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CC Global: The Many Faces Of Kei Miura
Posted on May 23, 2018 | 30 CommentsSaw this car for the first time a few days ago. -
![Thought I’d found a Cordoba. A little looking-into told me this was the concurrent Charger SE. SE is crucial here, as the non-SE Charger had the front clip whole body from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cordoba4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Driveway Capsule: 1976 or 1977 Dodge Charger SE?")
Driveway Capsule: 1976 or 1977 Dodge Charger SE?
Posted on May 16, 2018 | 42 CommentsThought I’d found a Cordoba. A little looking-into told me this was the concurrent Charger SE. SE is crucial here, as the non-SE Charger had the front clip whole body from […] -
![This Toyota Corona Liftback lives around the corner, and I get to enjoy its presence on the road fairly regularly. This generation is a dying breed; I see more of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/corona2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Driveway Outtakes: 1978-83 T130 Corona Liftback – Upstaging The Neighbours")
Driveway Outtakes: 1978-83 T130 Corona Liftback – Upstaging The Neighbours
Posted on May 9, 2018 | 20 CommentsThis Toyota Corona Liftback lives around the corner, and I get to enjoy its presence on the road fairly regularly. This generation is a dying breed; I see more of […] -
Wordless Outtake: It’s Not Only Happening To Sharebikes
Posted on May 3, 2018 | 19 CommentsFrom the Toronto Star. -
![The Guardian has published a photo essay on the plight of sharebikes in China. We’ve had a similar scheme launched recently here in Melbourne, with bikes ending up being thrown […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/4064.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Sharebikes In China")
CC Global: Sharebikes In China
Posted on May 2, 2018 | 38 CommentsThe Guardian has published a photo essay on the plight of sharebikes in China. We’ve had a similar scheme launched recently here in Melbourne, with bikes ending up being thrown […] -
![Welcome to another edition of my lowly-acclaimed Missed It By That Much series. Today, we get to see almost all of the bodies produced by Ford Australia for their XA […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/XAGTcoupe.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Outtakes: Missed It By That Much – Red Ford XA GT Edition")
In-Motion Outtakes: Missed It By That Much – Red Ford XA GT Edition
Posted on April 11, 2018 | 39 CommentsWelcome to another edition of my lowly-acclaimed Missed It By That Much series. Today, we get to see almost all of the bodies produced by Ford Australia for their XA […] -
![Sometimes the creative department within an advertising agency tries too hard to force-fit an ‘idea’ into a marketing brief. Above is example of such folly. Worse still is their ‘effort’ […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mbanonymous1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: The Deliberately Anonymous Car Part 4")
CC Outtake: The Deliberately Anonymous Car Part 4
Posted on March 28, 2018 | 20 CommentsSometimes the creative department within an advertising agency tries too hard to force-fit an ‘idea’ into a marketing brief. Above is example of such folly. Worse still is their ‘effort’ […] -
Wordless Outtake: Jinggang’ao Expressway Bottleneck
Posted on March 21, 2018 | 25 Comments -
![The Lotus Cortina Q-ship looms large over the entire Mark One Cortina range, and as a result the GT variant seems to live in its shadows. I captured these one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cortinaGTs.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In-Motion Outtake: Ford Cortina GT Mark One Times Two")
In-Motion Outtake: Ford Cortina GT Mark One Times Two
Posted on March 14, 2018 | 16 CommentsThe Lotus Cortina Q-ship looms large over the entire Mark One Cortina range, and as a result the GT variant seems to live in its shadows. I captured these one […] -
![It’s not uncommon to see a Commodore here in Australia gracing a bowtie. This tradition has been around for a while; I’ve seen it fitted on Holdens for as long […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/VFleftie2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: No, It’s Not A Reverse-Stembridge")
CC Outtakes: No, It’s Not A Reverse-Stembridge
Posted on February 28, 2018 | 30 CommentsIt’s not uncommon to see a Commodore here in Australia gracing a bowtie. This tradition has been around for a while; I’ve seen it fitted on Holdens for as long […] -
![It’s something we develop into a reflex. Many readers of this site will know those moments when you catch a glimpse of something in your vision’s periphery – a flash […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pu404b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "In Motion Outtakes: Pininfarina In Red, Topless")
In Motion Outtakes: Pininfarina In Red, Topless
Posted on February 21, 2018 | 15 CommentsIt’s something we develop into a reflex. Many readers of this site will know those moments when you catch a glimpse of something in your vision’s periphery – a flash […] -
![Don’t get me started on retro designs. I mean, you can give an automotive piece of art from 1950 – 1980 over any $500m Leonardo, but faux retro leaves me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/camper2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: Happier Camper – Quelling The Curmudgeon")
CC Outtakes: Happier Camper – Quelling The Curmudgeon
Posted on February 14, 2018 | 27 CommentsDon’t get me started on retro designs. I mean, you can give an automotive piece of art from 1950 – 1980 over any $500m Leonardo, but faux retro leaves me […] -
![It’s CC’s favourite member of the royal family – Lucas, Duke of Endarkenment. That might be him in ghostly form astride a brass era contraption, but it’s the one on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lucas-closeup.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: The Deliberately Anonymous Car Part 3")
CC Capsule: The Deliberately Anonymous Car Part 3
Posted on February 7, 2018 | 58 CommentsIt’s CC’s favourite member of the royal family – Lucas, Duke of Endarkenment. That might be him in ghostly form astride a brass era contraption, but it’s the one on […] -
![Another record fair find, and another new artist for me. Father Tom Vaughn, a genuine man of the cloth and a genuine jazz pianist. And that looks like a genuine […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fathertom1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Vinyl: Father Tom Vaughn – ‘Motor City Soul’")
CC Vinyl: Father Tom Vaughn – ‘Motor City Soul’
Posted on January 31, 2018 | 13 CommentsAnother record fair find, and another new artist for me. Father Tom Vaughn, a genuine man of the cloth and a genuine jazz pianist. And that looks like a genuine […] -
![I’m not very good with classic car pricing. Things seem to have gotten away from me of late with the surge in blue-chip classic values. But when I walked past […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/spur1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: Serious Depreciation")
CC Outtakes: Serious Depreciation
Posted on January 24, 2018 | 50 CommentsI’m not very good with classic car pricing. Things seem to have gotten away from me of late with the surge in blue-chip classic values. But when I walked past […]
