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car show Archive
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Car Show Outtakes: Four Renault 4 Fourgonnettes
Posted on November 16, 2025 | 10 Comments‘Fourgonnette’ is French jargon for a clever, fuel-efficient, and comfy compact cargo van. Famous classic examples are the vans based on the characterful Renault 4, known as the F4 and […] -
Car Show Outtakes: Ford Granada Mk2 2.8 Ghia And Opel Senator A1 2.8 S – Late Seventies Euro Broughams
Posted on November 13, 2025 | 68 Comments(Updated 11/13/2025) Utterly clean, straightforward and well-proportioned. Even after more than four decades, the second generation of the Euro Ford Granada still doesn’t look hopelessly outdated or downright […] -
Fieldside Classics: The Geelong Show 2025
Posted on November 5, 2025 | 42 CommentsThere’s nothing quite like a country show! A bit of geography to begin with. I live in the Australian state of Victoria (that’s down the bottom right), and about 30km […] -
1964 Neckar Weinsberg: A DeLuxe Fiat 500 For Germany
Posted on October 28, 2025 | 49 Comments(Updated 10/28/2025) Here’s one that I had to be reminded about when I saw it earlier this year – a Neckar Weinsberg Coupe. -
Car Show Outtake: 1973 DAF 33 Variomatic Van – Basic Trucking
Posted on July 15, 2025 | 17 Comments(first posted 6/15/2019) Quite the contrast with the DAF commercial vehicles I usually post, this little DAF 33 van with an air-cooled 746 cc flat-twin engine. In 1967, […] -
1972 Mustang Sprint and 1974 Chevrolet Impala “Spirit of America”– Bicentennial Fever
Posted on July 4, 2025 | 21 CommentsIt’s too bad that I just missed Bicentennial Fever in America: the cheesy cartoons, the shared sense of pride and purpose, the auto manufacturers’ ability to exploit a holiday for […] -
Car Show Classics: Volvo Cars Smörgåsbord
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 12 CommentsAn abundant Volvo meal was served on September 28 and 29, 2024, at the Autotron event center in the Netherlands. Most of the ingredients will speak for themselves. Smaklig måltid! -
An Orlando Cruise-In: 1960s Econolines, 1980s Toyotas and Much More
Posted on December 13, 2024 | 21 CommentsTwice this year I have visited Orlando with my family. Orlando is a nice place, with both trips being for professional gatherings for them, although Hurricane Milton axed a […] -
Car Show Classics: 1978 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser And 1977 Ford Country Squire – Dad, These Are Not The Cars You Ordered!
Posted on November 11, 2024 | 15 CommentsA wagonload of pictures was the yield of walking around in the lot for visitors of a classic car event who drove an ‘old’ set of wheels. No supplementary requirements, […] -
Car Show Outtake: Opel Monza – The Other, Other Monza
Posted on November 9, 2024 | 89 Comments(first posted 6/7/2013) When we think of Monza, it’s likely either the Corvair or the Vega-offshoot. But there’s a third (are there more?) GM coupe that bore that name, and […] -
Car Show Outtakes: 1998 Volvo V90 And 1997 Volvo S90 – Measure Twice, Cut Once
Posted on November 3, 2024 | 10 CommentsParallel parking only for the brick extensions that caught my attention, last September. Most striking was a 1998 Volvo V90 with a matching trailer. -
Car Show Photo Report: The 2024 Festival Of The Unexceptional – Part 2 – Unexceptional But Exceptional, And Not British
Posted on October 10, 2024 | 32 CommentsI recently posted a photo report from the Festival of the Unexceptional held this summer, in which I focussed on the British built (and badged) cars. Here’s a quick photo […] -
Car Show Outtake: 1993 Ford Scorpio 2.9i 24v Ghia – When Brougham Met Cosworth
Posted on October 9, 2024 | 44 Comments(first posted 10/9/2018) In Europe, the Scorpio was Ford’s last entry in the E-segment, also referred to as executive cars. At its introduction in 1985, the Scorpio […] -
Car Show Photo Report:The 2024 Festival Of The Unexceptional – Part 1 – Unexceptional But Exceptional, and British
Posted on October 7, 2024 | 34 CommentsCC has seen the Festival of the Unexceptional before, back in 2018 and 2019. The show itself is a very simple idea, and is billed as “A celebration of long-forgotten […] -
Car Show Outtake: 1994 Renault Clio Williams – The Hottest Subcompact Hatch Of The Nineties
Posted on October 4, 2024 | 17 Comments(first posted 10/5/2018) From 1989 to 1997, the Williams-Renault F1 team was highly successful in the Formula One World Championship. But the UK based Williams company was […]
