A lot of you kats and kittens are big on the MAD MEN series. But are you hip to the ad jazz they were laying down? Here are a few Automobile TV commercials and print ads from the golden era of Advertising.
I currently have a 1953 Chevy in my garage. Have had it for 20 years.
This bat-winged beauty was marketed toward big business presidents and tycoons. It cost more than a Cadillac.
There are few cars more elegant, beautiful and powerful as the 1963 Pontiac. Always wanted one. This commercial makes me want one even more!
For fans of the “little” Fords…I love how they point out “no dog leg”. That’s a reference to the wrap-around windshields popular on GM models (esp Cadillac) through the early 1960’s.
Ah, one of my favorite all-time rides, the 1958 Cadillac. We had one (already vintage) when I was a kid. I will have one again someday.
An here’s some old print ads from ’50s and ’60s magazines (click on each to enlarge):
Hope you kids dug this little trip down memory lane to the days when cars were made of steel and chrome and horsepower meant everything. My my how times have changed. Sorry kids, but after looking at ads like this, how could anyone ever get excited about a Honda Accord? bleh.
-Tiki Chris reporting from the showroom floor of the Imperial dealership down the block from Tiki Lounge Talk.
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Oh, those are fun.
Though I LOVE the wrap-around windshields (and, sometimes, rear windows) on classic cars. Particularly having cursed, more than once, the darned bar that blocks my line of sight in more recent vehicles.
Thanks Jen… Yeah I loved those curved windshields too; for years I drove a 1963 Imperial with “Panoramic View”, and even though the car was 20 feet long there wasn’t a blind-spot anywhere!