silvrsvt Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Another one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36xRmd1y7R8 Didn't remember that they offered a station wagon version and the Villager name became name of their Nissan Quest clone of the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RichardJensen Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Man----red velour never looked that good in real life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenCaylor Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) OKAY Here's the deal. I am officially re-dedicating this thread to old car commercials. Well, in that case, here's my all time favorite. Edited September 17, 2014 by RichardJensen Edited to remove my video & embed yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Memories of Farrah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) Glove soft vinyl ! Oh, the unintentional humor....... Edited September 17, 2014 by RichardJensen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grbeck Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) Memories of Farrah Interestingly, Lincoln-Mercury was using Farrah Fawcett before she became famous. This ad is from 1975. Charlie's Angels premiered in the fall of 1976. That was the show that made Farrah Fawcett (or Farrah Fawcett-Majors, as she was known then) a household name. The suggestiveness of the ad is something you won't see in 21st century car ads. She is wearing a very sexy, form-fitting evening dress. When she goes to the beach, the camera focuses on her legs - and the dress comes down! Is she going to skinny dip? This ad has to run during primetime television, so when the camera pans up, we discover that she is wearing her white bathing suit! Dad and junior are disappointed, but perhaps they are thinking that they should visit their local Lincoln-Mercury dealer to check out a Cougar XR-7. And maybe it will make mom feel like that model when she drives it. Ah, the 1970s... Edited September 18, 2014 by grbeck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 In the days before TV, Movie shorts were the way cars were advertided. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grbeck Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Love that short! But in the pre-UAW days, there is no way that tough old "Cast Iron" Charlie Sorensen would have allowed a plant to close without meeting its production quota, even if it only fell short by one car! To have one of those beauties now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 "Makin' Thunderbirds" The big line moved one mile an hourSo loud it really hurtThe big line moved so loudIt really hurtBack in '55We were makin' thunderbirdsWe filled conveyorsWe met productionForemen didn't waste wordsWe met productionForemen didn't waste wordsWe were young and proudWe were makin' thunderbirdsWe were makin' thunderbirdsWe were makin' thunderbirdsThey were long and low and sleek and fastThey were all you ever heardBack in '55We were makin' thunderbirdsNow the years have flown and the plants have changedAnd you're lucky if you workThe big line moves but you're lucky if you workBack in '55We were makin' thunderbirdsWe were makin' thunderbirdsWe were makin' thunderbirdsThey were long and low and sleek and fastThey were classic in a wordBack in '55We were makin' thunderbirdsWe were young and proudWe were makin' thunderbirdsWe were young and sureWe were makin' thunderbirds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edstock Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 One of my favorite cars, the '64 Galaxie 500 XL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 (edited) Let's ask Dan Gurney Edited September 20, 2014 by Mark B. Morrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 longer, wider, lower ..... heavier? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 So this begs the question, is the reason older sexually active women who go after younger men called cougars because of the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 So this begs the question, is the reason older sexually active women who go after younger men called cougars because of the car Sadly it doesn't appear so. Most of its popularity stems from a 2001 book by Valerie Gibson, called Cougar: A Guide for Older Women Dating Younger Men. This is the sort of book you buy as a joke for your newly single women friends, but one that they will read with interest when no one else is around. When seeking the origin of terms, lexicographers look for printed evidence. In hunting cougars – the term, not the women or the wild cats – I found a March 3, 2001, article in the Globe and Mail of Toronto which credits “cougar” to a Canadian website called Cougardate.com, which the story says was started in 1999. It is, as you have guessed, a website where older women can meet younger men. The story given in that article is that one of the two women who founded the website was told by a nephew that the two ladies were like cougars in search of small defenseless animals. The nephew said he picked up the term from players on his hockey team. So, 1999 is the earliest probable date we have for the term and it’s fairly reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B. Morrow Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Total Performance Part 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wrongway Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Ellen Spoofs Lincoln Ad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 And that my friends is why you get someone like MM. Free advertising! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 In one of the ads I saw, he was saying he liked Lincoln before even getting paid to like them...even though that's cheazy, it also came across as genuine to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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