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car show Archive
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Concours Classic: 1955 Studebaker President Speedster – Look What They’ve Done To The Starliner
Posted on May 28, 2021 | 62 Comments(first posted 8/31/2011) One of the more…um, unavoidable cars at the Cottage Grove Concours was this very colorful 1955 Studebaker President Speedster. Now I just don’t have the time to […] -
Car Show Classics: 1972 Chrysler by Chrysler Hardtop – Brougham Australian Style
Posted on December 19, 2020 | 88 Comments(first posted 12/17/2014) As a change of pace from coverage of Motorclassica, here is an in-depth look at one of the rarer cars on show, the 1972 Chrysler by Chrysler […] -
Vintage Newsreels: When The Earls Court London Motor Show Was A Sign Of Changing Times – 1962-1978
Posted on November 8, 2020 | 8 CommentsHere’s something to make up for the lack of motor shows in 2020. The annual London Motor Show is long gone, as is the replacement event in Birmingham. The last […] -
Car Show Outtakes: Remembering The Liberation Of Europe, June 1944, and VE Day, 8 May 1945
Posted on May 8, 2020 | 26 Comments(first posted 6/6/2014, amended 8 May 2020) Today is the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, known as VE Day in the UK. […] -
Car Show Classic: 1975 Plymouth Road Runner – Big Bird
Posted on April 9, 2020 | 70 Comments(first posted 5/10/2014) The car show I attended a week ago had only two cars from the ’70s on display and I already showed you one of them, so here’s […] -
Curbside Classic Visits The 2020 Hudson Valley Auto Show, Part 2: Cadillac, Buick, Mazda, And Kia
Posted on March 17, 2020 | 29 CommentsIn part one of my auto show coverage, I lamented the relatively spartan interiors of the 2020 Ford Escape and 2020 Toyota Rav4. Speaking of interiors that aren’t terribly acceptable, […] -
Curbside Classic Visits The 2020 Hudson Valley Auto Show, Part 1: Toyota And Ford
Posted on March 16, 2020 | 11 CommentsWith the NY auto show officially postponed to August, it’s entirely possible that this might be the only auto show coverage you get from us this year. Obviously, automotive enthusiasm […] -
1968 and 1969 Chicago Auto Show, Part 2
Posted on March 7, 2020 | 37 Comments(first posted 2/26/2014) Picking up where I left off Monday, I’ll begin the second installment of pictures from my visit to the ’68 Chicago Auto Show with this concept, […] -
1968 Chicago Auto Show, Part 1
Posted on March 6, 2020 | 35 Comments(first posted 2/24/2014) It hardly seems that 46 years have gone by since the 1968 Chicago Auto Show opened its doors on February 24, 1968. Almost five decades after […] -
Curbside East Coast Meet Up – Who Wants To Meet Up At Radwood Philly, Or Possibly The Day Before?
Posted on March 5, 2020 | 5 CommentsThe date is fast approaching everyone! I’ve purchased my ticket and booked my hotel room. The Taurus still needs some work to get it in tip top shape, but it […] -
Car Show Classics: Opel Kadett A to E – A Pictorial Overview Of All Generations
Posted on January 20, 2020 | 39 CommentsFor a period of more than 25 years, starting in the mid-sixties, the Opel Kadett was the best selling car in the Netherlands. Affordable, uncomplicated (in every aspect) and solid. […] -
Car Show Outtake: 1976 Opel Commodore B Coupe GS/E – My CC Holy Grail From Rüsselsheim
Posted on November 26, 2019 | 25 CommentsAfter many years of roaming around all kinds of classic car shows and events, I finally met one in the metal. Or flesh, if you wish. I’m talking about my […] -
Car Show Outtakes: Ford Granada Mk2 2.8 Ghia And Opel Senator A1 2.8 S – Late Seventies Euro Broughams
Posted on November 15, 2019 | 54 CommentsUtterly 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 ridiculous. How nice it […] -
CC Special Show Edition: SEMA 2019 In Pictures
Posted on November 5, 2019 | 22 Comments(Ed. Note: Our man in the Las Vegas CC Field Office made his way into the SEMA show that started today and put together a massive photo display below for […] -
Car/Moto/Air Show Classics: 2019 Brampton-Caledon Airport Day – Hillman Super Minx Convertible And More…
Posted on October 13, 2019 | 20 CommentsBrampton-Caledon’s Airport Day on September 8 featured a car, motorcycle, and vintage aircraft show. The Great War Flying Museum located here put their replica WWI aircraft in the air for […]