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T87’s Singles Collection, Winter 2025 Edition – Part 1: Japanese Cars
Posted on April 1, 2025 | 10 CommentsWell, well, well, it’s come to this again – all the quick sightings yours truly has had over the past three months, curated, sorted and conveniently located within a few […] -
Italian Deadly Sins (Peninsular Peccadilloes, Part 3) – De Tomaso, The Serial Sinner
Posted on March 31, 2025 | 35 Comments(first posted 3/30/2019) Welcome, one and all, to the Grand Finale of this edition of Italian Deadly Sins. And I’m not using the term lightly. This […] -
Italian Deadly Sins (Peninsular Peccadilloes, Part 2) – ASA, A Tra-GT In Three Acts
Posted on March 30, 2025 | 30 Comments(first posted 3/29/2019) This one is a real tear-jerker. A lovely little sports car with a sweet-looking body, orphaned from birth, fights for its life amid competitors […] -
Italian Deadly Sins (Peninsular Peccadilloes, Part 1) – Isotta Fraschini 8C Monterosa: The Tatra That Came From The Dolomites
Posted on March 29, 2025 | 20 Comments(first posted 3/28/2019) Bienvenuti a tutti! The European Deadly Sins caravan is touring Italy for the second time to glance at three Deadly Sins from three […] -
Curbside Classic: 1963 Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur – Three Houses’ Worth
Posted on March 28, 2025 | 15 CommentsHave car prices really plummeted in the past half century, or is it house prices that have just gone mad? I’m guessing the answer might be somewhere in the middle, […] -
British Deadly Sins (A Touch Of Class, Part 3) – Reliant Kitten, The Discreet Charm Of The Toiling Masses
Posted on March 26, 2025 | 58 Comments(first posted 3/7/2019) Unlike Invicta and Standard, the incredible story of Reliant Motors is one that stretches to living memory for most people over 30, especially if […] -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage – The Aristocratic Muscle Car
Posted on March 26, 2025 | 5 CommentsIs it completely wrong to call the Aston DB6 Vantage a muscle car? In a way, it isn’t: these are refined, handcrafted 6-cyl. machines that cost three or four times […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Triumph TR5 – Best Of Its Kind?
Posted on March 24, 2025 | 19 CommentsTransitional models are fascinating. Depending on your point of view, they can be either seen as a car’s best variant, or a sort of chimera that lacks proper character. What […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Peugeot 403 – Oh, Just One More Thing…
Posted on March 21, 2025 | 17 CommentsI thought I’d get the obligatory Columbo reference out of the way in the title. The Peugeot 403 is chiefly associated with that show for a lot of you, I […] -
Car Show Classic: 1966 Citroën Ami 6 – Nightmarish Deep-CC Creature
Posted on March 19, 2025 | 34 CommentsBack in the ‘60s and for a couple of decades afterwards, French roads were downright dangerous. Full of potholes, lined by unyielding plane trees, half the drivers drunk on cheap […] -
Car Show Classic: 1964 Renault Caravelle 1100 – Cheap Thrills
Posted on March 17, 2025 | 15 CommentsIn post-war France, convertibles (or, to give it its more apt denomination, cabriolets) were a relative rarity. Peugeot always had them in their range, but they were rather exclusive. Citroën […] -
Curbside Find: 1962 Ford Falcon – Birdie Num-Num
Posted on March 14, 2025 | 35 CommentsAh, the Falcon. Has Detroit produced anything blander in the blessed decade of the ‘60s? Maybe AMC, but they were the underdog. Ford, on the other hand, should have been […] -
Curbside Classic: 1969 Dodge Dart Custom Hardtop – Dog Dish Afternoon
Posted on March 12, 2025 | 35 CommentsEver since I moved to Asia over a decade ago, I’ve lived without television. That’s not to say I’ve not had a TV set at home, but I don’t watch […] -
Curbside Find: 1960 Chevrolet Impala Convertible – Play Dusty For Me
Posted on March 11, 2025 | 9 CommentsIt’s no good just hanging around the same gingko-tree-lined avenue on Sundays to find CC fodder in Tokyo. There are classics hiding everywhere, if you look hard enough. This unregistered […] -
1964 Honda S500 – A Motorcycle Maker Finds Its 3rd and 4th Wheels
Posted on March 7, 2025 | 13 CommentsHonda may seem like a proper automotive juggernaut today (especially from North America, where their overseas success has been most marked), but its first steps in the car-making business were […]
![T87’s Singles Collection, Winter 2025 Edition – Part 1: Japanese Cars Well, well, well, it’s come to this again – all the quick sightings yours truly has had over the past three months, curated, sorted and conveniently located within a few […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20250126_083429_edited.jpg)
