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About Author: Tatra87
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British Deadly Sins (High-Brow Hybrids, Part 3) – Jensen-Healey, The Double-Barreled Deadly Sin
Posted on September 12, 2025 | 25 Comments(Updated 9/12/2025) Each of the ‘60s/’70s Euro-American V8 hybrids had its own quality. AC was the meanest, Monteverdi was the coolest, Iso was the sportiest, De Tomaso was […] -
British Deadly Sins (High-Brow Hybrids, Part 2) – Bristol 603 / Britannia / Blenheim: Arrested Development
Posted on September 11, 2025 | 47 Comments(updated 9/11/2025) Many European aircraft-makers ended up dabbling in automobiles. Most started said dabble after the First World War – legendary names such as Armstrong Siddeley, Farman, Maybach, […] -
British Deadly Sins (High-Brow Hybrids, Part 1) – The Surprisingly Long Story Of AC
Posted on September 10, 2025 | 44 Comments(first posted 9/12/2019) ‘Ello, guvs. It’s time for another paddle-less trip up the proverbial creek that is Britain’s overflowing carmaker graveyard. We’ve seen everything from toff-carriages and prol-mobiles, […] -
1946 Tatra 87 – Meet My Hero
Posted on September 9, 2025 | 18 CommentsIt had to happen one day. I just never expected it would take place 9000km away from Bohemia. Yes, Tatra87 finally found and photographed a T87 – perhaps the only […] -
Curbside Classic: 1990 Nissan Gloria (Y31) Gran Turismo SV – In Excelsis Deo
Posted on September 6, 2025 | 33 Comments(first posted 9/6/2019) Again with the Gloria?! Yep. Third time in one week. Isn’t CC-spotting a strange thing? Only one post, authored by Paul back in 2011, featured […] -
Museum Classic: 1939 Delage D8-120 Roadster by Figoni & Falaschi – Straight Eight, Curvy Everything Else
Posted on September 5, 2025 | 8 CommentsNSFW warning: our little journey through the ‘30s will now take a turn for the erotic, if not outright pornographic. I mean, can you look at this delicious Delage D8 […] -
Museum Classic: 1937 Lincoln Zephyr – Ford’s Streamline Revolution
Posted on September 4, 2025 | 18 CommentsStreamlining in cars really became a thing in the early ‘30s, but it was a process of trial and error that took a little sorting out. Chrysler’s odd-looking Airflow bowed […] -
Curbside Classic: 1981 Nissan Gloria (430) SDL Turbo Hardtop – Madam Gloria Will See You Now
Posted on September 2, 2025 | 37 Comments(first posted 9/4/2019) In my recent quest to discover the wild world of JDM cars in their natural habitat, there are times when I hesitate to take certain […] -
Curbside Classic: 1934 Bentley 3½ Litre Cabriolet by Park Ward – Reinventing Bentley
Posted on September 2, 2025 | 7 CommentsAfter a rather long European holiday, which has yielded a fair share of CC subject matter, I have come back to Tokyo, ready to dip into my ‘30s and ‘40s […] -
Curbside Classic: 1987 Toyota Cresta GT Twin Turbo (GX71) – The Faux Hardtop That’s Hard To Top
Posted on September 1, 2025 | 37 Comments(first posted 8/3/2019) Yes, I know, it’s getting repetitive. “Yet another late 20th Century white Toyota JDM-only hardtop sedan? It’s the third in as many days, T87. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1993 Toyota Crown Majesta V8 (S140) – Try, Try, Again
Posted on August 30, 2025 | 24 Comments(first posted 8/30/2019) Let’s carry on from my recent JDM hardtop sedan theme, but kick it up a notch or two. Here, in all its faded glory […] -
1998 Daihatsu Atrai Classic & 1997 Mitsuoka Ray – Double Triple Retro Madness
Posted on August 29, 2025 | 17 Comments(first posted 2/27/2019) I found these unusual Japanese keis a block or two apart, virtually at the same time, in Chiang Mai. Two examples of the Pike car […] -
Curbside Find: 1989 Toyota Mark II Grande (X80) – Onwards And Eastwards
Posted on August 27, 2025 | 46 Comments(first posted 8/29/2019) I’m going to level with you, my fellow CCurbivores: Thailand was not the greatest place on Earth to find CC fodder. I did find a […] -
Museum Classics: 1949 and 1952 Tatra T600 Tatraplan – Two Halves Almost Make A Whole
Posted on August 13, 2025 | 42 Comments(first posted 8/14/2019) Finally, something right up my dorsal fin. It’s no secret that I have a slight preference for the T87, but any Tatra sighting is a post-worthy […] -
Curbside Find: 198x Mazda XV-1 (MJ-1) Pathfinder – Burma’s Only Claim To Automotive Fame
Posted on August 9, 2025 | 29 Comments(first posted 6/15/2017) Chances are you’ve never seen one of these Mazda Jeeps: these were only built in Burma and never exported, as far as I know. There […]
![British Deadly Sins (High-Brow Hybrids, Part 3) – Jensen-Healey, The Double-Barreled Deadly Sin (Updated 9/12/2025) Each of the ‘60s/’70s Euro-American V8 hybrids had its own quality. AC was the meanest, Monteverdi was the coolest, Iso was the sportiest, De Tomaso was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/GB_DS4_cover3.jpg)
