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Ad Classics Archive
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![(first posted 9/2/2026) This large ad from a November 1970 Life magazine was a fun one to upload; it didn’t fit on my scanner and I had to do separate […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Screenshot-2014-08-27-20.20.25-115x115.png "Ad Classic: 1971 Plymouth Sebring – It’s Not A Sedan, We Promise!!")
Ad Classic: 1971 Plymouth Sebring – It’s Not A Sedan, We Promise!!
Posted on September 2, 2026 | 90 Comments(first posted 9/2/2026) This large ad from a November 1970 Life magazine was a fun one to upload; it didn’t fit on my scanner and I had to do separate […] -
![Ford Motor Company and its “family of fine cars (and trucks)” have been powered by so many different engine families that it’s sometimes hard to keep them all straight. In […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=4,height=4,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1962-Ford-F100-4x4-Academy-Blue-Bring-a-Trailer-55-front-3q-insets-115x115.webp "1962 Ford Trucks: A Mix Of Forgotten And Obsolete Engines, Including The “Other” 302")
1962 Ford Trucks: A Mix Of Forgotten And Obsolete Engines, Including The “Other” 302
Posted on May 25, 2026 | 18 CommentsFord Motor Company and its “family of fine cars (and trucks)” have been powered by so many different engine families that it’s sometimes hard to keep them all straight. In […] -
![Did any of these 1980 Ford products truly make your heart race? Perhaps they do if you have a keen sense of nostalgia, but professional photographers had to sell them […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/a-gran-tile-115x115.jpg "1980 Ford Catalog Photography: Making The Most Mundane Rides Look Sublime")
1980 Ford Catalog Photography: Making The Most Mundane Rides Look Sublime
Posted on April 30, 2026 | 33 CommentsDid any of these 1980 Ford products truly make your heart race? Perhaps they do if you have a keen sense of nostalgia, but professional photographers had to sell them […] -
![It’s a fair argument that the golden age of automotive advertising spanned the decade from 1955 to 1965, but although some of the flash and color was lost in the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/77-Nat-Geo-1-2-115x115.jpg "Fifty Shades Of Brown: Reliving 1977’s Forgotten Ads From National Geographic")
Fifty Shades Of Brown: Reliving 1977’s Forgotten Ads From National Geographic
Posted on March 20, 2026 | 16 CommentsIt’s a fair argument that the golden age of automotive advertising spanned the decade from 1955 to 1965, but although some of the flash and color was lost in the […] -
![Future archaeologists’ jobs will certainly be made easier by our advertising. As I thumbed through my May 1964 copy of Car and Driver, a magazine where the ads tended to focus on […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Jaguar-ad-from-May-1964-Car-and-Driver-crop-115x115.webp "The (Mostly) Black-and-White World of 1964 Car Enthusiast Advertising: Performance Over Practicality")
The (Mostly) Black-and-White World of 1964 Car Enthusiast Advertising: Performance Over Practicality
Posted on December 15, 2025 | 22 CommentsFuture archaeologists’ jobs will certainly be made easier by our advertising. As I thumbed through my May 1964 copy of Car and Driver, a magazine where the ads tended to focus on […] -
![(first posted 1/9/2019) Imagine an advertising agency employee in the early 1970s, working on Allstate Insurance Company’s latest campaign. One particular ad aims to call people’s attention to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Allstate-Clunker-1971.jpg "Ad Classic: Allstate’s Studebaker Clunker")
Ad Classic: Allstate’s Studebaker Clunker
Posted on January 9, 2025 | 84 Comments(first posted 1/9/2019) Imagine an advertising agency employee in the early 1970s, working on Allstate Insurance Company’s latest campaign. One particular ad aims to call people’s attention to […] -
![One of my favorite movie moments is from The Jerk, where Steve Martin is jumping up and down yelling, “The new phone book’s here! The new phone book’s here!” […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/deweygriffin71.jpg "Vintage Ads: Shopping for Cars in the Yellow(ed) Pages")
Vintage Ads: Shopping for Cars in the Yellow(ed) Pages
Posted on May 13, 2024 | 19 CommentsOne of my favorite movie moments is from The Jerk, where Steve Martin is jumping up and down yelling, “The new phone book’s here! The new phone book’s here!” […] -
![In 1965, Ford Motor Company ran a lovely advertising campaign that was frankly a little derivative. While Ford was perhaps better at finding market niches in the 1960s than their […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/PXL_20230615_203326956a.jpg "CC Advertising: 1965 Ford Models – Ford Motor Company Is…A Little Boxier This Year")
CC Advertising: 1965 Ford Models – Ford Motor Company Is…A Little Boxier This Year
Posted on June 19, 2023 | 54 CommentsIn 1965, Ford Motor Company ran a lovely advertising campaign that was frankly a little derivative. While Ford was perhaps better at finding market niches in the 1960s than their […] -
Vintage Ad: 1987 Hyundai Excel – Better Get a Spare?
