17th November 2017
RETRO ADS – MK1 VW POLO
In late 1978, Volkswagen found itself asking this rather strange question: ‘How long before the law catches up with the Polo?’
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10th November 2017
RETRO ADS – AUDI 80 & AUDI 100
Audi is now a dominant force in the UK’s premium car market, but the situation was rather different back in September 1978.
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10th November 2017
RETRO ADS – ROVER SD1
In this 1979 advert for the Rover SD1 range (comprising the 2300, 2600 and 3500 at the time), the headline suggested high praise from an unnamed architect: ‘If I designed cars rather than buildings, I’d…
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27th October 2017
RETRO ADS – FORD RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
Ford has always been one of the major automotive players of the Australian market, hence this lavish brochure from February 1979, published to promote the entire car and recreational vehicle range.
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27th October 2017
RETRO ADS – MORRIS MINOR VAN
By the time Morris launched a van version of its best-selling Minor in 1953, it had already moved from sidevalve to 803cc A-series overhead-valve power, ensuring that the commercial newcomer offered the kind of extra…
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20th October 2017
RETRO ADS – LUXAFLEX
If you couldn’t afford a garage in the early ’60s, you could always opt for a carport instead – a great way of keeping the worst of the weather off your pride and joy.
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20th October 2017
RETRO ADS – SEAT 131
Prior to the arrival of SEAT cars in the UK in 1986, Fiat was a major shareholder in the Spanish company, hence the fact that most of its home-market offerings were re-badged Fiats...
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13th October 2017
RETRO ADS – HOOVER SINCLAIR C5 SERVICING
January 1985 saw the controversial new Sinclair C5 going on sale, the result of Sir Clive Sinclair’s determination to offer a battery-powered alternative to the conventional car in urban situations.
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6th October 2017
RETRO ADS – RELIANT FOX
The Reliant Fox started life as the Mebea Fox, assembled and sold in Greece from 1979. But when that country’s tax laws were changed four years later, utility vehicles became classed as passenger cars –…
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6th October 2017
RETRO ADS – RAMBLER CLASSIC & AMERICAN
We all know that the ‘Nash Metropolitan’ was the product of a joint deal between Nash and BMC, and was sold through Austin dealers here in Britain until 1961.
