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vintage ads and brochures Archive
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![I’m a bit confused by this. I know about the Kleinschnittger, one of the smallest of the many microcars built in Germany in the 1950s. But it’s the “Heil” part […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/48391831627_2dd86d0e54_k.jpg "Vintage Magazine Blurb: “Heil Kleinschnittger!” – Seriously?")
Vintage Magazine Blurb: “Heil Kleinschnittger!” – Seriously?
Posted on March 31, 2021 | 27 CommentsI’m a bit confused by this. I know about the Kleinschnittger, one of the smallest of the many microcars built in Germany in the 1950s. But it’s the “Heil” part […] -
![1961 brought a totally new generation of Dodge trucks. What’s easily forgotten is that for its first year only, it was called Dart. Now that’s a bit odd, given that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-dd.jpg "Vintage Ad of the Day: 1961 Dodge Dart Pickup – Unexpected Name and Unexpected Diesel Power")
Vintage Ad of the Day: 1961 Dodge Dart Pickup – Unexpected Name and Unexpected Diesel Power
Posted on March 30, 2021 | 24 Comments1961 brought a totally new generation of Dodge trucks. What’s easily forgotten is that for its first year only, it was called Dart. Now that’s a bit odd, given that […] -
![In today’s safety-obsessed world, it seems like we might as well be wearing helmets while going about our daily lives. Well, it turns out someone thought of that already… over […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Buco3.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1965 Buco Helmet-Hat – It Makes An MGB Perfectly Safe")
Vintage Ad: 1965 Buco Helmet-Hat – It Makes An MGB Perfectly Safe
Posted on March 25, 2021 | 20 CommentsIn today’s safety-obsessed world, it seems like we might as well be wearing helmets while going about our daily lives. Well, it turns out someone thought of that already… over […] -
![I knew that Chrysler was the last premium brand to offer a three-passenger coupe in 1948, but I rather thought it was just more like a business coupe. That modest […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/48833532011_64487e0572_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1941 Chrysler Highlander Three-Passenger Coupe – Not Just A Mere Business Coupe")
Vintage Ad: 1941 Chrysler Highlander Three-Passenger Coupe – Not Just A Mere Business Coupe
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 25 CommentsI knew that Chrysler was the last premium brand to offer a three-passenger coupe in 1948, but I rather thought it was just more like a business coupe. That modest […] -
![This ad’s headline caught my attention. Automatic Automobiles, in 1933? There weren’t even automatic transmissions then. But Studebaker was trumpeting cars “from which 61% of the physical effort and practically […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49029698077_b2bbd27b47_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: Automatic Automobiles! These Amazing New 1933 Studebakers All But Drive Themselves! 12 Mechanical Brains!")
Vintage Ad: Automatic Automobiles! These Amazing New 1933 Studebakers All But Drive Themselves! 12 Mechanical Brains!
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 54 CommentsThis ad’s headline caught my attention. Automatic Automobiles, in 1933? There weren’t even automatic transmissions then. But Studebaker was trumpeting cars “from which 61% of the physical effort and practically […] -
![I continue to find evidence of obscure European brands having been sold during the Great Import Boom of the fifties that I hadn’t previously known to be imported.. The Wartburg, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49953212848_b80893be45_k-1.jpg "Vintage Ad: Willy Witkin Presents the Wartburg, “One Of (East) Germany’s Finest!”, Or A Maico, Perhaps? Some Signs of the Import Bubble of 1959")
Vintage Ad: Willy Witkin Presents the Wartburg, “One Of (East) Germany’s Finest!”, Or A Maico, Perhaps? Some Signs of the Import Bubble of 1959
Posted on March 23, 2021 | 33 CommentsI continue to find evidence of obscure European brands having been sold during the Great Import Boom of the fifties that I hadn’t previously known to be imported.. The Wartburg, […] -
![Here’s one that snuck by me in 1980, and just as well. Wow; who wouldn’t have lusted after this. Especially at $61,000 ($176k adjusted). No wonder less than a hundred […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49232213117_6c09d87612_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1981 Evolution 1 by Pierre Cardin – “Undoubtedly Cadillac, Unquestionably Cardin, Incredibly Now”")
Vintage Ad: 1981 Evolution 1 by Pierre Cardin – “Undoubtedly Cadillac, Unquestionably Cardin, Incredibly Now”
Posted on March 22, 2021 | 69 CommentsHere’s one that snuck by me in 1980, and just as well. Wow; who wouldn’t have lusted after this. Especially at $61,000 ($176k adjusted). No wonder less than a hundred […] -
![Nash made a lot of hay from its fold down seats that converted into a bed. All of the ads and brochure shots from the 1950s show very chaste scenes, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49383526411_0afbbf75d8_k.jpg "Nash Car Camping in 1940, Evening and Morning – What’s On His Mind?")
