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- Born in '57, lived in London until recently, now finding my feet in North Wales.
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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Bernard Taylor
Posts by Bernard Taylor
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![It was impossible to miss this little morsel as it sat in the morning sun, its bright colours certainly making it stand out and providing a good test for my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/D-hijet.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Capsule: 2001 Daihatsu Hijet – Italian in a Flowery Kimono")
Curbside Capsule: 2001 Daihatsu Hijet – Italian in a Flowery Kimono
Posted on August 21, 2023 | 8 CommentsIt was impossible to miss this little morsel as it sat in the morning sun, its bright colours certainly making it stand out and providing a good test for my […] -
Curbside Outtake: 2012 Chrysler Ypsilon
Posted on January 2, 2023 | 11 CommentsTake a very frosty morning, some voluptuous curves and combine them with a seasonal red and you have the perfect automotive bauble to hang from the tree. -
![One tends to think of the first Escort as the one that arrived in 1968, but it was also used between 1955 and 1961 on a reduced-content version of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Escort60plus.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Ford Escort – The Very First To Wear The Name")
CC Outtake: Ford Escort – The Very First To Wear The Name
Posted on July 15, 2022 | 14 CommentsOne tends to think of the first Escort as the one that arrived in 1968, but it was also used between 1955 and 1961 on a reduced-content version of the […] -
![I’ve had a Lotus Europa since 1969 — the handy Matchbox pocket size. To be honest they were not the kind of cars you saw much in the wild […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/LE4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic Capsule: 1971 Lotus Europa S.2 – Give Us Our Daily Bread(van)")
Curbside Classic Capsule: 1971 Lotus Europa S.2 – Give Us Our Daily Bread(van)
Posted on August 26, 2021 | 22 CommentsI’ve had a Lotus Europa since 1969 — the handy Matchbox pocket size. To be honest they were not the kind of cars you saw much in the wild […] -
![Quite possibly some of this car looks vaguely familiar. Imagine now just one wheel at the front (and no wheel arches). Basically it’s a Reliant Robin with an extra wheel. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kitten4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Reliant Kitten – Out of the Blue")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Reliant Kitten – Out of the Blue
Posted on November 17, 2020 | 25 CommentsQuite possibly some of this car looks vaguely familiar. Imagine now just one wheel at the front (and no wheel arches). Basically it’s a Reliant Robin with an extra wheel. […] -
CC Wordless Outtake: “Sometimes It’s Hard To Say Goodbye”
Posted on April 9, 2019 | 26 Comments -
![Who would have asked a silly question like that in the 1960s or ’70s? But that was then, this is now. On my trip this morning to the local Sainsbury’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/123a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Which Is Bigger – A Mini or a Volvo?")
CC Outtake: Which Is Bigger – A Mini or a Volvo?
Posted on March 27, 2019 | 19 CommentsWho would have asked a silly question like that in the 1960s or ’70s? But that was then, this is now. On my trip this morning to the local Sainsbury’s […]
