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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Johannes Dutch
Posts by Johannes Dutch
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![For the 15th time, around 600 classic American rides were present at this yearly car show, held in the south of the Netherlands. As usual, there was a grand collection […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_0529.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 2022 Internationaal Classic USA Cars Treffen Reuver – Part One")
Car Show Classics: 2022 Internationaal Classic USA Cars Treffen Reuver – Part One
Posted on September 12, 2022 | 29 CommentsFor the 15th time, around 600 classic American rides were present at this yearly car show, held in the south of the Netherlands. As usual, there was a grand collection […] -
Wordless Outtake: From The Files Of Police Squad
Posted on September 10, 2022 | 30 Comments -
![A red truck against a green background. Complementary colors, opposites of each other on the color wheel. This MAN stood out like a fire truck on an ocean beach, it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_0382.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2018 MAN TGS 41.420 8×4 – In Broad Daylight")
CC Global: 2018 MAN TGS 41.420 8×4 – In Broad Daylight
Posted on September 4, 2022 | 12 CommentsA red truck against a green background. Complementary colors, opposites of each other on the color wheel. This MAN stood out like a fire truck on an ocean beach, it […] -
![These days, heavy-duty Fords with the biggest engines and highest towing capacity come from Turkey. The Ford Otosan company brought out a special, limited edition of their successful F-Max 4×2 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0342.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: Ford F-Max Blackline – Saddle Up And Ride Your Draft Horse")
CC Global: Ford F-Max Blackline – Saddle Up And Ride Your Draft Horse
Posted on August 29, 2022 | 11 CommentsThese days, heavy-duty Fords with the biggest engines and highest towing capacity come from Turkey. The Ford Otosan company brought out a special, limited edition of their successful F-Max 4×2 […] -
![Vrachtwagen met wipkar. That’s Double Dutch for a straight truck with a close-coupled center axle trailer, a widely used combination vehicle in the Netherlands for transporting flowers and potted plants. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0345.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2022 Scania S530 V8 And 2015 DAF XF 510 Potted Plant Movers – Wallflowers They Ain’t")
CC Global: 2022 Scania S530 V8 And 2015 DAF XF 510 Potted Plant Movers – Wallflowers They Ain’t
Posted on August 19, 2022 | 14 CommentsVrachtwagen met wipkar. That’s Double Dutch for a straight truck with a close-coupled center axle trailer, a widely used combination vehicle in the Netherlands for transporting flowers and potted plants. […] -
![A mobile concrete batching plant is something I never saw before. It was also the first truck body I caught that wasn’t built somewhere in the EU. Yet this Swedish-Canadian […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0321.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2020 Volvo FH With Bay-Lynx Volumetric Concrete Mixer – A Canadian In The Mix")
CC Global: 2020 Volvo FH With Bay-Lynx Volumetric Concrete Mixer – A Canadian In The Mix
Posted on August 15, 2022 | 18 CommentsA mobile concrete batching plant is something I never saw before. It was also the first truck body I caught that wasn’t built somewhere in the EU. Yet this Swedish-Canadian […] -
![Growing flowers and potted plants is big business in the Netherlands. Consequently, an immense armada of dedicated trucks and combination vehicles to transport the end products is roaming the roads, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0316.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2021 Scania G360 6×2*4 Truck – They Don’t Make Them Like That Any Longer")
CC Global: 2021 Scania G360 6×2*4 Truck – They Don’t Make Them Like That Any Longer
Posted on August 12, 2022 | 9 CommentsGrowing flowers and potted plants is big business in the Netherlands. Consequently, an immense armada of dedicated trucks and combination vehicles to transport the end products is roaming the roads, […] -
![In January 1963, Swedish truck maker Scania-Vabis introduced the LB 76 cabover series of heavy trucks and tractors, mainly to serve the key export markets, where overall length restrictions had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0312.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truck Stop Classic: 1964 Scania-Vabis LBS 76 Super – Friendly-Faced Toughness")
