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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.
![Ray was a sales representative (a rep in common parlance) in the 1970s and 1980s. His employer issued him a car to drive on business and for his personal use. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1994_vauxhall_cavalier_2.0CDi-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1994 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 CDi – “Come Inside Mr Ford, The General Needs To Talk”")
![Red. Even the word says something. Short. Clear. It says something important quickly, somehow. It seems to link with the translations – rot, rouge, rosso, rojo, rood, rød. Red the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210707_140814-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museum Photo Report: Seeing Red At The Haynes Museum")
![The name Haynes, of John Haynes CBE, Haynes manuals and Haynes publishing probably needs little introduction to a CC audience. The manuals have sold over 200 million copies; the publicly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210707_151132.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museum Photo Report: The Haynes International Motor Museum, Sparkford, Somerset")
![(first posted 8/6/2015) This may seem, to those not fortunate enough to live in Great Britain, a most unusual solution to perhaps the most extreme problem a country could have: […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1956-Bedford-RLHZ-Self-Propelled-Pump-.7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1956 Bedford RLHZ Self Propelled Pump – The Green Goddess Will Save Us From Armageddon")
![There comes a time when a gentleman has to move on to an Alfa Romeo Spider. That moment comes to many of us, and whilst not everyone may be able […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20210705_133403.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My New Curbside Classic: 1997 Alfa Romeo Spider 2.0 T.Spark 16v Lusso – Fulfilling A Dream, Starting An Adventure")
![The sight of this Citroen CX Safari on the Cohort, posted by Nathan Williams, reminds me of an arguably irrefutable fact. That for the European buyer from the late 1970s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/51308557127_14e16dc695_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1983 Citroen CX24 IE Safari – Was This The Best Estate Car?")
![The story of the British motor industry from the early 1960s can be told through a relatively small number of cars: The ingenuity of the Mini, the spot-on Morris/Austin 1100, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/51030256287_1ee0cbf2d4_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Ford Cortina Mk1 – Ford Takes On BMC, And Wins")
![(first posted 7/9/2015) Last September, CC looked at the Morris Marina, and I concluded that it was too little, too late. If BL didn’t know it was inadequate and always […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/1972-morris-marina-coupe.8.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1972 Morris Marina 1800 Coupe Super – BL Had Deadly Sins, Too")
![(first posted 7/5/2015) It was a quiet afternoon in the office, so a quick one round only game of Fantasy Garage seemed to fit right in. Which five cars would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1955-Bentley-Mulliner-1951.2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: 1955 Bentley Continental Mulliner – A Fantasy Garage Winner, Guaranteed")
![(first posted 7/4/2015) The British motor industry was formed of companies with one of two backgrounds – established businesses branching out in to a new product, such as Vauxhall or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1927-Rootes-advert-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Rise, Decline and Fall Of The Rootes Group – “I Am The Engine, Reggie Is The Steering And Brakes”")
![It’s June, the weather seems to have suddenly caught up with the calendar, as our special eight week long March ended. Gardens have begun to bloom, some hope of a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210611_160549-tile.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: Is England Getting Back To Normal?")
![(first posted 5/24/2015) Lotus has a history as the most innovative of all the small British car builders, with a slew of innovations and “outside the box” thinking going back […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Lotus-europa-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1972 Lotus Europa S3 Twin Cam – Magnificence in Miniature")
![(first posted 6/22/2015) Badge engineering took many forms over the years. It is still widely associated, in Europe at least, with British Leyland and its predecessor BMC, but perhaps the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1955-sunbeam-mk-3-convertible.5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic – 1955 Sunbeam Mk3 Convertible – Yearning For A Lost Age")
![(first posted 6/11/2015) Have you ever tried to define “a grand tourer”, with a sense of affordability and familiarity, to someone who is less familiar with cars than yourself? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1976-triumph-stag-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1976 Triumph Stag – What If Public Appeal Was The Only Criterion For Success?")
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