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![CC has seen the Festival of the Unexceptional before, back in 2018 and 2019. The show itself is a very simple idea, and is billed as “A celebration of long-forgotten […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/20240727_113609.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Photo Report:The 2024 Festival Of The Unexceptional – Part 1 – Unexceptional But Exceptional, and British")
Car Show Photo Report:The 2024 Festival Of The Unexceptional – Part 1 – Unexceptional But Exceptional, and British
Posted on October 7, 2024 | 34 CommentsCC has seen the Festival of the Unexceptional before, back in 2018 and 2019. The show itself is a very simple idea, and is billed as “A celebration of long-forgotten […] -
![Many people collect mementos from their favorite celebrities. But how many choose to drive around with a celebrity’s signature on the side of their truck? It’s a phenomenon that’s rarely […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1986-Ford-F-150-John-Riggins-Signature-LR-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1986 Ford F-150 John Riggins Signature Series – A Truck For Old D.C.")
Car Show Classic: 1986 Ford F-150 John Riggins Signature Series – A Truck For Old D.C.
Posted on October 7, 2024 | 22 CommentsMany people collect mementos from their favorite celebrities. But how many choose to drive around with a celebrity’s signature on the side of their truck? It’s a phenomenon that’s rarely […] -
![(first posted 7/22/2013) Finding any Kaiser-Frazer automobile is not easy these days, but the rarest of all is likely the Kaiser-Darrin sports car, a fiberglass two-seater meant to draw folks […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/6-28-13-308-Copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1954 Kaiser-Darrin – Willow Run’s Corvette")
Car Show Classic: 1954 Kaiser-Darrin – Willow Run’s Corvette
Posted on October 6, 2024 | 51 Comments(first posted 7/22/2013) Finding any Kaiser-Frazer automobile is not easy these days, but the rarest of all is likely the Kaiser-Darrin sports car, a fiberglass two-seater meant to draw folks […] -
![(first posted 10/7/2018) My affinity for these mid-70s Ford products must act like a powerful magnetic force, as I seem to keep running into them. Recently it was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CC-369-018.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford Granada Coupe With 250 Six and Four Speed Stick – One of 179 Made")
Curbside Classic: 1977 Ford Granada Coupe With 250 Six and Four Speed Stick – One of 179 Made
Posted on October 6, 2024 | 88 Comments(first posted 10/7/2018) My affinity for these mid-70s Ford products must act like a powerful magnetic force, as I seem to keep running into them. Recently it was […] -
![Roshake found this VW 411 in Budapest; it’s the first one found and posted at CC since 2016. Jeez; are they getting a bit rare, or? No love for VW’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/54042134945_f11b9e2949_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Find: VW 411 – Just Needs A 911 Engine")
Cohort Find: VW 411 – Just Needs A 911 Engine
Posted on October 6, 2024 | 31 CommentsRoshake found this VW 411 in Budapest; it’s the first one found and posted at CC since 2016. Jeez; are they getting a bit rare, or? No love for VW’s […] -
![Thirty years of cabover progress, presented in one of the finest color schemes I’ve ever seen. BD Logistics’ pride and joy, a retired 1989 Scania 3-series 6×2 and a 2023 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_2843.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truck Show Outtakes: Scania V8 Tractors (And a Pacton Semi-Trailer) – Gen Y And Next Gen")
Truck Show Outtakes: Scania V8 Tractors (And a Pacton Semi-Trailer) – Gen Y And Next Gen
Posted on October 6, 2024 | 9 CommentsThirty years of cabover progress, presented in one of the finest color schemes I’ve ever seen. BD Logistics’ pride and joy, a retired 1989 Scania 3-series 6×2 and a 2023 […] -
![It’s early October and over here, in Central America, rainy season is approaching its end. The time of the year when the last remaining corn crops are harvested and the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/47953732671_ac9b76164c_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 Datsun (620) Double Cab Pickup – Corn Harvest Season")
Curbside Classic: 1976 Datsun (620) Double Cab Pickup – Corn Harvest Season
Posted on October 6, 2024 | 18 CommentsIt’s early October and over here, in Central America, rainy season is approaching its end. The time of the year when the last remaining corn crops are harvested and the […] -
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/98-NE-1000-Tiger-resting-e1728165470200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "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) I was in southern France a few months ago when I caught this “Mercedes 306 D” pickup. I said it before and I’ll […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Harb_1_cropped.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1975 Mercedes-Benz L 306 D “Harburger Transporter” – The Matador’s Final Avatar")
Curbside Classic: 1975 Mercedes-Benz L 306 D “Harburger Transporter” – The Matador’s Final Avatar
Posted on October 5, 2024 | 35 Comments(first posted 10/5/2018) I was in southern France a few months ago when I caught this “Mercedes 306 D” pickup. I said it before and I’ll […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Rambler-Hornet-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PXL_20240901_065555013.MP-Copy-1-e1727004546890.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "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 […] -
![Yes, there was a difference between a pickup and a truck with an express bed. It’s pretty irrelevant in the bigger scheme of things, but then we’re all about the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_0085.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1956 Ford F350 With 9′ Express Bed – Yes, Express; Not Pickup")
Curbside Classic: 1956 Ford F350 With 9′ Express Bed – Yes, Express; Not Pickup
Posted on October 5, 2024 | 17 CommentsYes, there was a difference between a pickup and a truck with an express bed. It’s pretty irrelevant in the bigger scheme of things, but then we’re all about the […] -
![The year was 2000 and we had bought a new home. However, as we came into the 2001 tax season, we found out that the property tax had tripled. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/53574469124_19d191bce3_k-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My 1986 Grand Marquis And 1977 Ford LTD – Going For Broke!")
My 1986 Grand Marquis And 1977 Ford LTD – Going For Broke!
Posted on October 5, 2024 | 12 CommentsThe year was 2000 and we had bought a new home. However, as we came into the 2001 tax season, we found out that the property tax had tripled. […] -
![(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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_7435.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "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 […]