![Car Show Outtakes: Four Renault 4 Fourgonnettes ‘Fourgonnette’ is French jargon for a clever, fuel-efficient, and comfy compact cargo van. Famous classic examples are the vans based on the characterful Renault 4, known as the F4 and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG_4482.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Outtakes: Ford Granada Mk2 2.8 Ghia And Opel Senator A1 2.8 S – Late Seventies Euro Broughams (Updated 11/13/2025) Utterly clean, straightforward and well-proportioned. Even after more than four decades, the second generation of the Euro Ford Granada still doesn’t look hopelessly outdated or downright […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_8483.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Fieldside Classics: The Geelong Show 2025 There’s nothing quite like a country show! A bit of geography to begin with. I live in the Australian state of Victoria (that’s down the bottom right), and about 30km […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/1-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Car Show Outtake: 1973 DAF 33 Variomatic Van – Basic Trucking (first posted 6/15/2019) Quite the contrast with the DAF commercial vehicles I usually post, this little DAF 33 van with an air-cooled 746 cc flat-twin engine. In 1967, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_7910.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1972 Mustang Sprint and 1974 Chevrolet Impala “Spirit of America”– Bicentennial Fever It’s too bad that I just missed Bicentennial Fever in America: the cheesy cartoons, the shared sense of pride and purpose, the auto manufacturers’ ability to exploit a holiday for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/a-bi-m.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1)

![An Orlando Cruise-In: 1960s Econolines, 1980s Toyotas and Much More Twice this year I have visited Orlando with my family. Orlando is a nice place, with both trips being for professional gatherings for them, although Hurricane Milton axed a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/aa-econ-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classics: 1978 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser And 1977 Ford Country Squire – Dad, These Are Not The Cars You Ordered! A wagonload of pictures was the yield of walking around in the lot for visitors of a classic car event who drove an ‘old’ set of wheels. No supplementary requirements, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_3687.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Outtake: Opel Monza – The Other, Other Monza (first posted 6/7/2013) When we think of Monza, it’s likely either the Corvair or the Vega-offshoot. But there’s a third (are there more?) GM coupe that bore that name, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Opel-Monza.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Car Show Photo Report: The 2024 Festival Of The Unexceptional – Part 2 – Unexceptional But Exceptional, And Not British I recently posted a photo report from the Festival of the Unexceptional held this summer, in which I focussed on the British built (and badged) cars. Here’s a quick photo […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/20240727_125820-tile.2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Outtake: 1993 Ford Scorpio 2.9i 24v Ghia – When Brougham Met Cosworth (first posted 10/9/2018) In Europe, the Scorpio was Ford’s last entry in the E-segment, also referred to as executive cars. At its introduction in 1985, the Scorpio […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_7513.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Photo Report:The 2024 Festival Of The Unexceptional – Part 1 – Unexceptional But Exceptional, and British CC has seen the Festival of the Unexceptional before, back in 2018 and 2019. The show itself is a very simple idea, and is billed as “A celebration of long-forgotten […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240727_113609.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Outtake: 1994 Renault Clio Williams – The Hottest Subcompact Hatch Of The Nineties (first posted 10/5/2018) From 1989 to 1997, the Williams-Renault F1 team was highly successful in the Formula One World Championship. But the UK based Williams company was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_7435.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


