romeo 164S, Part 2 – Paradise Lost, Twice
Posted on June 6, 2021 | 14 CommentsWhat is the toughest repair job you have ever taken on? Turns out the Alfa would soon present me with a new challenge that would become a yardstick I would […] -
![This COAL proved to be quite a challenge to write. While the Corolla was a perfectly fine car over two years of ownership, there wasn’t much happening in my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1975-Toyota-ad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1975 Toyota Corolla 2 Door – Dullsville")
COAL: 1975 Toyota Corolla 2 Door – Dullsville
Posted on June 6, 2021 | 21 CommentsThis COAL proved to be quite a challenge to write. While the Corolla was a perfectly fine car over two years of ownership, there wasn’t much happening in my […] -
![Sometimes I am not sure if my stepdad Mike is more mentor or fellow addict who gave me my first taste. Mike has a passion for what a normie might […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Alfa-164-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Alfa Of A Lifetime: 1991 Alfa Romeo 164S, Part 1 – Where The Rubber Meets The Road On Childhood Dreams")
Alfa Of A Lifetime: 1991 Alfa Romeo 164S, Part 1 – Where The Rubber Meets The Road On Childhood Dreams
Posted on June 5, 2021 | 18 CommentsSometimes I am not sure if my stepdad Mike is more mentor or fellow addict who gave me my first taste. Mike has a passion for what a normie might […] -
![In the summer of 1996 I took a notion to get a Dodge Spirit R/T. I can guess pretty well at the chain of thoughts: I’d become acquainted with the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Spirit_Yellowlights.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T, Part I – The AAA-Body")
COAL: 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T, Part I – The AAA-Body
Posted on June 5, 2021 | 94 CommentsIn the summer of 1996 I took a notion to get a Dodge Spirit R/T. I can guess pretty well at the chain of thoughts: I’d become acquainted with the […] -
![For this first installment in my COAL, I’m going to set the table for what will ultimately be a discussion of the cars that I personally have owned and driven. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/powerwbeauty.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1961 Plymouth Suburban — It Means “Car” to Me")
COAL: 1961 Plymouth Suburban — It Means “Car” to Me
Posted on June 2, 2021 | 60 CommentsFor this first installment in my COAL, I’m going to set the table for what will ultimately be a discussion of the cars that I personally have owned and driven. […] -
![I was having a serious case of buyer’s remorse with regards to my spur of the moment purchase of the 1968 Spitfire. Beautiful car, but I knew enough to know […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/coal-vw.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1969 Beetle – Redux")
COAL: 1969 Beetle – Redux
Posted on May 30, 2021 | 24 CommentsI was having a serious case of buyer’s remorse with regards to my spur of the moment purchase of the 1968 Spitfire. Beautiful car, but I knew enough to know […] -
![Spring break ’96 came round, and I was booked on a flight home to Denver leaving Eugene at 6:29 AM on Thursday, so Wednesday afternoon I packed my two carry-on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DValiant-LF34A.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part IV – Self-Own Service and Naming Names")
COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part IV – Self-Own Service and Naming Names
Posted on May 29, 2021 | 53 CommentsSpring break ’96 came round, and I was booked on a flight home to Denver leaving Eugene at 6:29 AM on Thursday, so Wednesday afternoon I packed my two carry-on […] -
![This is the car I wish I had bought after the Beetle abruptly quit on Route 17, just east of Binghamton. Mine was a bit rougher around the edges than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Mk3-with-GT6-hood-e1621544287726.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1968 Triumph Spitfire – Nose Job")
COAL: 1968 Triumph Spitfire – Nose Job
Posted on May 23, 2021 | 12 CommentsThis is the car I wish I had bought after the Beetle abruptly quit on Route 17, just east of Binghamton. Mine was a bit rougher around the edges than […] -
COAL: A VW Bus That Was, One That Wasn’t, and an Isuzu I-Mark
Posted on May 22, 2021 | 40 CommentsI met Mike shortly after I arrived at UOregon, somewhere between a couple of classes we took together and KWVA, the -
![From a young age I’ve loved anything with wheels – cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, aircraft, tractors – you name it and you can bet my Hot Wheels, Matchbox cars and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IMG_0705.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "MOAL: Motorcycle Miscellany")
MOAL: Motorcycle Miscellany
Posted on May 19, 2021 | 15 CommentsFrom a young age I’ve loved anything with wheels – cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, aircraft, tractors – you name it and you can bet my Hot Wheels, Matchbox cars and […]