![British Deadly Sins (High-Brow Hybrids, Part 2) – Bristol 603 / Britannia / Blenheim: Arrested Development (updated 9/11/2025) Many European aircraft-makers ended up dabbling in automobiles. Most started said dabble after the First World War – legendary names such as Armstrong Siddeley, Farman, Maybach, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/GB_DS4_cover2.jpg)
![British Deadly Sins (High-Brow Hybrids, Part 1) – The Surprisingly Long Story Of AC (first posted 9/12/2019) ‘Ello, guvs. It’s time for another paddle-less trip up the proverbial creek that is Britain’s overflowing carmaker graveyard. We’ve seen everything from toff-carriages and prol-mobiles, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/GB_DS4_cover1.jpg)
![1946 Tatra 87 – Meet My Hero It had to happen one day. I just never expected it would take place 9000km away from Bohemia. Yes, Tatra87 finally found and photographed a T87 – perhaps the only […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC_2517_edited-115x115.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1990 Nissan Gloria (Y31) Gran Turismo SV – In Excelsis Deo (first posted 9/6/2019) Again with the Gloria?! Yep. Third time in one week. Isn’t CC-spotting a strange thing? Only one post, authored by Paul back in 2011, featured […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190825_150535-copy.jpg)
![Museum Classic: 1939 Delage D8-120 Roadster by Figoni & Falaschi – Straight Eight, Curvy Everything Else NSFW warning: our little journey through the ‘30s will now take a turn for the erotic, if not outright pornographic. I mean, can you look at this delicious Delage D8 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC_2630_edited-115x115.jpg)
![Museum Classic: 1937 Lincoln Zephyr – Ford’s Streamline Revolution Streamlining in cars really became a thing in the early ‘30s, but it was a process of trial and error that took a little sorting out. Chrysler’s odd-looking Airflow bowed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC_2573_edited-115x115.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1981 Nissan Gloria (430) SDL Turbo Hardtop – Madam Gloria Will See You Now (first posted 9/4/2019) In my recent quest to discover the wild world of JDM cars in their natural habitat, there are times when I hesitate to take certain […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190831_160614-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1934 Bentley 3½ Litre Cabriolet by Park Ward – Reinventing Bentley After a rather long European holiday, which has yielded a fair share of CC subject matter, I have come back to Tokyo, ready to dip into my ‘30s and ‘40s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DSC_1285_edited-115x115.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1987 Toyota Cresta GT Twin Turbo (GX71) – The Faux Hardtop That’s Hard To Top (first posted 8/3/2019) Yes, I know, it’s getting repetitive. “Yet another late 20th Century white Toyota JDM-only hardtop sedan? It’s the third in as many days, T87. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_20190823_162026-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1993 Toyota Crown Majesta V8 (S140) – Try, Try, Again (first posted 8/30/2019) Let’s carry on from my recent JDM hardtop sedan theme, but kick it up a notch or two. Here, in all its faded glory […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_20190825_152143-copy.jpg)
![1998 Daihatsu Atrai Classic & 1997 Mitsuoka Ray – Double Triple Retro Madness (first posted 2/27/2019) I found these unusual Japanese keis a block or two apart, virtually at the same time, in Chiang Mai. Two examples of the Pike car […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_20190210_141755.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1989 Toyota Mark II Grande (X80) – Onwards And Eastwards (first posted 8/29/2019) I’m going to level with you, my fellow CCurbivores: Thailand was not the greatest place on Earth to find CC fodder. I did find a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_20190724_102619-copy.jpg)
![Museum Classics: 1949 and 1952 Tatra T600 Tatraplan – Two Halves Almost Make A Whole (first posted 8/14/2019) Finally, something right up my dorsal fin. It’s no secret that I have a slight preference for the T87, but any Tatra sighting is a post-worthy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_20190710_110038-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 198x Mazda XV-1 (MJ-1) Pathfinder – Burma’s Only Claim To Automotive Fame (first posted 6/15/2017) Chances are you’ve never seen one of these Mazda Jeeps: these were only built in Burma and never exported, as far as I know. There […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_20170408_133444.jpg)


