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Curbside Classics Archives
Vintage Photos Archive
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![(first posted 3/1/2017) Let’s go back to Dave Gelina’s collection of vintage slides for some more great shots. This one might be titled “small, medium, and big”, and pretty much […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/DG-ME-3-cars.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Me And My Car, Part 2")
Vintage Snapshots: Me And My Car, Part 2
Posted on March 1, 2023 | 47 Comments(first posted 3/1/2017) Let’s go back to Dave Gelina’s collection of vintage slides for some more great shots. This one might be titled “small, medium, and big”, and pretty much […] -
![(first posted 2/25/2017) More lovely vintage pics from Norway found on VW Vortex. Here, we have some interesting street and road snaps, which I think all more or less date […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dO4sJc8.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: Norwegian Woods (Part 2: Group Pics)")
Vintage Photos: Norwegian Woods (Part 2: Group Pics)
Posted on February 25, 2023 | 46 Comments(first posted 2/25/2017) More lovely vintage pics from Norway found on VW Vortex. Here, we have some interesting street and road snaps, which I think all more or less date […] -
![(first posted 2/24/2017) These lovely snaps come from the VW Vortex forum, which has a near 500-page thread of vintage car pics. They were posted by an Oslo-based member […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/V5OdqLt.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Photos: Norwegian Blues (Part 1: Solo Cars)")
Vintage Photos: Norwegian Blues (Part 1: Solo Cars)
Posted on February 24, 2023 | 51 Comments(first posted 2/24/2017) These lovely snaps come from the VW Vortex forum, which has a near 500-page thread of vintage car pics. They were posted by an Oslo-based member […] -
![The 1965 Ford LTD was an ambitious move upmarket for the Ford brand, and it was a big success. But that didn’t translate to the limousine version by Lehmann-Peterson; only […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/52283330371_5a7aa63730_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage PR Photo: 1965 Ford LTD Limousine By Lehmann-Peterson – A Long Dud")
Vintage PR Photo: 1965 Ford LTD Limousine By Lehmann-Peterson – A Long Dud
Posted on February 19, 2023 | 33 CommentsThe 1965 Ford LTD was an ambitious move upmarket for the Ford brand, and it was a big success. But that didn’t translate to the limousine version by Lehmann-Peterson; only […] -
![Pierce-Arrow, a company we have not done proper justice too here, was arguably America’s premiere luxury car builder in its heyday, the aughts, teens and into the twenties. It was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/6113596189_9d69025abe_h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Ad: 1931 Pierce-Arrow Coal Truck – Not What One Might Imagine From A Top Luxury Brand")
Vintage Ad: 1931 Pierce-Arrow Coal Truck – Not What One Might Imagine From A Top Luxury Brand
Posted on February 7, 2023 | 17 CommentsPierce-Arrow, a company we have not done proper justice too here, was arguably America’s premiere luxury car builder in its heyday, the aughts, teens and into the twenties. It was […] -
Vintage Dealer Postcard: Al Lankford Buick-Bricklin – What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Posted on February 3, 2023 | 21 CommentsThere’s something not right about this picture. Al Lankford really was a Bricklin dealer, but look at the cars in the showroom. -
![San Francisco, California is famous for its ornate Victorian houses, but not many people know that Los Angeles was once a very Victorian city too. To describe it generally, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/default1-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Photography: Losing Victorian Los Angeles–In Kodachrome (Part 1)")
CC Photography: Losing Victorian Los Angeles–In Kodachrome (Part 1)
Posted on February 3, 2023 | 40 CommentsSan Francisco, California is famous for its ornate Victorian houses, but not many people know that Los Angeles was once a very Victorian city too. To describe it generally, […] -
Vintage PR Photo: Bentley Estate Car Val d’Isere by Robert Jankel – Just Some DiNoc Away From Being The Ultimate Country Squire
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![Here’s an old photo that Jason Shafer might appreciate: a highway maintenance crew from the Missouri State Highway Department in 1945 with a very sharply-dressed highway patrolman and his 1942 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/52571998433_49e5820d15_h.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Photo: Road Maintenance In Missouri, 1945")
Vintage Photo: Road Maintenance In Missouri, 1945
Posted on January 26, 2023 | 25 CommentsHere’s an old photo that Jason Shafer might appreciate: a highway maintenance crew from the Missouri State Highway Department in 1945 with a very sharply-dressed highway patrolman and his 1942 […] -
Vintage Dealer Postcard: S&R Lincoln-Mercury-Comet-Triumph-Fiat — One Stop Shopping From Luxury To Super Cheap
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![Britain’s Rootes Group had a very different infrastructure compared to many other manufacturers. The company’s key assembly plant was at Ryton, just outside Coventry; engines were built in Coventry itself; […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/c66a157486c51cfc3e8e30f86f24f8ac.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Photo Outtake: The Rootes Group Supply Chain In Action")
Photo Outtake: The Rootes Group Supply Chain In Action
Posted on January 23, 2023 | 22 CommentsBritain’s Rootes Group had a very different infrastructure compared to many other manufacturers. The company’s key assembly plant was at Ryton, just outside Coventry; engines were built in Coventry itself; […] -
![(first posted 1/20/2017) Let’s take a look at Americans and Canadians on vacation with their travel and tent trailers in the 50s and 60s. These old snapshots archived at vintage.es. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/camping-1950s-60s-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Camping Trailers in the 50s and 60s")
Vintage Snapshots: Camping Trailers in the 50s and 60s
Posted on January 20, 2023 | 70 Comments(first posted 1/20/2017) Let’s take a look at Americans and Canadians on vacation with their travel and tent trailers in the 50s and 60s. These old snapshots archived at vintage.es. […] -
![In the late 1980s/early 1990s, I started noticing that my beloved cars of the ’50s were becoming evermore rare. So I began a project of photographing surviving examples that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/20230115_113013-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "CC Photography: Curbside Classics of 1991 – Freezing Time in a Rectangle")
CC Photography: Curbside Classics of 1991 – Freezing Time in a Rectangle
Posted on January 20, 2023 | 63 CommentsIn the late 1980s/early 1990s, I started noticing that my beloved cars of the ’50s were becoming evermore rare. So I began a project of photographing surviving examples that […] -
![(first posted 1/22/2017) Today we travel back in time and to London, and check out the streets and cars of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. We’ll do it chronologically, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/London-in-the-1970s-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: The Streets of London in the 50s, 60s and 70s")
Vintage Snapshots: The Streets of London in the 50s, 60s and 70s
Posted on January 15, 2023 | 32 Comments(first posted 1/22/2017) Today we travel back in time and to London, and check out the streets and cars of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. We’ll do it chronologically, and […] -
![Choosing between the Pacer and the Matador coupe is a tough one. If the Pacer were the original hatchback, that would seal it. But then if the matador had its […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/52231192815_5292234643_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage PR Shot: AMC’s 1978 Lineup – Which One Will Be Yours?")
Vintage PR Shot: AMC’s 1978 Lineup – Which One Will Be Yours?
Posted on December 18, 2022 | 49 CommentsChoosing between the Pacer and the Matador coupe is a tough one. If the Pacer were the original hatchback, that would seal it. But then if the matador had its […]
