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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Johannes Dutch
Posts by Johannes Dutch
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![Usually, it’s a Scania, Volvo, or DAF tractor that gets an aftermarket exterior and interior makeover. So seeing Manders’ late-model MAN TGX, the truck maker’s top model, was a refreshing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4014.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2023 MAN TGX 6×2 Tractor – Personal Luxury Cabover")
CC Global: 2023 MAN TGX 6×2 Tractor – Personal Luxury Cabover
Posted on June 8, 2025 | 20 CommentsUsually, it’s a Scania, Volvo, or DAF tractor that gets an aftermarket exterior and interior makeover. So seeing Manders’ late-model MAN TGX, the truck maker’s top model, was a refreshing […] -
![Load-wise, this semi is on a strict vegan diet. It only has an appetite for grain, sugar beets, silage, biomass, and other vegetable materials. As an aside, I very much […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4006.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2023 Volvo FH Tractor And 2022 D-TEC Semi-Trailer – Hauling What Once Grew")
CC Global: 2023 Volvo FH Tractor And 2022 D-TEC Semi-Trailer – Hauling What Once Grew
Posted on June 1, 2025 | 6 CommentsLoad-wise, this semi is on a strict vegan diet. It only has an appetite for grain, sugar beets, silage, biomass, and other vegetable materials. As an aside, I very much […] -
![In the early seventies, truck makers DAF, Magirus-Deutz, Saviem, and Volvo joined forces to develop a new tilt cab for their light and medium-duty vehicles. The all-steel ‘Club of Four’ […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4115.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classic: 1982 Volvo F720 4×2 Tractor – Volvo-Worthy ‘Club of Four’ Cabover")
Truck Stop Classic: 1982 Volvo F720 4×2 Tractor – Volvo-Worthy ‘Club of Four’ Cabover
Posted on May 25, 2025 | 25 CommentsIn the early seventies, truck makers DAF, Magirus-Deutz, Saviem, and Volvo joined forces to develop a new tilt cab for their light and medium-duty vehicles. The all-steel ‘Club of Four’ […] -
![Apart from the lighting on the roof top, I don’t see any aftermarket bits and pieces on this fairly new DAF. A straight(forward) truck in the pure and simple, yet […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3996.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2024 DAF XF 530 FAN Hooklift Truck – Bare Metal")
CC Global: 2024 DAF XF 530 FAN Hooklift Truck – Bare Metal
Posted on May 17, 2025 | 12 CommentsApart from the lighting on the roof top, I don’t see any aftermarket bits and pieces on this fairly new DAF. A straight(forward) truck in the pure and simple, yet […] -
![It’s all too obvious that Mr. John van Limpt and his latest 26-wheeler prefer to travel heavy. The whole combination -from front to back- exudes sturdiness, it’s unyielding without being […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_4037.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: Scania-Vabis Magistralis – The Certified Floor Manager")
CC Global: Scania-Vabis Magistralis – The Certified Floor Manager
Posted on May 11, 2025 | 1 CommentIt’s all too obvious that Mr. John van Limpt and his latest 26-wheeler prefer to travel heavy. The whole combination -from front to back- exudes sturdiness, it’s unyielding without being […] -
![Standing out from the classic car crowd in November last year, and not only because of its size. Imported into the Netherlands at the end of 2020 and there has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_3890-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Series C50 – Texas Size Pickup")
Truck Stop Classic: 1964 Chevrolet Series C50 – Texas Size Pickup
Posted on May 8, 2025 | 15 CommentsStanding out from the classic car crowd in November last year, and not only because of its size. Imported into the Netherlands at the end of 2020 and there has […] -
Truck Stop Classics: MAN (Diesel) 19.361, 10.212, And 13.215 – Rolling Exhibition
Posted on May 4, 2025 | 12 CommentsA trio of classic, heavy-duty MAN vehicles with friendly, rounded shapes. Toughness masked by soft looks, this especially applies to the duo sitting on the semi-low loader. -
![The motto of the Belgium-based Sarens company is ‘Nothing too heavy, nothing too high’. No further explanation needed. Last year, the thorough restoration of one of their classic, custom-built heavy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3553.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classic: Late 80s DAF NATE 2826 DKS 6×6 Tractor – Heavily Customized")
Truck Stop Classic: Late 80s DAF NATE 2826 DKS 6×6 Tractor – Heavily Customized
