Old car ads from magazines & newspapers

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

Long since gone.....think they were there up into the early, or maybe mid 80's. Pretty sure they were gone by the late 80's.
The site is now a school.

[P5BNij]

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

Long since gone.....think they were there up into the early, or maybe mid 80's. Pretty sure they were gone by the late 80's.
The site is now a school.

Taking the size of the USA into consideration, how many dealerships did each marque have, must have been thousands surely...?

Edited by P5BNij on Friday 1st March 11:58

[gt40steve]

RSTurboPaul said:

P5BNij said:

A stick for every gear?

That looks... complex... lol

Child's play !

[aeropilot]

P5BNij said:

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

Long since gone.....think they were there up into the early, or maybe mid 80's. Pretty sure they were gone by the late 80's.
The site is now a school.

Taking the size of the USA into consideration, how many dealerships did each marque have, must have been thousands surely...?

Oh yes, 'fousands of 'em indeed

But, Harry Mann were pretty famous, as USA's largest Corvette dealer, and were involved with sponsoring some well known (local to SoCal) drag racers etc on the now also long gone famous drag strips of the SoCal area.
I remember on the HAMB forum a few years back there was a thread on Harry Mann dealership, and one of the guys posting used to work there in the 60's as the Corvette electrician

[P5BNij]

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

aeropilot said:

P5BNij said:

Long since gone.....think they were there up into the early, or maybe mid 80's. Pretty sure they were gone by the late 80's.
The site is now a school.

Taking the size of the USA into consideration, how many dealerships did each marque have, must have been thousands surely...?

Oh yes, 'fousands of 'em indeed

But, Harry Mann were pretty famous, as USA's largest Corvette dealer, and were involved with sponsoring some well known (local to SoCal) drag racers etc on the now also long gone famous drag strips of the SoCal area.
I remember on the HAMB forum a few years back there was a thread on Harry Mann dealership, and one of the guys posting used to work there in the 60's as the Corvette electrician

My education improves daily with your posts aero

Somewhere on YouTube there’s footage of (I think) a mothballed Plymouth dealership out in the sticks with brand new unregistered ‘70s cars gathering dust in the showroom, a real time warp find.

[ajprice]

Did earlier MGs not have wind up windows or a lockable boot?

[droopsnoot]

ajprice said:

Did earlier MGs not have wind up windows or a lockable boot?

I think my mate's MGA has removable side screens rather than wind-up windows.

[I-am-the-reverend]

Just seven years separated the last Wattle & Daub Neolithic MG TF and the B. The MGA was a good inbetweeneer but still had a separate chassis, side screens etc.

[P5BNij]

[lancslad58]

"Here's the Car They Said Would Be Years Away" by Paul Malon, on Flickr



One of many by Paul Malon on Flckr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmalon/albums/

[P5BNij]

lancslad58 said:

"Here's the Car They Said Would Be Years Away" by Paul Malon, on Flickr



One of many by Paul Malon on Flckr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmalon/albums/

Some fantastic images on there, thanks for posting
















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|https://thumbsnap.com/bff21m2P[/url]

[P5BNij]

[dandarez]

After all that lot from across the pond...

a bit nearer home!

















oh, nearly forgot...

[ajprice]

[P5BNij]

[droopsnoot]

[Turbobanana]

I'll take the Maserati 250F for £750, please.

[droopsnoot]

Turbobanana said:

I'll take the Maserati 250F for £750, please.

I love the way it's just shoved in the middle of the advert without fanfare.

[aeropilot]

droopsnoot said:

Turbobanana said:

I'll take the Maserati 250F for £750, please.

I love the way it's just shoved in the middle of the advert without fanfare.

By then, they were just an old uncompetitive race car, that no one had any need for.

Just like Ferrari GTO's were in the early 70's......

[Andy86GT]

dandarez said:

After all that lot from across the pond...

a bit nearer home!

[url]|https://thumbsnap.com/zcrttk1h[/url













oh, nearly forgot...

Nice flange...