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Curbside Classics Archives
tv ads and videos Archive
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![(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, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Commercial: I Can’t Stand Acclaim…")
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, […] -
![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&ssl=1 "CC Video: Pas Op! Zwenkt Uit *)")
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 […] -
![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&ssl=1 "Video Outtake: 1973 Was 50 Years Ago; Here’s What You Could Have Chosen")
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 […] -
![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&ssl=1 "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 […] -
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 […] -
![(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&ssl=1 "Steam Day Classics (and Video): British Steam Lorries – Puffing Away on British Roads Into The 1960s")
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, […] -
![(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&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")
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 […] -
![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&ssl=1 "Vintage Video: BMC Tests Cars On German Autobahns")
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 […]
