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- Drives an Alfa Romeo Giulietta and a 1996 Alfa Romeo Spider when the suns shines at the weekend. Gradate of Coventry University, Britain's Detroit.
![Loyal CC follower Big Paws spotted this Thunderbird on holiday in Sonoma, and what a good reason this is for having gone there. He was only able to get one shot, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSC_9291.crop_.jpg "1962 Ford Thunderbird SportsWagon Conversion – What’s Not To Like About The Vista-Bird Thunder Cruiser?")
![(Updated 9/12/2026) The Morris Marina was the first new car from the newly merged British Leyland (BLMC) and illustrates clearly why the volume car business of the preceding BMC had […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a-Marina.jpg "Carshow Classic: 1973 Morris Marina Coupe 1.8TC – A BLMC Deadly Sin")
![(Updated 9/12/2026) For many people in Nazi dominated Europe, the distinctive silhouette of an Avro Lancaster against a moonlit sky (or in the beam of searchlights) in 1943 or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/lancaster-burning-and-turning.jpg "1945 Avro Lancaster B1 – Even More Than The Sports Car, This Is The Shape Of Freedom")
![(Updated 9/7/2026) Styling is always, at least in part, an expression of a fashion, and of influences from elsewhere, hinting at glamour by association, claiming sophistication or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_20200805_090924641.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977 Vauxhall VX2300GLS – The End Of The British Vauxhall, The End Of Americana?")
![(Updated 8/27/2026) CC has recorded previously my nomination for the most significant cars of the 1960s, the 1970s and 1980s. You can probably guess my nominee for the most […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1955-Morris-Minor-4.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1955 Morris Minor Series II – Britain’s Favourite Car, Bar None, And Rightly So.")
![London’s Science Museum, established in 1857 to house exhibits from the Patent Museum and the 1851 Great Exhibition, has long been a major attraction on London’s museum circuit. Its extensive […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2027/08/20260711_103203-tile-115x115.jpg "Museum Warehouse Photo Report – The Science Museum Group Collection In The Hawking Building")
![(Updated 8/8/2026) Last May 23, I was fortunate enough to have a piece published on CC, about a car my dad did buy: a 1966 Hillman Super […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1974-Sunbeam-Rapier-H120_2.jpg "Car Show Classic: 1973 Sunbeam Rapier H120 – The Car I Wanted My Dad to Want")
![(Updated 7/28/2026) There are two cars from Vauxhall in the after war period that truly remain in the popular memory: the compact Viva series and the larger Vauxhall Victor. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1961-Victor-F-series.1.jpg "Carshow Classics: 1961-1972 Vauxhall Victor – Luton Salutes The Victor")
![(Updated 7/22/2026) CC recently featured a review of the Austin Maxi. To recap, the Maxi was a cut down version of the BMC Austin and Morris 1800 (the Landcrab) with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1977-Austin-Maxi.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 1977 Austin Maxi – Big On The Inside But Not The Outside")
![Curbside sightings can build up in the file and the easiest way to share can be a periodic batch process. Hence, here are a selection of my sightings (with a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260522_140200-tile-115x115.jpg "Classic Cars Sightings In The UK, France, And Italy: My Highlights of 2026 So Far")
![(Updated and expanded July 2026) Do you remember what you did immediately after school on 1 July 1976? It was a Thursday, so that meant Autocar and Motor (then […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/3500-2.jpg "1985 Rover 3500 Vitesse (SD1) – The Best of British; The Worst of British, At 50 Years")
![(Updated 5/12/2026) The CC Cohort comes up trumps again –I was admiring a Hudson Wasp, and I was hit by a “Hey, what’s that in the background?” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/49786517256_1b60d93929_o.jpg "1960 Vauxhall Victor Super – The American Dream, in 7/8 Size?")
![(Updated 8 May 2026) Today is the 81st anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, known as VE Day in the UK. We will be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Traction-Avant_2.jpg "Car Show Classics: Remembering The Liberation Of Europe, June 1944, and VE Day, 8 May 1945")
![(Updated 3/25/2026) The idea that American style, automotive or otherwise, influences Britain and the rest of Europe is old and well established, and no car demonstrates this better than the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1972-Ford-Capri.jpg "Carshow Classic: 1969 Ford Capri – The European Mustang Ford Always Promised Itself")
![(Updated 3/22/2026) What was BMC’s best car? Many people’s immediate answer to the question will be “the Mini”, and it’s fair to say that the Mini was the most technically, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CC-186-043-1200.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1965 MG1100 (ADO16) – BMC’s Greatest Hit")
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