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Curbside Classics Archives
CC Vintage Archive
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![THE JAZZ AGE: American Style in the 1920’s. Cleveland Museum of Art Show, concluded January 14, 2018 The decade of the 1920’s was a glorious age for design. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/JAZZ-AGE-CMA.Day-2...01.11.2018-294.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The Jazz Age on the Road to Art Deco: The 1925 Springfield Rolls Royce to the 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton, Bookends of an Era")
The Jazz Age on the Road to Art Deco: The 1925 Springfield Rolls Royce to the 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton, Bookends of an Era
Posted on June 10, 2018 | 26 CommentsTHE JAZZ AGE: American Style in the 1920’s. Cleveland Museum of Art Show, concluded January 14, 2018 The decade of the 1920’s was a glorious age for design. […] -
![Ever since I was a little kid, I have been a sucker for junkyards. I can get lost in time looking through piles of junked cars, having fun just trying […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/RT0568-Junkyard-Cover.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Vintage Image: Auto Scrapyard Circa 1968 – Treasure Hunt In The Trash")
CC Vintage Image: Auto Scrapyard Circa 1968 – Treasure Hunt In The Trash
Posted on February 9, 2018 | 54 CommentsEver since I was a little kid, I have been a sucker for junkyards. I can get lost in time looking through piles of junked cars, having fun just trying […] -
![Raise your hand who else has daydreamt about travelling to the past with discreetly-camouflaged high-definition digital camera equipment. No such luck with this interesting footage made public today from the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Diaporama: Vancouver, 1966")
CC Diaporama: Vancouver, 1966
Posted on November 6, 2017 | 89 CommentsRaise your hand who else has daydreamt about travelling to the past with discreetly-camouflaged high-definition digital camera equipment. No such luck with this interesting footage made public today from the […] -
CC Humor: MAD About Commuting in the 1970s
Posted on September 29, 2017 | 15 CommentsNothing makes drivers MAD-der than the frustrations of commuting. What was awful then is worse now. -
![These are two scans from the big box of my dad’s photos. The date written on the back of each is January 1, 1966. He loved astronomy and day trips. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Palomar19660101.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Outtakes: Mount Palomar Observatory 1966")
Vintage Outtakes: Mount Palomar Observatory 1966
Posted on October 15, 2016 | 25 CommentsThese are two scans from the big box of my dad’s photos. The date written on the back of each is January 1, 1966. He loved astronomy and day trips. […] -
![It is proving to be harder than I ever imagined to find great curbside classics in Japan. I’ve thought a lot about the reasons why and the only reasonable explanation […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0887.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Cute-Ute: The Nissan Sunny GB120")
Curbside Cute-Ute: The Nissan Sunny GB120
Posted on May 26, 2016 | 20 CommentsIt is proving to be harder than I ever imagined to find great curbside classics in Japan. I’ve thought a lot about the reasons why and the only reasonable explanation […] -
![I’ve been enjoying Yohai’s 1980s vintage Road and Track ads, and I have a few old magazines, so let’s turn the time machine back to April 1964, and see a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CD-April-1964-001-900.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Magazine Ads: April 1964 Car and Driver – With Full Color 1964 GTO Insert")
Vintage Magazine Ads: April 1964 Car and Driver – With Full Color 1964 GTO Insert
Posted on January 25, 2016 | 26 CommentsI’ve been enjoying Yohai’s 1980s vintage Road and Track ads, and I have a few old magazines, so let’s turn the time machine back to April 1964, and see a […] -
![donkincl posted a few vintage black and white shots at the Cohort that he says were taken in San Francisco around 1980. They’re evocative, as I remember well the many […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SF-1980-1947-chrysler-conv.png?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Vintage: CCs Of San Francisco, Circa 1980")
CC Vintage: CCs Of San Francisco, Circa 1980
Posted on June 29, 2015 | 34 Commentsdonkincl posted a few vintage black and white shots at the Cohort that he says were taken in San Francisco around 1980. They’re evocative, as I remember well the many […] -
![Jim’s second wander though the storage lot the other day brought us the double decker Chevy/Dodge A100 hybrid, which struck a note of familiarity within me. This still from the 60s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/petitsplusquatro3ps.9595.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Vintage Outtake: Double Decker Citroen – The Ultimate Scenicruiser")
CC Vintage Outtake: Double Decker Citroen – The Ultimate Scenicruiser
Posted on June 18, 2015 | 39 CommentsJim’s second wander though the storage lot the other day brought us the double decker Chevy/Dodge A100 hybrid, which struck a note of familiarity within me. This still from the 60s […] -
![Going though some old photos, I found this picture a then 5-year old me took of the cars on my childhood street, in the summer of 1998. In order, the cars pictured […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Hawthorn-Rd-Milton-MA-1998.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Vintage: Cars On My Childhood Street, Hawthorn Road, In 1998")
CC Vintage: Cars On My Childhood Street, Hawthorn Road, In 1998
Posted on April 7, 2015 | 25 CommentsGoing though some old photos, I found this picture a then 5-year old me took of the cars on my childhood street, in the summer of 1998. In order, the cars pictured […] -
![About a year ago, I, in a cold medication-induced stupor, suffered from a bout of insomnia. Therefore, in the wee small hours of an ice-cold morning, I explored the internet in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/003.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Cinema Craziness: Chrysler’s “Tech” and the Idealized Workplace")
CC Cinema Craziness: Chrysler’s “Tech” and the Idealized Workplace
Posted on January 12, 2015 | 40 CommentsAbout a year ago, I, in a cold medication-induced stupor, suffered from a bout of insomnia. Therefore, in the wee small hours of an ice-cold morning, I explored the internet in […] -
![Finding a classic car out in the open is always an exciting experience. However, as often the case, a classic car may look as out of place as a walker-supported grandma turning […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_6420.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe – Flashback Friday")
CC Outtake: 1974 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe – Flashback Friday
Posted on January 9, 2015 | 60 CommentsFinding a classic car out in the open is always an exciting experience. However, as often the case, a classic car may look as out of place as a walker-supported grandma turning […] -
CC Theater: Fly A Lockheed Constellation To A 1952 California Honeymoon Vacation
Posted on December 15, 2014 | 33 CommentsAmong lovers of piston prop planes, the Lockheed Constellation inevitably has a special place, often right at the very top. If you’ve got the time, take a honeymoon vacation flight […] -
![This shot from 1945 reflects the fact that Model Ts were a dime-a-dozen then, and one could find them for free or maybe $5 just about everywhere. And the knowledge […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Life-Model-T-M.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Vintage: Before Jacks Were Invented")
CC Vintage: Before Jacks Were Invented
Posted on December 6, 2014 | 26 CommentsThis shot from 1945 reflects the fact that Model Ts were a dime-a-dozen then, and one could find them for free or maybe $5 just about everywhere. And the knowledge […] -
![Photo Source: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions I love period photographs of parking lots. Is there a better record of the automotive landscape of a particular era? Here we have an aerial […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Shamban-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Parking: How Many CCs Can You Identify?")
Curbside Parking: How Many CCs Can You Identify?
Posted on September 9, 2014 | 63 CommentsPhoto Source: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions I love period photographs of parking lots. Is there a better record of the automotive landscape of a particular era? Here we have an aerial […]
