Some old assorted adverts.

[Billy - Medhurst]

1966 SIMCA 1000 - WARWICK WRIGHT LONDON ADVERT by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1966 AMPHICAR ADVERT - SIDNEY MARCUS LTD SLOANE STREET LONDON by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1978 ADVERT - RENAULT 5 SPECIAL EDITION by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1978 ADVERT - CHRYSLER SUNBEAM by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1975 FIAT 126 ADVERT - COLMORE DEPOT WEST MIDLANDS - HLO453N by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1990 VAUXHALL CAVALIER ADVERT by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

[mercrocker]

Good stuff!   Question that Amphicar blurb though....1959?   1.5 litre?   Thought these had Herald engines!  

[Cavcraft]

Brilliant stuff, learned to drive in a Sunbeam.

 

Merc: the advert says it has a Herald engine.

[londonm]

I love old ads. I particularly like Mr Leslie of Obans boast that he takes the Amphicar out to sea when the weather's so rough that they cancel ferry services. Would he be doing that if he had to stump up the cost of a full air sea rescue operation?

[brickwall]

Aye, fuck that for a game of sojers.

[Lord Sterling]

Sweet. I'm sold on the Vauxhall advert. I shall put my order in for a Cavalier.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

  On 07/12/2013 at 08:45, Cavette said:

Merc: the advert says it has a Herald engine.

 

The "indestructible" Herald engine no less. 

 

[Billy - Medhurst]

1966 FORD ZODIAC EXECUTIVE ADVERT by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1966 RELIANT SCIMITAR GT ADVERT by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1978 ADVERT - MANN EGERTON by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1975 ADVERT - BRISTOL STREET MOTORS FORD BIRMINGHAM by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1990 FOUR WHEELS TO A FORTUNE BOOK ADVERT by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1990 FOUR WHEELS TO A FORTUNE BOOK COVER by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1978 LEYLAND CARS AUSTIN PRINCESS ADVERT by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1978 AUSTIN MORRIS PRINCESS 2 ADVERT - TOC720S PAGE 1 by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

1978 AUSTIN MORRIS PRINCESS 2 ADVERT - TVP568S PAGE 2 by Midlands Vehicle Photographer., on Flickr

[Station]

Used to love* seeing those old 'the secret of making money' things - they were in fact adverts for books telling you to produce a book telling people to produce an advert selling a book of on making adverts for books, etc etc etc infinity.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

That Bristol Street Motors ad is boggling my tiny little mind. Was depreciation so low in those days ? I suppose there was car tax at 10% but vat was only 12%( I think) so even taking tax off meant cars retained 75/80% of their value at 3 years and 30,000 miles. Interesting how it doesn't specify models for the foreigners either,so if your 1972 130 failed its mot on rot,just trot along to see Jim Reid and he'll give you an Escort Sport and a couple of grand in your pocket.

[Billy - Medhurst]

Wonder how well the Ford deal did / lasted. Bet he was offered mostly foreign stuff.

[Lord Sterling]

  On 09/12/2013 at 12:43, Station said:

Used to love* seeing those old 'the secret of making money' things - they were in fact adverts for books telling you to produce a book telling people to produce an advert selling a book of on making adverts for books, etc etc etc infinity.

 

I'd always wondered about these "money making books" I used to see them in car mags and Autotrader books back in the day and always wondered if they'd worked. Obviously not otherwise there would be a tonne more people driving Ferrari's and blagging about how they made their fortune from reading a book.

[Negative Creep]

  On 09/12/2013 at 13:06, NorfolkNWeigh said:

That Bristol Street Motors ad is boggling my tiny little mind. Was depreciation so low in those days ? I suppose there was car tax at 10% but vat was only 12%( I think) so even taking tax off meant cars retained 75/80% of their value at 3 years and 30,000 miles. Interesting how it doesn't specify models for the foreigners either,so if your 1972 130 failed its mot on rot,just trot along to see Jim Reid and he'll give you an Escort Sport and a couple of grand in your pocket.

 

 

I'm guessing their definition of "good condition" and "low mileage" were somewhat stricter than that of many prospective punters

[dangerousdave]

I remember seeing a tv advert which said 'what do you get when the worlds best engineers and designers come together ' for the morris marina and couldn't help but laugh and thought to myself theyd get done for false advertising today

I don't mean to cause offense with this just remember them not been built well

[George-Roper]

50mpg in the sunbeam / 58mpg in the fiat. Not much in it despite size differences.

[HMC]

Theres always usually a picture in those money making ads. In 80s car mags its usually a line drawing of a man with a chunky brick mobile stood by his daily driver (looks like a ferrari P3 sports prototype WTF) whereas by the 90s its become a photo of a smug git leaning on the bonnet of his r129 sl parked next to a massive conservatory.

[forddeliveryboy]

Citroen_-_Van_Rouge_1985_UK.mp4Fetching info...

 

[forddeliveryboy]

TV/film advert - Publicit_Citro_n_Ami_6.mp4

 

[Skizzer]

  On 09/12/2013 at 13:06, NorfolkNWeigh said:

That Bristol Street Motors ad is boggling my tiny little mind. Was depreciation so low in those days ? I suppose there was car tax at 10% but vat was only 12%( I think) so even taking tax off meant cars retained 75/80% of their value at 3 years and 30,000 miles. Interesting how it doesn't specify models for the foreigners either,so if your 1972 130 failed its mot on rot,just trot along to see Jim Reid and he'll give you an Escort Sport and a couple of grand in your pocket.

 

You're forgetting inflation, which was 24% in 1975 and 16% in 1974.  Inflation alone meant that a car that cost £1000 new at the end of 1972 would cost £1685 new by the end of 1975.  The nominal value of the 1972 car had already dropped by 36%.

 

Meanwhile, the dealers and manufacturers (not just of cars) were desperate to shift stock before or just after they had to pay for their input costs, because the value of money was falling so fast.  

[Essex V6]

  On 07/12/2013 at 08:26, mercrocker said:

Good stuff!   Question that Amphicar blurb though....1959?   1.5 litre?   Thought these had Herald engines!

 

And the testimonial from the owner who used it to travel from Oban to the Isle of Mull - find that a wee bit hard to believe!

[forddeliveryboy]

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[forddeliveryboy]

[cort1977]

  On 22/09/2014 at 20:08, Skizzer said:

You're forgetting inflation, which was 24% in 1975 and 16% in 1974.  Inflation alone meant that a car that cost £1000 new at the end of 1972 would cost £1685 new by the end of 1975.  The nominal value of the 1972 car had already dropped by 36%.

 

Meanwhile, the dealers and manufacturers (not just of cars) were desperate to shift stock before or just after they had to pay for their input costs, because the value of money was falling so fast.

 

That's what I was going to say just with no facts or figures to back it up.