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![In last week’s post, I listed multiple-day rally competitions as one of the ways in which to enjoy getting behind the wheel of my second (and current) Sunbeam Tiger. During […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/98-NE-1000-Tiger-resting-e1728165470200.jpg "Rallying on the NE 1000 – A Tiger? In New England?")
Rallying on the NE 1000 – A Tiger? In New England?
Posted on October 6, 2024 | 8 CommentsIn last week’s post, I listed multiple-day rally competitions as one of the ways in which to enjoy getting behind the wheel of my second (and current) Sunbeam Tiger. During […] -
![(first posted 10/5/2018) Need I say it, but the Australian car market is quite different from the American? This Rambler Hornet is a very good example of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Rambler-Hornet-1.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1970-72 Rambler Hornet – No That Is Not A Typo!")
Curbside Classic: 1970-72 Rambler Hornet – No That Is Not A Typo!
Posted on October 5, 2024 | 56 Comments(first posted 10/5/2018) Need I say it, but the Australian car market is quite different from the American? This Rambler Hornet is a very good example of […] -
Curbside Find: 1980 Buick Riviera – Deep Blue Riviera By The Woods
Posted on October 5, 2024 | 11 CommentsPhotos from the Cohort by Mike Hayes. -
![It’s somewhat of a large juxtaposition…good friend and fellow Tokyo Expat Tatra87 spends his Sundays perusing the Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Shoebox Fords of Tokyo’s upscale Gaien district. I, on the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240901_065555013.MP-Copy-1-e1727004546890.jpg "Curbside Outtake: Volvo 240 Wagon, VW Bug, and Daihatsu Mira Moderno – Forlorn Tokyo Trio")
Curbside Outtake: Volvo 240 Wagon, VW Bug, and Daihatsu Mira Moderno – Forlorn Tokyo Trio
Posted on October 5, 2024 | 12 CommentsIt’s somewhat of a large juxtaposition…good friend and fellow Tokyo Expat Tatra87 spends his Sundays perusing the Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and Shoebox Fords of Tokyo’s upscale Gaien district. I, on the […] -
![(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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_7435.jpg "Car Show Outtake: 1994 Renault Clio Williams – The Hottest Subcompact Hatch Of The Nineties")
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 […] -
![This is likely the ultimate daydream for many of us. Think about it…if you own an old shopping mall and have just over 2,000 classic cars (that’s no typo), creation […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_1623.jpeg "Car Museum Report: The Orlando Auto Museum at Dezerland Park, Part 1")
Car Museum Report: The Orlando Auto Museum at Dezerland Park, Part 1
Posted on October 4, 2024 | 47 CommentsThis is likely the ultimate daydream for many of us. Think about it…if you own an old shopping mall and have just over 2,000 classic cars (that’s no typo), creation […] -
![While I’m the guy that happily plunked down money (twice) for what is arguably the most maligned Jaguar model line in history, I draw the line at Rovers, be they […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_4171.jpg "Curbside Recycling: 1980 Rover 3500 V8 (SD1) – Three And A Half Liters Of Warm Beer")
Curbside Recycling: 1980 Rover 3500 V8 (SD1) – Three And A Half Liters Of Warm Beer
Posted on October 4, 2024 | 38 CommentsWhile I’m the guy that happily plunked down money (twice) for what is arguably the most maligned Jaguar model line in history, I draw the line at Rovers, be they […] -
![Wilkommen to the third and final part of the summer roundup of Tokyo’s CC scene. I don’t think the W123 would be in my top three classic Mercedes, but it’s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_20240915_093647_edited.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-September 2024) – Part 3: More Foreign Cars (German & British)")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-September 2024) – Part 3: More Foreign Cars (German & British)
Posted on October 3, 2024 | 11 CommentsWilkommen to the third and final part of the summer roundup of Tokyo’s CC scene. I don’t think the W123 would be in my top three classic Mercedes, but it’s […] -
