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CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-September 2024) – Part 2: Foreign Cars (American, Italian & French)
Posted on October 2, 2024 | 15 CommentsThere are always about twice as many imported CCs as there are JDM classics around Tokyo. This time, we’re kicking off the foreign car double post with the Detroit iron. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1946 Lancia Aprilia Berlina – Vincenzo’s Symphony In V4 Major
Posted on October 1, 2024 | 48 CommentsAs I was saying a couple weeks ago in my Daihatsu Compagno post, I found two great CC subjects in one day. The Daihatsu was one, this was the other. […] -
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-September 2024) – Part 1: Japanese Cars
Posted on October 1, 2024 | 9 Comments‘Tis the time of the season for yet another one of these little wrap-up posts. The summer heat was brutal this year, so yours truly did not prowl the pavement […] -
Curbside Classic: 1948 Cisitalia 202 SC – Pinin’s Magnum Opus
Posted on September 27, 2024 | 8 CommentsIt’s usually very difficult to pinpoint anything to do with automotive design with accuracy. The Citroën Traction Avant was not the first mass-produced FWD design. There were all-steel wagons well […] -
Curbside Find: 1980 Alfa Romeo Spider 2000 Veloce – Not So Cut And Dry
Posted on September 26, 2024 | 16 CommentsNot every Pininfarina design was flawless – even the best in the business get it wrong once in a while. The Alfa Romeo Spider, which had an unusually long production […] -
Car Show Classic: 1968 Lancia Flavia Coupé – Appreciating The Finer Things
Posted on September 25, 2024 | 10 CommentsLancia’s final decade as an independent carmaker was glorious in so many ways. They launched two completely new FWD models while carrying on with the elegant Flaminia, and got their […] -
CC Twofer: 1965 Mustang / 1978 Escort Mk II – Unlikely Red Ford Duo
Posted on September 24, 2024 | 39 Comments(first posted 9/25/2018) Beware: one CC can hide another. It has happened to me a few times now, so when I find a good subject, I know […] -
Automotive History: French Deadly Sins (Third Helping, part 3) – Delahaye 4.5 Litres (type 175 / 178 / 180) & Delage D6: Cream And Punishment
Posted on September 23, 2024 | 28 Comments(first posted 9/23/2018) This French Deadly Sins installment’s final case study will take us back to the late ‘40s and into the rarefied air of bespoke coachwork […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971 Dino 246 GT – A Supercar For The Superpeople
Posted on September 23, 2024 | 10 CommentsFor this Italian-themed week, we will regale our eyes with a few coupés styled (and sometimes also built) by Pininfarina. We might as well start at an 11 with the […] -
Automotive History: French Deadly Sins (Third Helping, part 2) – Salmson Randonnée, The French Alfa That Never Was
Posted on September 22, 2024 | 24 Comments(first posted 9/22/2018) On to our second French Deadly Sin of the Third Kind and over to the glorious ‘50s we go! As we saw yesterday, Berliet […] -
Automotive History: French Deadly Sins (Third Helping, part 1) – Berliet Dauphine 39: Collateral Damage
Posted on September 21, 2024 | 33 Comments(first posted 9/21/2018) It’s been a while since our last European Deadly Sins series. And it so happens I’ve recently regained access to a few documents pertaining to the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1950 Ford Custom Deluxe Tudor – The Messiah Of Rouge River
Posted on September 20, 2024 | 12 CommentsAnd lo, it came to pass that there was despair and ruination in the fair city of Dearborn, for the chariots of Ford were stuck in a rut. In the […] -
In-Motion Capsule: 1955 Nash Rambler Cross Country – The Highlight Zone
Posted on September 18, 2024 | 23 CommentsI have no idea how this happened, but it did. The pictures are there to prove it. There was a break in the space-time continuum and a pink Rambler wagon […] -
CC Capsule: 1967 Daihatsu Compagno Pickup – The Peugeot 404’s Cute Oriental Cousin
Posted on September 17, 2024 | 29 Comments(first posted 9/16/2018) The Daihatsu Compagno is not an everyday sight around here. Until I caught this one, I had never seen one in the metal. Earlier […] -
Car Show Classic: 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe – We Don’t Build Excitement
Posted on September 17, 2024 | 24 CommentsImagine being in the market for a new American car in 1949. What a time, what choices! Statuesque Studebakers, portly Packards, handsome Hudsons, curvaceous Cadillacs and many other alarmingly alliterative […]
![CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-September 2024) – Part 2: Foreign Cars (American, Italian & French) There are always about twice as many imported CCs as there are JDM classics around Tokyo. This time, we’re kicking off the foreign car double post with the Detroit iron. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20240915_091816_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1946 Lancia Aprilia Berlina – Vincenzo’s Symphony In V4 Major As I was saying a couple weeks ago in my Daihatsu Compagno post, I found two great CC subjects in one day. The Daihatsu was one, this was the other. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1946_aprilia1.jpg)
![CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-September 2024) – Part 1: Japanese Cars ‘Tis the time of the season for yet another one of these little wrap-up posts. The summer heat was brutal this year, so yours truly did not prowl the pavement […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20240926_110938_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1948 Cisitalia 202 SC – Pinin’s Magnum Opus It’s usually very difficult to pinpoint anything to do with automotive design with accuracy. The Citroën Traction Avant was not the first mass-produced FWD design. There were all-steel wagons well […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20240407_092828_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Find: 1980 Alfa Romeo Spider 2000 Veloce – Not So Cut And Dry Not every Pininfarina design was flawless – even the best in the business get it wrong once in a while. The Alfa Romeo Spider, which had an unusually long production […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20240922_091018_edited.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1968 Lancia Flavia Coupé – Appreciating The Finer Things Lancia’s final decade as an independent carmaker was glorious in so many ways. They launched two completely new FWD models while carrying on with the elegant Flaminia, and got their […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20240407_115603_edited.jpg)
![CC Twofer: 1965 Mustang / 1978 Escort Mk II – Unlikely Red Ford Duo (first posted 9/25/2018) Beware: one CC can hide another. It has happened to me a few times now, so when I find a good subject, I know […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/redfords_pic.jpg)
![Automotive History: French Deadly Sins (Third Helping, part 3) – Delahaye 4.5 Litres (type 175 / 178 / 180) & Delage D6: Cream And Punishment (first posted 9/23/2018) This French Deadly Sins installment’s final case study will take us back to the late ‘40s and into the rarefied air of bespoke coachwork […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/FR_DS3_topPic_Delahaye.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1971 Dino 246 GT – A Supercar For The Superpeople For this Italian-themed week, we will regale our eyes with a few coupés styled (and sometimes also built) by Pininfarina. We might as well start at an 11 with the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20220917_123241_edited.jpg)
![Automotive History: French Deadly Sins (Third Helping, part 2) – Salmson Randonnée, The French Alfa That Never Was (first posted 9/22/2018) On to our second French Deadly Sin of the Third Kind and over to the glorious ‘50s we go! As we saw yesterday, Berliet […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/FR_DS3_topPic_Salmson.jpg)
![Automotive History: French Deadly Sins (Third Helping, part 1) – Berliet Dauphine 39: Collateral Damage (first posted 9/21/2018) It’s been a while since our last European Deadly Sins series. And it so happens I’ve recently regained access to a few documents pertaining to the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/FR_DS3_topPic_Berliet.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1950 Ford Custom Deluxe Tudor – The Messiah Of Rouge River And lo, it came to pass that there was despair and ruination in the fair city of Dearborn, for the chariots of Ford were stuck in a rut. In the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20231217_102140_ed.jpg)
![In-Motion Capsule: 1955 Nash Rambler Cross Country – The Highlight Zone I have no idea how this happened, but it did. The pictures are there to prove it. There was a break in the space-time continuum and a pink Rambler wagon […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20230129_111457_edited.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1967 Daihatsu Compagno Pickup – The Peugeot 404’s Cute Oriental Cousin (first posted 9/16/2018) The Daihatsu Compagno is not an everyday sight around here. Until I caught this one, I had never seen one in the metal. Earlier […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_20180905_115713-copy.jpg)
![Car Show Classic: 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe – We Don’t Build Excitement Imagine being in the market for a new American car in 1949. What a time, what choices! Statuesque Studebakers, portly Packards, handsome Hudsons, curvaceous Cadillacs and many other alarmingly alliterative […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20240407_120418_edited.jpg)


