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Curbside Classics Archives
Museum Archive
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![At present, Toyota has a US Museum located in Torrance, California. The museum is not open to the public, but last year they offered local residents a week long open house. With Toyota’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Toyota-Museum-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Museum: The Toyota Motor Museum in Torrance, California")
CC Museum: The Toyota Motor Museum in Torrance, California
Posted on January 11, 2016 | 46 CommentsAt present, Toyota has a US Museum located in Torrance, California. The museum is not open to the public, but last year they offered local residents a week long open house. With Toyota’s […] -
![Along with the CCs I photographed in Rome and posted here and here for your reading pleasure, there was another place I decided to try and visit: Museo Delle Auto […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/PC140310.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: Rome Police Car Museum- Pull Over Sir, Pronto!")
Museum Classics: Rome Police Car Museum- Pull Over Sir, Pronto!
Posted on January 2, 2016 | 23 CommentsAlong with the CCs I photographed in Rome and posted here and here for your reading pleasure, there was another place I decided to try and visit: Museo Delle Auto […] -
![Ever since my father was diagnosed with dementia several years ago, I’ve been making the 15-hour trip to visit him as often as possible. My route takes me past several […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/microcarsign.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: Stubble of the Dubble Bubble – The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum")
Museum Classics: Stubble of the Dubble Bubble – The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum
Posted on December 6, 2015 | 19 CommentsEver since my father was diagnosed with dementia several years ago, I’ve been making the 15-hour trip to visit him as often as possible. My route takes me past several […] -
![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 […] -
![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 […] -
![Inside of this nondescript building is a treasure. At least some people would consider it a treasure. For this building contains the historical archives of the Studebaker Corporation. And it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/StudebakerArchives01Crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Cache – The Archives at the Studebaker National Museum")
Curbside Cache – The Archives at the Studebaker National Museum
Posted on November 19, 2015 | 35 CommentsInside of this nondescript building is a treasure. At least some people would consider it a treasure. For this building contains the historical archives of the Studebaker Corporation. And it […] -
![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. -
![In this fourth episode of the DAF Museum tour we walk by a comprehensive collection of specialties. The one-offs, prototypes, concepts, toys for the rich and famous, locally used custom-built […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_0266.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: DAF Museum Eindhoven, Part Four – The Specialties")
Museum Classics: DAF Museum Eindhoven, Part Four – The Specialties
Posted on September 25, 2015 | 48 CommentsIn this fourth episode of the DAF Museum tour we walk by a comprehensive collection of specialties. The one-offs, prototypes, concepts, toys for the rich and famous, locally used custom-built […] -
![Once the Second World War was over, DAF started to develop their own trucks and the series production started in 1949. The Van Doorne brothers’ next goal was to develop […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_0297.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: DAF Museum Eindhoven, Part Three – The Cars")
Museum Classics: DAF Museum Eindhoven, Part Three – The Cars
Posted on September 18, 2015 | 44 CommentsOnce the Second World War was over, DAF started to develop their own trucks and the series production started in 1949. The Van Doorne brothers’ next goal was to develop […] -
![Since the thirties DAF has built an amazing variety of military vehicles for the Dutch Army. From a simple single axle trailer to the 530 hp DAF TROPCO 6×6 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/IMG_0140.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: DAF Museum Eindhoven, Part Two – The Military Vehicles")
Museum Classics: DAF Museum Eindhoven, Part Two – The Military Vehicles
Posted on September 11, 2015 | 21 CommentsSince the thirties DAF has built an amazing variety of military vehicles for the Dutch Army. From a simple single axle trailer to the 530 hp DAF TROPCO 6×6 […] -
![Right now, I feel like a somewhat less manic Neal Cassady, because I’ve driven perhaps 2000 miles in less than a week and I can’t sleep. Coming to a dead […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/012.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Race Track and Museum Classics: Lotus Europa–Visiting America I see Europa")
Race Track and Museum Classics: Lotus Europa–Visiting America I see Europa
Posted on August 3, 2015 | 22 CommentsRight now, I feel like a somewhat less manic Neal Cassady, because I’ve driven perhaps 2000 miles in less than a week and I can’t sleep. Coming to a dead […] -
![Co-author’s Note: This is a collaborative piece written by my seventh-grade daughter and me. We went to the museum as a history lesson and it’s a follow-up of sorts from […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_4939.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Auto World Museum, Revisited")
The Auto World Museum, Revisited
Posted on June 25, 2015 | 39 CommentsCo-author’s Note: This is a collaborative piece written by my seventh-grade daughter and me. We went to the museum as a history lesson and it’s a follow-up of sorts from […] -
![There are some cars you expect to see at a museum or a classic car show. Mustangs. Rolls-Royces. Ferraris. Then, there are cars that come completely out of left field […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1974-hong-qi-ca-770-7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: Auto Collection at The LINQ – Part 2")
Museum Classics: Auto Collection at The LINQ – Part 2
Posted on April 28, 2015 | 32 CommentsThere are some cars you expect to see at a museum or a classic car show. Mustangs. Rolls-Royces. Ferraris. Then, there are cars that come completely out of left field […]
