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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Mads Jensen
Posts by Mads Jensen
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![After the Alfa Romeo, I longed for something that felt reliable and stable, something familiar. So I started looking for a Volvo 740 like my dad once owned. I ended […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/volvo-760-1983-12.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1988 Volvo 740 GLE – Moby Dick")
COAL: 1988 Volvo 740 GLE – Moby Dick
Posted on August 9, 2017 | 27 CommentsAfter the Alfa Romeo, I longed for something that felt reliable and stable, something familiar. So I started looking for a Volvo 740 like my dad once owned. I ended […] -
![As you can read elsewhere on this site, the 75 is and always has been one of my favorite cars. I bought my 75 as someone who had grown up […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_1912_light.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1988 Alfa Romeo 75 2.0 Twin Spark – “The Italian”")
COAL: 1988 Alfa Romeo 75 2.0 Twin Spark – “The Italian”
Posted on August 2, 2017 | 41 CommentsAs you can read elsewhere on this site, the 75 is and always has been one of my favorite cars. I bought my 75 as someone who had grown up […] -
![I grew up on the backseat of a 1979 Volvo 242 DL. My parents had an Alfa Romeo Alfasud just before I started remembering things, so the Volvo is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2016-03-28-15.21.21.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1978 Volvo 242 L – Unfulfilled Potential")
COAL: 1978 Volvo 242 L – Unfulfilled Potential
Posted on July 26, 2017 | 15 CommentsI grew up on the backseat of a 1979 Volvo 242 DL. My parents had an Alfa Romeo Alfasud just before I started remembering things, so the Volvo is […] -
![Around 1997 my grandmother was not able to get her license renewed and my dad bought her one-owner, low mileage Fiat 127 for me (and my sister, but she […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2016-03-28-15.19.56.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1973 Fiat 127 – The One That Got Away")
COAL: 1973 Fiat 127 – The One That Got Away
Posted on July 19, 2017 | 36 CommentsAround 1997 my grandmother was not able to get her license renewed and my dad bought her one-owner, low mileage Fiat 127 for me (and my sister, but she […] -
![Most modern Danish car building attempts have been small, electric vehicles. The final Danish car at the museum, where I have taken the photos for the past six installments of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_20151018_155006.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Danish Delights #7: 1998 Kewet")
Danish Delights #7: 1998 Kewet
Posted on December 4, 2015 | 8 CommentsMost modern Danish car building attempts have been small, electric vehicles. The final Danish car at the museum, where I have taken the photos for the past six installments of […] -
![(first posted on 3/16/12. Text amended and expanded, pictures added) I am a reasonable human being and therefore I have never craved an Ellert. When this thing came out in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IMG_20151018_154726.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Danish Delights #6: 1987 Ellert")
Danish Delights #6: 1987 Ellert
Posted on November 27, 2015 | 14 Comments(first posted on 3/16/12. Text amended and expanded, pictures added) I am a reasonable human being and therefore I have never craved an Ellert. When this thing came out in […] -
![Moving on from the Sommer family’s cars, we meet Steen Volmer Jensen, who at age 19 decided he would build a car on his own. This car was never intended […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_20151018_154503.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Danish Delights #5: 1967 SVJ 1000 GT")
Danish Delights #5: 1967 SVJ 1000 GT
Posted on November 20, 2015 | 15 CommentsMoving on from the Sommer family’s cars, we meet Steen Volmer Jensen, who at age 19 decided he would build a car on his own. This car was never intended […] -
![Does this shape look familiar? As is practically always the case when you see this shape, it is not an original Cobra. In fact, despite its turbocharger, Carroll Shelby would […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_20151018_145703.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Danish Delights #4: 1981 OScar")
Danish Delights #4: 1981 OScar
Posted on November 13, 2015 | 15 CommentsDoes this shape look familiar? As is practically always the case when you see this shape, it is not an original Cobra. In fact, despite its turbocharger, Carroll Shelby would […] -
![In the late sixties Ole Sommer visited California. Now, I was born a decade later but I imagine that was probably one of the most carefree and easygoing environments the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_20151018_145439.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Danish Delights #3: 1972 Sommer Joker")
Danish Delights #3: 1972 Sommer Joker
Posted on November 6, 2015 | 10 CommentsIn the late sixties Ole Sommer visited California. Now, I was born a decade later but I imagine that was probably one of the most carefree and easygoing environments the […] -
![So this looks like a Volvo Amazon (or 120 series) at first, right? Especially from the front, but it is actually not that simple. It is based on the frame […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/IMG_20151018_145943.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Danish Delights #2: 1960 Volvo Special")
Danish Delights #2: 1960 Volvo Special
Posted on October 30, 2015 | 15 CommentsSo this looks like a Volvo Amazon (or 120 series) at first, right? Especially from the front, but it is actually not that simple. It is based on the frame […] -
Danish Delights #1: 1950 Sommer S1
Posted on October 23, 2015 | 23 CommentsThis is the first installment of a series of posts on attempts at Danish car production after the Second World War. First up is the 1950 Sommer S1. -
![Both the Subaru Sambar and the Ford Econoline are very rare vans (and buses) in Denmark, so to see both is quite special, and to see them next to each […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Vans-big-and-small-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC outtake: Look! It Had A Baby!")
CC outtake: Look! It Had A Baby!
Posted on May 30, 2015 | 17 CommentsBoth the Subaru Sambar and the Ford Econoline are very rare vans (and buses) in Denmark, so to see both is quite special, and to see them next to each […]
