15th December 2017
RETRO CAR ADS – METRO VAN
While Rover Group tried to portray more of an upmarket image at the start of the ’90s by badging just about everything as a Rover (including those models originally launched under the Austin banner), it…
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8th September 2017
RETRO ADS – FORD ANGLIA 105E
There was a trend back in the ’Fifties and ’Sixties for car brochure designers to use cut-out heads to emphasise certain attributes...
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25th August 2017
Retro Ads – CHRYSLER HORIZON
What we knew here in the UK as the Chrysler Horizon was also sold in America in various guises, including the Plymouth Horizon shown here.
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25th August 2017
RETRO ADS – SUNTREKKER
One of the biggest names in demountable motor homes four decades ago was Suntrekker, produced by B Walker & Son Ltd of Stockport, Cheshire...
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18th August 2017
RETRO ADS – CASTROL
Published in the early 1960s was this advert for Castrol’s best-selling multi-grade oils, each one designed to protect your engine during hard use and over high mileages...
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28th July 2017
RETRO ADS – HILLMAN MINX
Rootes Group was one of Britain’s most successful exporters in the early post-war years, with the Minx being the company’s best-seller across Europe...
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21st July 2017
RETRO ADS – VANGUARD LUXURY SIX
By 1962 Standard-Triumph was busy putting the finishing touches to its sleek new six-cylinder Triumph 2000 saloon, due for launch the following year...
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5th July 2017
RETRO ADS – DATSUN BLUEBIRD
Before the Bluebird turned front-wheel drive and became Nissan’s first British-built model, we were offered the last of the Japanese versions, dubbed the 910-series.
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19th June 2017
RETRO ADS – AUSTIN MAXI
Published in September 1972, this 12-page brochure was designed to promote the latest Austin Maxi line-up, a three-car range that comprised the 1500, 1750 and 1750HL.
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6th June 2017
RETRO ADS – CLEARMIST
You’ve probably always assumed that a pair of fully-working windscreen wipers is any motorist’s main priority in poor weather. But not according to this advert for Clearmist, a hand-operated wiper easily fitted inside your car…
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