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- Life long involved with cars. Classics, hot rods, drag racing and now.. trying to become a aircraft mechanic.
![(first posted 5/20/2018) Back in the early 70s, the Brazilian auto industry had already shifted into second gear and was going flat out. The problematic cars of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/chevrolet_chevette_1975_gasolina_gm_chevrolet_chevette_1973_rarissimo_6470134491337206943.jpg "CC Global: The Brazilian Chevette")
![(first posted 3/19/2018) On the windshield of this Chevy you can read: 17-7-75, in the Brazilian way to write dates, that means July 17th, 1975. Yes, on that memorable […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/16314.jpg "A History Of The Brazilian Alcohol Automotive Fuel Program")
![(first posted 9/9/2017) Back in the early 1950s, when the Brazilian government made public its intention to invite automakers to start building cars in Brazil, not everyone was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1967-puma-dkw.jpg "CC Global: GT Malzoni, Willys Interlagos, The Factory Racing War of The 1960s and the Birth of the Puma")
![(first posted 12/3/2016) 43 years after its debut in Brazil, the Ford Maverick has reached superstar status among gearheads and collectors. They are in love with the many qualities […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/maverick-gt-v8-1974-original-248601-MLB20384029587_082015-O.jpg "CC Global: Brazilian Maverick – From Deception to Passion")
![(first posted 10/4/2015) As I’ve written in the past, the first generation of automakers that landed in Brazil used to produce really crappy cars. Well, all of them but one: […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/vw-gol.jpg "Automotive History: Volkswagen Gol – The Difficult Mission to Replace a Legend")
![(first posted 7/27/2015) We all love to see how the American iron ( and aluminum) get their life span stretched in other parts of the world, especially here in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/T33.jpg "Aviation History: Bolivian T-33 – The Endless Duty")
![(first posted 7/25/2015) Chrysler’s history in Brazil is very much a V8-dominated story during the sixties and seventies. In 1959, the Simca Chambord powered by the small Ford flathead V8 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Dodge-BR-Charger.jpg "CC Global: The Brazilian Dodge Dart/Charger – Genuine Mopar V8 This Time Around")
![(first posted 6/16/2015) It’s easy to understand the spell American V8s cast upon gearheads all over the world. The sound, the “punch like” acceleration, the whole “bad ass” attitude it […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Simca-BR-Chambord.jpg "Automotive History: Simca Chambord, Brazil’s First V8 – From Ford Flathead To Hemihead")
![(first posted 6/1/2015) Brazil’s political history is more than a bit complicated, and often a bit less than democratic, to say the least. Before World War II we had right […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Alfa-BR.jpg "CC Global: Alfa Romeo in Brazil – A Matter Of Pride And Confusion")
![(first posted 5/14/2015) Back in late 50s, the Brazilian domestic auto industry started out on the wrong foot. The first generation of cars produced in Brazil were largely European […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/opala-1969-4cc-raridade-17392-MLB20136692779_072014-F.jpg "Curbside Classic: Chevrolet Opala – Another International Mash-Up That Became The Most Loved Brazilian Car Of All Time")
![My favorite automotive reporter used to say: “Motorcycles are vehicles driven by passion, not by reason” and I think I agree with him. After all, if reason was an important part […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/550291_656831741000949_1002185034_n.jpg "Motorbikes Of A Lifetime: All The Bikes In My Life")
![Even during my early years as a kid, my father always tried to include me in all of his “automotive related” adventures. From fixing cars to motorcycle rides, he would […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/222.jpg "Junk Yard Reflections")
![“The necessity is the mother of invention“. And during war time, “necessity” is a constant companion in every single step towards victory or defeat. It can be translated as “surviving” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/GlosterMeteorFAB_02.jpg "The Brazilian Air Force and the Planes that Defined Us, Part Two: Peace Time")
![A couple of weeks ago I was driving into the parking lot of my favorite cheap Mexican fast food restaurant, Taco Bell (say what you will) and in front of me […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2016-grand_caravan-md-se_plus-blacktop.jpg "CC Rant & QOTD: Nothing is Sacred Anymore")
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