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Curbside Classics Archives
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![Once we got to the mountains for real, both the landscape and the mix of vehicles abruptly changed. In general, the towns were smaller, more widely spaced, and appeared […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_5271.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Road Trip: Rural Mountainous Guatemala – Part 3")
Road Trip: Rural Mountainous Guatemala – Part 3
Posted on August 28, 2023 | 10 CommentsOnce we got to the mountains for real, both the landscape and the mix of vehicles abruptly changed. In general, the towns were smaller, more widely spaced, and appeared […] -
![The stage has been set, so we can actually start our journey, and I can make some observations on what I saw. The afternoon Avianca flight from Los Angeles […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_5441.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Road Trip: Beginning our Climb into the Mountains from Guatemala City")
Road Trip: Beginning our Climb into the Mountains from Guatemala City
Posted on August 14, 2023 | 12 CommentsThe stage has been set, so we can actually start our journey, and I can make some observations on what I saw. The afternoon Avianca flight from Los Angeles […] -
![Over the July 4th weekend, I traveled to Guatemala for a week, to do mission work for my church. This involved taking a bus from the capital (and the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_5322.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Road Trip: Guatemala City to Lake Atitlán, Part 1")
Road Trip: Guatemala City to Lake Atitlán, Part 1
Posted on August 7, 2023 | 20 CommentsOver the July 4th weekend, I traveled to Guatemala for a week, to do mission work for my church. This involved taking a bus from the capital (and the […] -
![I hadn’t actually intended to write up this particular rental car/travel adventure. Rather, I just documented the car photographically as I do many rental cars; and I had a few […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023SXT_front.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Rental Review & Musings: 2023 Dodge Charger SXT — End of the Line")
Rental Review & Musings: 2023 Dodge Charger SXT — End of the Line
Posted on April 24, 2023 | 41 CommentsI hadn’t actually intended to write up this particular rental car/travel adventure. Rather, I just documented the car photographically as I do many rental cars; and I had a few […] -
![Welcome back after a short work-related delay…Lest you fear that we spent all of our Berlin-based days visiting car manufacturers in the countryside, fret not, as we still had two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2658.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 8-9, Berlin")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 8-9, Berlin
Posted on April 20, 2023 | 42 CommentsWelcome back after a short work-related delay…Lest you fear that we spent all of our Berlin-based days visiting car manufacturers in the countryside, fret not, as we still had two […] -
![(Originally posted on 4/13/17.) I’ve always loved going on road trips. From making periodic jaunts from Michigan to visit family in rural Ohio during childhood, to early-adulthood treks between college […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/440-1977-Lincoln-Continental-Mark-V-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Roadside Classic: 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V – On Holiday")
Roadside Classic: 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V – On Holiday
Posted on April 13, 2023 | 89 Comments(Originally posted on 4/13/17.) I’ve always loved going on road trips. From making periodic jaunts from Michigan to visit family in rural Ohio during childhood, to early-adulthood treks between college […] -
![We left Copenhagen in the late morning of Day 6, and our next destination was Berlin, Germany. We’d been to Berlin once before back in the late ’90s and only […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2449.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 6-7, Berlin With Wolfsburg Day Trip")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 6-7, Berlin With Wolfsburg Day Trip
Posted on April 11, 2023 | 65 CommentsWe left Copenhagen in the late morning of Day 6, and our next destination was Berlin, Germany. We’d been to Berlin once before back in the late ’90s and only […] -
![Another day in Copenhagen but with a very unexpected sight – a semi-disguised prototype test car. I’d expect to perhaps run across this in Death Valley in the summer or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2383.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 5-6, Copenhagen")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Days 5-6, Copenhagen
Posted on April 6, 2023 | 43 CommentsAnother day in Copenhagen but with a very unexpected sight – a semi-disguised prototype test car. I’d expect to perhaps run across this in Death Valley in the summer or […] -
![On the road again…when we last left we were at the airport waiting for our next flight. To Copenhagen, Denmark! A city in a country that I have never been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_2332.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Day 4, Copenhagen")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Day 4, Copenhagen
Posted on April 4, 2023 | 38 CommentsOn the road again…when we last left we were at the airport waiting for our next flight. To Copenhagen, Denmark! A city in a country that I have never been […] -
![Hello again, seasoned compatriots, after a hearty meal at the end of day two we have arisen early on a Sunday to see much of what else Barcelona is known […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_2181.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Barcelona, Day 3")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Barcelona, Day 3
Posted on March 31, 2023 | 25 CommentsHello again, seasoned compatriots, after a hearty meal at the end of day two we have arisen early on a Sunday to see much of what else Barcelona is known […] -
![Our daughter is studying abroad in Barcelona (Spain) this semester, so we figured why not take the opportunity to get out of the terrible winter we’re having in Colorado and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_2076.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Barcelona, Day 1-2ish")
Curbside Travel: The Kleins Go To Europe – Barcelona, Day 1-2ish
Posted on March 29, 2023 | 46 CommentsOur daughter is studying abroad in Barcelona (Spain) this semester, so we figured why not take the opportunity to get out of the terrible winter we’re having in Colorado and […] -
![If in Cuba one has to take a ride in some American cars. We managed to take ride in a pair of 1956 Chevrolets and for a comparison a 1956 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ChevroletvsFord.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Taxi Ride: 1956 Chevrolets and Fords in Varadero, Cuba")
CC Taxi Ride: 1956 Chevrolets and Fords in Varadero, Cuba
Posted on February 20, 2023 | 15 CommentsIf in Cuba one has to take a ride in some American cars. We managed to take ride in a pair of 1956 Chevrolets and for a comparison a 1956 […] -
![Cuba is not all classic American cars with some Russian ones sprinkled in. There is more variety than likely most any other place I can think of. Heck, we saw […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Emgrand-EC7-a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Taxi Ride: The Modern Chinese Taxi – Emgrand EC8")
CC Taxi Ride: The Modern Chinese Taxi – Emgrand EC8
Posted on February 15, 2023 | 27 CommentsCuba is not all classic American cars with some Russian ones sprinkled in. There is more variety than likely most any other place I can think of. Heck, we saw […] -
![For the next vehicle in our Cuba taxi series I thought we would do something Russian. I really hoped to find a GAZ or ZIL but the stars did not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Moskvitch-2140.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Taxi Ride: The Other Russian – Moskvitch 2140 in Havana Cuba")
CC Taxi Ride: The Other Russian – Moskvitch 2140 in Havana Cuba
Posted on February 9, 2023 | 21 CommentsFor the next vehicle in our Cuba taxi series I thought we would do something Russian. I really hoped to find a GAZ or ZIL but the stars did not […] -
![My middle son and I took a trip to Cuba in November and for us part of the adventure was taking a few taxi rides. While the stereotypical choice would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/52623377155_a126c88858_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Taxi Ride: Re-powered Citroen Traction Avant in Havana, Cuba")
CC Taxi Ride: Re-powered Citroen Traction Avant in Havana, Cuba
Posted on February 6, 2023 | 10 CommentsMy middle son and I took a trip to Cuba in November and for us part of the adventure was taking a few taxi rides. While the stereotypical choice would […]
