Orb O' Mystery #560 - "There's a Ford in your Future" / Crystal Ball Billboard

[Otto Puzzell]

For one point: what is happening here, and what is the automotive connection?

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[Otto Puzzell]

Up

[richard cuyler]

Are they lowering an underground fuel tank into a newly-dug hole on the forecourt of a soon-to-be-completed petrol station?

[D-type]

Are they placing a globe in position as a feature for a new petrol  - or rather, gasoline - station?

[Otto Puzzell]

Nothing to do with the storage or dispensing of petrol/gasoline

[Bill Murray]

An auto dealership??

Bill

[Otto Puzzell]

No

[Hiawatha]

Mc Donald's ?

[Otto Puzzell]

The connection is strictly automotive, and not gastronomical.

[D-type]

Automative connectio , but not a car dealer or a petrol/gasoline station.  Is it a tire/tyre dealer?

[Hiawatha]

AAA automobile club?

[Otto Puzzell]

Automative connectio , but not a car dealer or a petrol/gasoline station.  Is it a tire/tyre dealer?

No

[Otto Puzzell]

AAA automobile club?

No

[Otto Puzzell]

Reply #5 hewed closest to the correct path.

[Bill Murray]

Motorcycle dealership, possibly Indian?

Bill

[Otto Puzzell]

No bikes - the connection is to automobiles

[D-type]

Auto factory?

[Otto Puzzell]

This was related to one automotive brand, and the products of their factories.

[Bill Murray]

Ford Tractor Dealer?

Grasping at straws now...........

Bill

[Otto Puzzell]

Not a dealer; the connection is automotive, not agricultural.

[Bill Murray]

AC-Delco Auto Parts Store?
Bill

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir

[WayneB]

Are they constructing some sort of advertising billboard?

[Jean-Marie H]

Construction of an advertising billboard for Ford in Detroit.

In the mid-1940s, the Pontiac Outdoor Advertising Co. installed this Ford Motor Company advertisement on the northwest corner of Woodward Avenue and W Kirby Street.

the billboard was three dimensional with a "crystal ball" bulging from the palm of an outstretched hand.

[Otto Puzzell]

Construction of an advertising billboard for Ford in Detroit.

In the mid-1940s, the Pontiac Outdoor Advertising Co. installed this Ford Motor Company advertisement on the northwest corner of Woodward Avenue and W Kirby Street.

the billboard was three dimensional with a "crystal ball" bulging from the palm of an outstretched hand.

Right you are.