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Curbside Classics Archives
vintage ads and brochures Archive
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Vintage Science & Mechanics Magazine Cover: Always Accurate or Click Bait In 1968
Posted on May 7, 2021 | 22 CommentsIt’s one thing for these magazines to have been endlessly extolling flying cars and other such amazing contraptions that were just around the corner. But this? -
![I’m assuming these were base V8s, which of course put the lighter and smaller Plymouth at even greater advantage with its 230 hp 318 compared to Chevy’s 195 hp 283 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/snip.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1963 Plymouth Beats Ford and Chevrolet In 8 Out Of 10 Official Tests")
Vintage Ad: 1963 Plymouth Beats Ford and Chevrolet In 8 Out Of 10 Official Tests
Posted on May 6, 2021 | 41 CommentsI’m assuming these were base V8s, which of course put the lighter and smaller Plymouth at even greater advantage with its 230 hp 318 compared to Chevy’s 195 hp 283 […] -
![“The Laser Club Car is a ‘limited-edition’, custom-built car….and….its concept reflects the progress and advances that will emerge during the decade of the 1980’s. The Laser is of special design […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/24772401957_ad9af7ff05_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1980 Laser Club Car “Available Only To A Select Few”")
Vintage Ad: 1980 Laser Club Car “Available Only To A Select Few”
Posted on May 3, 2021 | 29 Comments“The Laser Club Car is a ‘limited-edition’, custom-built car….and….its concept reflects the progress and advances that will emerge during the decade of the 1980’s. The Laser is of special design […] -
![How did this slip by me at the time? But here it is, a chance to relive 1975, and if you can’t wait to see what Lincoln is going to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/40438906974_8bcaa5a18a_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: The 1975 Continental Mark Five – Not Mark V")
Vintage Ad: The 1975 Continental Mark Five – Not Mark V
Posted on April 29, 2021 | 22 CommentsHow did this slip by me at the time? But here it is, a chance to relive 1975, and if you can’t wait to see what Lincoln is going to […] -
![Ten years before the VW bus was conceived, White was a building a delivery van with a rear aircooled boxer four, built by Franklin, and based on one of their […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/26464723837_9a5608403a_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1940 White “White Horse” Delivery Van – Air Cooled Rear Boxer Four, But No Swing Axles")
Vintage Ad: 1940 White “White Horse” Delivery Van – Air Cooled Rear Boxer Four, But No Swing Axles
Posted on April 26, 2021 | 30 CommentsTen years before the VW bus was conceived, White was a building a delivery van with a rear aircooled boxer four, built by Franklin, and based on one of their […] -
Vintage Ad: Motorize Your Boy’s Wagon For $18.70 – “TAKE THE WAGON AWAY FROM YOUR CHILDREN”
Posted on April 25, 2021 | 29 CommentsNow here’s something I would have died for as a kid. But that was never going to happen. “TAKE THE WAGON AWAY FROM YOUR CHILDREN” (Modern Mechanix, 1952) -
![The common perception is that Packard was the best selling luxury brand until Cadillac finally topped them in the post war era, consistently so starting in 1950 (also for one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/43971702384_3f0a73be38_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1937 Cadillac – The Best Selling Luxury Car; And It Had Been For Some Years")
Vintage Ad: 1937 Cadillac – The Best Selling Luxury Car; And It Had Been For Some Years
Posted on April 21, 2021 | 15 CommentsThe common perception is that Packard was the best selling luxury brand until Cadillac finally topped them in the post war era, consistently so starting in 1950 (also for one […] -
![I remember the shock of seeing this maw for the first time in the fall of 1966: Wow, That’s different! And it was, quite a lot so, actually. And it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/44804498391_b3fa1a4536_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: If You Don’t Like The 2021 Avalon’s Front End You Probably Didn’t Like The 1968 Thunderbird’s")
Vintage Ad: If You Don’t Like The 2021 Avalon’s Front End You Probably Didn’t Like The 1968 Thunderbird’s
Posted on April 20, 2021 | 47 CommentsI remember the shock of seeing this maw for the first time in the fall of 1966: Wow, That’s different! And it was, quite a lot so, actually. And it […] -
![When I first saw this ad, I thought someone had photoshopped it. Those wheels are so oversized! Just like big rims on today’s cars. But I have to assume it’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/45090376262_8eec2b14e9_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: Check Out Those Rims! 22″ Wheels in 1955? Wires At That")
Vintage Ad: Check Out Those Rims! 22″ Wheels in 1955? Wires At That
Posted on April 19, 2021 | 12 CommentsWhen I first saw this ad, I thought someone had photoshopped it. Those wheels are so oversized! Just like big rims on today’s cars. But I have to assume it’s […] -
Vintage Magazine Blurb: The New Cars For 1940 – “…the faces on these pages are much alike.”
Posted on April 18, 2021 | 23 CommentsAnd we complain about how hard it is to tell cars apart… -
Vintage Ads: 1957 Superior-Cadillac Illustrations – Hearses and Ambulances Artistically Rendered (And Exaggerated)
Posted on April 17, 2021 | 23 Comments1957 Superior-Cadillac Landaulet Side Servicing Coach -
![It’s the houses under construction that caught my eye, although the ’72 Olds 98 is hard to miss too. No one builds like this anymore; plywood or OSB sheathing has […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/46632213902_6d2fa18acd_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: No One Builds Cars Like This Anymore And No One Builds Houses Like This Anymore")
Vintage Ad: No One Builds Cars Like This Anymore And No One Builds Houses Like This Anymore
Posted on April 15, 2021 | 44 CommentsIt’s the houses under construction that caught my eye, although the ’72 Olds 98 is hard to miss too. No one builds like this anymore; plywood or OSB sheathing has […] -
![I guess the Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association had gotten as much money out of exhibiting what they thought was Hermann Goering’s Grosser Mercedes as they were going to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/46042962435_3e3c59bf5b_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage For Sale Ad: “Mercedes Benz Bullet Proof Car, Lately Owned by Hermann Goering” – Actually This Was One Of Hitler’s Mercedes (Or Not)")
Vintage For Sale Ad: “Mercedes Benz Bullet Proof Car, Lately Owned by Hermann Goering” – Actually This Was One Of Hitler’s Mercedes (Or Not)
Posted on April 13, 2021 | 35 CommentsI guess the Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association had gotten as much money out of exhibiting what they thought was Hermann Goering’s Grosser Mercedes as they were going to […] -
Ten Years Ago: Why Does Everyone Think Ricardo Montalban Says “Rich” Or “Fine” Corinthian Leather?
Posted on April 9, 2021 | 43 Comments -
![The 1961 Plymouth is of course one of the more…unusual cars of its time, which was a pretty unusual time, actually. So that’s saying something. The fins were chopped, which […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/32745294607_24444bc420_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ads: 1961 Plymouth – Solid Beauty")
Vintage Ads: 1961 Plymouth – Solid Beauty
Posted on April 9, 2021 | 53 CommentsThe 1961 Plymouth is of course one of the more…unusual cars of its time, which was a pretty unusual time, actually. So that’s saying something. The fins were chopped, which […]