Truck Stop Classic: 1964 Scania-Vabis LBS 76 Super – Friendly-Faced Toughness
Posted on August 10, 2022 | 9 CommentsIn January 1963, Swedish truck maker Scania-Vabis introduced the LB 76 cabover series of heavy trucks and tractors, mainly to serve the key export markets, where overall length restrictions had […] -
![(first posted 8/7/2016) Along with all the European trucks that we saw before, there was also a wide variety of classic -and more recent- American trucks at the Truck Show […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_1852.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truck Show Classics: 2016 Oldtimer Truck Show Stroe – American Trucks")
Truck Show Classics: 2016 Oldtimer Truck Show Stroe – American Trucks
Posted on August 7, 2022 | 28 Comments(first posted 8/7/2016) Along with all the European trucks that we saw before, there was also a wide variety of classic -and more recent- American trucks at the Truck Show […] -
![Finally I caught a panel van that provided some insight into the owner’s business. Normally, everything is hidden behind closed cargo- and sliding doors. As demonstrated here, many compact commercial […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_0299.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: The House Painter’s 2013 Peugeot Partner 1.6 HDi – Transparant Workplace")
CC Global: The House Painter’s 2013 Peugeot Partner 1.6 HDi – Transparant Workplace
Posted on August 1, 2022 | 15 CommentsFinally I caught a panel van that provided some insight into the owner’s business. Normally, everything is hidden behind closed cargo- and sliding doors. As demonstrated here, many compact commercial […] -
Wordless Outtake: 1969 DAF B1100 – Raised Roof Sleeper Cab
Posted on July 29, 2022 | 7 Comments -
![(first posted 7/24/2016) Round two of the recently held truck show in Stroe, the Netherlands, starts with a 1958 Ford Thames 500E. Until 1957 this truck model was known as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_1874.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Truck Show Classics: 2016 Oldtimer Truck Show Stroe – European Trucks, Part 2")
Truck Show Classics: 2016 Oldtimer Truck Show Stroe – European Trucks, Part 2
Posted on July 24, 2022 | 29 Comments(first posted 7/24/2016) Round two of the recently held truck show in Stroe, the Netherlands, starts with a 1958 Ford Thames 500E. Until 1957 this truck model was known as […] -
![Snackbar, friture (or frituur), cafetaria, friettent, friet-/patatkraam, frietkot. These nouns are meaning roughly the same, namely a mostly small -or even humble- facility in the Netherlands or Flanders where you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_0297.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Global: 2003 SsangYong Korando And 2007 Niewiadów Food Trailer – Burning And Heating Oil")
CC Global: 2003 SsangYong Korando And 2007 Niewiadów Food Trailer – Burning And Heating Oil
Posted on July 18, 2022 | 24 CommentsSnackbar, friture (or frituur), cafetaria, friettent, friet-/patatkraam, frietkot. These nouns are meaning roughly the same, namely a mostly small -or even humble- facility in the Netherlands or Flanders where you […] -
![A huge, almost vertical windshield and a short nose with a slightly sloping hood. Straight lines everywhere. The unmistakable shape of a second gen Mercedes-Benz T2, introduced in 1986. Eliminator […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/709D-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: Mercedes-Benz 709D Flatbed Trucks – Two-Tee-Twos")
Cohort Pic(k)s of the Day: Mercedes-Benz 709D Flatbed Trucks – Two-Tee-Twos
Posted on July 15, 2022 | 11 CommentsA huge, almost vertical windshield and a short nose with a slightly sloping hood. Straight lines everywhere. The unmistakable shape of a second gen Mercedes-Benz T2, introduced in 1986. Eliminator […] -
![Two European B-segment (subcompact) hatchbacks, so close and yet so far apart. A German generalist and a direct Mini-competitor from France. Old Age, as in a 20th century design, vs […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_0294.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtakes: 2000 Volkswagen Polo vs 2011 Citroën DS3 Racing – The Not So Fast And The Chic Furious")
CC Outtakes: 2000 Volkswagen Polo vs 2011 Citroën DS3 Racing – The Not So Fast And The Chic Furious
Posted on July 8, 2022 | 4 CommentsTwo European B-segment (subcompact) hatchbacks, so close and yet so far apart. A German generalist and a direct Mini-competitor from France. Old Age, as in a 20th century design, vs […]
