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![In Part 1 of this review, I showed some of the highlights of the UK’s Spring Alfa Day held in April, looking at the rear wheel drive cars. Here, we’ll […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG-20230416-WA0005.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Carshow Photo Report: Spring Alfa Day 2023 – Part 2 – The Front Wheel Drive Cars")
Carshow Photo Report: Spring Alfa Day 2023 – Part 2 – The Front Wheel Drive Cars
Posted on May 12, 2023 | 5 CommentsIn Part 1 of this review, I showed some of the highlights of the UK’s Spring Alfa Day held in April, looking at the rear wheel drive cars. Here, we’ll […] -
Trailhead Outtakes: California Snow and Sand Edition
Posted on May 12, 2023 | 7 CommentsOn two recent camping trips I spotted a few interesting vehicles at trailheads, and wanted to share them here at CC. First, from a California SnoPark just last month. -
![Steering a heavy combination vehicle through the center of a town or city is part of the training and practical driving test to become a professional big rig driver. Paying […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_0954.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Big Rig Driving Lessons – Roll With It")
CC Global: Big Rig Driving Lessons – Roll With It
Posted on May 12, 2023 | 17 CommentsSteering a heavy combination vehicle through the center of a town or city is part of the training and practical driving test to become a professional big rig driver. Paying […] -
![I have been waiting a decade to find a genuine CC/driver-quality Studebaker Avanti. I have now checked another life-box after I stumbled across this one several weeks ago. My delight […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1963-Studbaker-Avanti-R1-07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1963 Studebaker Avanti – Remembering A Mentor")
Curbside Classic: 1963 Studebaker Avanti – Remembering A Mentor
Posted on May 12, 2023 | 56 CommentsI have been waiting a decade to find a genuine CC/driver-quality Studebaker Avanti. I have now checked another life-box after I stumbled across this one several weeks ago. My delight […] -
![(first posted 5/11/2017) The last Ford Falcon rolled off the Broadmeadows production line on October 6, 2016. The last Holden Commodore will roll off the Elizabeth production line on October […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/holden-calais-v-ford-falcon-g6e.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Comparisons: Last Of The Australians – 2007 Holden Calais V vs 2009 Ford Falcon G6E")
CC Comparisons: Last Of The Australians – 2007 Holden Calais V vs 2009 Ford Falcon G6E
Posted on May 11, 2023 | 78 Comments(first posted 5/11/2017) The last Ford Falcon rolled off the Broadmeadows production line on October 6, 2016. The last Holden Commodore will roll off the Elizabeth production line on October […] -
![(first posted 5/11/2017) While the early 1970’s spelled the end of the muscle car era, police cars were able to keep performance alive a little longer. Despite the ever tightening […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1978-Impala-9C1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1978 Michigan State Police Patrol Vehicle Test – The Beginning and End of an Era")
1978 Michigan State Police Patrol Vehicle Test – The Beginning and End of an Era
Posted on May 11, 2023 | 111 Comments(first posted 5/11/2017) While the early 1970’s spelled the end of the muscle car era, police cars were able to keep performance alive a little longer. Despite the ever tightening […] -
![The carshow season is now opening up, and first out of the blocks, for me at least, was Spring Alfa Day at Duxford aircraft museum. An event that does exactly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/DSC00856.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Carshow Photo Report: Spring Alfa Day 2023 – Part 1 – The Rear Wheel Drive Cars")
Carshow Photo Report: Spring Alfa Day 2023 – Part 1 – The Rear Wheel Drive Cars
Posted on May 11, 2023 | 12 CommentsThe carshow season is now opening up, and first out of the blocks, for me at least, was Spring Alfa Day at Duxford aircraft museum. An event that does exactly […] -
![(First posted 3/4/2016. I’m rerunning it in memory of my younger son Will, who wrote this. He lost his decade-long struggle with severe addiction yesterday (5/10/2023). He had been sober […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CC-117-021-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Daewoo Leganza – The Korean Lexus")
