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Old Car Brochures Online

ercoerco Posts: 20,259
edited 2011-10-13 08:24 in General Discussion
Utterly non-Parallaxian: moderators, delete at will! Just a nice online collection of sales brochures for old cars.

Something for everyone. Except me and my 1967 Corvair. They have 1966 and 1968...

http://www.lov2xlr8.no/broch1.html

What people worked on before the Stamp and Propeller!

Comments

  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-10-12 15:50
    I still miss my '66 Rambler American. I've never since owned such a forgiving, easy-to-work-on car. One summer I drove it from Indiana to Alaska to Tijuana and back (15K miles). Except for flat tires, a broken U-bolt, and a cracked windshield, it didn't miss a beat the entire trip. 'Totaled it shortly after moving to Washington State. Danged unmarked intersections!

    -Phil
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2011-10-12 17:02
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    ...Danged unmarked intersections!....

    Danged Unmarked Intersections.

    Oh, yeah, I always thought it a great name for a microbrew. Kinda like Boston and its infamous merry-go-round rotaries.
  • Dr_AculaDr_Acula Posts: 5,484
    edited 2011-10-12 17:10
    Great brochures. Makes me want to go and buy one!

    I must recount a funny little anecdote related to old cars - a few months back my father-in-law downloaded some old black and white police dramas that he watched in his youth. They came complete with advertisements from the time, including an ad for the "1959 chevy". It had a little ditty too with someone singing about how great the 1959 chevy was and how you need to "buy the 1959 chevy". And at the end of the ad break, my mother-in-law turns to my father-in-law and, in all seriousness says "these shows are really old Mike, I wonder what year they were made?"
  • PublisonPublison Posts: 12,366
    edited 2011-10-12 17:24
    I wish my Dad had held on to the 1963 Studebaker Lark station wagon that he bought new. We put 30,000 miles on that camping from the right to left coast back and forth in the 60's. Back when there where no posted speed limits, 80 MPH was the norm through corn country.

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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2011-10-12 17:45
    Like an old girlfriend, it's easy to romanticize "how great" old cars are and forget their weaknesses. Most guys remember their long-gone first car fondly, whether or not it would hold a candle to the cars of today.

    I can just walk out into my garage to behold my first car, a '67 Corvair in need of loving restoration. It's a mixed blessing to still have it, but duty calls and I am determined that one day, it will roll again!

    Then the twins will total it a week later. :)
  • $WMc%$WMc% Posts: 1,884
    edited 2011-10-12 18:32
    erco wrote: »
    Like an old girlfriend, it's easy to romanticize "how great" old cars are and forget their weaknesses. Most guys remember their long-gone first car fondly, whether or not it would hold a candle to the cars of today.

    I can just walk out into my garage to behold my first car, a '67 Corvair in need of loving restoration. It's a mixed blessing to still have it, but duty calls and I am determined that one day, it will roll again!

    Then the twins will total it a week later. :)
    '
    I'm sure you will instill that the <CAR> runs on a alcohol blend and <NOT> the <driver>.LOL.......
    '
    I would "will" it to them so I didn't see it totaled though.
  • Spiral_72Spiral_72 Posts: 791
    edited 2011-10-13 07:35
    Aw, yeaaaa. There she is :)

    Thanks Erco! <bookmarked>
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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2011-10-13 08:24
    @Spiral: Love everything about that Mach 1 except that giant, nearly horizontal rear window that only affords a tiny slit view. So much glass, yet so little visibility! :)

    OK I'll stop, as I'm opening myself up for retorts about Corvair weaknesses. As a preemptive measure, I'll mention:

    rusting, fanbelts, oil leaks, overheating, oversteering, over rolling (!)

    And the classic service station conversation:

    "Hey buddy, your engine's missing up front!"

    "That's OK, I have a spare engine in back!"
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