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Curbside Classics Archives
vintage ads and brochures Archive
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Vintage Ad: 1974 Mercury Cougar – Now That’s More Like It
Posted on November 19, 2021 | 36 CommentsMaybe not so much in terms of realism, but certainly in creating the right sort of fantasy atmosphere. Which is what it takes to sell cars, for the most part. -
![This ad is almost as off-base as the Fairmont ad the other day. Big expensive house with a youngish couple in their tennis outfits, posing with a Comet four door. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/boomn.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Clueless Vintage Ad: 1974 Mercury Comet 4-Door Sedan – Just What Every Rich Young Couple Wanted")
Clueless Vintage Ad: 1974 Mercury Comet 4-Door Sedan – Just What Every Rich Young Couple Wanted
Posted on November 18, 2021 | 67 CommentsThis ad is almost as off-base as the Fairmont ad the other day. Big expensive house with a youngish couple in their tennis outfits, posing with a Comet four door. […] -
![This is a serious head scratcher. According to my trust Standard American Encyclopedia of American cars, Ford sold 461k Fairmonts in MY 1978. And the 1965 Mustang? Well more than […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/18376373924_8febbb79e7_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1978 Fairmont – “The Best Selling New Car Ever Introduced” – Not")
Vintage Ad: 1978 Fairmont – “The Best Selling New Car Ever Introduced” – Not
Posted on November 15, 2021 | 77 CommentsThis is a serious head scratcher. According to my trust Standard American Encyclopedia of American cars, Ford sold 461k Fairmonts in MY 1978. And the 1965 Mustang? Well more than […] -
Vintage Ad: 2000 Jeep Wrangler Four Door – Before There Was A Factory Version
Posted on November 14, 2021 | 9 CommentsHere’s some more: -
![Actually, what I think I see here is a Volvo 740 whose body is being supported by jack stands or some other means, otherwise its suspension would be totally compressed, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/22819881895_0114f5d73d_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1988 Volvo 740 – ‘What You See Here Is Exactly What You Think You See Here” – No, It’s Not")
Vintage Ad: 1988 Volvo 740 – ‘What You See Here Is Exactly What You Think You See Here” – No, It’s Not
Posted on November 11, 2021 | 41 CommentsActually, what I think I see here is a Volvo 740 whose body is being supported by jack stands or some other means, otherwise its suspension would be totally compressed, […] -
![Yes, my title is a bit convoluted. But when I saw that the guy in the ad extolling his White 3000 trucks hauling Tom’s Potato Chips was named Tom, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/36ec7380001138733b32b5c00655b063.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Truck Ad: White 3000, The First Tilt Cab, Being Extolled By Tom of Tom’s Potato Chips, But Not Its Founder, Another Tom")
Vintage Truck Ad: White 3000, The First Tilt Cab, Being Extolled By Tom of Tom’s Potato Chips, But Not Its Founder, Another Tom
Posted on November 7, 2021 | 24 CommentsYes, my title is a bit convoluted. But when I saw that the guy in the ad extolling his White 3000 trucks hauling Tom’s Potato Chips was named Tom, I […] -
![There’s nothing new about flashy big rims with custom paint; Disteel (Detroit Pressed Steel Company) was offering them starting in 1917, as a stronger and visually more alluring alternative to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/7028867517_d19d4c0246_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ads: Disteel Wheels – Flashy Rims With Customized Paint Were Already A Big Thing In 1920")
Vintage Ads: Disteel Wheels – Flashy Rims With Customized Paint Were Already A Big Thing In 1920
Posted on November 5, 2021 | 7 CommentsThere’s nothing new about flashy big rims with custom paint; Disteel (Detroit Pressed Steel Company) was offering them starting in 1917, as a stronger and visually more alluring alternative to […] -
![Here’s another new one for me: the 1973 Sportswagon. It’s a bit hard to put this in proper context, but it’s something of a cross between a regular full-size American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/7054961787_afcfd9d89f_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad 1973 Sportswagon – Ur-#VanLife")
Vintage Ad 1973 Sportswagon – Ur-#VanLife
Posted on November 5, 2021 | 20 CommentsHere’s another new one for me: the 1973 Sportswagon. It’s a bit hard to put this in proper context, but it’s something of a cross between a regular full-size American […] -
![When I first saw this, I assumed it was a parade car, a Polish take on a Lincoln stretch convertible for communist party big-wigs. It would have been more “communist” […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/6966866354_5cb35cccbd_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage PR Shot: Polski-Fiat 125p Six Door Convertible – Not What It Appears To Be At First Glance")
Vintage PR Shot: Polski-Fiat 125p Six Door Convertible – Not What It Appears To Be At First Glance
Posted on October 28, 2021 | 15 CommentsWhen I first saw this, I assumed it was a parade car, a Polish take on a Lincoln stretch convertible for communist party big-wigs. It would have been more “communist” […] -
![This ad caught me off guard. I don’t remember ever seeing a four door Kadett in the US. But there it is, in the ad. And it’s not even called […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7132116681_8463788784_h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1971 Opel (Kadett) Four Door: Why Did They Wait Until 1971 To Bring Over The Four Door? The Vega?")
Vintage Ad: 1971 Opel (Kadett) Four Door: Why Did They Wait Until 1971 To Bring Over The Four Door? The Vega?
Posted on October 28, 2021 | 34 CommentsThis ad caught me off guard. I don’t remember ever seeing a four door Kadett in the US. But there it is, in the ad. And it’s not even called […] -
Vintage Ad: 1963 Plymouth Fury 10-Passenger Station Wagon
Posted on October 27, 2021 | 41 Comments -
![I sure don’t remember ever seeing a Rambler police car until the seventies, when they suddenly became not uncommon. In 1974, the Iowa City Police got a new fleet of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7000742480_a867676f7c_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1963 Rambler Police Cars – Always Ready For Action, Or A Quick Nap")
Vintage Ad: 1963 Rambler Police Cars – Always Ready For Action, Or A Quick Nap
Posted on October 26, 2021 | 37 CommentsI sure don’t remember ever seeing a Rambler police car until the seventies, when they suddenly became not uncommon. In 1974, the Iowa City Police got a new fleet of […] -
Classic Magazine Ads (And More): Road & Track, May 1979
Posted on October 20, 2021 | 67 Comments(first posted 10/20/2015) Returning to the regular schedule, after Caprice Week- next on our Classic Ads’ posts, is a somewhat important issue. -
![The Vega was a winner in 1974: Thanks to the energy crisis and the fact that news of its many woes had not yet reached much of the public, sales […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7001365902_264932d982_h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1974 Chevrolet Vega: Everybody Loves A Winner, Until It Turns Into A Loser")
Vintage Ad: 1974 Chevrolet Vega: Everybody Loves A Winner, Until It Turns Into A Loser
Posted on October 20, 2021 | 24 CommentsThe Vega was a winner in 1974: Thanks to the energy crisis and the fact that news of its many woes had not yet reached much of the public, sales […] -
![Here’s the Not-Niedermeyers engaged in an exciting hobby on the wild coast of California, while the real Niedermeyers were sweating in their hot 1965 Coronet wagon going to the boring […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/7346976544_c784772d18_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1966 Pontiac Bonneville Safari Wagon – The Not-Niedermeyer Family Wagon")
Vintage Ad: 1966 Pontiac Bonneville Safari Wagon – The Not-Niedermeyer Family Wagon
Posted on October 18, 2021 | 29 CommentsHere’s the Not-Niedermeyers engaged in an exciting hobby on the wild coast of California, while the real Niedermeyers were sweating in their hot 1965 Coronet wagon going to the boring […]
