brilliant way to stand out from all the competitors, have a humorous way of appealing to new customers

 

Carroll Shelby and LeRoy Yarborough were both appearing at a dealership Ford in Colorado Springs in 1968. But - in the middle of this ad, it mentions "English Fords" - were they selling Anglias in the USA in Colorado in 1968?

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218791565520297&set=gm.1766365843502089

clever marketing from Ford

https://fordauthority.com/2025/06/ford-throws-shade-at-rivals-in-if-they-were-like-us-ad-video/

The Cars guitarist, Elliott Easton, shared a Flintstones-themed version of the band’s 1979 Candy-O album, on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYPU5Whuyij/?hl=en  via https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/cars-guitarist-elliott-easton-shares-spoof-of-iconic-album-cover-candyo

notice that the names of the guys in the band were renamed in the Flintstones theme Roc Ocasek, Benjamin Ore, David Rubbleson, Elliot Eastrock, and Slag Hawkes

The iconic Candy-O album cover was created by pin-up artist Alberto Vargas. It featured a model sprawled across a drawing of a Ferrari 365 GTC/4, and it was based on a photoshoot at a car dealership 

Cars drummer David Robinson spoke about the photoshoot and cover artwork in a 2020 interview, where he noted that he came up with the idea to do a “pinup thing” and sought out Vargas.

“I spent a day with him and he said he would do it,” Robinson recalled. “We went to a Ferrari dealership, and I can't believe they let [the model] get on the car… it was like on the hood of the car, and we moved her all around as we took pictures.”

and here's some crazy trivia... you know the cover of that album, Candy O?

https://nihilistnotes.blogspot.com/search?q=Meconium

I didn't know that the model, was one I was familiar with from the Pro Trac Racing Profile wheels (which I bought a pair of N 50s in 1990 and put on my 71 Challenger, and 88 Dakota) advert was the same woman! 

And I posted this in the "automotive parts advertising used sex to sell car parts" part 5 post way back in 2009 (if you haven't seen those 1960s and 70s ads you're going to get a kick out of them -  https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/07/when-automotive-parts-advertising-used.html 

great marketing idea... what's the 1st thing you'd think of if you were adrift at sea, and a friendly plane came to save you?

 https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/

ghost signs are those painted on buildings, which outlast the business they advertise

I remember about a decade to 15 years ago, when this Alfa dealership opened, I think it was the 1st one in San Diego, and it opened on Convoy right by the 52

wow, very evocative advertising poster art!

https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2024/06/dunlop.html

great commercial from Goodyear

one of the most amazing promotional displays ever put on a car, the 1970 Rapid Transit System Road Runner

I know I posted about this years ago, but this is the first time I've seen it in person

I never heard of these... but I should have bought them and tried to get Isky to sign them... that would be awesome

According to Ebay, these are 7/16s Poly Locks, but marking the box as Valve Train Weapons is good marketing! 

Cybertrucks have taken over the role as the mobile advertising eye magnet... this company, Unforgettable Coatings, had the clever idea of putting paint rollers on them, and a wrap that looks like paint splatter, to get the word out about their painting business

 

Thank you Steve! 

wow, interesting that they went retro on the artwork in the ad for this whisky, and used Barney Oldfield, and the Peerless Green Dragon... I suppose it was an effort to not cast the implication that current drivers would drink and race, but rested on the notion that in the good old days of 1910 or so, it was common place, and totally fine

 https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2024/08/p-m-whiskey.html

really attention grabbing way to advertise oil

 https://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2024-09-09T21:30:00-04:00&max-results=10&start=319&by-date=false

clever way to advertise the Holt/Caterpillar in 1915

https://bids.aumannauctions.com/auctions/41088/lot/6271659-holt-mfg-co-caterpillar-sales-literature

no one advertises brake pads anymore....

 

https://issuu.com/morphyauctions/docs/flipdoc_feb_21-22_gas?fr=sMDBjOTY0OTU4MTA

1920s card stock and oak frame accordion display for flashlights

 https://issuu.com/morphyauctions/docs/flipdoc_feb_21-22_gas?fr=sMDBjOTY0OTU4MTA

I found it really strange to see a van wrapped like a woody, but the advertising it's doing makes sense

 

Bryan Cranston did the voice over work for this new Ford commercial, he's a great choice for spokeman work

Great way to advertise the Aston Martin

interesting ad for a railroad watch company

 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Detroit_and_the_pleasure_resorts_of_northern_Michigan._Compliments_of_passenger_department_%28IA_detroitpleasurer00detr%29.pdf