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micro08 What Car is Being Advertised? RAMBLER!
« on: June 04, 2011, 05:07:10 PM »
This pic is part of a larger ad for a car.
For one point, what is the BRAND of the car that is actually being advertised?

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Re: micro08 What Car is Being Advertised? RAMBLER!
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2011, 06:35:25 PM »
No Interest from Rookies, so Experts have at it if you care to.
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Re: micro08 What Car is Being Advertised? RAMBLER!
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2011, 10:57:42 PM »
It reminds me of that book of Volkswagen cartoons that must be from about 1960.  I have three copies, but they are somewhere in the garage.  Is that the source?
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Re: micro08 What Car is Being Advertised? RAMBLER!
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2011, 11:01:50 PM »
sorry, not VW!
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Re: micro08 What Car is Being Advertised? RAMBLER!
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2011, 07:49:58 AM »
It's probably no help, but I bet I've seen that artist's work before. I'm thinking it's Chon Day, or perhaps Ted Key.

Is the car being advertised supposed to be the same as the one in the picture?
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Re: micro08 What Car is Being Advertised? RAMBLER!
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2011, 07:53:16 AM »
The car being advertised is NOT the same one as the car in the picture!
That little car is being used to sell ANOTHER BRAND of vehicle.
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Re: micro08 What Car is Being Advertised? RAMBLER!
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2011, 04:04:49 PM »
Is it a Rambler ad?
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Re: micro08 What Car is Being Advertised? RAMBLER!
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2011, 04:11:26 PM »
RAMBLER it is!  We have a winner, and you have another point  :applause:

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Re: micro08 What Car is Being Advertised? RAMBLER!
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2011, 04:51:07 PM »
Well, I guessed the artist, anyway. No points for that, I realize...

What year was this from?
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Re: micro08 What Car is Being Advertised? RAMBLER!
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2011, 05:34:59 PM »
The ad's from '58...I collect (like many of us probably) old ads, so the art looked familiar...cool puzzle!
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Re: micro08 What Car is Being Advertised? RAMBLER!
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2011, 05:44:42 PM »
yes, this is from a 1958 LIFE magazine.
There were a few variations on this in several different ads, but each had the same theme of a buyer looking to strike a balance between a large expensive American automobile and a small European one.
One of the ads had a famous baseball pitcher buy his wife an Isetta, (according to the drawing...) but his wife would have nothing to do with it.
The pitcher is shown holding the Isetta under his arm.
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