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Car Show: 2015 Sinaia Concours d’Elegance
Posted on December 20, 2015 | 14 CommentsThe 2015 Sinaia Concours d’Elegance, in Romania, took place back in July. Just a few pictures to describe the event, starting with this 1954 Kaiser Darrin. -
Car Show Classics: Autotron November 2015, Diversity Galore ! (Part Two)
Posted on December 1, 2015 | 22 CommentsThe second round of the Autotron show, held on November 21 and 22, 2015. Originally the Autotron was a well-known classic car museum, but since the museum closed down years […] -
Car Show Classics: Autotron November 2015, Diversity Galore ! (Part One)
Posted on November 26, 2015 | 44 CommentsAll vehicles at the Autotron show, usually held three times a year, are for sale. And most of them at affordable prices. Well then, let’s step in a time machine […] -
Carshow Outtake: 1985 Fiat Strada 65CL – Standing Out From The Pack, In More Ways Than Expected
Posted on November 7, 2015 | 36 CommentsMany of us have personal preferences for various types and fashions in the styling of a car. Some like the fins of a 1959 Cadillac, some admire the simple but […] -
Houston Hipster Trio: Metropolitan, Ambassador, Hawk
Posted on October 3, 2015 | 55 CommentsIt’s a bit special when one can find three running representatives of long-dead makes in the same place; all the more so if they are contemporaries of each other. It […] -
Car Show Classics: 1971 & ’74 Chevrolet Vegas – Two Vegas For The Price Of One (Free Admission Ticket)
Posted on October 2, 2015 | 32 CommentsFor a week this past August, I was back home in Flint, Michigan for the annual Back To The Bricks car festival. It’s a completely free, family-friendly celebration of all […] -
Car Show Classic: 1957-1960 Maserati 3500GT – The Italian Thunderbird
Posted on September 21, 2015 | 40 CommentsI know that car shows are generally considered “cheating” here on Curbside Classic, but this morning when I pulled in to work and saw a Maserati 3500GT in the parking […] -
QOTD and Car Show Classics: 1962 and 1970 Mercury Convertibles–If the Owner Traded up Every Eight Years, What’s Next?
Posted on August 17, 2015 | 39 CommentsMercury’s everlasting identity crisis has been discussed on these hallowed pages ad nauseum. In what were perhaps the halcyon years of the American auto industry, namely the immediate postwar era […] -
Car Show Classics: Palace Green, Ely – The 14th Century Meets the 20th Century
Posted on August 15, 2015 | 61 Comments2005 is the twentieth anniversary of the Cambridge and District Classic Car Club, a club for classic car owners and enthusiasts that is typical of hundreds across the UK and […] -
Race Track and Museum Classics: Lotus Europa–Visiting America I see Europa
Posted on August 3, 2015 | 22 CommentsRight now, I feel like a somewhat less manic Neal Cassady, because I’ve driven perhaps 2000 miles in less than a week and I can’t sleep. Coming to a dead […] -
Car Show Report: GAZ-24 Volga’s 45th Anniversary
Posted on July 22, 2015 | 35 CommentsOn Saturday, 18th of July, the parking lot in front of the GAZ Educational Center and Museum building in Nizhny Novgorod became the scene of a small car show dedicated […] -
Car Show Outtake: 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS350 Convertible–The Camaro for People Who Are Sick of Camaros
Posted on July 3, 2015 | 35 CommentsOnly a handful of antique automobiles are celebrated in their ubiquity to the extent of the first generation Camaro. Their popularity has bred popularity like some perpetual motion machine that […] -
Car Show Outtake: 1967 Mercury Cougar Convertible – Cheshire Cat
Posted on June 10, 2015 | 39 CommentsThe very first Mercury Cougar had a style that was exactly the right combination of feral and debonair, rife with classy details like hidden headlights, sequential turn signals, and smoothly sculptured flanks. […] -
Car Show Outtakes: A Small Honduran Auto Show
Posted on April 29, 2015 | 13 CommentsThe *other* reason I don’t share many original photos with you, apart from the danger factor, is that I am usually a very poor photographer. This picture gives as much […] -
Museum Classic: 1947 Studebaker Champion Station Wagon Prototype – Woody in the Woods
Posted on April 22, 2015 | 23 CommentsLast summer, one of my sons and I spent an afternoon at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. I have always liked the 1947 Studebaker (Is it coming […]