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			Americans (Among Others) Down Under – The Ford Edition, Part 1: Across Australia with Francis BirtlesPosted on August 5, 2019 | 13 CommentsAfter the inaugural article of the “Americans Down Under” series, I am gleefully taking a temporary detour from that premise. In researching for the Ford edition I stumbled upon the […]
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			CC Capsule: 1962 Australian Ford Falcon – And So It StartsPosted on May 23, 2018 | 36 CommentsJim Grey’s recent post of a 1961 Falcon prompted me to bring out a pre-emptive CC-effect find I saw a few months ago; one of the first update of the […]
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			CC Capsule: 1988-94 Ford Maverick – Ford Goes On PatrolPosted on October 10, 2017 | 19 Comments“Maverick” must surely be one of the most reused car names in history. Interestingly, what was once the name for Ford’s second-smallest passenger car in the North American market ended […]
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			CC Capsule: The Bakkie Is BackPosted on August 24, 2017 | 42 CommentsIt may not be obvious to readers from outside Australia, but this is not your everyday Holden ute. Technically it is not even a Holden, but rather a South African […]
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			CC Capsule: Well-Traveled Wagons On The Street Less TraveledPosted on November 10, 2015 | 14 CommentsThere’s a street not too far from my office in Brisbane’s central business district that consists almost entirely of backpacker hostels, serviced apartments and other traveler-friendly accommodation. Being a local, […]
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			Curbside Classic: 1989-92 Ford Corsair/Nissan Pintara – A Lame Duck BluebirdPosted on December 23, 2014 | 40 CommentsThis is a car that must have you scratching your heads. After all, it is a peculiar Australian-only body style of a Japanese sedan with an American badge, using an old […]
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			Curbside Classic: Ford ZC Fairlane 500 – A Stranger In a Strange LandPosted on October 1, 2014 | 30 CommentsI woke with a start and a splitting headache. Looking around, everything seemed somewhat surreal and I had no clue as to my whereabouts. Trying to coax my brain into […]
 
				![Americans Down Under – The Dodge Edition After seeing Chevrolet last week, and a snippet of Ford earlier this week, let’s continue our journey with Dodge.  As with Chevrolet, this is far from being comprehensive and brochures […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1969-Dodge-Phoenix-Aus-10.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Americans (Among Others) Down Under – The Ford Edition, Part 1:  Across Australia with Francis Birtles After the inaugural article of the “Americans Down Under” series, I am gleefully taking a temporary detour from that premise.  In researching for the Ford edition I stumbled upon the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/francis-birtles.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Americans Down Under – The Chevrolet Edition Recently I was perusing the collection at oldcarbrochures.com and stumbled upon a few things that were too good to not share. For a long time at CC, there has been […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1967-Chevrolet-Impala-Aus-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Ad Outtake: The 1986 Formula Holdens – One Big Family   For many years, Holden was best known for… the Holden. Well, it wore names like Kingswood and Premier and Belmont, and it came in sedan, coupe, wagon and ute […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1986-holden-formula-ad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1962 Australian Ford Falcon – And So It Starts Jim Grey’s recent post of a 1961 Falcon prompted me to bring out a pre-emptive CC-effect find I saw a few months ago; one of the first update of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1962-Ford-XL-Falcon-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1988-94 Ford Maverick – Ford Goes On Patrol “Maverick” must surely be one of the most reused car names in history. Interestingly, what was once the name for Ford’s second-smallest passenger car in the North American market ended […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ford-maverick-4wd-hardtop-3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: The Bakkie Is Back It may not be obvious to readers from outside Australia, but this is not your everyday Holden ute.  Technically it is not even a Holden, but rather a South African […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SthAf-Chevrolet-El-Camino-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: Well-Traveled Wagons On The Street Less Traveled There’s a street not too far from my office in Brisbane’s central business district that consists almost entirely of backpacker hostels, serviced apartments and other traveler-friendly accommodation. Being a local, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ford-falcon-holden-camira-nissan-pintara.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1989-92 Ford Corsair/Nissan Pintara – A Lame Duck Bluebird This is a car that must have you scratching your heads. After all, it is a peculiar Australian-only body style of a Japanese sedan with an American badge, using an old […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nissan-bluebird-aussie-05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic:  Ford ZC Fairlane 500 – A Stranger In a Strange Land I woke with a start and a splitting headache.  Looking around, everything seemed somewhat surreal and I had no clue as to my whereabouts.  Trying to coax my brain into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1934-ford-ute-australia.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