Nash Car Camping in 1940, Evening and Morning – What’s On His Mind?
Posted on March 21, 2021 | 30 CommentsNash made a lot of hay from its fold down seats that converted into a bed. All of the ads and brochure shots from the 1950s show very chaste scenes, […] -
Vintage Ad: The Unexpected Pleasure of the Concept SL – Get One Free When You Buy a RR Limo!
Posted on March 21, 2021 | 36 CommentsNot only is the pleasure highly unexpected, but if you by Concept Coach Builders’ RR limo, you get one free! Details after the jump: -
![Looks like a Renault Dauphine, but it’s actually a Henney Kilowatt, the first attempt at a production EV after the demise first electric cars of the prewar era. It was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/49811020268_7aec0a83d7_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: Henney Kilowatt – The First Post-War Production EV")
Vintage Ad: Henney Kilowatt – The First Post-War Production EV
Posted on March 21, 2021 | 28 CommentsLooks like a Renault Dauphine, but it’s actually a Henney Kilowatt, the first attempt at a production EV after the demise first electric cars of the prewar era. It was […] -
![I know; it’s been done before. But it’s been a few years, and when I stumbled on this, I was once again flabbergasted by what AMC and Dick Teague did […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50707727641_a498a4aa26_k.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1975 AMC Matador – Ugliest Car Of Its Time?")
Vintage Ad: 1975 AMC Matador – Ugliest Car Of Its Time?
Posted on March 18, 2021 | 94 CommentsI know; it’s been done before. But it’s been a few years, and when I stumbled on this, I was once again flabbergasted by what AMC and Dick Teague did […] -
![I knew that these Winnebagos were cheap, but I’d forgotten just how much so. This is a fully equipped motorhome, with water heater, shower, pressurized water system, furnace, stove with […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a-w.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1972 Winnebago D18 For $6,700 ($42,000 In 2020 Dollars) – Good Luck Buying A Fully Equipped Van/RV For Twice That")
Vintage Ad: 1972 Winnebago D18 For $6,700 ($42,000 In 2020 Dollars) – Good Luck Buying A Fully Equipped Van/RV For Twice That
Posted on March 17, 2021 | 16 CommentsI knew that these Winnebagos were cheap, but I’d forgotten just how much so. This is a fully equipped motorhome, with water heater, shower, pressurized water system, furnace, stove with […] -
Vintage Ad: 1964 Cadillac-Superior Royale Coupe de Fleur Mark III
Posted on March 17, 2021 | 28 CommentsYes, that’s its official name, except for the “Mark III” part, which I added, for obvious reasons. Not obvious enough? -
![This PR shot for a ’58 Imperial caught me a bit off-guard. So…nationalistic. One could imagine it to be a Soviet limo, but for the woman’s dress and the big […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50857352352_c7ba4549f6_k.jpg "Vintage PR Photos: 1958 Imperial Crown Southampton – Cold War Warrior?")
Vintage PR Photos: 1958 Imperial Crown Southampton – Cold War Warrior?
Posted on March 9, 2021 | 49 CommentsThis PR shot for a ’58 Imperial caught me a bit off-guard. So…nationalistic. One could imagine it to be a Soviet limo, but for the woman’s dress and the big […] -
![Chevrolet must have been mighty proud of its new ’55 cars, because they even splurged on beauty shots of the low end cars, like the 150 2-door sedan, for their […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/50996072352_6339a41673_k.jpg "Vintage Postcards: 1955 Chevy 150 Sedan and 210 Two-Door Wagon – Even The Low End Cars Get The Glamor Treatment")
Vintage Postcards: 1955 Chevy 150 Sedan and 210 Two-Door Wagon – Even The Low End Cars Get The Glamor Treatment
Posted on March 8, 2021 | 51 CommentsChevrolet must have been mighty proud of its new ’55 cars, because they even splurged on beauty shots of the low end cars, like the 150 2-door sedan, for their […]
