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Curbside Classic Publisher Paul Niedermeyer

What’s next for Curbside Classic in wake of Paul Niedermeyer’s retirement?

May 26, 2023 Steve 7

(EXPANDED FROM 11/27/2022) The retirement of Curbside Classic founder Paul Niedermeyer (2023) raises questions about the direction of the pioneering auto history website. He announced his retirement, effective immediately, only a few weeks after the […]

1963-66 Plymouth Valiant inched away from Virgil Exner’s styling quirks

May 4, 2022 Steve 7

A recent Curbside Classic article (Stern, 2022) about the Canadian 1964 Valiant reminded me of one of my stylistic pet peeves: The car’s front fender had a weird, hairpin-shaped character line. Jim Benjaminson (2020) of […]