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Car Show Classics: Toyota Australia – Marking The End Of An Era, Part 3
Posted on October 26, 2017 | 26 CommentsWelcome to the third part of the tour through the Toyota Club show, and Toyota Australia’s history – things are about to get boxy, as this Corolla wagon illustrates! -
![Continuing a stroll through Toyota Australia history via the Toyota Car Club’s show at the just-closed Altona North factory, I’ll start with the Japanese pony car – Celica, which debuted […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Celica-silver-rear.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: Toyota Australia – Marking The End Of An Era, Part 2")
Car Show Classics: Toyota Australia – Marking The End Of An Era, Part 2
Posted on October 19, 2017 | 33 CommentsContinuing a stroll through Toyota Australia history via the Toyota Car Club’s show at the just-closed Altona North factory, I’ll start with the Japanese pony car – Celica, which debuted […] -
![Back in August the Toyota Car Club had their annual display, with a special twist. With the closure of the Altona North factory coming up (which occurred last Tuesday October […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Toyota-Crown-MS40.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: Toyota Australia – Marking The End Of An Era, Part 1")
Car Show Classics: Toyota Australia – Marking The End Of An Era, Part 1
Posted on October 12, 2017 | 38 CommentsBack in August the Toyota Car Club had their annual display, with a special twist. With the closure of the Altona North factory coming up (which occurred last Tuesday October […] -
![We’ve recently passed the end of an automotive era, one that surprisingly went unheralded on this site. Well, that just won’t do, as it is our job here at CC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_7111.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Sedan Delivery")
Automotive History: The Sedan Delivery
Posted on June 9, 2017 | 82 CommentsWe’ve recently passed the end of an automotive era, one that surprisingly went unheralded on this site. Well, that just won’t do, as it is our job here at CC […] -
![We all know the story of how the Fox-body Mustang was almost replaced with the FWD, Mazda-derived Ford Probe. What some of you may not know is GM nearly made […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/gm-80-prototype-6-.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive Histories: The GM-80 Camaro/Firebird – F-Body (Almost) Becomes FWD-Body")
Automotive Histories: The GM-80 Camaro/Firebird – F-Body (Almost) Becomes FWD-Body
Posted on April 10, 2017 | 48 CommentsWe all know the story of how the Fox-body Mustang was almost replaced with the FWD, Mazda-derived Ford Probe. What some of you may not know is GM nearly made […] -
![(first posted 4/23/2013. Updated and expanded 3/26/2017) It’s an issue that has bugged me for way to many decades: why did the 1959 Lark and 1960 Valiant have such similar […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Studebaker-Lark-1960-fr1jg-crop-horz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Design History: Why The 1959 Studebaker Lark Front End Looked So Much Like The 1960 Valiant Front End")
Design History: Why The 1959 Studebaker Lark Front End Looked So Much Like The 1960 Valiant Front End
Posted on March 26, 2017 | 58 Comments(first posted 4/23/2013. Updated and expanded 3/26/2017) It’s an issue that has bugged me for way to many decades: why did the 1959 Lark and 1960 Valiant have such similar […] -
![(first posted 8/19/2011) We often take General Motors to task in this space for its failure to learn from its mistakes. But today’s tale involves the opposite problem for GM […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/nova-saloon.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: 1985 Chevrolet CorNova – Lessons Not Learned")
Automotive History: 1985 Chevrolet CorNova – Lessons Not Learned
Posted on March 15, 2017 | 98 Comments(first posted 8/19/2011) We often take General Motors to task in this space for its failure to learn from its mistakes. But today’s tale involves the opposite problem for GM […] -
![[The good Dr. Rudolf Diesel himself.] In my “Cars of a Lifetime” article, The RWD Diesel Stick-Shift Brown Station Wagon Mythical Beast of the Internet, I touched briefly on the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Civic_Vacuum_Diagram-All.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Brown, RWD, Manual Transmission, Diesel Station Wagon – A Comprehensive Guide To That Mythical Beast Of The Internet")
The Brown, RWD, Manual Transmission, Diesel Station Wagon – A Comprehensive Guide To That Mythical Beast Of The Internet
