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Blog Archive
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CC Vintage: Automotive Inventions Ahead of Their Time, Or Just Underappreciated
Posted on January 14, 2023 | 21 Comments(first posted 1/14/2017) How about an expanding travel trailer? From France, in 1934. Perfect for bowling fanatics. Here’s a few more. -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Flaming Brick
Posted on January 14, 2023 | 18 Commentsposted by J.C. -
![Trope: a convention or device that establishes a predictable or stereotypical representation of a character, setting, or scenario in a creative work (dictionary.com) For almost as long as there have […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1962-Studebaker-poolside.jpg "Vintage Ad Tropes: Car Parked Poolside")
Vintage Ad Tropes: Car Parked Poolside
Posted on January 14, 2023 | 28 CommentsTrope: a convention or device that establishes a predictable or stereotypical representation of a character, setting, or scenario in a creative work (dictionary.com) For almost as long as there have […] -
![(first posted 1/13/2017) Let’s move on from New York and look at some vintage street scene snapshots from Toronto, Canada. These were posted at vintage.es and are credited to Ellis […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Driving-in-Toronto-ca.-1960s-70s-1.jpg "Vintage Snapshots: The Cars of Toronto, 1960s-1970s")
Vintage Snapshots: The Cars of Toronto, 1960s-1970s
Posted on January 13, 2023 | 59 Comments(first posted 1/13/2017) Let’s move on from New York and look at some vintage street scene snapshots from Toronto, Canada. These were posted at vintage.es and are credited to Ellis […] -
![nifticus found, shot and posted one of the more controversial generations of the Thunderbird. Feelings about these tend to be a bit polarized. Where on the spectrum from hot to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/dmkdh.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1967 Thunderbird – Love It Or Hate It?")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: 1967 Thunderbird – Love It Or Hate It?
Posted on January 13, 2023 | 81 Commentsnifticus found, shot and posted one of the more controversial generations of the Thunderbird. Feelings about these tend to be a bit polarized. Where on the spectrum from hot to […] -
![Time had come to deal with my long-suffering ’68 VW Beetle, and provide it with a much delayed tune up. The pandemic hadn’t been kind to the human body or […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20221214_145021905.jpg "In-Motion Classic: ’62-’65 Opel Kadett A – Time Portal")
In-Motion Classic: ’62-’65 Opel Kadett A – Time Portal
Posted on January 13, 2023 | 6 CommentsTime had come to deal with my long-suffering ’68 VW Beetle, and provide it with a much delayed tune up. The pandemic hadn’t been kind to the human body or […] -
![This Holiday Rambler Motor Home is oozing with 1980’s style, with lots of stripes and trim, back before those abstract swoops took over. This is a big guy for the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/52569444054_f4c493a38e_k.jpg "Curbside Camper: Holiday Rambler Imperial – Relive The ’80s, At The Curb If Not On The Road")
Curbside Camper: Holiday Rambler Imperial – Relive The ’80s, At The Curb If Not On The Road
Posted on January 13, 2023 | 26 CommentsThis Holiday Rambler Motor Home is oozing with 1980’s style, with lots of stripes and trim, back before those abstract swoops took over. This is a big guy for the […] -
![(first posted 1/11/2013) Events at Ford Motor Company have been silently spelling the end for their bread-and-butter V8 of the last two decades. With the cancellation of the Panther platform […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/4-6-failure.jpg "Engine History: The Ford 4.6 liter V8")
Engine History: The Ford 4.6 liter V8
Posted on January 12, 2023 | 214 Comments(first posted 1/11/2013) Events at Ford Motor Company have been silently spelling the end for their bread-and-butter V8 of the last two decades. With the cancellation of the Panther platform […] -
Wordless Outtake: 1969 Porsche 911S
Posted on January 12, 2023 | 17 CommentsPhoto Credit: Chris Klein, Geneva, December 18, 2022 -
![The not-so-pearly chainlink gates of the junkyard do not discriminate, they welcome one and all to the heaven that is laid out on a bounteous few acres of land often […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_9438.jpg "Curbside Recycling: 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III – Snow Angel (Of Death)")
Curbside Recycling: 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III – Snow Angel (Of Death)
Posted on January 12, 2023 | 53 CommentsThe not-so-pearly chainlink gates of the junkyard do not discriminate, they welcome one and all to the heaven that is laid out on a bounteous few acres of land often […] -
![We’re all familiar with the Studebaker Scotsman, that ultra-stripped thrift-mobile. But Studebaker wasn’t the only one playing to that stereotype. This Chevy ad doesn’t come out and actually say the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/6160822210_a9d672c3bf_h.jpg "Vintage Ads: Reinforcing Stereotypes")
Vintage Ads: Reinforcing Stereotypes
Posted on January 11, 2023 | 52 CommentsWe’re all familiar with the Studebaker Scotsman, that ultra-stripped thrift-mobile. But Studebaker wasn’t the only one playing to that stereotype. This Chevy ad doesn’t come out and actually say the […] -
![The main reason I picked this Puch G posted by Roshake is because…I heard two British guys discussing a Puch engine in a video, and one kept calling it a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/52603320483_3fb1a8a90e_k.jpg "Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Puch G – Say “Puch”, Not “Pooch” or “Putsch”")
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day: Puch G – Say “Puch”, Not “Pooch” or “Putsch”
Posted on January 11, 2023 | 15 CommentsThe main reason I picked this Puch G posted by Roshake is because…I heard two British guys discussing a Puch engine in a video, and one kept calling it a […] -
![(first posted 1/10/2017) A couple of months back, I shared you a gallery of 1970s vintage snapshots of New York. It was popular, so here’s some more. I picked this […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/New-Orleans-1959-c-.jpg "More Vintage Snapshots of New York In The 1970s")
More Vintage Snapshots of New York In The 1970s
Posted on January 10, 2023 | 82 Comments(first posted 1/10/2017) A couple of months back, I shared you a gallery of 1970s vintage snapshots of New York. It was popular, so here’s some more. I picked this […] -
![Welcome to the first installment of this series written in 2023. This post, however, deals with captures and findings of the last months of 2022, so here’s one last glimpse […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20221102_163020.jpg "CCs in Israel: November-December 2022: A Car? A Tractor? A Plane? It’s Everything!")
CCs in Israel: November-December 2022: A Car? A Tractor? A Plane? It’s Everything!
Posted on January 10, 2023 | 2 CommentsWelcome to the first installment of this series written in 2023. This post, however, deals with captures and findings of the last months of 2022, so here’s one last glimpse […] -
![Your wake up to find yourself in an alternate universe in the year 1975. Everything looks normal, but it’s not. For one thing, Studebaker and Packard still exist. It also […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Patrician_studio_09.jpg "What If: 1975 Packard Patrician")
What If: 1975 Packard Patrician
Posted on January 10, 2023 | 31 CommentsYour wake up to find yourself in an alternate universe in the year 1975. Everything looks normal, but it’s not. For one thing, Studebaker and Packard still exist. It also […]
