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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Rich Baron
Posts by Rich Baron
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Vintage Postcards: Modernist Motels – 1950s-1960s
Posted on July 7, 2025 | 22 CommentsThe Manchester House Motel, Inglewood, CA. -
Vintage Postcards: Studebaker Dealers In The ’50s – ’60s
Posted on July 5, 2025 | 27 CommentsNorth Country Motors, Studebaker, Imports, Great Neck, NY. -
![text by Paul Niedermeyer Americans have been celebrating the 4th of July with parades and other festivities since 1777. The nature of those celebrations has changed somewhat over the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-02-24-01.03.32.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Parades In The ’50s to ’70s – Celebrating the 4th Of July And More")
Vintage Snapshots: Cars And Parades In The ’50s to ’70s – Celebrating the 4th Of July And More
Posted on July 4, 2025 | 29 Commentstext by Paul Niedermeyer Americans have been celebrating the 4th of July with parades and other festivities since 1777. The nature of those celebrations has changed somewhat over the […] -
![This find by IdiotKing at the CC Cohort is something that doesn’t show up often, especially in the US; a 1960s Nissan Patrol, the maker’s counterpart to Toyota’s Land Cruiser. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-26-07.55.03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: 1960s Nissan Patrol – Nissan’s Early Off-Roader")
Curbside Find: 1960s Nissan Patrol – Nissan’s Early Off-Roader
Posted on July 3, 2025 | 13 CommentsThis find by IdiotKing at the CC Cohort is something that doesn’t show up often, especially in the US; a 1960s Nissan Patrol, the maker’s counterpart to Toyota’s Land Cruiser. […] -
Vintage Postcards: Main Streets And Downtowns Across The US – 1950s-1960s
Posted on July 2, 2025 | 13 CommentsIrvington, New Jersey. -
![Text by Patrick Bell. Thomas Jefferson Goad (1885-1970) began his journey in the automobile business in Mineral Wells, Texas around 1908. He expanded to the surrounding counties and in 1924 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/metapth74700_xl_ND-51-335-01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: A Cadillac-Oldsmobile Dealer In Texas, 1951-1956")
Vintage Photos: A Cadillac-Oldsmobile Dealer In Texas, 1951-1956
Posted on July 1, 2025 | 12 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Thomas Jefferson Goad (1885-1970) began his journey in the automobile business in Mineral Wells, Texas around 1908. He expanded to the surrounding counties and in 1924 […] -
![Here’s one rather sinister-looking find. It’s a creature-like automotive creation since its inception, and even more so in its current condition. A ’61 Imperial (Trim level? Crown or LeBaron? Your […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-26-07.55.11-copia.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1961 Imperial – One Frankenstein Of A Car, Found In Mary Shelley’s Land")
1961 Imperial – One Frankenstein Of A Car, Found In Mary Shelley’s Land
Posted on June 30, 2025 | 26 CommentsHere’s one rather sinister-looking find. It’s a creature-like automotive creation since its inception, and even more so in its current condition. A ’61 Imperial (Trim level? Crown or LeBaron? Your […] -
![Text by Patrick Bell. Our gallery today is a small collection of transit photos from a known source. These are part of a much larger collection (1,656 images) that is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/38459709540_d9890e0116_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: 1961 Chryslers, Plymouths And Dodges, Loading Up For Delivery By Train")
Vintage Photos: 1961 Chryslers, Plymouths And Dodges, Loading Up For Delivery By Train
Posted on June 29, 2025 | 17 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Our gallery today is a small collection of transit photos from a known source. These are part of a much larger collection (1,656 images) that is […] -
Vintage Postcards: Chevrolet Dealers In The 1960s
Posted on June 28, 2025 | 21 CommentsBattjes Chevrolet, Elkhart, IN. -
![Sometimes, all it takes is a specific kind of car in the “right” type of condition to bring about full flashback. A beater condition seventies Volvo? With mange-like paint condition, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_20240608_154129353.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Riding A 1970s Volvo Beater – Or What’s The Worst Car Interior You Ever Sat In?")
Riding A 1970s Volvo Beater – Or What’s The Worst Car Interior You Ever Sat In?
Posted on June 28, 2025 | 13 CommentsSometimes, all it takes is a specific kind of car in the “right” type of condition to bring about full flashback. A beater condition seventies Volvo? With mange-like paint condition, […] -
![Today we have a gallery of fancy dressers and their cars; some of which were very fancy, and some not so fancy. A lot has changed in the last fifty […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/3-5-1A.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Fancy Dressers And Their Cars, 1950s-1960s")
Vintage Snapshots: Fancy Dressers And Their Cars, 1950s-1960s
Posted on June 27, 2025 | 23 CommentsToday we have a gallery of fancy dressers and their cars; some of which were very fancy, and some not so fancy. A lot has changed in the last fifty […] -
![Photos from the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. June 2025: A Cutlass Ciera? The once common, how uncommon has it become? Still a few around, huh? Gotta be a late model, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54588607317_22efa6a221_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Find: ’89-’96 Oldsmobile Ciera – The Once Common, Now Uncommon; GM’s FWD A-Bodies 40 Years Later")
Curbside Find: ’89-’96 Oldsmobile Ciera – The Once Common, Now Uncommon; GM’s FWD A-Bodies 40 Years Later
Posted on June 25, 2025 | 14 CommentsPhotos from the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. June 2025: A Cutlass Ciera? The once common, how uncommon has it become? Still a few around, huh? Gotta be a late model, […] -
![Text by Patrick Bell. Summer is officially here, so let’s take some time to look at convertibles, the ultimate four wheeled summer vehicle. There is a good selection from the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Captura-de-pantalla-2025-06-22-18.39.02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Convertibles Of The 1950s, Back In Their Golden Days")
Vintage Snapshots: Convertibles Of The 1950s, Back In Their Golden Days
Posted on June 25, 2025 | 22 CommentsText by Patrick Bell. Summer is officially here, so let’s take some time to look at convertibles, the ultimate four wheeled summer vehicle. There is a good selection from the […] -
![It’s flashback time today here at CC (it’s what we do over here after all, ain’t it?), thanks to these ’68 Cadillac images uploaded at the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54589486386_50b5e5ad54_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "1968 Cadillac De Ville Convertible – One Memorable Ride In A Clunker Cadillac, Back In The 1990s")
1968 Cadillac De Ville Convertible – One Memorable Ride In A Clunker Cadillac, Back In The 1990s
Posted on June 24, 2025 | 11 CommentsIt’s flashback time today here at CC (it’s what we do over here after all, ain’t it?), thanks to these ’68 Cadillac images uploaded at the CC Cohort by Hyperpack. […] -
Vintage Photos: Pontiac Dealers In The ’60s & ’70s
Posted on June 23, 2025 | 20 Comments’68 Catalina outside, and ’73 models in the showroom, at Carbone Pontiac, Yorkville, NY.
