Curbside Classic Archives
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tv ads and videos Archive
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CC Commercial: I Can’t Stand Acclaim…
Posted on May 25, 2023 | 49 Comments(First posted 7 February, 2017. Reposting today in honour of Tina Turner, who died yesterday.) The American half of yesterday’s Chrysler/Dodge Spirit CCC raised eyebrows with its yeah-no-that-didn’t-happen factor. Plymouth, […] -
CC Video: Pas Op! Zwenkt Uit *)
Posted on January 30, 2023 | 13 CommentsOne of the events I want to visit this year is the annually held Truckstar Mack & Speciaaltransportdag. Middle-of-the-road trucks and combination vehicles are not allowed (and will probably be […] -
CC Video: What Goes Up Must Come Down
Posted on January 15, 2023 | 16 CommentsRolling down the meandering balcony road through Les Gorges du Guil in the French Alps, featuring a Scania R580-V8 6×2 livestock truck/trailer combination and its resolute driver chauffeur. (Video created […] -
Video Outtake: 1973 Was 50 Years Ago; Here’s What You Could Have Chosen
Posted on January 1, 2023 | 37 CommentsI know it doesn’t feel like (I’ve only just got used to writing “2022”) but next year is now this year, so to speak. So, welcome to 2023, just 50 […] -
CC Video: Sweden In The Sixties – Fertile Soil For The Kings Of The Road
Posted on July 5, 2022 | 9 CommentsWatch the on-road fieldtests. And the change from driving on the left to the right side. More than 50 years later, the Scandinavians (let’s not forget Volvo and Finnish specialist […] -
CC Commercial: Toyota Mocks the Special-Needs Kid
Posted on June 19, 2022 | 30 Comments(originally published 9 Feb 2017) While there’s plenty of room at the rarefied ultraluxury/hypercar top for a practically infinite number of brands, the mass-market motor trade is considerably more cutthroat. […] -
CC Video: Modern Heavy-Haulage – (De)Coupling, Loading, Cornering And Rolling Along
Posted on April 10, 2022 | 11 CommentsWhen it comes to road transport, I prefer videos that just demonstrate how things work. Sans any fuss, which means no distracting hosts, voice-overs or music. Let the machinery simply […] -
CC Video: AWD-Bedford MTM 55 Multidrive – 4×2 + 4×4 = 8×6
Posted on March 10, 2022 | 8 CommentsIs the tractor towing the semi-trailer or is the semi-trailer pushing the tractor? The AWD-Bedford TM tractor unit is powered by a Caterpillar 3406B truck diesel. From 1988 to 1992, […] -
CC Video: Hill Climbing – The Brazilian Way
Posted on February 21, 2022 | 4 CommentsWhen I was searching for information and videos about the Brazilian DAF factory and activities, I stumbled upon uma grande coleção of YouTube videos, featuring big rigs climbing steep and […] -
CC Video: Chauffeur And Maneuver Are French Words
Posted on February 6, 2022 | 26 CommentsI’m a sucker for the grumier-videos from France. A grumier is a heavy, self-loading combination vehicle for transporting long logs. Right from the start of this high-quality video -wonderful drone […] -
CC Video: 1961 Tatra 138 6×6 Swing Axle Trucks – Hard-Nosed And Beyond Heavy-Duty
Posted on January 15, 2022 | 23 CommentsWonderful 1961 footage from then Czechoslovakia, with the air-cooled swing-axle (well of course) Tatra 138 in its element, mastering the whole spectrum of off-road conditions. And with some marvelous scenery […] -
Steam Day Classics (and Video): British Steam Lorries – Puffing Away on British Roads Into The 1960s
Posted on February 6, 2021 | 28 Comments(first posted 2/6/2015) Great Britain’s reputation for doing things a bit differently has been well earned. One of the most unusual and endearing ones is its use of steam lorries, […] -
Watch And Hear The 1,729 Cubic Inch OHC Hemi Four Cylinder ‘Beast of Turin’ 1911 Fiat S-76 Bellow And Spit Flames For The First Time In A Century
Posted on December 3, 2020 | 26 Comments(first posted 13/3/2014) Stefan Marjoram is creating a documentary of the restoration of the legendary 1911 Fiat S76, which has the distinction of arguably having the largest automobile engine […] -
Vintage Video: BMC Tests Cars On German Autobahns
Posted on November 21, 2020 | 13 CommentsSometimes, you come across something that disrupts preconceptions. If you were to say something about the British motor industry in the 1950s, terms like complacency, insularity and under developed may […]
![CC Video: Pas Op! Zwenkt Uit *) One of the events I want to visit this year is the annually held Truckstar Mack & Speciaaltransportdag. Middle-of-the-road trucks and combination vehicles are not allowed (and will probably be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/broshuis.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Video Outtake: 1973 Was 50 Years Ago; Here’s What You Could Have Chosen I know it doesn’t feel like (I’ve only just got used to writing “2022”) but next year is now this year, so to speak. So, welcome to 2023, just 50 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CaptureUK.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Film Vault: Earl Scheib Commercials from 1962-63–Not on YouTube 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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/earlscheibphoto1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Steam Day Classics (and Video): British Steam Lorries – Puffing Away on British Roads Into The 1960s (first posted 2/6/2015) Great Britain’s reputation for doing things a bit differently has been well earned. One of the most unusual and endearing ones is its use of steam lorries, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/steam.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Watch And Hear The 1,729 Cubic Inch OHC Hemi Four Cylinder ‘Beast of Turin’ 1911 Fiat S-76 Bellow And Spit Flames For The First Time In A Century (first posted 13/3/2014) Stefan Marjoram is creating a documentary of the restoration of the legendary 1911 Fiat S76, which has the distinction of arguably having the largest automobile engine […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Fiat-S76-color.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Vintage Video: BMC Tests Cars On German Autobahns Sometimes, you come across something that disrupts preconceptions. If you were to say something about the British motor industry in the 1950s, terms like complacency, insularity and under developed may […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Austin-1955-Range-1-horz.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