Posted on November 23, 2016 | 75 Comments[The good Dr. Rudolf Diesel himself.] In my “Cars of a Lifetime” article, The RWD Diesel Stick-Shift Brown Station Wagon Mythical Beast of the Internet, I touched briefly on the […] -
![The recent article on the Dale three-wheeler re-kindled an interest of mine in bizarre automotive swindles. The Tucker precedent is of course so notorious as to having warranted an entire […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Arbel_Symetric4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Arbel Symétric – The Atomic Prius That Came And Went")
Automotive History: The Arbel Symétric – The Atomic Prius That Came And Went
Posted on November 9, 2016 | 22 CommentsThe recent article on the Dale three-wheeler re-kindled an interest of mine in bizarre automotive swindles. The Tucker precedent is of course so notorious as to having warranted an entire […] -
![(first posted 3/26/2011) Every summer, the sputtering, popping hit-and-miss utility engines, the booming exhaust pulses of a giant antique gas-powered generator engine, the hissing and huffing of steam engines and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Powerland-SteamUp-09-004-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Porsche, Lamborghini, Field Marshall And Much More- CC Does Powerland Steam-Up")
Porsche, Lamborghini, Field Marshall And Much More- CC Does Powerland Steam-Up
Posted on October 30, 2016 | 19 Comments(first posted 3/26/2011) Every summer, the sputtering, popping hit-and-miss utility engines, the booming exhaust pulses of a giant antique gas-powered generator engine, the hissing and huffing of steam engines and […] -
![(first posted 9/2/2011) I hope everyone will spend a moment of quiet remembrance today for the occasion of the end of the bloodletting that was World War II. It was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VJ-Day.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Celebrating V-J Day – When Cars Came Home From The War")
Automotive History: Celebrating V-J Day – When Cars Came Home From The War
Posted on September 2, 2016 | 38 Comments(first posted 9/2/2011) I hope everyone will spend a moment of quiet remembrance today for the occasion of the end of the bloodletting that was World War II. It was […] -
![If there is one vehicle associated with Australia it is the ute, or to give it the original formal name, the Coupe Utility. As the proud owner of a ute […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1997-Ford-Falcon-Outback-ute-at-Lake-Eyre.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History – The Aussie Ute")
Automotive History – The Aussie Ute
Posted on July 31, 2016 | 46 CommentsIf there is one vehicle associated with Australia it is the ute, or to give it the original formal name, the Coupe Utility. As the proud owner of a ute […] -
![We all have bad ideas sometimes. That’s okay if we don’t affect much. But when a big car company manages to dramatically misjudge what the public wants and releases a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ami-brochure.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Hello Darkness, Citroen’s Old Ami -The Surprisingly Complex History Of The Citroen Ami")
Automotive History: Hello Darkness, Citroen’s Old Ami -The Surprisingly Complex History Of The Citroen Ami
Posted on July 15, 2016 | 62 CommentsWe all have bad ideas sometimes. That’s okay if we don’t affect much. But when a big car company manages to dramatically misjudge what the public wants and releases a […] -
![(first posted 10/23/2012) 1924 was a mere eighty-eight years ago. So put on your traveling clothes and let’s take a figurative trip back in time. There is a substantial automotive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Coolidge.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "It’s 1924; A Glimpse Into What Was")
It’s 1924; A Glimpse Into What Was
Posted on June 20, 2016 | 36 Comments(first posted 10/23/2012) 1924 was a mere eighty-eight years ago. So put on your traveling clothes and let’s take a figurative trip back in time. There is a substantial automotive […] -
![I recently came across a fascinating intellectual property hearing from last year. It concerns replicas of the Batmobile, and provides an interesting perspective as to what constitutes the character of a car. This […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/finalfutura.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Caselaw: The Lincoln Futura, The Batmobile, And The Building Of Character")
CC Caselaw: The Lincoln Futura, The Batmobile, And The Building Of Character
Posted on April 2, 2016 | 43 CommentsI recently came across a fascinating intellectual property hearing from last year. It concerns replicas of the Batmobile, and provides an interesting perspective as to what constitutes the character of a car. This […]