COAL: Daewoo Leganza – The Korean Lexus
Posted on May 11, 2023 | 122 Comments(First posted 3/4/2016. I’m rerunning it in memory of my younger son Will, who wrote this. He lost his decade-long struggle with severe addiction yesterday (5/10/2023). He had been sober […] -
![Car and Driver had a tradition of buying cars for their own use, and writing them up. In the fall of 1965, they were looking for something big enough to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fu-1-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car & Driver Road Test: 1966 Plymouth Fury III – The First C/D “Boss Wagon”")
Vintage Car & Driver Road Test: 1966 Plymouth Fury III – The First C/D “Boss Wagon”
Posted on May 11, 2023 | 43 CommentsCar and Driver had a tradition of buying cars for their own use, and writing them up. In the fall of 1965, they were looking for something big enough to […] -
![(first posted 5/10/2017) Many of you, our loyal readers (and writers), are older than I am. Most of you grew up in North America. Your formative automotive experiences are more […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ford-taurus-ghia-ad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "27 Favorites: The Cars That Made Me Love American Cars – Part 1, 1990-2000")
27 Favorites: The Cars That Made Me Love American Cars – Part 1, 1990-2000
Posted on May 10, 2023 | 67 Comments(first posted 5/10/2017) Many of you, our loyal readers (and writers), are older than I am. Most of you grew up in North America. Your formative automotive experiences are more […] -
![(first posted 5/10/2017) These photos, posted on the CC Cohort by nifty43 (nifticus) and taken in Vancouver in March this year, confirm one thing, I suggest, and without much debate. The […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34303654606_c44552ed16_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Classic: Citroen Ami 6 – The Greatest Ugly Car Ever?")
Cohort Classic: Citroen Ami 6 – The Greatest Ugly Car Ever?
Posted on May 10, 2023 | 78 Comments(first posted 5/10/2017) These photos, posted on the CC Cohort by nifty43 (nifticus) and taken in Vancouver in March this year, confirm one thing, I suggest, and without much debate. The […] -
![Yes, there are car shows at the USS Hornet. Most times on the pier but also sometimes both pier and our hanger deck. West Side de Berkeley organized this car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Hornet_Car_Show_072021_016.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show: USS Hornet")
Car Show: USS Hornet
Posted on May 10, 2023 | 13 CommentsYes, there are car shows at the USS Hornet. Most times on the pier but also sometimes both pier and our hanger deck. West Side de Berkeley organized this car […] -
![This review of the Subaru Star makes an excellent counterpoint to the one of the 1970 Maverick we had here last week. The Maverick was held up as the poster […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sub-1-a.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Road & Track Road Test: 1970 Subaru Star (FF-1) – The Anti-Maverick")
Vintage Road & Track Road Test: 1970 Subaru Star (FF-1) – The Anti-Maverick
Posted on May 10, 2023 | 23 CommentsThis review of the Subaru Star makes an excellent counterpoint to the one of the 1970 Maverick we had here last week. The Maverick was held up as the poster […] -
![I ran across this bit of former everyday-ness at the waste oil disposal tank at my local dump transfer station last weekend. It stood out among the various plastic jugs […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_4589.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "And Then One Day, There Were None — A Classic Oil Can")
And Then One Day, There Were None — A Classic Oil Can
Posted on May 10, 2023 | 69 CommentsI ran across this bit of former everyday-ness at the waste oil disposal tank at my local dump transfer station last weekend. It stood out among the various plastic jugs […] -
![We’re up to the fall of 1975. It was time for a big, big change in my life. I’d graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Economics […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1972-Ford-Pinto-American-Classics-Car-101784793-c20b38cf1b62357a683e21d438c321e0.jpg.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: A Pair Of Pintos")
COAL: A Pair Of Pintos
Posted on May 10, 2023 | 30 CommentsWe’re up to the fall of 1975. It was time for a big, big change in my life. I’d graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Economics […]
