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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.
![A quick question. What is wrong with this badge? It’s on a 2015 Land Rover 110 Station Wagon, one of the last series of the traditional Land Rover before production […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200214_175156-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake – 2015 Land Rover 110 Heritage Station Wagon: When Badging Goes Wrong")
![As life goes on, you become able to make some choices, and I had one such decision to make the other weekend, around a new Mercedes-Maybach S650. Go in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20190922_190816.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Future Curbside Outtake: 2018 Mercedes-Maybach S650 – This Is Not Just A Mercedes-Benz, This Is A Mercedes-Maybach")
![(first posted 2/1/2014) The Ford Cortina Mk3 enjoyed a high profile. It was a commercial success with a strong following across a huge range of buyers. It was the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1975-FordCortina-XL_5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1975 Ford Cortina 1600XL – The Swiss Army Knife Car")
![(first posted 11/21/2013) The Triumph Herald was arguably the first car to embody the spirit of the 1960s to come from Britain’s established manufacturers, and also one that led to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/herald-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Triumph Herald – The First Aspirational Compact")
![curbside Austin 1800 photos by CC Cohort poster robadr (first posted 11/6/2013) The story of the Issigonis-BMC range of bold new FWD cars is a huge one, an ambitious attempt […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/140561.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Austin 1800 Mk1 (ADO17) “Landcrab”: Was it Best in Class, or Just Plain Ugly?")
![If there is one name associated with Britain and trucks (or lorries as we used to say, or even wagons before that), it is Leyland, named after the town so […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20190928_152236-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museum Photo Report: The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland – Where Else Could It Be?")
![(First published November 2014, revised and expanded here) Today sees the 30th anniversary of perhaps the most momentous event in Europe’s history since 1945 – the collapse of the Berlin […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Trabant-601S-6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic: 1984 Trabant 601-S – The Other People’s Car From The Other Germany, Still Significant")
![(First Posted August 13, 2013) The MG Midget was quite possibly the simplest car manufactured in the Western world in the 1970s. It dated from 1961, and was somewhat outdated […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/midget-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 MG Midget: Always Simple, And Surprisingly Durable")
![Earlier this week, CC saw some of the unexceptional cars from the Festival of the Unexceptional, a show that could have been devised for Curbivores. The cars Dad had, you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC00445.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Photo Report – the Festival Of The Unexceptional Part 2 – The Exceptional Interlopers")
![CC has seen the Festival of the Unexceptional before but this year I was able to spend longer there, and also participate with my 1990 Mazda MX-5 in the supporting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DSC00588.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Carshow Photo Report: The Festival Of The Unexceptional Part 1 – The Unexceptional")
![Jim Klein recently showed us a Jensen-Healey into which someone is planning, was planning, maybe only thought about or was actually just storing a Ford V6, and that got me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/WP_20190705_18_54_15_Rich.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "QOTD: Extreme Engine Swap – What’s Your Favourite?")
![CC has recently seen some of the highlights of our recent trip to New Zealand, which I referred to as “it’s a Toyota but not as we know it”, but […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DSC00622.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global – Kiwi Scrapbook: Explore New Zealand, And Expect The Unexpected")
![CC has recently seen my favourite Holden Commodore spots from our recent trip to New Zealand. But what about other sights, unfamiliar in some way, be it name, appearance, or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC00280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global – Our Kiwi Scrapbook: You Put Your Ractis On The Driveway, Not The Garden")
![Back in 2017, I posted a piece on CC covering the unusual cars I saw on a holiday in New Zealand and the variations that were different to those familiar […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/DSC00035.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Global – Our Kiwi Scrapbook: My Highlights Of The Holden Commodore")
![On 6 June 1944, Operation Neptune saw the largest seaborne military invasion in history. Over 130,000 troops, from the British, US, Canadian and Australian armies and the forces of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/C-47.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Runway Classic: The Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Dakota) Over Normandy, 75 Years On")
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