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![This image was meant to appear on my Rides For The Upscale Cowboy post a few days ago, but on second thought I felt it should stand on its own. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Scan-230725-0001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: Cadillac DeVille – Taking’em Bales Of Hay In Style")
Vintage Ad: Cadillac DeVille – Taking’em Bales Of Hay In Style
Posted on July 26, 2023 | 31 CommentsThis image was meant to appear on my Rides For The Upscale Cowboy post a few days ago, but on second thought I felt it should stand on its own. […] -
![William Oliver recently posted this old Mercedes van at the Cohort, perched on its current position in the sky of Ontario. Clues? The image quality was good enough for ‘Ontario’ […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/52939219026_1067a5cfea_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: ’55-’67 Mercedes-Benz L319 – Do Old German Vans Oversee The Canadian Sky?")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: ’55-’67 Mercedes-Benz L319 – Do Old German Vans Oversee The Canadian Sky?
Posted on July 26, 2023 | 14 CommentsWilliam Oliver recently posted this old Mercedes van at the Cohort, perched on its current position in the sky of Ontario. Clues? The image quality was good enough for ‘Ontario’ […] -
![It’s a distant day in 1952 (I think), with a Dodge tractor loading a good number of Hudsons in Detroit. Both driver and partner seem rather busy double-checking that the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/12205423006_581e5ec13a_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Carriers: Two Hudson Loads – Just Make Sure They’re Secure")
Vintage Carriers: Two Hudson Loads – Just Make Sure They’re Secure
Posted on July 25, 2023 | 24 CommentsIt’s a distant day in 1952 (I think), with a Dodge tractor loading a good number of Hudsons in Detroit. Both driver and partner seem rather busy double-checking that the […] -
Cohort Pic(k)s Of The Day: ’60s Fords And Chevys For Sale – Come And Get One!
Posted on July 25, 2023 | 20 CommentsImages from the Cohort, by canadiancatgreen. -
![(first posted 7/24/2017) Upon its official promotion to a full model line in 1991, the all-new Buick Park Avenue was warmly received for its combination of traditional […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2005_Buick_ParkAvenue2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 2005 Buick Park Avenue Special Edition – But Really, How Special?")
CC Capsule: 2005 Buick Park Avenue Special Edition – But Really, How Special?
Posted on July 24, 2023 | 47 Comments(first posted 7/24/2017) Upon its official promotion to a full model line in 1991, the all-new Buick Park Avenue was warmly received for its combination of traditional […] -
![A few months ago, I briefly mentioned the movie Used Cars in a post. One of Robert Zemecki’s earlier films, with the zany traits and pacing that would characterize his […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-05-at-1.43.06-PM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Cinema And QOTD: Egregious Car Switcheroos – What’s The Worst One You’ve Ever Seen?")
CC Cinema And QOTD: Egregious Car Switcheroos – What’s The Worst One You’ve Ever Seen?
Posted on July 24, 2023 | 88 CommentsA few months ago, I briefly mentioned the movie Used Cars in a post. One of Robert Zemecki’s earlier films, with the zany traits and pacing that would characterize his […] -
![These snapshots are part of a series I’ve recently become aware of, found at The Portal Of Texas History. In this case, the shots were taken by WBAP-TV at Forth […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/metadc1485688_xl_UNTA_AR0847-003-04-495.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Dealer Snapshots: Chrysler Dealers – Texas, 1962")
Vintage Dealer Snapshots: Chrysler Dealers – Texas, 1962
Posted on July 24, 2023 | 32 CommentsThese snapshots are part of a series I’ve recently become aware of, found at The Portal Of Texas History. In this case, the shots were taken by WBAP-TV at Forth […] -
![Cohort images by cjcz92, taken in 2017. We returned to Puerto Rico in 1987, and were finally back in US territory after 11 years in Central America. Since those were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/35693247442_7b6e891488_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Memories: 1978 Buick Century Aeroback – Skipping A Few Pages To Reach The Ominous Chapters")
Cohort Memories: 1978 Buick Century Aeroback – Skipping A Few Pages To Reach The Ominous Chapters
Posted on July 24, 2023 | 28 CommentsCohort images by cjcz92, taken in 2017. We returned to Puerto Rico in 1987, and were finally back in US territory after 11 years in Central America. Since those were […] -
![It’s been a week since my American Cars In Puerto Rico post, and I’m ready once again to share more snapshots from the tropics; this time from Central America. And […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2023-04-04-18.23.01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Cars In Central America")
Vintage Snapshots: Cars In Central America
Posted on July 23, 2023 | 10 CommentsIt’s been a week since my American Cars In Puerto Rico post, and I’m ready once again to share more snapshots from the tropics; this time from Central America. And […] -
![After living in an age when suburbanites in advertising long for ‘active outdoor lifestyles,’ I had forgotten there was a time when the opposite was occasionally sold; that of countryside […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/6036522486_9102665649_o-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Ads: Rides For The Upscale Cowboy")
Vintage Ads: Rides For The Upscale Cowboy
Posted on July 22, 2023 | 27 CommentsAfter living in an age when suburbanites in advertising long for ‘active outdoor lifestyles,’ I had forgotten there was a time when the opposite was occasionally sold; that of countryside […] -
![The first brand-new postwar Chevrolet was introduced in January 1949 at the Waldorf Astoria in NY. On its arrival, a reporter said that it “looked like a Cadillac without the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/53049108838_c4d7bc3031_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1954 Chevrolet – A Small Cadillac Without The Fins")
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1954 Chevrolet – A Small Cadillac Without The Fins
Posted on July 22, 2023 | 35 CommentsThe first brand-new postwar Chevrolet was introduced in January 1949 at the Waldorf Astoria in NY. On its arrival, a reporter said that it “looked like a Cadillac without the […] -
Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: The Corvair And The SUV – A Study In Contrasts
Posted on July 21, 2023 | 33 CommentsImage by canadiancatgreen at the Cohort. -
![I was taking my wife home when I took a side street I didn’t even know it existed. A narrow slit of pavement, on the edges of a middle-class neighborhood, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_20230522_155739122_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1965 Mercury Comet Caliente Hardtop – Caliente Season")
Curbside Classic: 1965 Mercury Comet Caliente Hardtop – Caliente Season
Posted on July 21, 2023 | 26 CommentsI was taking my wife home when I took a side street I didn’t even know it existed. A narrow slit of pavement, on the edges of a middle-class neighborhood, […] -
Vintage Dealer Postcards: Ford Dealers 1964-1972
Posted on July 20, 2023 | 14 CommentsEllicott City, MD, 1964. -
![There was a time when music videos were kind of a cultural thing. Cable was fairly new, and with it, MTV launched a 24-hour music video channel in 1981; an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Captura-de-pantalla-2023-07-19-16.54.12.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC TV: 1968 Oldsmobile 442 And Chicago’s “Stay The Night” Music Video")
CC TV: 1968 Oldsmobile 442 And Chicago’s “Stay The Night” Music Video
Posted on July 20, 2023 | 26 CommentsThere was a time when music videos were kind of a cultural thing. Cable was fairly new, and with it, MTV launched a 24-hour music video channel in 1981; an […]
