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- Car nut with a soft spot for classic Lincolns and early automotive air conditioning.
![The Lincoln Lawyer, with two seasons streaming on Netflix, follows the story of Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller, and is based on the series of Michael Connelly novels […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2-893b53b66ee748eb95d6d8777f925349.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC TV: The Cars of The Lincoln Lawyer")
![A compromise is a scenario in which every participant gets at least some of what they want. But it could also be a situation where no one gets what they […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/s-l1600-22.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Ebay Find: 1983 Ford LTD Brougham – All Things to Nobody")
![For those of you who complain that they don’t make ’em like they used to, here is your chance to put your money where your mouth is. May I present […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/s-l1600-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Ebay Find: Truly “Like New” 1996 Ford F-150 – 3,500 Miles And Never Been Rained On")
![My wife constantly accuses me of losing things. I often correct her to say that my things are not lost, just misplaced. Lost implies that they are gone forever, which […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/collage.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtakes: Three Cars That I Forgot Existed – ’76 Buick LeSabre Coupe; ’90 Buick Reatta & Infiniti M30 Convertibles")
![Some of my favorite Curbside Classic posts are those that show the real-world locations of vintage car ads, such as the world travel ads posted by Eric703 this past summer. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1959-Cadillac.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Real World Locations of Vintage Car Ads – Fine Dining Edition")
![The story of the fall of Cadillac from the Standard of the World to a slightly fancier Chevrolet is one of the defining arcs of 20th-century automotive history. As such, It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_4360.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1970 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – The Last True Cadillac?")
![CC has not featured any Imperial models from the early 1970s, and it is not hard to understand why: By this time, the Imperial brand was on its last gasp. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4422.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1970 Imperial LeBaron – A Chrysler in Emperor’s Clothing")
![While manufacturers have been name-dropping their competition for as long as they have been making advertisements, actually showing a picture of a car from another manufacturer in an ad is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1978-Granada.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Cars From Other Manufacturers")
![While the 1960s were a time of extreme experimentation in tire sidewall technology (among other things), most of the variations on the classic single white stripe had a short shelf […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1973-Imperial2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History – The History of Whitewall Tires, Part 5: 1970s through 1990s – The Long Goodbye")
![Pencils down, everyone. Enough with the history lessons, time for some whitewall fun! The 1960s were a time of unprecedented cultural change, and that is reflected even in something as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1967-Corvette.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History – The History of Whitewall Tires, Part 4: 1964 though 1969 – The Wild ’60s")
![When we left Part 2 in 1942, whitewall tires were slowly starting to fade from manufacturers’ ads as part of the buildup to World War II. For today’s installment, we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_3573.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History – The History of Whitewall Tires, Part 3: 1946 through 1963 – The Golden Age of Whitewall Tires")
![In Part 1 of this series, I covered the early history of the whitewall tire, led by the B.F. Goodrich Silvertown tire. Whitewall tires were largely confined to the replacement […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1922-Deusenberg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History – The History of Whitewall Tires, Part 2: 1920s and 1930s")
![Whitewall tires are an interesting historical oddity, peaking in popularity between the 1950s and 1970s. As popular as they once were, I have not found an accurate, comprehensive online history […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_3473.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Automotive History – The History of Whitewall Tires, Part 1: The Teens and Twenties")
![We’ve recently covered several taboo subjects that seldom appear in vintage car ads: Smoking and Religion. To me, these topics that are (mostly) off-limits to advertisers are far more interesting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1955-Desoto.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Guns")
![Other than love, nighttime has to be one of the most popular topics of popular music. In the Air Tonight. Nights in White Satin. Sunglasses at Night. We can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1960-Pontiac-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Tropes: Nighttime")
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