![For the past years, September has been my yearly peak truck show month, with three interesting annual events. This year will be no exception, if everything goes as planned. I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_3087-115x115.jpg "September 2024 And 2025 Truck Show Mixture – Some Electric, Mostly Diesel")
![In the sixties and seventies, the nomenclature of Swedish truck maker Scania (Scania-Vabis prior to 1969) was clear and uncomplicated: the letter L stood for a conventional truck or tractor […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_5054-115x115.jpg "1974 Scania L 110 Super And LBS 140 Super – Harking Back To The Late Fifties And Pointing The Way To The Future")
![(Updated 7/10/2026) In 2003, Volkswagen introduced the fifth generation of their Transporter. By then, everybody was long used to Transporters with a transverse engine in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_8904.jpg "2008 Volkswagen Transporter T5 2.5 TDI – Near The End Of The Line For The Inline Five")
![Usually, a full-size Scania that is registered as a livestock truck doesn’t look anything like this. It’s best described as a high-end motorhome with a separate rear compartment for transporting […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IMG_4993-115x115.jpg "2019 Scania S730 V8 STX – Of Horses And Men")
![And once again we’re visiting the open house and 35th anniversary festivities of the Schoones transport company and heavy haulage specialist, held in September last year. In this episode, a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_4756-115x115.jpg "From The Files Of Transportbedrijf Schoones: Liebherr PR 776 Bulldozer – Built Like a Fridge")
![The Holland Style Truck Meet is a fairly new event for truck enthusiasts, the 2026 edition was held at a perfect location nearby the city of Arnhem. Many locals and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_4844-115x115.jpg "2026 Holland Style Truck Meet – Lowriders And High Rollers")
![I’m always impressed by the sheer size, power, and capabilities of modern farm equipment. This fairly new trio, caught on camera at a show on May 30, is all set […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_5288-115x115.jpg "New Holland And VGM – Qualified Fieldworkers In Old Holland")
![After the tour along the American rides, the full focus is now on a number of European and Japanese classics and specialties that were present at the May 2026 event, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_5112-115x115.jpg "2026 Cars ‘n’ Bites Druten: European and Japanese Classics — What Will Your Pleasure Be?")
![A laid-back event on a lazy Sunday afternoon, held in the center of my municipality. I skipped the bites-part and went straight for the classic, not so classic, and special […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_5111-115x115.jpg "2026 Cars ‘n’ Bites Druten – Just Park Where It Fits")
![In the mid-eighties, DAF unveiled their ATi (Advanced Turbo Intercooling) range of revised big diesels and a new flagship, the F3600 Turbo Intercooling. The 3600 was the pinnacle of all […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_5049-115x115.jpg "DAF FTT 3600 DKZ 6×4 Tractor – The Truck Maker’s F241-Series in Optima Forma")
![A retired 4×4 army truck from 1983, still wearing its original military uniform and not converted into an expedition vehicle (yet). For decades, these 1978-1983 DAF YA 4440 trucks and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_5029-115x115.jpg "1978-1983 DAF YA 4440 4×4 Military Truck – Mission Accomplished")
![It had been four years since I visited the gathering and start of the Classic Mechanism Zealand spring tour, held yearly in a village nearby my place. Classic heavy trucks […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_5006-115x115.jpg "2026 Klassiek Mechaniek Zeeland Spring Tour – Classlessness")
![German drivers often participate in Dutch trucks shows, certainly when the diesel parties take place somewhere nearby the Dutch-German border. On April 11, I visited the 2026 edition of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_4848-115x115.jpg "2026 Holland Style Truck Meet – Sprechen Sie Deutsch?")
![Always standing out, a tractor and semi-trailer in one and the same company livery, thus forming a harmonious couple. Certainly in the superbly, two-tone outfit of the Patrick van den […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_4980-115x115.jpg "2018 Scania R650 V8 6×2/4 And 2026 Feldbinder EUT 40.3 – Beefy And Bulk-Head")
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