Vintage Automobile Advertising

1950 Pontiac 2 & 4 Door Sedan

All America thrills to the flashing new '53 Dodge

Dodge '67 Polara

Oldsmobile news, 1942

Pontiac news ad, 1942

Saves hell-drivers' lives... wins hearts of honeymooners!, Dodge 1951

Thunderbird Landau is excitement in evening dress..., 1961

1950 Chevrolet Trucks, Thriftmaster! Loadmaster! Torquemaster!

Hot Rod Hullabaloo, Released in 1966.

100,000 Red Carpet Series Scout Advertisement, 1964

Christine, Released by Columbia, 1983

cancelled

Hot Rods to Hell, Released in 1967

1949 Chevrolet Fleetline

1949 Chevrolet Styleline DeLuxe 4-Door Sedan

1968 Chevrolet Baldwin-Motion Phase III SS-427 Camaro Hardtop

1956 Pontiac 4 Door Station Wagon

AC Fire-Ring Spark Plugs with 1964 Pontiac, Chevrolet, Buick,
Cadillac, and Oldsmobile.

Ford Line Up, 1963

Texaco Ad for 1953

Show your stripes! There's a lot of GT in every Fairlane, 1967

1950 Studebaker Champion

1955 Studebaker Champion DeLuxe & Conestoga station wagon

The Wheels Of Life

YUGO, Who can remember these?
Malcolm Bricklin, he of the Bricklin SV1, wouldn't be satisfied until he had forced every American to walk to work. To that end, in 1985, he began importing the Yugo GV, which turned out to be the Mona Lisa of bad cars. Built in Soviet-bloc Yugoslavia, the Yugo had the distinct feeling of something assembled at gunpoint. Interestingly, in a car where "carpet" was listed as a standard feature, the Yugo had a rear-window defroster — reportedly to keep your hands warm while you pushed it. The engines went ka-blooey, the electrical system — such as it was — would sizzle, and things would just fall off. Yugo. Or not.