![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/mazda-pu.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/51477310059_f6f86a91c6_c.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/51457815604_7099f6b583_c.jpg "The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – Climax on Day 2 Part 1")
![The first part of day was in Alberta but for the second portion we would explore Saskatchewan. A rather remote section of Saskatchewan but that does not mean we will […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/51438817777_8fa45eacbb_c.jpg "The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – Saskatchewan Exploration and Cadillac on Day 1 Part 2")
![As I mentioned in the last installment this year’s Great Beater Challenge is little different due to its route which follows part of the historical Red Coat Trail rather than […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ontheroad.jpg "The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – The Red Coat Trail on Day 1 Part 1")
![The Great Beater Challenge is back after a COVID related absence (mostly, there was a smaller junior version) in 2020 with a very different route than previous years. The event […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GBC-2021.jpg "The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – Preparations and Competitors")
![A low production two seater with a manual transmission, turbo-charged four cylinder and factory Koni suspension from the eighties certainly sounds like it would be a sought after classic […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/ford-exp-1983-2.jpg "Forgotten Classic: Ford EXP Turbo – A Lost SVO Masterpiece?")
![The Great Beater Challenge is a go pending any further COVID-19 outbreaks and I, along with my three teenage sons, are registered. As some of you may recall I bought a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/51224535219_901b74a5f9_c.jpg "The Great Beater Challenge 2021 – Searching for a Theme")
![(first posted 7/17/2015) Ford’s Cortina is a certified classic in the UK but it does not enjoy the same high profile in North America. While it is perhaps not known […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Ford-UK-Cortina-Mk3.jpg "Automotive History: 1973 Ford Cortina MkIII in Canada -They Sold That Here?")
![While COVID has put a real damper on any big travel plans here is a virtual road trip for you to enjoy with a twist … it was filmed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/51142828261_d5b2c2548f_o.jpg "CC Virtual Road Trip – Osoyoos to Creston, British Columbia, 1966")
![Vans were a big thing in the Seventies but what if they gained popularity a decade or so earlier? Given the lack of pollutions controls and insurance penalties there could […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Camvano.jpg "What If: Muscle Vans of the Sixties")
![On a recent trip to the mountains a friend pointed me in the direction of this abandoned shell of an old car. There cannot be too many if any salvageable […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/51111716781_aefa4f40fa_c.jpg "Fieldside Classic: The Mystery Car In The Mountains")
![I came across this ad in my usual search of what oddball classic cars are for sale nearby. It is a 1960 Vauxhall Victor which is a bit of a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Vauxhall-Victor.jpg "CC For Sale: A guy named Victor from Vauxhall selling his namesake")
![(first posted 2/9/2015) Austin Somersets keep calling to me. I’ve heeded their beckonings and found and shot them in various conditions, from this obviously restored version on the street near […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Austin-A40-somerset.jpg "Curbside Classic: Austin A40 Somerset – Short, Chubby and Irresistable")
![(first posted 9/5/2011) Being a true multi-national, the Jensen Interceptor has many facets to its complex personality. If you were a pessimist you’d say it has the electrical system of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-jen.jpg "Curbside Classic: Jensen Interceptor – The Handsome Anglo-Italo-American Mashup")
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