![Italian Deadly Sins (Peninsular Peccadilloes, Part 3) – De Tomaso, The Serial Sinner (first posted 3/30/2019) Welcome, one and all, to the Grand Finale of this edition of Italian Deadly Sins. And I’m not using the term lightly. This […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ita_DS2_dT.jpg)
![Italian Deadly Sins (Peninsular Peccadilloes, Part 2) – ASA, A Tra-GT In Three Acts (first posted 3/29/2019) This one is a real tear-jerker. A lovely little sports car with a sweet-looking body, orphaned from birth, fights for its life amid competitors […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ita_DS2_asa.jpg)
![Italian Deadly Sins (Peninsular Peccadilloes, Part 1) – Isotta Fraschini 8C Monterosa: The Tatra That Came From The Dolomites (first posted 3/28/2019) Bienvenuti a tutti! The European Deadly Sins caravan is touring Italy for the second time to glance at three Deadly Sins from three […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Ita_DS2_isotta.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1963 Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur – Three Houses’ Worth Have car prices really plummeted in the past half century, or is it house prices that have just gone mad? I’m guessing the answer might be somewhere in the middle, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20230108_151630_edited.jpg)
![British Deadly Sins (A Touch Of Class, Part 3) – Reliant Kitten, The Discreet Charm Of The Toiling Masses (first posted 3/7/2019) Unlike Invicta and Standard, the incredible story of Reliant Motors is one that stretches to living memory for most people over 30, especially if […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GB_DS3_rel.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1967 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage – The Aristocratic Muscle Car Is it completely wrong to call the Aston DB6 Vantage a muscle car? In a way, it isn’t: these are refined, handcrafted 6-cyl. machines that cost three or four times […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20240929_083019_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Triumph TR5 – Best Of Its Kind? Transitional models are fascinating. Depending on your point of view, they can be either seen as a car’s best variant, or a sort of chimera that lacks proper character. What […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20240922_085941_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1961 Peugeot 403 – Oh, Just One More Thing… I thought I’d get the obligatory Columbo reference out of the way in the title. The Peugeot 403 is chiefly associated with that show for a lot of you, I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20241224_093619_ed.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1966 Citroën Ami 6 – Nightmarish Deep-CC Creature Back in the ‘60s and for a couple of decades afterwards, French roads were downright dangerous. Full of potholes, lined by unyielding plane trees, half the drivers drunk on cheap […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20241103_120206_edited.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1964 Renault Caravelle 1100 – Cheap Thrills In post-war France, convertibles (or, to give it its more apt denomination, cabriolets) were a relative rarity. Peugeot always had them in their range, but they were rather exclusive. Citroën […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20230730_194259_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1962 Ford Falcon – Birdie Num-Num Ah, the Falcon. Has Detroit produced anything blander in the blessed decade of the ‘60s? Maybe AMC, but they were the underdog. Ford, on the other hand, should have been […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20230924_114836_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1969 Dodge Dart Custom Hardtop – Dog Dish Afternoon Ever since I moved to Asia over a decade ago, I’ve lived without television. That’s not to say I’ve not had a TV set at home, but I don’t watch […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20241114_101414_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1960 Chevrolet Impala Convertible – Play Dusty For Me It’s no good just hanging around the same gingko-tree-lined avenue on Sundays to find CC fodder in Tokyo. There are classics hiding everywhere, if you look hard enough. This unregistered […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20240227_120736_edited.jpg)
![1964 Honda S500 – A Motorcycle Maker Finds Its 3rd and 4th Wheels Honda may seem like a proper automotive juggernaut today (especially from North America, where their overseas success has been most marked), but its first steps in the car-making business were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_20240324_085624_edited.jpg)


