Old car ads from magazines & newspapers

[Miglia 888]

[AMG Merc]

Miglia 888 said:

A special feature on top of the range models - a burglar alarm

[Miglia 888]

[Gunk]

[AMG Merc]

Nice lines on that Rover.

[AMG Merc]

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Agree, a different world now. The main change I see is the amount of text - far too much mixed messaging being squeezed in by the admen.

[bristolracer]

AMG Merc said:

A special feature on top of the range models - a burglar alarm

The cavalier was the ram raiders tool of choice in the 90s

[P5BNij]

[Miglia 888]

[Gunk]

Miglia 888 said:

Within 3 years sills and wheel arches reconstructed in chicken wire, tin foil and Isopon!

[MJ85]

Miglia 888 said:

Oh yes. I remember being taken to school in my Mum's brand new H reg Nova Diamond. Quite the looker at the time.

[Gunk]

MJ85 said:

Oh yes. I remember being taken to school in my Mum's brand new H reg Nova Diamond. Quite the looker at the time.

Your Mum or the car?

[MJ85]

Gunk said:

Your Mum or the car?

Definitely the car.

[AMG Merc]

Gunk said:

Miglia 888 said:

Within 3 years sills and wheel arches reconstructed in chicken wire, tin foil and Isopon!

... and cardboard

[Pistachio]

AMG Merc said:

Thats's right, yes. In the1960s you needed One of these £1.25 radio licences.

This ins't mine. May be intersting to look up the plate, see if it still exists...

Had a spare moment and found it is no longer

[Mario149]

P5BNij said:

"This morning I woke up wanting to drive a Lion".....bizarre!

[Lance Catamaran]

wonder which one would have broken down first?

[Miglia 888]

Another Renault classic: badly angled cut-out of an Air France 707 appears to nosedive towards the ground with the landing gear up, while the frisky, thrifty Renault Dauphine family wave goodbye...

[AMG Merc]

Pistachio said:

AMG Merc said:

Thats's right, yes. In the1960s you needed One of these £1.25 radio licences.

This ins't mine. May be intersting to look up the plate, see if it still exists...

Had a spare moment and found it is no longer

Thanks Pistachio, so a Moggy then

[skwdenyer]

Miglia 888 said:

Indeed - I'll never forget this classic from 1983, with Herr Blohn and the woman you had to write to on the coupon, Miss April Wurst...

Am I the only one to think that the bd offspring of a BMW droptop and a Dyson Airblade could actually be quite an interesting idea?