Hold the front page!! Old adverts from your loft finds.

[bangernomics]

Thought this may be of interest to some, whenever I come across an old newspaper I like to look at the car adverts and the like. Anyway here’s a few from the 1990 November 11th issue of the Sunday Express.
 






 
 
Gzongenflatch
In memory of Phil.

[reb]

I robbed this from my instagram because I don't know where the hard copy is

Featured in a 2002ish copy of Mojo with The White Stripes on the cover. Cementing the idea that Volvos are the perfect car for a slightly washed up rock star.

[The Old Bloke Next Door]

[IronStar]

[bangernomics]

Stolen from the interwebs







Gzongenflatch
In memory of Phil.

[sierraman]

18 hours ago, The Old Bloke Next Door said:

I love how antiquated it looks at the side of even the Maestro which was pretty obsolete itself in a short space of time. 

[bezzabsa]

The 1.5diesel were flying machines, used to work at a VX dealer and loved driving them, faster than most things - even spotted a Gsi kitted one 

[D.E]

Sealink, 1976.

[D.E]

[goosey]

16 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

The 1.5diesel were flying machines, used to work at a VX dealer and loved driving them, faster than most things - even spotted a Gsi kitted one 

I had the1.5 TD in a normal Nova and I thought that went really well, I ended up breaking the car and fitting that engine in a LWB Suzuki Samurai 

[Soundwave]

From a copy of Gardener's World magazine, April 1997. Seem to remember borrowing this magazine off my mum because it had a feature about frogs in it. And as a 10 year old, I really liked frogs.

Should probably return it to her at some point, 27 years and two house moves is probably enough time to appreciate the five-page spread about garden amphibians.

Wasn't there a Megane Classic this colour at FOTU recently?

[lesapandre]

5 hours ago, bangernomics said:

Stolen from the interwebs







Gzongenflatch
In memory of Phil.

Let's emphasise... 26.9mpg...

Ahem...

[Conan]

Definitely should take sometime to scan what I have properly but CBA. This is July 1980 IIRC.

[sierraman]

18 minutes ago, Conan said:

Definitely should take sometime to scan what I have properly but CBA. This is July 1980 IIRC.

I hope that field wasn’t too damp, I think I can hear that Beta fizzing with rust 🤣

[Conan]

13 minutes ago, sierraman said:

I hope that field wasn’t too damp, I think I can hear that Beta fizzing with rust 🤣

Funny you should mention that. There's always a few for sale on Marketplace because in a tropical savanna climate they survived well despite relatively low in-period sales.

Here's another I found already on my drive.

[D.E]

No scanner at hand atm, so pictures will have to do. A few from 1970s German magazines:

The S-Class from Mercedes-Benz. In 1977 it was also impossible to build an even better automobile.

And you know what, that might well be true.

[D.E]

[D.E]

And then there's this advertorial at the end of a booklet for learner drivers:

It also prominently features Marinas in most pictures that depict traffic situations. Wouldn't surprise me if that isn't purely coincidental...

 

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, D.E said:

I’ve a feeling if someone had shown them what they’d actually be making in 2000, they’d have just given up there and then. 😂

[ProgRocker]

On 31/07/2024 at 17:09, IronStar said:

My late dad never bought a brand new car but he considered it when the Yugo Sana was launched in the UK.

[IronStar]

2 minutes ago, ProgRocker said:

My late dad never bought a brand new car but he considered it when the Yugo Sana was launched in the UK.

I’ll say he should’ve bought it, but then again, I’m biased. 😄

[sheffcortinacentre]

12 hours ago, D.E said:

People think all dealers workshops are staffed/run like this by old guys in brown overalls not the 20 yr old chav that screams around their area at night with their fart cannon equipped A2 etc.

[sheffcortinacentre]

9 hours ago, Conan said:

Definitely should take sometime to scan what I have properly but CBA. This is July 1980 IIRC.

Which translates as the only thing faster than this is the rampant rust.

[ProgRocker]

This advert was from an August 1993 issue of Autocar and Motor I used to have:

[sierraman]

Just now, ProgRocker said:

This advert was from an August 1993 issue of Autocar and Motor I used to have:

They were spot on, once you bought a Proton 1.5 you really had stopped caring. 😂

[bangernomics]

The 1.5diesel were flying machines, used to work at a VX dealer and loved driving them, faster than most things - even spotted a Gsi kitted one 

Were they the old idi isuzu units?


Gzongenflatch
In memory of Phil.

[MiniMort]

This is why I have a subscription to the British Newspaper Archive:

[Lankytim]

We’ve been decorating a couple of rooms in our 1920s home, including removing plaster from walls and finding screwed up newspaper used to plug holes etc

I’ve lost the pics I took but one advert from the 50s featured the Morris Minor, another paper from 1970 advertised….the Morris Minor!  

[bezzabsa]

6 hours ago, bangernomics said:

Were they the old idi isuzu units?


Gzongenflatch
In memory of Phil.

unsure, been 30+ years lol

[sierraman]

8 hours ago, MiniMort said:

This is why I have a subscription to the British Newspaper Archive:

D reg Dacia Denem?? What’s this!