Posted on May 26, 2023 | 25 CommentsThose early Hyundai US days were not very stellar reliability wise. Was the company telling their customers something with this copy? -
![Special trim models targeted to regional areas had undoubtedly been around for a while, but these 1967½ AMC Rebel wagons somehow escaped me so far. There were three of them, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/6012827313_d936b7135c_h.jpg "Vintage Ads: 1967.5 AMC Rebel Wagons Targeted To Specific Geographic Areas")
Vintage Ads: 1967.5 AMC Rebel Wagons Targeted To Specific Geographic Areas
Posted on February 11, 2023 | 45 CommentsSpecial trim models targeted to regional areas had undoubtedly been around for a while, but these 1967½ AMC Rebel wagons somehow escaped me so far. There were three of them, […] -
![If one compiled a list of all car ads that borrowed a tagline from a brand of household supplies, we’d end up with… well, maybe just this example. Using a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Ad-1985-Pontiac-Grand-Prix-featured-image.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1985 Pontiac Grand Prix – Aren’t You Glad?")
Vintage Ad: 1985 Pontiac Grand Prix – Aren’t You Glad?
Posted on November 21, 2022 | 47 CommentsIf one compiled a list of all car ads that borrowed a tagline from a brand of household supplies, we’d end up with… well, maybe just this example. Using a […] -
![What kind of Toronado is this? The Torero? The Matador? Such animal stares… so sultry, so enigmatic, so non PC. This is not your father’s Oldsmobile, not even your grandfather’s; […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Scan-220904-0001.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado – For Great Car Lovers")
Vintage Ad: 1969 Oldsmobile Toronado – For Great Car Lovers
Posted on September 27, 2022 | 16 CommentsWhat kind of Toronado is this? The Torero? The Matador? Such animal stares… so sultry, so enigmatic, so non PC. This is not your father’s Oldsmobile, not even your grandfather’s; […] -
![Years ago my mother-in-law was going through some items on a bookshelf and this Checker brochure emerged. It has since been on my bookshelf, also hidden from view, but some […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/checker-front-cover.jpg "Brochure Classic: 1962 Checker – Comfort and Elegance")
Brochure Classic: 1962 Checker – Comfort and Elegance
Posted on March 24, 2022 | 31 CommentsYears ago my mother-in-law was going through some items on a bookshelf and this Checker brochure emerged. It has since been on my bookshelf, also hidden from view, but some […] -
![How’s this for a fascinating discovery? Earl Scheib’s grandson Don Scheib is apparently having someone convert old 16mm films of Earl’s classic TV commercials to online digital formats for easy […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/earlscheibphoto1.jpg "CC Film Vault: Earl Scheib Commercials from 1962-63–Not on YouTube")
CC Film Vault: Earl Scheib Commercials from 1962-63–Not on YouTube
Posted on March 19, 2022 | 20 CommentsHow’s this for a fascinating discovery? Earl Scheib’s grandson Don Scheib is apparently having someone convert old 16mm films of Earl’s classic TV commercials to online digital formats for easy […] -
![Some things just go together – like ice cream and Ford trucks. While that may seem puzzling to some folks, it made perfect sense in previous decades, when Good Humor […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/GH-Featured-Image.jpg "Vintage Ads: Ford’s Tasty 1950s Good Humor Ice Cream Truck Ads")
Vintage Ads: Ford’s Tasty 1950s Good Humor Ice Cream Truck Ads
Posted on December 6, 2021 | 30 CommentsSome things just go together – like ice cream and Ford trucks. While that may seem puzzling to some folks, it made perfect sense in previous decades, when Good Humor […]
