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- Although he hails from the not-so-sunny Pacific Northwest, Thomas Kreutzer currently makes his home in Yokohama, Japan. A long time auto and motorcycle enthusiast he has pursued those hobbies wherever possible.
![If the dates on its inspection stickers are to be believed, this 1963 Dodge Dart has faithfully awaited the return of its owner so long that it should be the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Dads-camera-267.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Stalwart Dart")
![Mazda’s RX-7 FD was developed during the heady days of the Japanese real-estate bubble. The Japanese were flush with cash and their domestic automakers catered to this new-found affluence with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_0906.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Cartoon Character: Mazda RX-7 FD Drift Racer")
![A couple of weeks ago, Jim Brophy visited the lemon lot at Yokota Airbase and provided a good overview of the kinds of cars that are often purchased by American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_0919.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Japanese Classic: Subaru B4 “Blitzen”")
![This lowered, skirt-wearing Toyota Chaser is a familiar sight on my morning commute and, over the weekend, I was finally able to catch it sitting still long enough to snap […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0896.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Cool: Toyota Chaser – Drift Version")
![It is proving to be harder than I ever imagined to find great curbside classics in Japan. I’ve thought a lot about the reasons why and the only reasonable explanation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0887.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Cute-Ute: The Nissan Sunny GB120")
![Greetings from the Land of the Rising Sun! It is a pleasure to be back at Curbside Classic after several years absence. I find all sorts of Curbside Classics in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Camaro1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Crusher Bait – American Oxidation")
![On March 9, 1916, a group of around 1500 Mexican rebels angered by the changing winds of American support for the various factions in their country’s civil war crossed the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/columbus-NM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Chasing Pancho: US Army Trucks Roll Into Action For The First Time")
![The big Plymouth’s starter gave a raspy whine as it struggled to turn over the massive engine beneath the hood. After a moment, the engine fired and struggled into a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fury1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: The Last Run")
![The best thing about the world wide web is the opportunity to share one’s interests with others and to help bring disparate bits of information from one field of interest […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d181d0bed0b2d0b5d182d181d0bad0b8d0b5-d0bdd0bed0bcd0b5d180d0b0-d181d182d0b0d0bdd0b4d0b0d180d182d0b0-1931-d0b3d0bed0b4d0b0.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cars For the Proletariat: Soviet Car Building In The 1930s")
![It always begins the same way. The seed of an idea finds its way into my skull where, carefully nurtured, it grows and blossoms into a fully fledged daydream. In […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/GTE.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Making Of A Man")
![The 2016 Dodge Charger hunched in the driveway like an indignant, angry beast while its owner gently played the hose across the car’s brilliant red paint. The car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Charger-550x389.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Fiction: The Future Is Now")
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