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- I live in Cape Town, I love old cars with character that have shrugged off their years and still do daily service.
![At CC we might not like non-opening rear windows, but I’m really liking this non-opening rear door. The owner of this early 90’s Honda Ballade taped off the top of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210313_173541-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Honda Ballade (Civic) – Soldiering On At The Seaside")
![Over the last few months my opportunities to see interesting cars have been limited to what I find on my weekend cycle rides around my neighborhood. Covid restrictions have damped […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/20201115_112015.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Down At The Beach")
![At the start of the Eighties Alison and I would go dancing every Wednesday at Scratch, a reggae club here in Cape Town. It cost 50c to get in. Regular […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_20200524_171408_678.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Capturing Cars During Cape Town Lockdown")
![As the cars of my teenage years age, some brands and series have vanished unnoticed, others achieve mythical status, and a few just roll along and become a blank canvas […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20181202_125049.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Aussie Chrysler Valiants in South Africa – With Added Local Attitude")
![When you love cars being inquisitive about all things related comes easily, so, as Thomas from Autogefuhl (on Youtube) says “Lets go!” I was strolling through Cape Town city centre […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_20181209_181534_730.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Tracking TV Ads Shot in Cape Town")
![The International Public Art Festival came to Cape Town early this year. I went down to Salt River, the suburb where it was all happening, and came across something special, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190211_193558.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Looking For Street Art In Cape Town – 1962 Oldsmobile Starfire, and More")
![The upside of working almost till Christmas this year was early morning rush hour traffic died down in the preceding week, and I had more time to look for interesting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_20181222_101757_493.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: Need a Change of Scenery? – Mercedes Benz T2 Motorhome For Sale in Cape Town")
![Throughout my youth I had a dream garage in my head. With a maximum of five cars allowed, a revolving stream of exotica came and went, with only one car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180317_133419.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Maserati Kyalami – Time To Revisit My Teenage Dream Garage")
![Back in September, start of Spring season here in Cape Town, we travelled an hour north to the small farming town of Darling for the Darling Wild Flower Show’s 100th […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/20170917_130521.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: The Darling Non-Carshow Carshow")
![I wandered into the Cape Town city centre the other day to capture some old cars and check out the street art in the mild Winter sun. Walking the streets […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170705_143148.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: A 420G Fits In Anywhere; Well, Maybe.")
![A conversation at our local model and toy fair alerted me to ‘a place where they fix old Alfas.’ As I had an hour to spare I followed directions and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170506_120731.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Where Alfa Romeos Are Loved")
![High above the Cape Town city centre, on the slopes of Signal Hill, is the Bo-Kaap, a traditionally Muslim area, dating back to the late 1700’s. This close knit community […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170325_152746.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Taking A Colorful Break In The Bo-Kaap")
![Leaving home at 6am recently on my way to work I found a beautiful Jaguar XJ6 series 1 SWB covered in dew on the Blouberg beachfront. Seeing classics is not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170320_061749.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global: Classics I See On The Way To Work")
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