![Part of being a parent is exposing your children to interesting experiences even when they are now legally adults. They can then form their own hobbies and interests with what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/20220514_111903.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Racing: The Family That Races Together Stays Together")
![It has been a while since I have shared some progress on the Austin ‘Special’ so I figured it was time for an update. In the last installment I divulged […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/swap.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Project Austin ‘Special’: Rear Suspension Upgrade")
![(first posted 5/4/2016) In America mainstream sedans for most part had two door variants of almost all their models. If you were looking for something a cheaper or perhaps a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/22214.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC What If: Non-American Coupe Conversions")
![(first posted 3/9/2016) The Meteors are probably Ford of Canada’s most well known product but there are a couple more Canadian Ford marques including Monarch. The smaller Mercury 114 (and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ddmjh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1956 Monarch Richelieu – Canadian Royalty")
![In the previous installment we unveiled the bodywork modifications converting the Austin from a doughy four door into a slightly less-so business coupe-style two door. This time around the drive-line […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ffdf.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Project Austin ‘Special’: Planned Mechanical Upgrades")
![In the last installment we took a closer look at the Austin A40 Somerset shell I bought. This time we will get started on customizing it into a special. Before […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/undertheknife.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Project Austin ‘Special’: Four Becomes Two")
![In the last installment I purchased the starting point for the Austin ‘Special’ project. This time around we will take a deeper dive into what the starting point looks like. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/50997243717_bacdf95284_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Project Austin ‘Special’: Assessment of the Car")
![Like many car enthusiasts I have an automotive bucket list and near the top is building a custom car of my own. If you have read some of my COAL […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/50969040673_3a15b8ba93_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Project Austin ‘Special’: Acquisition of a 1952 Austin A40 Somerset")
![(first posted 1/19/2016) When I first spotted the rear view of this Honda Z UM-4 I thought it was some sort of electric vehicle I had not yet heard […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2000-Honda-Z-Um-4-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 2000 Honda Z UM-4 — Umm … What Is This?")
![(First posted at CC on 2/23/2013) This article by David Saunders first ran in 2010 at the old site and was the first guest submission for a Curbside Classic. As […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/emebv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Envoy Epic – An Epic Find, And An Epic Beginning")
![My wife and I visited Banff this summer as we do every few years as she usually enjoys walking the main street to check out the tourist trap stores. This […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/20210626_145711.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Open Top Touring in a Vintage Inspired Bus")
![If you survey my COAL history most of the vehicles I have owned that been on the more “affordable” side. Affordable is, of course, a very relative term according to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2017-Mazda-MX-5-RF-GT.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: 2017 Mazda MX-5 RF GT – Affordable Exotic")
![While selling in smaller numbers than the mini trucks from Datsun and Toyota during the 1970s the Mazda B-series still made an impact on the North American market. Admittedly some […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/mazda-pu.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: Time Warp 1975 Mazda B1800 Pickup")
![If you have stuck with it this far then you will know that despite a climax in the last installment there is more excitement to be had. Read ahead to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/51477310059_f6f86a91c6_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – Heading to the finish line on Day 2 Part 2")
![As we start the second day our initial goal is to drive through what was promised to be a long construction zone and then on to the very rough road […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/51457815604_7099f6b583_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – Climax on Day 2 Part 1")
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