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About Author: Jim Brophy
Posts by Jim Brophy
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Bus Stop Outtake: Autotram Extra Grand – World’s Longest Bus
Posted on October 28, 2023 | 14 Comments(first posted 10/28/2017) As I’m sure readers and contributors to CC know, there’s a whole lot of photoshopping going on out there in cyberland – it’s easy […] -
Bus Stop Classics: Pittsburgh Transit Expressway System (Skybus) – The Steel City’s Aborted Highway in the Sky
Posted on October 14, 2023 | 49 Comments(first posted 10/17/2017) Pittsburgh has a rich mass transit history; inclines, trolleys, buses, light rail, etc. It was also home town to one of the twentieth century’s largest […] -
Bus Stop Classics: 1928 – 1933 Pickwick Nite Coach – What’s Old is New Again
Posted on September 9, 2023 | 54 Comments(first posted 9/9/2017) Some of you may have seen a recent article of a startup intercity bus company that plans to offer “capsule hotel” type overnight bus service […] -
Bus Stop Classics: Beaver Metropolitan B-35-PT Series Coach – Keystone State Cruiser
Posted on August 26, 2023 | 8 CommentsA few months back we looked at Southern Coach Manufacturing (SCM), a small regional maker of buses in Southern Alabama. Today we’ll look at another one of these modest manufacturers […] -
Bus Stop Classics – QOTD: What is Your Favorite “Old School” Bus Livery?
Posted on August 19, 2023 | 21 CommentsIt seemed that the defacto paint scheme for most urban-transit buses in the 1950s and ‘60’s was a light cream over orange – at least in the Midwest where I […] -
Bus Stop Classics: White Motor Corporation Urban Transit Buses – Better Known for Trucks, They Made Buses Too
Posted on July 8, 2023 | 45 Comments(first posted 7/8/2017) There were several large-vehicle manufacturers in the early to mid-twentieth century that that were well known for their heavy-duty trucks, but less well-known for their […] -
Curbside Outtake: New Car Shopping in Japan – Things Are a Little Different
Posted on July 1, 2023 | 34 CommentsOur son’s 2007 Toyota Ractis is coming up for it’s biennial Japan Compulsory Insurance (JCI or “Shakken”) inspection in August. It still runs well but will need quite a few […] -
Curbside Outtake: 1970 Dodge Charger – Not the Car I’d Take to the Annual Police Ball…
Posted on June 24, 2023 | 33 Comments(first posted 6/24/2017) When we settled down in our suburban Tokyo neighborhood a good ten years ago, one of the things I was most looking forward to was […] -
Bus Stop Classic: 1948-1953 Checker Motor Coach · The Frequently Forgotten Bus from the Country’s Most Famous Taxi Maker
Posted on June 17, 2023 | 25 Commentsfirst posted 17 June 2017 We’ve reviewed quite a few motor coach manufacturers that hoped to cash in on the post-world-war-II sellers’ market with operators rushing to renew their fleets, […] -
Bus Stop Classics: 1947 – 1960 Mack C Series Urban Transit Coach – Built Bulldog Tough
Posted on June 10, 2023 | 46 Comments(first posted 6/10/2017) Several months ago we reviewed the Mack MV-620-D, a large demonstrator intercity coach from the late-1950’s that the company hoped would be selected as a replacement for […] -
Bus Stop Classics: Hino S’Elega • If Lexus Built a Bus
Posted on May 28, 2023 | 20 Comments(first posted 28 May 2017) Think of Toyota and the first thing that’s likely to pop into your mind is a Corolla or a Camry. But the Toyota Group, […] -
COAL Capsule: Seven Toyota Vans – Livin’ LaVida Van-Life
Posted on May 20, 2023 | 18 CommentsSince 1996, we’ve always had some version of a Toyota mini-van in our driveway. Some auto enthusiasts would be too embarrassed to admit that – not me. Count me as […] -
Bus Stop Classics: 1990-94 Motor Coach Industries (MCI) 102 B3 – Casting Aside 50 Years of Intercity Bus Design
Posted on May 13, 2023 | 31 Comments(first posted 5/13/2017) Take a close look at this bus…doesn’t look especially unique, does it. Seems to be fairly representative of any intercity coach in the US and Canada in […] -
CC Outtake: Toyota Premio/Allion – the Crown Vic and Mercury Marquis of JDM-world
Posted on April 29, 2023 | 12 CommentsOne of our neighbors, whom I have not met yet, has owned this car for several years – I frequently see it parked in our community center lot. What I […] -
CC Newsstand: First Quarter 2023 Sales Figures for US, Japan, Europe and China – Big Changes Everywhere, Except Japan
Posted on April 22, 2023 | 58 CommentsYou may have seen the recent Car and Driver article outlining the best selling vehicles in the US for the first quarter of 2023. There weren’t many surprises, except with […]
![Bus Stop Outtake: Autotram Extra Grand – World’s Longest Bus (first posted 10/28/2017) As I’m sure readers and contributors to CC know, there’s a whole lot of photoshopping going on out there in cyberland – it’s easy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/prochie_goeppel_autotram_extra_grand_3-1.jpg)
