![(first posted 12/15/2018) A few weeks back we looked at the Dyson Land Liner coach, which was essentially a trailer bus with the prime mover tractor replaced by a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/SantaFeTrailwaysplywoodbus_01_resized-e1543137624245.jpg?resize=115%2C77&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1942 Santa Fe Trailways “Victory Liner” Coach – Another Innovation During War That Didn’t Make the Transition to Peacetime")
![With the exception of Tatra87 and myself, there’s probably not a lot of other Curbsiders that have a yen (no pun intended) for a tutorial on Japanese license plates. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/New-Local-Patterns-Japanese-License-Plate-1_600x-e1733452655879.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Curbside Commentary: Everything You Wanted to Know About Japanese License Plates – Or More Useless Trivia")
![Japan used to have quite a few trolleybus lines, though most have been replaced – first by diesel, and now by Battery Electric and Fuel Cell models. Currently there is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/may-28-2013-toyama-japan-260nw-1219266205.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: Tateyama Trolleybus – Saying Goodbye to the Last Trolleybus Line in Japan")
![A sign of the times…a forward thinking European city doing its best to be ecologically and environmentally friendly implements an innovative car-sharing service utilizing pure Battery Electric vehicles to reduce […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/xgB1oDiPwQN0JSAgM1WNqqcHDAUxhuE5aU0mRCk8-e1732281529949.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1974 – 1986 Witkar – Have Pod, Will Travel")
![(first posted 11/24/2018) Here’s a very unique and technically interesting bus from our friends down under – it’s a Dyson Landliner and it plied the roads in Australia […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Dyson-Landliner.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1945 Dyson Landliner Bus – An Innovative Experiment from Down Under")
![A few weeks back we reviewed the Necochea Aerobus, an early attempt at streamlining from Argentina. Today let’s look at another Argentinian bus and one from Brazil that were both […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/691f083e08d6fb44ac21833670b1266b-e1731316717947.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1966 CAIO Gaivota and 2001 Rio de La Plata Maxibus – South American Streamliners")
![My first car was a 1964 Ford Fairlane – so I’ve always had a soft-spot for it. Fairlanes weren’t the sportiest offerings during Ford’s “Total Performance” era, though the 1966/67 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_6595-e1730975771248.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake/QOTD: 1968 – 1976 Ford Torino – What’s Your Favorite Generation?")
![(first posted 11/3/2018) Our past few Bus Stop Classics have focused on older buses – those from four or five decades ago. Let’s move forward and look at a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/010812-7436ccrta238-1-e1538730178646.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1999 – 2009 Optima Opus Urban Transit Coach – Short Ride")
![Long-time CC readers may remember our post on Pittsburgh’s “Skybus” – an early attempt at an elevated busway that, unfortunately, didn’t pan out. Here in the Japanese city of Nagoya, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/5930066974_9bba23e8ac_b-e1729669319470.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: Nagoya’s Yutorito Elevated Guided Busway – Go Up, Not Out")
![Well, this one certainly gave me a start when I came across it when doing some research on double-deckers. This is a Yutong Master Discovery Coach, made in China but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hq720-e1729321737122.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: Yutong Master Discovery Coach – World’s Only Tri-Decker?")
![Here is another bus that was a routine sight in West Germany during the 50’s and 60’s – it’s a Deck and a Half urban transit model by coachbuilder Ludewig. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ludewig.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1950’s/60’s Ludewig Deck and a Half Urban Transit Coach – Popular in Germany, Nonexistent in North America")
![(first posted 10/13/2018) Several months ago we looked at the MB O6600H coach – Mercedes first rear-engined bus. It was a successful design, but due to its traditional […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/4d7ba2885bbb557d48cd8a2fb022097e-e1538217998898.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: Mercedes Benz (MB) 0321H Coach – One of the Best Selling Mercedes Buses of All Time")
![This is certainly an interesting vehicle – it’s a touring/intercity bus built by Argentinian company Necochea Coachbuilders – and it’s called the “Aerobus” – but more colloquially known by the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/e4329573605059e37c4ee109e4a201125d7b1e26-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bus Stop Classics: 1985/86 Necochea Aerobus – Argentina’s “Bullet Bus”")
![It’s somewhat of a large juxtaposition…good friend and fellow Tokyo Expat Tatra87 spends his Sundays perusing the Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Shoebox Fords of Tokyo’s upscale Gaien district. I, on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240901_065555013.MP-Copy-1-e1727004546890.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: Volvo 240 Wagon, VW Bug, and Daihatsu Mira Moderno – Forlorn Tokyo Trio")
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