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- Drives an Alfa Romeo Giulietta and a 1996 Alfa Romeo Spider when the suns shines at the weekend. Gradate of Coventry University, Britain's Detroit.
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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Roger Carr
Posts by Roger Carr
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![The CC Cohort is a great source for photographs of Curbside Classics, and also an insight into how fellow Curbivores observe Classics, and how they are used. Predominantly the Cohort […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bentley-Continental-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Outtake: Cars Help Make Friends")
Cohort Outtake: Cars Help Make Friends
Posted on October 25, 2016 | 21 CommentsThe CC Cohort is a great source for photographs of Curbside Classics, and also an insight into how fellow Curbivores observe Classics, and how they are used. Predominantly the Cohort […] -
![This particular piece of graffiti has been on the Chalfont Railway viaduct, through which the M25 London Orbital motorway passes, has carried the slogan “Give Peas a Chance” for many […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/4-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD – Should We Give Peas A Chance, Or What’s Your Favourite Motorway Graffiti?")
QOTD – Should We Give Peas A Chance, Or What’s Your Favourite Motorway Graffiti?
Posted on October 8, 2016 | 52 CommentsThis particular piece of graffiti has been on the Chalfont Railway viaduct, through which the M25 London Orbital motorway passes, has carried the slogan “Give Peas a Chance” for many […] -
![In the early 1960s the realisation was dawning—on some at least—that Britain needed to do a bit more in the way of innovation, in the application of science, engineering, industrial […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cinema-12.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Bedford SB Mobile Cinema – From The White Heat Of Technology")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Bedford SB Mobile Cinema – From The White Heat Of Technology
Posted on September 18, 2016 | 24 CommentsIn the early 1960s the realisation was dawning—on some at least—that Britain needed to do a bit more in the way of innovation, in the application of science, engineering, industrial […] -
![The term Curbivore was coined by CC old timer Bryce in this post just over five years ago. It aptly defines people like you and me, feeding our endless automotive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Scan.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD – What Made You A Curbivore?")
QOTD – What Made You A Curbivore?
Posted on September 11, 2016 | 76 CommentsThe term Curbivore was coined by CC old timer Bryce in this post just over five years ago. It aptly defines people like you and me, feeding our endless automotive […] -
![There is no need to attempt to cover the full history of the Peugeot 504 here – Paul Niedermeyer did that thoroughly only recently, and the history of the Coupe […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/504-conv.9.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Peugeot Fest Outtake: Peugeot 504 Cabriolet – Is This The Best Looking French Car Ever?")
Peugeot Fest Outtake: Peugeot 504 Cabriolet – Is This The Best Looking French Car Ever?
Posted on July 31, 2016 | 25 CommentsThere is no need to attempt to cover the full history of the Peugeot 504 here – Paul Niedermeyer did that thoroughly only recently, and the history of the Coupe […] -
![The history of the British motor industry, especially that of BMC, BLMC and its successors is full of missed opportunities, dead ends and incomplete projects. Perhaps the most intriguing of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/DSC04936.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Carshow Classic – 2004 MG X Power SV: Not Exactly What Was Required")
Carshow Classic – 2004 MG X Power SV: Not Exactly What Was Required
Posted on July 27, 2016 | 24 CommentsThe history of the British motor industry, especially that of BMC, BLMC and its successors is full of missed opportunities, dead ends and incomplete projects. Perhaps the most intriguing of […] -
Wordless (Almost) Outtake – “Gentlemen, We Deserve a Drink!”
Posted on July 24, 2016 | 19 CommentsThese guys have working these engines all afternoon, and deserved a beer, without doubt. -
![A street market has been held in Cambridge since the times of the Saxons, perhaps 1200 years ago. Logically, as this part of the city and of England is almost universally […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/DSC04824.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Carshow Photo Report – Market Hill, Cambridge, May 2016")
Carshow Photo Report – Market Hill, Cambridge, May 2016
Posted on July 22, 2016 | 35 CommentsA street market has been held in Cambridge since the times of the Saxons, perhaps 1200 years ago. Logically, as this part of the city and of England is almost universally […] -
CC Clue
Posted on July 5, 2016 | 10 CommentsThomas Kreutzer got Jason Shafer’s clue for the GM 250 CID 6 cylinder in just 5 minutes – can you beat that? -
![Britain has a proud history of small car manufacturers, with names like Jensen and Morgan being familiar. Most have, or had, a unique proposition – Jensen had a Chrysler V8 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1976-relaint-Kitten.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Outtake: 1976 Reliant Kitten Estate – Four Wheels On My Robin")
Curbside Outtake: 1976 Reliant Kitten Estate – Four Wheels On My Robin
Posted on June 8, 2016 | 44 CommentsBritain has a proud history of small car manufacturers, with names like Jensen and Morgan being familiar. Most have, or had, a unique proposition – Jensen had a Chrysler V8 […] -
![Should you meet your heroes? Many say “No, you will be disappointed in one way or another”. But what about meeting a true CC, a holder of the CC Grand’Croix […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1970-citroen-id.3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Driving Review – 1970 Citroen ID19 Familiale – Yes, You Can Meet Your Heroes.")
CC Driving Review – 1970 Citroen ID19 Familiale – Yes, You Can Meet Your Heroes.
Posted on June 5, 2016 | 40 CommentsShould you meet your heroes? Many say “No, you will be disappointed in one way or another”. But what about meeting a true CC, a holder of the CC Grand’Croix […] -
![Any Rover 3500 SD1 series 1 is a noteworthy sight. A left hooker, in France, with a Parisian registration and yellow headlights and in mid 1970s brown, is almost certainly […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1420.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1977 Rover 3500 SD1 Series 1 – Calling To Me To Say “Release Me!”")
CC Outtake: 1977 Rover 3500 SD1 Series 1 – Calling To Me To Say “Release Me!”
Posted on April 12, 2016 | 33 CommentsAny Rover 3500 SD1 series 1 is a noteworthy sight. A left hooker, in France, with a Parisian registration and yellow headlights and in mid 1970s brown, is almost certainly […] -
![I’ve recently started researching, for reasons that will become apparent later this spring, a feature for CC that includes some views of the post war shopping and business centre of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Cov-1961.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Streetscape Challenge UK: Outside Woolworth’s, Coventry, 1961")
Streetscape Challenge UK: Outside Woolworth’s, Coventry, 1961
Posted on April 2, 2016 | 38 CommentsI’ve recently started researching, for reasons that will become apparent later this spring, a feature for CC that includes some views of the post war shopping and business centre of […] -
![I have referred previously on CC to the Imperial War Museum (IWM) aircraft and military vehicle collection at Duxford, near Cambridge in England, and personally I cannot recommend it enough […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/SR71.2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: The American Air Museum In Britain, part of the Imperial War Museum.")
Museum Classics: The American Air Museum In Britain, part of the Imperial War Museum.
Posted on March 31, 2016 | 55 CommentsI have referred previously on CC to the Imperial War Museum (IWM) aircraft and military vehicle collection at Duxford, near Cambridge in England, and personally I cannot recommend it enough […] -
![Fellow Curbivore GN has recently shown us a Car and Driver feature on the 1966 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, so it seems appropriate to show this, an example of something that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/WP_20160313_001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1985 Bentley Continental – What’s Not To Like?")
CC Capsule: 1985 Bentley Continental – What’s Not To Like?
Posted on March 26, 2016 | 26 CommentsFellow Curbivore GN has recently shown us a Car and Driver feature on the 1966 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, so it seems appropriate to show this, an example of something that […]
