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- Car nut with a soft spot for classic Lincolns and early automotive air conditioning.
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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Tom Halter
Posts by Tom Halter
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![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&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Tropes: Nighttime")
Vintage Ad Tropes: Nighttime
Posted on September 8, 2023 | 25 CommentsOther 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 […] -
![Churchgoing peaked in the US in the 1950s with roughly half of Americans attending church regularly in 1955 (by 2021 that number was down to 33%). However, to go by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1959-Edsel.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Cars in Front of Churches")
Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Cars in Front of Churches
Posted on September 3, 2023 | 20 CommentsChurchgoing peaked in the US in the 1950s with roughly half of Americans attending church regularly in 1955 (by 2021 that number was down to 33%). However, to go by […] -
![While GM can lay claim to inventing the pantheon of automotive brands that Alfred P. Sloan gathered into his eponymous ladder, that didn’t stop other manufacturers from also trying to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/39frd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ads: 1939 Ford Motor Company – Ford Attempts to Build Their Own Sloanian Ladder with Mercury")
Vintage Ads: 1939 Ford Motor Company – Ford Attempts to Build Their Own Sloanian Ladder with Mercury
Posted on August 31, 2023 | 16 CommentsWhile GM can lay claim to inventing the pantheon of automotive brands that Alfred P. Sloan gathered into his eponymous ladder, that didn’t stop other manufacturers from also trying to […] -
![The license plate on our featured Camaro may say 1974, but to me, this car is pure 1985. In that year, I would have been a junior at Rutherford B. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_4384.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1974 Chevrolet Camaro – Glory of the ‘80s")
Car Show Classic: 1974 Chevrolet Camaro – Glory of the ‘80s
Posted on August 29, 2023 | 40 CommentsThe license plate on our featured Camaro may say 1974, but to me, this car is pure 1985. In that year, I would have been a junior at Rutherford B. […] -
![The local office of the company I work for happens to be located in Twinsburg, Ohio. Every year in August Twinsburg hosts its Twins Day Festival, one of the largest […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_4373.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: Twin City")
Car Show Outtake: Twin City
Posted on August 27, 2023 | 10 CommentsThe local office of the company I work for happens to be located in Twinsburg, Ohio. Every year in August Twinsburg hosts its Twins Day Festival, one of the largest […] -
![(first posted 8/20/2017) Pity poor Lincoln: As I mentioned in my 1957 Lincoln Premiere CC, they were still selling trunk-mounted air conditioning systems into 1957, well after […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/3-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cold Comfort: 1958-60 Lincoln Continental – Craziest Factory Air Conditioning Ever?")
Cold Comfort: 1958-60 Lincoln Continental – Craziest Factory Air Conditioning Ever?
Posted on August 20, 2023 | 44 Comments(first posted 8/20/2017) Pity poor Lincoln: As I mentioned in my 1957 Lincoln Premiere CC, they were still selling trunk-mounted air conditioning systems into 1957, well after […] -
![Smoking is a smelly, dangerous habit, one that I luckily have never felt the urge in which to partake. However, last century smoking was a much more socially accepted practice […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/window.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Smoking")
Vintage Ad Non-Trope: Smoking
Posted on August 17, 2023 | 56 CommentsSmoking is a smelly, dangerous habit, one that I luckily have never felt the urge in which to partake. However, last century smoking was a much more socially accepted practice […] -
![After staring at literally thousands of vintage car ads, one of the most striking differences between vintage and modern ads is how much vintage ads focus on the simple pleasure […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1961-Oldsmobile-F-85.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad Tropes: The Joy of Driving")
Vintage Ad Tropes: The Joy of Driving
Posted on August 15, 2023 | 39 CommentsAfter staring at literally thousands of vintage car ads, one of the most striking differences between vintage and modern ads is how much vintage ads focus on the simple pleasure […] -
Body Shop Outtake: Faceless Face-Off
Posted on August 14, 2023 | 11 CommentsWe’ve had lots of “Guess the mystery covered car” posts here before, so let’s see how good are you at guessing cars with their faces removed. -
![(first posted 8/13/2017) I regularly see the featured car for this post (a beautiful 1956 Lincoln Premiere with factory A/C) at car shows that I exhibit my Mark […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_7911-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cold Comfort: 1956 Lincoln Premiere Factory Air Conditioning")
Cold Comfort: 1956 Lincoln Premiere Factory Air Conditioning
Posted on August 13, 2023 | 40 Comments(first posted 8/13/2017) I regularly see the featured car for this post (a beautiful 1956 Lincoln Premiere with factory A/C) at car shows that I exhibit my Mark […] -
![(first posted 7/6/2017) Several months back, when I stumbled across a 1957 Lincoln Premiere at the Brain Melting CARS Dealership, I commented on how the 1957 Lincolns had not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_7047.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1957 Lincoln Premier – How to Spoil a Good Design")
Car Show Classic: 1957 Lincoln Premier – How to Spoil a Good Design
Posted on August 6, 2023 | 94 Comments(first posted 7/6/2017) Several months back, when I stumbled across a 1957 Lincoln Premiere at the Brain Melting CARS Dealership, I commented on how the 1957 Lincolns had not […] -
![(first posted 7/30/2017) We all know that cars are inanimate objects, but if they were capable of feeling emotions, I would nominate this 1979 Buick Skyhawk Road Hawk […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IMG_7854.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Outtake: 1979 Buick Skyhawk Road Hawk – Saddest Car Ever Made?")
Car Show Outtake: 1979 Buick Skyhawk Road Hawk – Saddest Car Ever Made?
Posted on July 30, 2023 | 142 Comments(first posted 7/30/2017) We all know that cars are inanimate objects, but if they were capable of feeling emotions, I would nominate this 1979 Buick Skyhawk Road Hawk […] -
![Confession time: I have a real soft spot for the 1971-72 Ford LTD. Yes, the very same Bunkie-beaked Fords that Paul famously whipped while working for Towson Ford as a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_6979.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1977 Ford LTD – Fall From Grace")
Car Show Classic: 1977 Ford LTD – Fall From Grace
Posted on July 28, 2023 | 31 CommentsConfession time: I have a real soft spot for the 1971-72 Ford LTD. Yes, the very same Bunkie-beaked Fords that Paul famously whipped while working for Towson Ford as a […] -
![Everyone here remembers the brand bloat of pre-bankruptcy General Motors of the early 21st century with no less than nine distinct brands: Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac, Saturn, GMC, Hummer, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GM-brands.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: The 9 Brands of General Motors – Too Much of a Good Thing?")
Vintage Ad: The 9 Brands of General Motors – Too Much of a Good Thing?
Posted on July 25, 2023 | 58 CommentsEveryone here remembers the brand bloat of pre-bankruptcy General Motors of the early 21st century with no less than nine distinct brands: Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac, Saturn, GMC, Hummer, […] -
![Regular readers of my Cold Comfort series of posts know that I am fascinated (obsessed, really) with automotive air conditioning. Well it is time to see how the other half […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/heater.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Warm Comfort: What Was the Last American Car Available Without a Heater?")
Warm Comfort: What Was the Last American Car Available Without a Heater?
Posted on July 23, 2023 | 82 CommentsRegular readers of my Cold Comfort series of posts know that I am fascinated (obsessed, really) with automotive air conditioning. Well it is time to see how the other half […]
