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Car Show Classic Archive
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![As a former colony of the “Empire on which the sun never sets”, Sri Lanka (Ceylon in those days), was fairly well stocked with British products, especially their automotive ones. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025061a5_100533-scaled-1-e1763615653455.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Car Show Report – British Car Day 2025 in Colombo")
Car Show Report – British Car Day 2025 in Colombo
Posted on November 20, 2025 | 14 CommentsAs a former colony of the “Empire on which the sun never sets”, Sri Lanka (Ceylon in those days), was fairly well stocked with British products, especially their automotive ones. […] -
![(Updated 11/9/2025) Today sees the 36th anniversary of perhaps the most momentous event in Europe’s history since 1945 – the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Trabant-601S-6.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1984 Trabant 601-S: The Other People’s Car From The Other Germany, Still Significant")
1984 Trabant 601-S: The Other People’s Car From The Other Germany, Still Significant
Posted on November 9, 2025 | 49 Comments(Updated 11/9/2025) Today sees the 36th anniversary of perhaps the most momentous event in Europe’s history since 1945 – the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the […] -
![OK, this is not *strictly* speaking a Japanese car, though I would argue it’s now become something a mite hard to define. But hey, we’re supposed to look into the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IMG20251004114654_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1958 Imperial Southampton “Pointer 1” – As Seen On Japanese TV!")
Car Show Classic: 1958 Imperial Southampton “Pointer 1” – As Seen On Japanese TV!
Posted on November 7, 2025 | 15 CommentsOK, this is not *strictly* speaking a Japanese car, though I would argue it’s now become something a mite hard to define. But hey, we’re supposed to look into the […] -
![This is one of the first full-size 1970s Ford wagon I’ve seen, which showed up in a Melbourne classic car show. It is probably as close as I will come […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Ford-Country-Squire-wagon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1975–1978 Ford Country Squire Wagon: A Family Toy, Come To Life")
1975–1978 Ford Country Squire Wagon: A Family Toy, Come To Life
Posted on November 1, 2025 | 14 CommentsThis is one of the first full-size 1970s Ford wagon I’ve seen, which showed up in a Melbourne classic car show. It is probably as close as I will come […] -
![I spend too much time reading, writing, and hanging out in the garage to consider myself a devout student of classic cinema, but on cold winter days I sometimes make […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PXL_20250927_144156463-scaled.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1974 Maserati Merak: Waiter, There’s A Truffaut In My Fellini – Where Citroën Meets Maserati")
1974 Maserati Merak: Waiter, There’s A Truffaut In My Fellini – Where Citroën Meets Maserati
Posted on October 23, 2025 | 20 CommentsI spend too much time reading, writing, and hanging out in the garage to consider myself a devout student of classic cinema, but on cold winter days I sometimes make […] -
![Right around the peak of Cutlass-mania in the 1970s, this is what an Oldsmobile 442 looked like. Based on the Cutlass S, it was only a shadow of its former […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/016.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass S 442 – Subtle Muscle In The Cutlass-Peak Era")
1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass S 442 – Subtle Muscle In The Cutlass-Peak Era
Posted on October 18, 2025 | 3 CommentsRight around the peak of Cutlass-mania in the 1970s, this is what an Oldsmobile 442 looked like. Based on the Cutlass S, it was only a shadow of its former […] -
![Edsel Ford was truly a remarkable man. With a personality completely unlike his tempestuous father’s, he was able to assert himself in Ford Motor Company despite his father’s conscious or […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PXL_20230812_151534202.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1947 Lincoln Sedan: “Nothing Could Be Finer,” Except Maybe A Cadillac")
1947 Lincoln Sedan: “Nothing Could Be Finer,” Except Maybe A Cadillac
Posted on October 14, 2025 | 9 CommentsEdsel Ford was truly a remarkable man. With a personality completely unlike his tempestuous father’s, he was able to assert himself in Ford Motor Company despite his father’s conscious or […] -
![That’s LEAD, baby—rhymes with “head,” as in the metal customizers and body work professionals use to re-sculpture car bodies or repair rust. I’ll never forget the day I first discovered […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/20251007_174114-artguru.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1 "Lead East Car Show Memories: Reliving The ’50s From 1986 to 2000")