![Last time we looked at pre-1948 modified cars. Let’s cross 49th St. (to use the late Pat Ganahl’s phrase) and see how far we get… This brings us firmly into […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Peaches4.jpg "CC In Scale: Cruising Across 49th Street – Customs & Customs")
CC In Scale: Cruising Across 49th Street – Customs & Customs
Posted on October 3, 2024 | 18 CommentsLast time we looked at pre-1948 modified cars. Let’s cross 49th St. (to use the late Pat Ganahl’s phrase) and see how far we get… This brings us firmly into […] -
![(first posted 10/3/2018) Some cars have a split personality. It’s all in the front fascia. The headlamps, the trim, the model year changes and the colour all play a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_20180609_191416-Copy.jpg "CC Twofer: 1968 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super / 1974 Alfa Romeo 2000 – For Your Four Eyes Only")
CC Twofer: 1968 Alfa Romeo Giulia Super / 1974 Alfa Romeo 2000 – For Your Four Eyes Only
Posted on October 2, 2024 | 26 Comments(first posted 10/3/2018) Some cars have a split personality. It’s all in the front fascia. The headlamps, the trim, the model year changes and the colour all play a […] -
![The current, second generation of the Ford Ranger T6 with a touch of Volkswagen, that’s the new (and also second) generation of the VW Amarok pickup in a nutshell. This […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_3336.jpg "CC Global: Volkswagen Amarok 3.0 TDI V6 4Motion PanAmericana – Built Ford Tough")
CC Global: Volkswagen Amarok 3.0 TDI V6 4Motion PanAmericana – Built Ford Tough
Posted on October 2, 2024 | 11 CommentsThe current, second generation of the Ford Ranger T6 with a touch of Volkswagen, that’s the new (and also second) generation of the VW Amarok pickup in a nutshell. This […] -
![There are always about twice as many imported CCs as there are JDM classics around Tokyo. This time, we’re kicking off the foreign car double post with the Detroit iron. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20240915_091816_edited.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-September 2024) – Part 2: Foreign Cars (American, Italian & French)")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-September 2024) – Part 2: Foreign Cars (American, Italian & French)
Posted on October 2, 2024 | 15 CommentsThere are always about twice as many imported CCs as there are JDM classics around Tokyo. This time, we’re kicking off the foreign car double post with the Detroit iron. […] -
![It’s that time of the year again; that of finding some new contributors for our COAL (Cars Of A Lifetime) series section. Do you have car stories to tell? Trips […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/3906400007_b03448e2c0_k.jpg "COALers Needed")
COALers Needed
Posted on October 1, 2024 | 8 CommentsIt’s that time of the year again; that of finding some new contributors for our COAL (Cars Of A Lifetime) series section. Do you have car stories to tell? Trips […] -
![‘Tis the time of the season for yet another one of these little wrap-up posts. The summer heat was brutal this year, so yours truly did not prowl the pavement […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_20240926_110938_edited.jpg "CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-September 2024) – Part 1: Japanese Cars")
CC Outtakes: T87’s Singles Collection (July-September 2024) – Part 1: Japanese Cars
Posted on October 1, 2024 | 9 Comments‘Tis the time of the season for yet another one of these little wrap-up posts. The summer heat was brutal this year, so yours truly did not prowl the pavement […] -
![There was a host of words and phrases that I had grown up mispronouncing, misunderstanding, and/or misusing until being corrected in adulthood. I can’t really blame my gifted magnet program […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_20240721_163205762_HDR-1998-Plymouth-Neon-Expresso-for-CC.jpg "Curbside Musings: 1998 Plymouth Neon Expresso Coupe – Proper Pronunciation")
Curbside Musings: 1998 Plymouth Neon Expresso Coupe – Proper Pronunciation
Posted on October 1, 2024 | 50 CommentsThere was a host of words and phrases that I had grown up mispronouncing, misunderstanding, and/or misusing until being corrected in adulthood. I can’t really blame my gifted magnet program […]