Posted on April 27, 2025 | 6 CommentsThe motto of the Belgium-based Sarens company is ‘Nothing too heavy, nothing too high’. No further explanation needed. Last year, the thorough restoration of one of their classic, custom-built heavy […] -
![The world’s largest mobile tower crane was the king-size cherry on the cake at the ‘Heart for DAF days’, held last October. And luckily, I stayed long enough to watch […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_3602.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2024 Spierings SK1265-AT6 eLift – The Process Of Steel Folding")
CC Global: 2024 Spierings SK1265-AT6 eLift – The Process Of Steel Folding
Posted on April 20, 2025 | 16 CommentsThe world’s largest mobile tower crane was the king-size cherry on the cake at the ‘Heart for DAF days’, held last October. And luckily, I stayed long enough to watch […] -
![In the latter years of the 20th century, truck manufacturer MAN offered a hulk of an engine in their straight-faced F90 and subsequent F2000 series. I mean, stuffing a twin-turbo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_2440.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classics: MAN Vee Ten – Monster Inside")
Truck Stop Classics: MAN Vee Ten – Monster Inside
Posted on April 13, 2025 | 15 CommentsIn the latter years of the 20th century, truck manufacturer MAN offered a hulk of an engine in their straight-faced F90 and subsequent F2000 series. I mean, stuffing a twin-turbo […] -
![The annual September truck show in the east of the Netherlands has become a must-visit. Well-organized, held at a perfect location, and featuring a wide variety of modern, heavy vehicles. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_2746-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2024 Trucks@Twenthe – The Yearly And Orderly Color Fest")
CC Global: 2024 Trucks@Twenthe – The Yearly And Orderly Color Fest
Posted on April 6, 2025 | 12 CommentsThe annual September truck show in the east of the Netherlands has become a must-visit. Well-organized, held at a perfect location, and featuring a wide variety of modern, heavy vehicles. […] -
![In 1959, DAF introduced their V 1600 4×4 truck chassis. An early adopter was the NAM (Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij), the exploration and production company used a V 1600 chassis-cab as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_3535.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classic: 1959 DAF V 1600 C 4×4 Drilling Rig – Gas Searching Gas Guzzler")
Truck Stop Classic: 1959 DAF V 1600 C 4×4 Drilling Rig – Gas Searching Gas Guzzler
Posted on March 30, 2025 | 9 CommentsIn 1959, DAF introduced their V 1600 4×4 truck chassis. An early adopter was the NAM (Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij), the exploration and production company used a V 1600 chassis-cab as […] -
![Though semi-trailers and center-axle trailers have gained the upper hand in the Dutch trucking scene, there’s still a flourishing market for full trailers (a full trailer can stand on its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_2817.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: Scania Next Gen 6×2 Trucks – Going Solo")
CC Global: Scania Next Gen 6×2 Trucks – Going Solo
Posted on March 24, 2025 | 6 CommentsThough semi-trailers and center-axle trailers have gained the upper hand in the Dutch trucking scene, there’s still a flourishing market for full trailers (a full trailer can stand on its […] -
![An F-Max is certainly the last Ford model I was expecting to see there, neatly parallel parked. Ford Otosan from Turkey builds this textbook example of a heavy-duty, 4×2 Euro-tractor. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_3977.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2024 Ford F-Max – A Ford That Will Not Fit In The Garage")
CC Global: 2024 Ford F-Max – A Ford That Will Not Fit In The Garage
Posted on March 17, 2025 | 13 CommentsAn F-Max is certainly the last Ford model I was expecting to see there, neatly parallel parked. Ford Otosan from Turkey builds this textbook example of a heavy-duty, 4×2 Euro-tractor. […] -
![Captured on camera on March 3 and 8, with the focus on heavy on- and off-road machinery, though I gladly made an exception for a little fellow with a good […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_3961.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Global: Walking By Some Roadside Workers")
CC Global: Walking By Some Roadside Workers
Posted on March 10, 2025 | 7 CommentsCaptured on camera on March 3 and 8, with the focus on heavy on- and off-road machinery, though I gladly made an exception for a little fellow with a good […]
