- Description
- 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.
![I have been saving this 1987 Cadillac DeVille hearse for Halloween, although I had photographed it last year near Tuxedo, New York where I was attending a Renaissance Faire. It was being […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1987-cadillac-hearse.jpg "CC Outtake: Efficiently-Packaged Frights")
![Usually when you read articles about cars with the wackiest names, its Japanese models that dominate the list. There’s the Honda That’s, the Mitsubishi Lettuce, Honda Life Dunk, and the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Mazda_Baby_Boomers.jpg "CC Outtake: Mazda Baby Boomers – That’s Not The Article Title, That’s The Car’s Name")
![Ford sure got a lot of use out of the venerable Panther platform, with Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models utilising it from 1979 all the way until 2011. Towards the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lincoln-mkt-town-car.jpg "CC Outtake/QOTD: Lincoln MKT Town Car – Worthy Of The Name?")
![If you’re anywhere near Dungay in New South Wales, near the Queensland border, you may spot this 1972 Datsun 180B (610) for sale by the side of the road. After all, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/datsun-180b-resized-2.jpg "CC For Sale: 1972 Datsun 180B – Orange You Glad I Stopped?")
![I remember when some brochures used to have a page at the back dedicated to dealer-fitted accessories. There would be mud flaps, custom floor mats and numerous other fairly useless […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_7192.jpg "QOTD: What Is Your Least Favorite Automotive Accessory?")
![I spotted these three BMW 3-Serieses in an underground car park and something really struck me. I never thought I would say this but for once I think a Chris […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/three-bmw-3-series.jpg "CC Outtake: Good Cars Come In 3s")
![The average listing price in Brooklyn Heights is around $5.41 million dollars, or around five times the average Brooklyn listing price. This desirable neighborhood is situated on the other side […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vw-rabbit-3.jpg "Curbside Outtake: A Rabbit in a Fancy Warren")
![The hour’s drive from Brisbane north to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland is a fairly uneventful drive generally. Pine plantations. Truck stops. Relentless speed enforcement by Queensland Police. But on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vw-bus-kombi-van.jpg "CC Outtake: Do The VW Bus Stop")
![Montreal. Malibu. Aspen. Many cars throughout automotive history have been named for places. Such names are often evocative or, at the very least, pleasant. You can picture a ’57 Chevy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/800px-Alfa_romeo_montreal_ts_01.jpg "QOTD: Which Geographically-Named Car Most/Least Suits Its Namesake?")
![You don’t need to go all the way to Eugene, Oregon to find an old Toyota van. Here’s a 1980s Tarago I shot in Brisbane, in pristine condition. These vans […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/toyota-tarago-van.jpg "Curbside Outtake: 1983-90 Toyota Tarago – A Van By Another Name")
![If reports out of Fiat Chrysler Automobile’s dealer conference in Las Vegas are to be believed, the Dodge lineup may be receiving a rear-wheel-drive coupe smaller than the Challenger and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chrysler-300-super-bee.jpg "CC Outtake: From the Country That Brought You the Chrysler Valiant Charger…")
![Ralf K on the Curbside Classic Cohort shared this picture of a car he found that has been almost completely consumed by greenery. Despite this melange of organic material and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/shrouded-car.jpg "CC Outtake: Identify This Shrouded Car")
![In the movie Inception, the protagonists at one point are involved in a shoout and car chase within a dream. As they race through the pouring rain, evading their pursuers, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/chrysler-new-yorker-inception.jpg "QOTD: What is the Most Unexpected Car You Have Seen in the Most Unexpected Place?"){kind=small}
![There’s something about Studebakers that seems to make them excellent billboards. Take a look at these two Studebakers – one in New York, one in Brisbane – being used to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/caliente-cab-co-studebaker-4.jpg "CC Outtake: It Pays To Advertise (With A Stude)")
