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- William Stopford hails from Brisbane in Queensland, Australia but recently lived for a year in his favorite city, New York City. Having been an active contributor on Curbside Classic while living in two different countries, William has been able to provide readers with articles from both an American and an Australian market perspective. He has been an enthusiast from a very young age, and was once pulled aside by his preschool teacher and asked to bring something other than car magazines for show and tell as he was “boring” the other children.
![(first posted 1/10/2017) I’m starting the new year with a new edition of an old series. Click the links for Parts One, Two and Three. Very few automakers can afford […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=624,height=676,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/saab-lancia-600-gls.jpg "Obscure Rebadges From Around The World: Part 4")
![(first posted 1/6/2017) The Versailles was a commercial and critical failure for Lincoln, a tarted-up Ford Granada with a laughably ambitious price. Wouldn’t it have been better if, like the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lincoln_mark_i_concept_1.jpeg "Concept Classic: 1973 Lincoln Mark I – What Could Have Been?")
![(first posted 12/12/2016) This rebadged LeBaron coupe shared a name with a Rolls-Royce and, in one way, echoed another Rolls-Royce. The Camargue coupe ended production just a year prior to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/chrysler-phantom-coupe-1.jpg "Mexican Mopars, Part 4: 1987-94 Chrysler Phantom – The Camargue of Mexican Chryslers")
![(first posted 12/7/2016) Retro styling, so beloved in the early 2000s, lives on in the pony car segment. The bulging fenders and swooping rooflines of the newest Mustang and Camaro […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ford-mustang-notchback-3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1979-1982 Ford Mustang – A Clean Break")
![(first posted 12/5/2016) Perhaps the most intriguing and unique of all of the Mexican Mopars is the short-lived, third generation Ramcharger. Engineered on a shoestring budget and dipping into the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dodge-ramcharger-2.jpg "Mexican Mopars, Part 3: 1999-2001 Dodge Ramcharger – Rising To The Challenge")
![(first posted 9/23/2016) General Motors’ “professional grade” division, GMC, has always been an honest-to-goodness truck brand: big, tough trucks for big, tough jobs and big, tough drivers. Surely GMC […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/photos_gmc_sonoma_1991_1_b.jpg "Top 10 Most Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Other GM Brands Edition, Part I")
![(first posted 9/9/2016) We started the working week with a unique Chrysler 300 sold only outside North America, so let’s end the working week with another foreign Chrysler 300. In […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/t-minor-lancia-thema.jpg "Cohort Capsule: 2011-15 Lancia Thema – The Italian Badge Job")
![(first posted 9/5/2016) The V8 engine isn’t dead yet but the pool of offerings is evaporating. Ford, for example, is embracing the turbocharged V6 and even employing such engines in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/lakeside-chrysler-300-c-srt-81.jpg "Future Curbside Classic: 2015 Chrysler 300 SRT – Coming To A Classic Car Show Near You, Eventually")
![(first posted 8/23/2016) How do you build a brand and raise it from a fledgling budget line to a global juggernaut? It takes patience, perseverance and some canny business […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/hyundai-accent-excel-3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1995-99 Hyundai Accent/Excel – A Strong Foundation")
![(first posted 8/5/2016) Perhaps calling the death of the venerable Lincoln Town Car is premature. Sure, it left production in 2011, a dated relic with a surprisingly large enthusiast following […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/lincoln-mks-livery-2.jpg "Curbside Capsule: 2009-16 Lincoln MKS – The Town Car Is Dead, Meet Your New Car Service")
![(first posted 8/5/2016) If there’s any theme behind the Chevrolet chapter of this series, it’s that General Motors’ was rather fond of topping their lines with a sporty model. Some […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/66h6.jpg "Top 10 Obscure Special Editions And Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Chevrolet Edition, Part II")
![(first posted 7/24/2016) Just by looking at this Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight, I can absolutely understand the fascination among many automotive enthusiasts – including a vast number of Curbsiders – for full-size […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/oldsmobile-ninety-eight-3.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1980-84 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight – An Ode To Full-Size American Sedans, New And Old")
![(first posted 7/19/2016) I’ve spoken before about the seemingly mythical beast that was the 1977 Mercury Cougar wagon. Available in either base or Villager trim, it was the latter that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/daniel-lucy-mercury-cougar-wagon-2.jpg "Cohort Classic: 1977 Mercury Cougar Wagon – Extinct Megafauna, Not Mythical Beast")
![(first posted 7/18/2016) When this series covered the Ford division last year, that Top 10 list (here are Part 1 and Part 2) featured Fords of all different stripes: luxurious, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1973-chevrolet-chevelle-ss-wagon-001.jpg "Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Chevrolet Edition, Part I")
