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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.
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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Roger Carr
Posts by Roger Carr
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CC Clue
Posted on July 5, 2016 | 10 CommentsThomas Kreutzer got Jason Shafer’s clue for the GM 250 CID 6 cylinder in just 5 minutes – can you beat that? -
![Britain has a proud history of small car manufacturers, with names like Jensen and Morgan being familiar. Most have, or had, a unique proposition – Jensen had a Chrysler V8 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1976-relaint-Kitten.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1976 Reliant Kitten Estate – Four Wheels On My Robin")
Curbside Outtake: 1976 Reliant Kitten Estate – Four Wheels On My Robin
Posted on June 8, 2016 | 52 CommentsBritain has a proud history of small car manufacturers, with names like Jensen and Morgan being familiar. Most have, or had, a unique proposition – Jensen had a Chrysler V8 […] -
![Should you meet your heroes? Many say “No, you will be disappointed in one way or another”. But what about meeting a true CC, a holder of the CC Grand’Croix […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1970-citroen-id.3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Driving Review – 1970 Citroen ID19 Familiale – Yes, You Can Meet Your Heroes.")
CC Driving Review – 1970 Citroen ID19 Familiale – Yes, You Can Meet Your Heroes.
Posted on June 5, 2016 | 40 CommentsShould you meet your heroes? Many say “No, you will be disappointed in one way or another”. But what about meeting a true CC, a holder of the CC Grand’Croix […] -
![Any Rover 3500 SD1 series 1 is a noteworthy sight. A left hooker, in France, with a Parisian registration and yellow headlights and in mid 1970s brown, is almost certainly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1420.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1977 Rover 3500 SD1 Series 1 – Calling To Me To Say “Release Me!”")
CC Outtake: 1977 Rover 3500 SD1 Series 1 – Calling To Me To Say “Release Me!”
Posted on April 12, 2016 | 33 CommentsAny Rover 3500 SD1 series 1 is a noteworthy sight. A left hooker, in France, with a Parisian registration and yellow headlights and in mid 1970s brown, is almost certainly […] -
![I’ve recently started researching, for reasons that will become apparent later this spring, a feature for CC that includes some views of the post war shopping and business centre of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Cov-1961.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Streetscape Challenge UK: Outside Woolworth’s, Coventry, 1961")
Streetscape Challenge UK: Outside Woolworth’s, Coventry, 1961
Posted on April 2, 2016 | 38 CommentsI’ve recently started researching, for reasons that will become apparent later this spring, a feature for CC that includes some views of the post war shopping and business centre of […] -
![I have referred previously on CC to the Imperial War Museum (IWM) aircraft and military vehicle collection at Duxford, near Cambridge in England, and personally I cannot recommend it enough […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/SR71.2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: The American Air Museum In Britain, part of the Imperial War Museum.")
Museum Classics: The American Air Museum In Britain, part of the Imperial War Museum.
Posted on March 31, 2016 | 55 CommentsI have referred previously on CC to the Imperial War Museum (IWM) aircraft and military vehicle collection at Duxford, near Cambridge in England, and personally I cannot recommend it enough […] -
![Fellow Curbivore GN has recently shown us a Car and Driver feature on the 1966 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, so it seems appropriate to show this, an example of something that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/WP_20160313_001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1985 Bentley Continental – What’s Not To Like?")
CC Capsule: 1985 Bentley Continental – What’s Not To Like?
Posted on March 26, 2016 | 27 CommentsFellow Curbivore GN has recently shown us a Car and Driver feature on the 1966 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, so it seems appropriate to show this, an example of something that […] -
![Have you ever wondered if Europe had a car to match the Pontiac Fiero? Mid-engined, but derived from the ordinary? Composite bodywork? Dramatic styling? Pop up headlamps? I give you the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/WP_20151228_003.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1982 Talbot-Matra Murena 1600 – What Is French For Rarity?")
CC Outtake: 1982 Talbot-Matra Murena 1600 – What Is French For Rarity?
Posted on March 17, 2016 | 36 CommentsHave you ever wondered if Europe had a car to match the Pontiac Fiero? Mid-engined, but derived from the ordinary? Composite bodywork? Dramatic styling? Pop up headlamps? I give you the […] -
![You may have read the recent Curbside Classic review of the 1998-2005 Rover 75 saloon – an interesting proposition and well executed in many ways, though the question has to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Rover-150.4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Rover 150 – Which Way Are We Going?")
CC Outtake: Rover 150 – Which Way Are We Going?
Posted on March 3, 2016 | 20 CommentsYou may have read the recent Curbside Classic review of the 1998-2005 Rover 75 saloon – an interesting proposition and well executed in many ways, though the question has to […] -
![Fiat, along with MG and Triumph, was perhaps the greatest exponent of the affordable, European roadster and after the 124 Spider and the X1/9 had taken (well deserved) retirement, there […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1999_fiat_barchetta_2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1999 Fiat Barchetta – It’s All In The Details.")
Curbside Outtake: 1999 Fiat Barchetta – It’s All In The Details.
Posted on February 11, 2016 | 25 CommentsFiat, along with MG and Triumph, was perhaps the greatest exponent of the affordable, European roadster and after the 124 Spider and the X1/9 had taken (well deserved) retirement, there […] -
![Armstrong Siddeley is a brand name that may well have little recognition now and especially so outside the UK, but it has a history that can be traced back to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1967-Citroen-H-van.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1949 Armstrong Siddeley Whitley – One Aristocrat Meets Another!")
CC Outtake: 1949 Armstrong Siddeley Whitley – One Aristocrat Meets Another!
Posted on February 8, 2016 | 34 CommentsArmstrong Siddeley is a brand name that may well have little recognition now and especially so outside the UK, but it has a history that can be traced back to […] -
![Joseph of Eldorado (I wonder what he drives?) seems to have had the best answer to Jason Shafer’s Mercury Monterey earlier this month. But what’s this, from the other end of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/262363_448774731867112_767296165_n.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Clue")
CC Clue
Posted on January 30, 2016 | 8 CommentsJoseph of Eldorado (I wonder what he drives?) seems to have had the best answer to Jason Shafer’s Mercury Monterey earlier this month. But what’s this, from the other end of […] -
Factory Outtake: The Last Land Rover Defender Leaves The Line.
Posted on January 29, 2016 | 42 Comments9.22 am GMT, 29 January 2016. Land Rover no 2,016,933 leaves the line. -
![Smartphones with cameras are a brilliant invention, and done properly with a good user interface are quite absorbing, as many people have undoubtedly noticed. They are also a persistent cause of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1926-humber14-40.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1926 Humber 14/40 Saloon – Waiting For A Sunny Day")
Curbside Outtake: 1926 Humber 14/40 Saloon – Waiting For A Sunny Day
Posted on January 16, 2016 | 17 CommentsSmartphones with cameras are a brilliant invention, and done properly with a good user interface are quite absorbing, as many people have undoubtedly noticed. They are also a persistent cause of […] -
![I don’t know about you but I always feel better when I see an old Alfa Romeo, and a 1965 2600 Sprint is close enough to amazing to deserve reporting. I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1965-alfa-romeo-2600_5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1965 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint – Bellissima Doesn’t Get Close!")
CC Outtake: 1965 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint – Bellissima Doesn’t Get Close!
Posted on December 19, 2015 | 33 CommentsI don’t know about you but I always feel better when I see an old Alfa Romeo, and a 1965 2600 Sprint is close enough to amazing to deserve reporting. I […]
