![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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_6595-e1730975771248.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/010812-7436ccrta238-1-e1538730178646.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/5930066974_9bba23e8ac_b-e1729669319470.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/hq720-e1729321737122.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ludewig.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/4d7ba2885bbb557d48cd8a2fb022097e-e1538217998898.jpg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/e4329573605059e37c4ee109e4a201125d7b1e26-1.jpeg "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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240901_065555013.MP-Copy-1-e1727004546890.jpg "Curbside Outtake: Volvo 240 Wagon, VW Bug, and Daihatsu Mira Moderno – Forlorn Tokyo Trio")
![(first posted 9/22/2018) These two buses up on lifts are Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF) C-Series urban transit coaches, counterparts and competitors of the GM Old Look, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ccl1651-e1535714637812.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Canadian Car and Foundry “C”and “T” Series Urban Transit Coaches – They Outlasted Their American Counterparts")
![Denning is one of the more storied of Australia’s coach and bus manufacturers. Much like GM’s models in North America, they were the default image that many Australians had of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=8,height=5,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/gm-denning-mono-carah-healesville-1984_8x5-e1726523855893.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1966 to 1984 GM Denning Mono – King of the Outback")
![(first posted 9/8/2018) Most major Japanese manufacturers had a small minibus in their lineup in the 1960s and 70’s; Toyota’s Coaster, Nissan’s Civilian, Mitsubishi’s Rosa, and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=750,height=562,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/parkway-rotary-26-e1535176253653.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: 1974-76 Mazda Parkway 26 Minibus – Does That Thing Have a Rotary?")
![(first posted 8/25/2018) Here’s an interesting 26 minute video from Ford – likely from the early 70’s. Its a real flashback to that era, and entertaining for a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/San-Jose-Assembly-1974-2-e1534850063408.jpg "CC Cinema: 1970’s Ford Promotional Video – Mullets, Mutton Chops, and Thick Ties")
![I’m sure CC readers are familiar with Elwood Engel, VP for Design at Chrysler from 1961 to 1973. Engel began his career in the GM stylist apprentice program, but left […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1961-Lincoln-Continental-4D-sedan-314--e1724046953993.webp "Curbside Classic Commentary – QOTD: Which Vehicle Is Your Pick for “Peak-Engel-Mobile?”")
![(first posted 8/16/2018) We’ve previously looked at buses from North America, Asia, and Europe – let’s broaden our aperture a little and review a coach from South America – […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/74095e429e40632b5510c52a6837c6d5-e1533296835815.jpg "Bus Stop Classics: Marcopolo Paradiso 1800 DD G7 – One Big Bus")
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