- 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 told you in the last instalment that there would be rarities in Part II, and I delivered. Well, more accurately, Curbsider canadiancatgreen delivered once again with his series of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/canadiancatgreen-pontiac-6000-ste.jpg "Junkyard Classics from the Cohort: A Walk Through a Canadian Junkyard – Part 2")
![Like a carpet snake sheds its skin, so too do pickups seem to shed their trays in Australia. When I had seen trailers like this in the past, they were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/toyota-hilux-trailer-tray.jpg "CC Outtake: Don’t Lose Your Tray!")
![Sometimes pizza tastes better when reheated the next day. Alas, the same does not hold true for cars. Toyota Australia was battling a perception by consumers that its V6 Camry […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/toyota-avalon-facelifted-2.jpg "CC Outtake: A Hand-Me-Down That Looks Down")
![While browsing our wonderful Curbside Classic Cohort gallery, I came across this array of pictures from Curbsider Canadiancatgreen. These were taken in a Canadian junkyard. It must be a part […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/canadiancatgreen-dodge-aspen.jpg "Junkyard Classics from the Cohort: A Walk Through a Canadian Junkyard – Part 1")
![Did the sporty, full-sized American luxury car ever have its moment? But for the occasional Eldorado Touring Coupe or DeVille Concours, cars in the full-size luxury segment have generally focussed […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/lincoln-town-car-touring-sedan.jpg "CC Outtake: A Little Less Chrome, A Little More Action")
![Photoshops courtesy of Brendan Saur Would anyone have purchased a Dodge Wrangler? How about an Eagle Grand Caravan or, horror of horrors, a Jeep Grand Caravan? When Chrysler purchased American […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jeep-commando-photoshop.jpg "Automotive History: The Rebadging That Never Happened")
![I spotted this W112 Mercedes just by the Brooklyn Bridge. How sad that the first W112 I ever saw would be in such an unfortunate condition, although it doesn’t look too far gone and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mercedes-rusty-2.jpg "CC Outtake: Two Rusty White Benzes")
![Aussie and Kiwi Curbsiders will recognize this common sight: a VT Holden Commodore with a missing fuel filler cap. It seems as though these all fell off a decade ago, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/holden-vt-commodore-missing-fuel-cap.jpg "QOTD: What is a Particular Sign of a Car’s Aging?")
![I like my classic cars as stock as possible. Owning a classic car is like owning a capsule from the past, and I feel you have to take the good […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chevrolet-chevelle-1970-72-1.jpg "CC Outtake: Resto-Modding Done Right")
![That Mercedes van today was a little bit scary, wasn’t it? It was probably the last vehicle you’d picture if somebody said “Mercedes-Benz” to you. So, like an unappetizing meal requires a palate […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mercedes-w126-sclass.jpg "CC Outtake: Palate Cleanser")
![Selling a pony car in 1975 was like throwing a wild party in a retirement community. There were just too many opposing factors trying to stop anything exciting happening. The […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1975-pontiac-firebird-trans-am-4.jpg "Dealer Classic: 1975 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am – Not An Ugly Duckling, But Not Quite a Swan")
![But for a brief interregnum in the late 1990s/early 2000s, Mazda has always made one of the best mid-size sedans on the market, or at least one of the most […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mazda-6-626.jpg "CC Outtake: Intermediate in Size, High in Ability")
![During the 1960s and 70s, European automakers seemed to be quite fond of making their coupes so visually distinct from their sedan platform-mates that they may as well have had […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/fiat-124-coupe.jpg "CC Outtake: That’s A Spicy Meatball")
![It looks like Scooby-Doo and the gang moved down under, and still have an affinity for forward-control vans. The long-lived Mitsubishi Express was one of the first cars I ever […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/mitsubishi-express-mystery-machine-1.jpg "Curbside Outtake: Time For A Saturday Morning Cartoon")
