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Curbside Classics Archives
Vintage Photos Archive
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![Shorpy was donated a collection of color transparencies by Don Cox, including the Coors drinking skier the other day. We’ll peruse a few here and there, including this one near […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/SHORPY-P-0016-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage Photo: Navajo Country, 1971 – Where Pickups Outnumbered The Cars Even Back Then")
Vintage Photo: Navajo Country, 1971 – Where Pickups Outnumbered The Cars Even Back Then
Posted on April 11, 2022 | 9 CommentsShorpy was donated a collection of color transparencies by Don Cox, including the Coors drinking skier the other day. We’ll peruse a few here and there, including this one near […] -
![Let’s keep the ’64 GM theme going a bit longer with this ’64 Caddy wagon. It’s a one-ff by Victor Auto Service in New York. I assume it was built […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/4103757354_ea0a6b461d_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage PR Shot: 1964 Cadillac Station Wagon By Victor Auto Service")
Vintage PR Shot: 1964 Cadillac Station Wagon By Victor Auto Service
Posted on April 9, 2022 | 31 CommentsLet’s keep the ’64 GM theme going a bit longer with this ’64 Caddy wagon. It’s a one-ff by Victor Auto Service in New York. I assume it was built […] -
![The post-Studebaker Avanti saga is a long and convoluted one, and it ended with its final owner, Michael Kelly being arrested for running a large Ponzi scheme. Given that this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/4102281552_885a818473_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage PR Shot: 2005 Avanti Convertible – Nightmare. Defraud. Die")
Vintage PR Shot: 2005 Avanti Convertible – Nightmare. Defraud. Die
Posted on April 8, 2022 | 36 CommentsThe post-Studebaker Avanti saga is a long and convoluted one, and it ended with its final owner, Michael Kelly being arrested for running a large Ponzi scheme. Given that this […] -
Vintage Photo: Wishful-Thinking Me In 1959
Posted on April 7, 2022 | 30 CommentsDoes anyone recognize the ski lodge? Did they sell Coors beer in California already in 1959? -
Vintage PR Photo: 1957 Miller-Meteor Crestwood Limousine Combination – A Di-Noc Hearse To Die For
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Vintage PR Shot: 1954 Ford Mainline Tudor Sedan – A Thrifty Ride For The Suburban Bride
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![Having run into this 1939 Studebaker hearse shot, it occurred to me that this is the first one I can remember seeing. This is a pre-war car, and it makes […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/51847104563_062f65644f_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage PR Shot: 1939 Bender-Studebaker Arlington Funeral Coach – The First Studebaker Hearse Picture I’ve Run Into")
Vintage PR Shot: 1939 Bender-Studebaker Arlington Funeral Coach – The First Studebaker Hearse Picture I’ve Run Into
Posted on March 13, 2022 | 11 CommentsHaving run into this 1939 Studebaker hearse shot, it occurred to me that this is the first one I can remember seeing. This is a pre-war car, and it makes […] -
Vintage PR Shot: 1952 Allstate – Trying Hard To Distract The Viewer
Posted on March 7, 2022 | 13 CommentsThe Allstate, a Henry J in mild disguise, was a homely little thing. Read all about Sears’s rare failure it here. -
![This is the official 1965 Corvette post card, or at least one of them. But what is that setting? It looks like a poor lumber town or such. It seems […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/51362576245_8f9a5e0223_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage PR Shot: 1965 Corvettes In An Unusual Setting")
Vintage PR Shot: 1965 Corvettes In An Unusual Setting
Posted on March 5, 2022 | 13 CommentsThis is the official 1965 Corvette post card, or at least one of them. But what is that setting? It looks like a poor lumber town or such. It seems […] -
Vintage PR Photo: 1933 Ford Model Y Alpine Tourer – Bring Your Own Booster Seats
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Vintage Postcards: Exhibition Of General Motors Products, Atlantic City Boardwalk, 1920s – Before There Was a Futurama
Posted on February 20, 2022 | 10 CommentsHere’s another one: -
![When I lived in Iowa in the early sixties, I spent quite a bit of time in the country, but I never saw a station wagon at a farm. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/51789641839_cba3eca3f8_k.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage PR Shot: 1956 Ford Ranch Wagon Makes A Rare Appearance On A Ranch Or Farm")
Vintage PR Shot: 1956 Ford Ranch Wagon Makes A Rare Appearance On A Ranch Or Farm
Posted on February 16, 2022 | 18 CommentsWhen I lived in Iowa in the early sixties, I spent quite a bit of time in the country, but I never saw a station wagon at a farm. It […] -
![I always wondered why Bill Mitchell decided to have both 4 and 6 window versions of the 1962-1964 big C Body sedans. He was certainly a fan of these baroque […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/4036858846_8f6da117c1_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Armstrong Siddeley Saphire 6-Light And 4-Light Saloon – Are These The Inspiration For The 1962-1964 GMC C-Body 6 and 4 Window Sedans?")
Armstrong Siddeley Saphire 6-Light And 4-Light Saloon – Are These The Inspiration For The 1962-1964 GMC C-Body 6 and 4 Window Sedans?
Posted on February 9, 2022 | 25 CommentsI always wondered why Bill Mitchell decided to have both 4 and 6 window versions of the 1962-1964 big C Body sedans. He was certainly a fan of these baroque […] -
Vintage Post Card: Municipal Auto Sales, Miami, FL
Posted on February 8, 2022 | 28 CommentsLots of late model used cars. Click image for maximum size. -
![Thanks to the rear-hinged “suicide” door of this DKW coupe, we get to see a lot more of the lovely Anita Ekberg than we would if it was front-hinged. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/4036161485_8d2600bab9_o.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=89&ssl=1 "Vintage PR Shot: Anita Ekberg And Her DKW – Is This The Only “Suicide Door” Hardtop Coupe?")
Vintage PR Shot: Anita Ekberg And Her DKW – Is This The Only “Suicide Door” Hardtop Coupe?
Posted on February 5, 2022 | 44 CommentsThanks to the rear-hinged “suicide” door of this DKW coupe, we get to see a lot more of the lovely Anita Ekberg than we would if it was front-hinged. It […]
