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Old 06-29-2014, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Spiffav8 View Post
"Truly a product of the space age" Gotta laugh at marketing back then....not that it's much better these days.

Cool video!
Thanks! Marketing was already on roll a good decade before this video came along. I have some 1950's car ads up in my home office, one of them is for a 1956 Plymouth. Their tagline: " Aerodynamic Plymouth '56. Driving takes wings" whatever that is supposed to mean... It tells me nothing about the car, their quality/ performance, etc. I can't even see much of the car in the ad. The image is of the rear of the car slightly foreshortened to enhance the fins. There is also a tiny pic of a jet at the top. Harley Earl's "jet age" definitely had a hold over other auto makers of the day.

Here's a link to a pic of this ad if you're interested in a laugh

http://www.thejumpingfrog.com/?page=...uct_id=1008530
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