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vintage ads and brochures Archive
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![Fellow CC’er Daniel Stern sent me this today, saying he was trying to post something to the Cohort for the first time. The only thing that caught his eye was […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/a-bumper-trailer.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1962 El Caminchero Travel Trailer – It Attaches to the Car’s Rear Wheels – Revolutionary!")
Vintage Ad: 1962 El Caminchero Travel Trailer – It Attaches to the Car’s Rear Wheels – Revolutionary!
Posted on February 15, 2020 | 44 CommentsFellow CC’er Daniel Stern sent me this today, saying he was trying to post something to the Cohort for the first time. The only thing that caught his eye was […] -
![Introductory Note: If ever there was a vehicle we are unlikely to encounter at curbside and just as unlikely to find at a car show, it would be the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1958-Packard-Colors-Bluff-Gray-08-Small.jpg "Curbside Classic Goes Shopping: For A 1958 Packard")
Curbside Classic Goes Shopping: For A 1958 Packard
Posted on August 7, 2019 | 86 CommentsIntroductory Note: If ever there was a vehicle we are unlikely to encounter at curbside and just as unlikely to find at a car show, it would be the […] -
![(first posted 3/14/2014) How’s this for something different? I have always liked Peugeots, partly due to the maroon 505 sedan by Corgi I got as a preschooler, and partly due […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/504-wagon-ad.jpg "Vintage Peugeot Ads: Remember When You Could Buy A French Car In The United States?")
Vintage Peugeot Ads: Remember When You Could Buy A French Car In The United States?
Posted on February 25, 2019 | 73 Comments(first posted 3/14/2014) How’s this for something different? I have always liked Peugeots, partly due to the maroon 505 sedan by Corgi I got as a preschooler, and partly due […] -
![I want to thank everyone for the positive response to my recent Curbside Classic post featuring ads and content from the November 18th 1957 issue of Life magazine. In […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190124_171148-1_resized.jpg "Life Magazine Part 2: The Mopar Edition")
Life Magazine Part 2: The Mopar Edition
Posted on January 28, 2019 | 38 CommentsI want to thank everyone for the positive response to my recent Curbside Classic post featuring ads and content from the November 18th 1957 issue of Life magazine. In […] -
![My favorite bookstore is The Old Book Shop in Morristown N.J. Since junior high school I have shopped there many times to buy books and magazines on all kinds of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/OMS02445-MZ1.jpg "Life Magazine, November 18th 1957: The Tipping Point Between Postwar Dreams and Harsh Reality")
Life Magazine, November 18th 1957: The Tipping Point Between Postwar Dreams and Harsh Reality
Posted on January 22, 2019 | 50 CommentsMy favorite bookstore is The Old Book Shop in Morristown N.J. Since junior high school I have shopped there many times to buy books and magazines on all kinds of […] -
Vintage Ad: Holden Super Chicken! Was This For Real Or a Joke?
Posted on November 22, 2018 | 22 CommentsI’ll leave it to our Aussie friends to answer that, but I don’t think this would have flown in the US. But then maybe it didn’t down under either. -
Vintage Ad: 1993 Chrysler Concorde – Using Rodents To Advertise Cars?
Posted on October 31, 2018 | 28 Comments -
![My mother grew up in the European part of Shanghai, China, in the 1930’s until her family emigrated to the US before World War II. I have a copy of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ford-1.jpeg "Yearbook Outtake: Ads of Few Words, Shanghai 1937")
Yearbook Outtake: Ads of Few Words, Shanghai 1937
Posted on October 10, 2018 | 23 CommentsMy mother grew up in the European part of Shanghai, China, in the 1930’s until her family emigrated to the US before World War II. I have a copy of […] -
![(first posted 10/3/2012. Expanded and revised 7/22/2018) In the fall of 1963, when I was 10, I’d had enough of grade school and decided to pursue an independent study course […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Buick-1964-Full-Line-Prestige-38-39.jpg "The Book Of New Buicks – 1964 Edition: Quite Possibly My Favorite Textbook Ever (Updated Now With All 63 Pages)")
The Book Of New Buicks – 1964 Edition: Quite Possibly My Favorite Textbook Ever (Updated Now With All 63 Pages)
Posted on July 23, 2018 | 81 Comments(first posted 10/3/2012. Expanded and revised 7/22/2018) In the fall of 1963, when I was 10, I’d had enough of grade school and decided to pursue an independent study course […] -
![The Hondamatic is an interesting design, as Honda went a quite different route in designing it to avoid paying any license fees. As a result, it does not have planetary […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Chrysler-1961-concpet0009.jpg "Vintage Ad: 1976 Honda 750 Automatic – The Two Speed Hondamatic on Two Wheels")
Vintage Ad: 1976 Honda 750 Automatic – The Two Speed Hondamatic on Two Wheels
Posted on July 18, 2018 | 33 CommentsThe Hondamatic is an interesting design, as Honda went a quite different route in designing it to avoid paying any license fees. As a result, it does not have planetary […] -
Ad Watch Classic: Damsel in Distress, Or?
Posted on June 26, 2018 | 49 CommentsStephen Pellegrino posted this ’59 Chevy ad at the Cohort along with some commentary: -
![In America there are two classes of travel – first-class, and with children. Traveling with children corresponds roughly to traveling third-class in Bulgaria. They tell me there is nothing lower […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Ad-1966-Ford-Country-Squire.jpg "Ad Classic: 1966 Ford Country Squire – Better Than Traveling In Bulgaria")
Ad Classic: 1966 Ford Country Squire – Better Than Traveling In Bulgaria
Posted on July 12, 2017 | 39 CommentsIn America there are two classes of travel – first-class, and with children. Traveling with children corresponds roughly to traveling third-class in Bulgaria. They tell me there is nothing lower […] -
![click image for glorious full size Just stumbled into this great shot, and thought it would make a good companion to today’s CC. It’s from a brochure given to buyers […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Lincoln-Continental-1964-twins.jpg "Brochure Outtake: Front Door or Rear? Vintage or Retro?")
Brochure Outtake: Front Door or Rear? Vintage or Retro?
Posted on February 1, 2017 | 41 Commentsclick image for glorious full size Just stumbled into this great shot, and thought it would make a good companion to today’s CC. It’s from a brochure given to buyers […] -
![We’ve been gleaning reviews from the January 1975 R&T, but how about a quick look at a couple of other tidbits, starting with this PS. Too bad it’s not an […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Corolla-ad-900.jpg "Vintage Classified Ads, Toyota Ads and PS from the January 1975 Road and Track")
Vintage Classified Ads, Toyota Ads and PS from the January 1975 Road and Track
Posted on November 12, 2016 | 25 CommentsWe’ve been gleaning reviews from the January 1975 R&T, but how about a quick look at a couple of other tidbits, starting with this PS. Too bad it’s not an […] -
![Last week Tesla announced that all of their vehicles will be ready for full autonomous driving just as soon as government approval is secured. All that will be required is […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/WALL-E-people.jpg "Vintage Ad Outtake: 1977 BMW 320i Ad – A Quaint Memory As We Succumb To Autonomous Vehicles")
Vintage Ad Outtake: 1977 BMW 320i Ad – A Quaint Memory As We Succumb To Autonomous Vehicles
Posted on October 25, 2016 | 28 CommentsLast week Tesla announced that all of their vehicles will be ready for full autonomous driving just as soon as government approval is secured. All that will be required is […]