Lead East Car Show Memories: Reliving The ’50s From 1986 to 2000
Posted on October 12, 2025 | 11 CommentsThat’s LEAD, baby—rhymes with “head,” as in the metal customizers and body work professionals use to re-sculpture car bodies or repair rust. I’ll never forget the day I first discovered […] -
![This past June 7th, the Alfa Romeo Club held a small car show outside the Blackhawk Auto Museum, which I took the opportunity to go see. I expected fun cars, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rsz_alfa_show_06_2025_009.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Alfa Romeo Club Meet at Blackhawk Auto Museum")
Alfa Romeo Club Meet at Blackhawk Auto Museum
Posted on October 10, 2025 | 13 CommentsThis past June 7th, the Alfa Romeo Club held a small car show outside the Blackhawk Auto Museum, which I took the opportunity to go see. I expected fun cars, […] -
![The Monkees’ famous single “Pleasant Valley Sunday” made it all the way to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 on the strengths of its up-tempo beat and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/PXL_20250628_150424493-scaled.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1967 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon: Another Pleasant Valley Sunday")
1967 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon: Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
Posted on October 9, 2025 | 45 CommentsThe Monkees’ famous single “Pleasant Valley Sunday” made it all the way to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967 on the strengths of its up-tempo beat and […] -
![I have a good friend at work who is about fifteen years younger than I am, and he regularly asks me and another work friend outlandish “would you rather?” questions. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-13-073510.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Finds: Would You Rather Have A Restored Or An Untouched 1928 Pontiac 6-28 Sport Landau Sedan?")
Car Show Finds: Would You Rather Have A Restored Or An Untouched 1928 Pontiac 6-28 Sport Landau Sedan?
Posted on September 22, 2025 | 17 CommentsI have a good friend at work who is about fifteen years younger than I am, and he regularly asks me and another work friend outlandish “would you rather?” questions. […] -
![Streamlining did not come naturally to most UK carmakers. The square shapes of the ‘20s had been ideal for British designers’ propensity to fashion quite staid and narrow machines. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/DSC_1638_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1936 MG PB Airline Coupé – Economy Plush")
Car Show Classic: 1936 MG PB Airline Coupé – Economy Plush
Posted on September 19, 2025 | 14 CommentsStreamlining did not come naturally to most UK carmakers. The square shapes of the ‘20s had been ideal for British designers’ propensity to fashion quite staid and narrow machines. But […] -
![Race cars in the ‘30s… Ah, those legendary Auto-Union 16-cyl. monsters and glorious Mercedes Silver Arrows… the striking blue Bugattis and Delahayes… the little green ERAs, repeatedly winning their 1500cc […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_20240407_121043_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza – Chequered Black & White And Red All Over")
Car Show Classic: 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2600 Monza – Chequered Black & White And Red All Over
Posted on September 15, 2025 | 5 CommentsRace cars in the ‘30s… Ah, those legendary Auto-Union 16-cyl. monsters and glorious Mercedes Silver Arrows… the striking blue Bugattis and Delahayes… the little green ERAs, repeatedly winning their 1500cc […] -
![There were no straw hat wearing judges at the 2025 Renaultoloog Meeting & Market to methodically examine the surplus of patina -or whatever it was- on this 55 years old […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_4489.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1970 Renault 12 TL – Anti-Trailer Queen")
Car Show Classic: 1970 Renault 12 TL – Anti-Trailer Queen
Posted on September 13, 2025 | 27 CommentsThere were no straw hat wearing judges at the 2025 Renaultoloog Meeting & Market to methodically examine the surplus of patina -or whatever it was- on this 55 years old […] -
![I was going to make this one a “CC Wordless Outtake”, but I couldn’t keep silent. Nope. I realize I write a lot about having grown up in Flint, Michigan, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/164-Frankenstang-CC.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "1982 Mustang-Chevy: Fox Body, Chevy Power – Identity Crisis")
1982 Mustang-Chevy: Fox Body, Chevy Power – Identity Crisis
Posted on September 5, 2025 | 12 CommentsI was going to make this one a “CC Wordless Outtake”, but I couldn’t keep silent. Nope. I realize I write a lot about having grown up in Flint, Michigan, […]
