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![(first posted 9/13/2012) For years, the pickup truck has been the best-selling vehicle type in the U.S. Even before that, pickups could be found across the country in the service […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1930FordTruck05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1930 Ford Model A Pickup – The Modern Pickup is Born?")
Curbside Classic: 1930 Ford Model A Pickup – The Modern Pickup is Born?
Posted on April 4, 2016 | 44 Comments(first posted 9/13/2012) For years, the pickup truck has been the best-selling vehicle type in the U.S. Even before that, pickups could be found across the country in the service […] -
Walk & Talk: What Can Be Found At 0700 On Market Street In Downtown St. Louis?
Posted on March 15, 2016 | 26 CommentsLast week I honored my invitation to speak at an annual convention of fellow engineers. This annual festivity was being held at the Union Station Hotel in downtown St. Louis. -
![It seems our family keeps vehicles until they are about 15 years old. Our 88 Ranger and our 96 Windstar both departed at 15, the 80 Concord and the 89 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Canoes.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2001 Ford Focus – A Daily Dose Of Joy")
COAL: 2001 Ford Focus – A Daily Dose Of Joy
Posted on February 9, 2016 | 98 CommentsIt seems our family keeps vehicles until they are about 15 years old. Our 88 Ranger and our 96 Windstar both departed at 15, the 80 Concord and the 89 […] -
![The crew-cab pickup. Love them or hate them, they have certainly become a prominent fixture in the automotive landscape. One of my first articles on CC was questioning what had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2002-avalanche.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History and COAL: The Crew Cab Pickup And My 2007 Ford F-150 Super Crew – Versatility Be Thy Name")
Automotive History and COAL: The Crew Cab Pickup And My 2007 Ford F-150 Super Crew – Versatility Be Thy Name
Posted on February 2, 2016 | 102 CommentsThe crew-cab pickup. Love them or hate them, they have certainly become a prominent fixture in the automotive landscape. One of my first articles on CC was questioning what had […] -
![When Taurus Week was proposed, I had a sudden and less than pleasant realization – I have driven more Taurii than any other single make or model of vehicle. Further, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1993-Ford-Taurus-04-05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Reminiscing About The Herd: Experiences From Four Generations Of Ford Taurus")
Reminiscing About The Herd: Experiences From Four Generations Of Ford Taurus
Posted on December 26, 2015 | 26 CommentsWhen Taurus Week was proposed, I had a sudden and less than pleasant realization – I have driven more Taurii than any other single make or model of vehicle. Further, […] -
![A disclosure: I debated about evaluating this Taurus. After a tumultuous five seconds of mental wrangling, I determined reporting on it may provide practical insight for those in the car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_0258.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Future CC Drive Report: 2011 Ford Taurus – Grabbing The Bull By The Horns")
Future CC Drive Report: 2011 Ford Taurus – Grabbing The Bull By The Horns
Posted on December 2, 2015 | 91 CommentsA disclosure: I debated about evaluating this Taurus. After a tumultuous five seconds of mental wrangling, I determined reporting on it may provide practical insight for those in the car […] -
![Back in July, I attended the 2015 Monmouth Car Show in Monmouth, Illinois. Having taken several hundred pictures, and giving a lot of attention to various automotive details, the article […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Video Slideshow: The 2015 Monmouth Car Show")
CC Video Slideshow: The 2015 Monmouth Car Show
Posted on November 29, 2015 | 17 CommentsBack in July, I attended the 2015 Monmouth Car Show in Monmouth, Illinois. Having taken several hundred pictures, and giving a lot of attention to various automotive details, the article […] -
![In this second of two trips down memory lane in the Paris area, we’ll look at some (mostly) non-French vehicles that might have been seen on the streets during the 1990-98 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Opel-Vectra_Astra-Parc-des-Expos-20151111.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip: Reliving the ’90s on a Paris Weekend, Part 2")
CC Road Trip: Reliving the ’90s on a Paris Weekend, Part 2
Posted on November 29, 2015 | 18 CommentsIn this second of two trips down memory lane in the Paris area, we’ll look at some (mostly) non-French vehicles that might have been seen on the streets during the 1990-98 […] -
![I go back to my alma mater for Homecoming every couple-three years. I had a great, life-building experience at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, an engineering school on the outskirts of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_1955-rawproc.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1970 Ford F-250 – Montana To Indiana Or Bust")
CC Capsule: 1970 Ford F-250 – Montana To Indiana Or Bust
Posted on November 17, 2015 | 52 CommentsI go back to my alma mater for Homecoming every couple-three years. I had a great, life-building experience at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, an engineering school on the outskirts of […] -
![If you’ve spent any time around CC, you’ve undoubtedly heard about and seen an abundance of cars from Eugene. Well, I recently found a conglomeration of cars in Eugene the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_0225.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Serendipity Strikes Again: The Hidden Cars of Eugene")
Serendipity Strikes Again: The Hidden Cars of Eugene
Posted on November 16, 2015 | 35 CommentsIf you’ve spent any time around CC, you’ve undoubtedly heard about and seen an abundance of cars from Eugene. Well, I recently found a conglomeration of cars in Eugene the […] -
Curbside Fiction: Ford Noir
Posted on November 1, 2015 | 27 CommentsFirst paragraphs of some short stories that will probably never get written, inspired by sightings of big old sedans and wagons from the House of the Blue Oval. -
![(first posted 1/10/2012. Have things changed since then?) If you wonder “What is the most popular classic car among fashionable urban individuals 18-34 (i.e Hipsters)?” Given my non-scientific guess […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/5969449436_9eac37d710_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Trends: The Ford Falcon – #1 In Classic Cars Among Hipsters")
Curbside Trends: The Ford Falcon – #1 In Classic Cars Among Hipsters
Posted on September 8, 2015 | 107 Comments(first posted 1/10/2012. Have things changed since then?) If you wonder “What is the most popular classic car among fashionable urban individuals 18-34 (i.e Hipsters)?” Given my non-scientific guess […] -
![I wanted to write about this car mostly so I could say this: the formal, vertical backlight makes the rear wheels look somehow disconnected from the rest of the car’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1994-Ford-Thunderbird.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1991 Mercury Cougar XR7 – The Archetypal 90s Coupe?")
CC Capsule: 1991 Mercury Cougar XR7 – The Archetypal 90s Coupe?
Posted on August 18, 2015 | 71 CommentsI wanted to write about this car mostly so I could say this: the formal, vertical backlight makes the rear wheels look somehow disconnected from the rest of the car’s […] -
Wordless Outtake: Jelly Beans on Jelly Bean
Posted on July 26, 2015 | 14 CommentsPicture is taken last summer, in Ferndale, Mi. -
![It was right after Labor Day in 1985 when I moved into my Freshman dorm at engineering school. And there it was: this beautiful 1963 Thunderbird. I figured it belonged […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1961-Ford-Thunderbird.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Vintage Outtake: 1963 Ford Thunderbird – The Dean’s Car")
CC Vintage Outtake: 1963 Ford Thunderbird – The Dean’s Car
Posted on July 21, 2015 | 38 CommentsIt was right after Labor Day in 1985 when I moved into my Freshman dorm at engineering school. And there it was: this beautiful 1963 Thunderbird. I figured it belonged […]
