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Video Archive
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CC Video Classic: 1982 GM HT 4100 Engine Promotional Video – World Record Razzie Winner?
Posted on October 4, 2025 | 9 CommentsYou may have heard of the Golden Raspberry Awards, also called the “Razzies.” They’re an annual satirical award given in the entertainment industry – to the worst movie, actor, Director, […] -
CC Video: 1982 Ford Fairmont, Chevrolet Citation, and Plymouth Reliant Comparison – Mucho Malaise
Posted on September 27, 2025 | 13 CommentsThe below Ford promotional video from 1982 comparing the Fairmont to its competitors from GM and Chrysler popped up on my Youtube feed recently – and boy, did it bring […] -
A Driver’s Eye View Of Hurtling The 1937 Mercedes W125 GP Car Through The Nurburgring
Posted on March 9, 2025 | 4 CommentsWe all know of the Nurburgring, the fearsome 14 mile grand prix built in the mid 1920s in the Eiffel Mountains and used for the German Grand Prix until 1976. […] -
CC Videos: French Truckin’ Wizards – Door-To-Door Transport
Posted on January 18, 2025 | 13 CommentsOne of my favorite search terms on YouTube is ‘passage (très) difficile’. Then you’ll find yourself in France, watching modern big rigs rolling through old small towns. AubeAgri_Production posted a […] -
Vintage Video: Eugene’s Westside Motorcycle Club Does Stunts on Hwy 99 in 1938
Posted on December 5, 2024 | 22 Comments(first posted 12/5 2018) Yes, I’m digging up up some pretty obscure stuff here deep in the tubes of you, but I find these kinds of old home movies […] -
CC Video: Tourists Crossing the Gotthard Pass in 1963 and 1965 – Car Spotting And Wild Passing Galore
Posted on November 27, 2024 | 24 Comments(first posted 11/27/2018) I somehow stumbled into these last night on my bed-time YouTube surfing. These are terrific, and feature great car spotting, even a fair number […] -
Video Outtake: 1956 Austin A35 Economy Run
Posted on December 16, 2023 | 33 CommentsYoutube has many surprises, and this is one I spotted last week. An Austin A35, Austin and BMC’s entry level car at the time, was picked at random from the […] -
CC Vintage Video: Ford Cleveland Foundry & Engine Plant, 1953 – My Father’s Job Of A Lifetime
Posted on April 25, 2023 | 39 Comments(first posted 4/25/2017) Ford assembled Model T’s and A’s in Cleveland from about 1911 to 1932, but really grew its presence there after WWII. In the early 1950s, a foundry […] -
Vintage Video: The First Overland, London to Singapore, 1955-56
Posted on April 8, 2023 | 14 CommentsLong time readers of CC may remember a history of the Land Rover series 1 I posted back in 2015. In it, I mentioned a trip made in 1955 […] -
CC Video: ‘Happy Journey’ in a Tatra 603
Posted on February 8, 2023 | 21 Comments(first posted 2/8/2017) No journey back in time to large European rear-engine cars like the splendid one we had today would be complete without what is undoubtedly one of the […] -
Vintage TV Ad: 1979 Oldsmobiles – Archie Manning Suits Up For Royal Oldsmobile
Posted on December 1, 2022 | 67 Comments(first posted 12/1/2016) Back when I was a kid in New Orleans, Archie Manning (of the Saints football team) and Oldsmobile cars were both phenomenally popular. One of the […] -
Vintage Video: GM’s 1956 Prediction Of The Autonomous (Turbine) Car Of 1976
Posted on May 20, 2022 | 53 Comments(first posted 5/20/2016) -
CC Global and Video: Spijkstaal BEVs – From Burden Carriers To Stuntworthy Mobile Grocery Stores
Posted on December 21, 2021 | 6 CommentsSpijkstaal is a Dutch manufacturer of a wide range of electric vehicles for the commercial market. The company was founded in 1938 and in its homeland it’s best known for […] -
Mountain Pass Video: Passo dello Stelvio in una Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6
Posted on October 17, 2021 | 13 CommentsThe Stelvio Pass is the highest pass in the eastern Alps and one of the highest in the Alps, at over 9,000ft, and links Italy and Switzerland. Visually, it is […] -
CC Video: Men At Work
Posted on July 4, 2021 | 2 CommentsOver the past years, I posted many typical Dutch brick haulers, like these. Their main characteristics: they’re heavy and they come with multiple steering axles and a rolloader crane. Last […]
![CC Video Classic: 1982 GM HT 4100 Engine Promotional Video – World Record Razzie Winner? You may have heard of the Golden Raspberry Awards, also called the “Razzies.” They’re an annual satirical award given in the entertainment industry – to the worst movie, actor, Director, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Cadillac_4-9_Liter_V8_engine_from_1992_Sedan_Deville_2014-05-01_00-48.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Video: 1982 Ford Fairmont, Chevrolet Citation, and Plymouth Reliant Comparison – Mucho Malaise The below Ford promotional video from 1982 comparing the Fairmont to its competitors from GM and Chrysler popped up on my Youtube feed recently – and boy, did it bring […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/fd1980fairmont2dsportcou14999699_1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![A Driver’s Eye View Of Hurtling The 1937 Mercedes W125 GP Car Through The Nurburgring We all know of the Nurburgring, the fearsome 14 mile grand prix built in the mid 1920s in the Eiffel Mountains and used for the German Grand Prix until 1976. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/nurburgring.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Video Outtake: 1956 Austin A35 Economy Run Youtube has many surprises, and this is one I spotted last week. An Austin A35, Austin and BMC’s entry level car at the time, was picked at random from the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/DSC01770.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Vintage Video: Ford Cleveland Foundry & Engine Plant, 1953 – My Father’s Job Of A Lifetime (first posted 4/25/2017) Ford assembled Model T’s and A’s in Cleveland from about 1911 to 1932, but really grew its presence there after WWII. In the early 1950s, a foundry […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Ford-Foundry-EP1Foundry1953.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Vintage Video: The First Overland, London to Singapore, 1955-56 Long time readers of CC may remember a history of the Land Rover series 1 I posted back in 2015. In it, I mentioned a trip made in 1955 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1-100310095938.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Vintage TV Ad: 1979 Oldsmobiles – Archie Manning Suits Up For Royal Oldsmobile (first posted 12/1/2016) Back when I was a kid in New Orleans, Archie Manning (of the Saints football team) and Oldsmobile cars were both phenomenally popular. One of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Archie-Manning-Football-Showroom.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![CC Global and Video: Spijkstaal BEVs – From Burden Carriers To Stuntworthy Mobile Grocery Stores Spijkstaal is a Dutch manufacturer of a wide range of electric vehicles for the commercial market. The company was founded in 1938 and in its homeland it’s best known for […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_9854.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Mountain Pass Video: Passo dello Stelvio in una Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6 The Stelvio Pass is the highest pass in the eastern Alps and one of the highest in the Alps, at over 9,000ft, and links Italy and Switzerland. Visually, it is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/stelvio.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


