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AND NOW FOR TODAY'S SITE... Classic car commercials

Remember the AMC Javelin? Or how about the Buick Opal?

Today's site features car commercials from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. But you don't have to remember the cars to get a kick from the ads. They're hilarious!

There's an ad featuring a salesman who wrestles with tigers and bears. There's also a Chevy Nova commercial with a young O.J. Simpson. And most of the ads feature out-dated technology.

Caution: the bonus clip is not suitable for children!

TO VISIT THIS SITE, GO HERE:

 
One of my uncles had the Opel Wagon,

for about 15 minutes in the late '60s. That thing felt even more like Hitler's Revenge than the Beetle.
It was his commuter car. Fortunately, he soon came to his senses and traded it for a Chevrolet Impala.

Not to be (overly) picky, but it was spelled here as the Opel.

Love and laughter,

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
The Cartwrights

I once saw a clip of the Bonanza cast doing an ad at the end of a Bonanza episode for chevy I think it was 1965. This was a commercial documentary on television. Little Joe, Hoss, Adam and Ben were all cruisin' down the main drag of "Virginia City" in Chevy II, Chevelle, a vette, and an Impala SS all 65' models. Kind of made westerns less believable than they already were-but I loved em' anyway.
 
I needed a good laugh today

I was laughing so loud at the Rebel commercial that my wife came from the next room to see what was wrong.

Most of the commercials were better than the cars.

Now I'll have to shell out $8.45 to see whats on the rest of the site.
 
Don't bash my Bug

Don't knock the Beetle. It's my favorite classic car. They're very easy to work on, extremely reliable (if restored properly), and very versatile. You can take the body off of a bug and get a fiberglass kit to change it into whatever your heart desires.
 
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I have to agree, I was not a "Bug" fan at all. Noisy, underpowered, poor heating system, lousy windshield wipers, no gas gauge, no automatic transmission, prone to engine fires, at least in the early ones. The later "Super Beetles" were much better and somewhat tolerable. To me "minimum standards" in cars of the time were represented by cars such as Ford Falcons, Chevy II's, Dodge Darts, Rambler Americans, Plymouth Valiant.
 
In fact a television commercial for the Studebaker Lark from

Hi,

the song kinda goes like this...and It was run for the Mister Ed television Series that Studebaker Sponsored....

Getcherself a Lark, plenty of class; lot's of style and comfort, for not much cash. Jazzy all around and loads of room in the back, Studebaker Lark, chasin the jack. What's got jazz speed and spark, zip zoom a style in the 62' Lark. Big car comfort easy to park...your're gonna have a ball in the Lark..

The 62' a Lark....

Chad
 
VW Bug = simplicity and art

I've heard it all "Where's the engine?", "Where'd you get that overgrown tennis shoe?", "You drive a turtle". Hey, that's ok, Bugs rule and that's that. Nothing against the 57 Chevy, 59 Caddilac, Dodge Charger, Pont GTO, 71 Olds Cutless, 72 Buick Riviera, and the early Mustangs. All are dream cars and I'd like to own at least one of those.

But the Bug is my favorite. It's small, it's slow, no AC, the heat works only if the exchanger box is hooked up properly and it's not poor at all, it get's mighty hot.

I vote for the underdogs: Kenmore and Volkswagen. Both unique and fun at the same time.

Now with my NEW Beetle, and being a diesel I get the weird looks at the pump. "Is the engine in the back?", "You putting diesel in that thing?"
 
Noise

Part of the fun was the noise making. You can hook up a stinger (that long megaphone thing) and I assure you those can out-fart any Japanese car with a "fart-can" muffler. Probably outrun them too with a few tweaks :-)
 
Thanks for the site! The commercials are just great. My father had a 1968 Rambler Ambassador for 1 year until he was able to unload it for a 69 Ford LTD. The Rambler was just not a great car.

I think car makers today just don't get it. They used to change the look, interior, options just about every year. Now, they lament that cars aren't selling. Why buy a 2005 Taurus when it's pretty much the same as the one 3 or 4 years ago. I think it's still the sizzle that sells the steak.
 
Don't trash Rambler, they made excellent cars. AMC made some funny looking cars allright, but never had a defective model run. Of course, it's always possible to get a dealer that doesn't know how to fix a problem.

We have 3 cars:
1960 Rambler 6 4 door hardtop
1965 Rambler American 2 door sedan
1988 Mercedes Benz 560SL Convertible Roadster

The Mercedes is a lot of fun to drive, but I wish it would behave itself like our Ramblers.

Ken D.

Ironrite, I hope you didn't go broke trying to keep the front-end aligned on your full-sized ford. They never wear the tires evenly. Never did, never will. We had a '71 Galaxie. Nice car, but by the time it was 8 years old, it was rotted from the front to the back. I never saw an AMC rot out like that, but then again, AMC pioneered galvanized rockers and dip priming.

Ken
 
Ken -
The Ambassador was an odd story. My brother in law knew someone at the Rambler dealer that could get my Dad a great deal. As it turned out, it was a great deal on a car that was later to be found out in a bad accident. It was a Dealer Executive Car, so it had a couple of hundred miles on it. My Dad discovered it about 6 months after he had the car and a lot of things started to go wrong. He tried to work it out with the dealer, to trade the car, buy it back, etc. They would have nothing to do with him.

The LTD was bought right at model year change, and it was a pretty stripped model, so he got a good deal on it. Now, no alignment problems, I later inherited the car when my Dad died. HOWEVER, within three years, the medium metalic blue paint all faded out, the interior started to shred and rot in the Arizona sun. None of that was covered under the warranty at that time. So much for Quality is Job #1!! (as a side note, I work for Ford, so I'll made a few jabs at their slogan here LOL) At least, so far, my Mountaineer is holding up.
 
I like those '69-'78 full sized Fords, even though I found the front-ends to be on the light-duty side. I learned to drive on them. The 351W engine can get 25mpg on a trip, with 5 people and luggage. Can't do that with a full-sized GM car (from that era)!

When you said "The Rambler was just not a great car" it got me fired up, but you were talking about one damaged/improperly repaired Rambler, now I understand.

Ken D.
 
I always thought the AMC Pacers were neat cars, as well as the GM station wagons from the late 60's-70's (namely Chevelle and Impala).
 

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