![Bus Stop Classics: Pittsburgh Transit Expressway System (Skybus) – The Steel City’s Aborted Highway in the Sky (first posted 10/17/2017) Pittsburgh has a rich mass transit history; inclines, trolleys, buses, light rail, etc. It was also home town to one of the twentieth century’s largest […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/60dcfa6e52bd3b6672a59eea80b96175-1.jpg)
![Bus Stop Classics: 1928 – 1933 Pickwick Nite Coach – What’s Old is New Again (first posted 9/9/2017) Some of you may have seen a recent article of a startup intercity bus company that plans to offer “capsule hotel” type overnight bus service […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/oo1933_Pickwick_NC_06.jpg)
![Bus Stop Classics: Beaver Metropolitan B-35-PT Series Coach – Keystone State Cruiser A few months back we looked at Southern Coach Manufacturing (SCM), a small regional maker of buses in Southern Alabama. Today we’ll look at another one of these modest manufacturers […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/48.jpg)
![Bus Stop Classics – QOTD: What is Your Favorite “Old School” Bus Livery? It seemed that the defacto paint scheme for most urban-transit buses in the 1950s and ‘60’s was a light cream over orange – at least in the Midwest where I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2e3ee720f07773d20cc80f144498fcb7-e1692235180830.jpg)
![Bus Stop Classics: White Motor Corporation Urban Transit Buses – Better Known for Trucks, They Made Buses Too (first posted 7/8/2017) There were several large-vehicle manufacturers in the early to mid-twentieth century that that were well known for their heavy-duty trucks, but less well-known for their […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/white-bus-01.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: New Car Shopping in Japan – Things Are a Little Different Our son’s 2007 Toyota Ractis is coming up for it’s biennial Japan Compulsory Insurance (JCI or “Shakken”) inspection in August. It still runs well but will need quite a few […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Lgazo1-e1688021147433.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: 1970 Dodge Charger – Not the Car I’d Take to the Annual Police Ball… (first posted 6/24/2017) When we settled down in our suburban Tokyo neighborhood a good ten years ago, one of the things I was most looking forward to was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMGP2501-1.jpg)
![Bus Stop Classic: 1948-1953 Checker Motor Coach · The Frequently Forgotten Bus from the Country’s Most Famous Taxi Maker first posted 17 June 2017 We’ve reviewed quite a few motor coach manufacturers that hoped to cash in on the post-world-war-II sellers’ market with operators rushing to renew their fleets, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/e280dce76b518980159966a903e8e609-1.jpg)
![Bus Stop Classics: 1947 – 1960 Mack C Series Urban Transit Coach – Built Bulldog Tough (first posted 6/10/2017) Several months ago we reviewed the Mack MV-620-D, a large demonstrator intercity coach from the late-1950’s that the company hoped would be selected as a replacement for […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/c49-1.jpg)
![Bus Stop Classics: Hino S’Elega • If Lexus Built a Bus (first posted 28 May 2017) Think of Toyota and the first thing that’s likely to pop into your mind is a Corolla or a Camry. But the Toyota Group, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/e0192662_0305797-1.jpg)
![COAL Capsule: Seven Toyota Vans – Livin’ LaVida Van-Life Since 1996, we’ve always had some version of a Toyota mini-van in our driveway. Some auto enthusiasts would be too embarrassed to admit that – not me. Count me as […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1978150344.jpg)
![Bus Stop Classics: 1990-94 Motor Coach Industries (MCI) 102 B3 – Casting Aside 50 Years of Intercity Bus Design (first posted 5/13/2017) Take a close look at this bus…doesn’t look especially unique, does it. Seems to be fairly representative of any intercity coach in the US and Canada in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Greyhound_2550-1.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Toyota Premio/Allion – the Crown Vic and Mercury Marquis of JDM-world One of our neighbors, whom I have not met yet, has owned this car for several years – I frequently see it parked in our community center lot. What I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PXL_20230414_062924540-1-e1681732728107.jpg)
![CC Newsstand: First Quarter 2023 Sales Figures for US, Japan, Europe and China – Big Changes Everywhere, Except Japan You may have seen the recent Car and Driver article outlining the best selling vehicles in the US for the first quarter of 2023. There weren’t many surprises, except with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/11881_m-e1681213063103.jpg)


