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wrote on 1 Apr 2022, 11:11 last edited by
LOL
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VW had the best commercials in the later 60's. They were all understated like that one, and in a similar format. My father was in advertising, so we were made aware of that sort of thing.
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wrote on 1 Apr 2022, 11:42 last edited by
Can you imagine that ad running today? "Women hit things?"
OTOH, can you imagine this ad running today?
Can't find a larger image...
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wrote on 1 Apr 2022, 13:14 last edited by
"Women hit things?"
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VW had the best commercials in the later 60's. They were all understated like that one, and in a similar format. My father was in advertising, so we were made aware of that sort of thing.
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IIRC, VW Beetle fenders use a fender welt, like American cars in the 1940's.
Their engines were super-easy to rebuild, too. My wife's uncle had a shop that specialized in VW's. They could pull a VW engine, mount it on a rotating frame they had made and sit in one place while rebuilding the motor. Took them about 90 minutes from pulling the motor to having it back in.
We need a vehicle like that, today.
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VW had the best commercials in the later 60's. They were all understated like that one, and in a similar format. My father was in advertising, so we were made aware of that sort of thing.
wrote on 1 Apr 2022, 13:44 last edited by@Mik In the '7os VW put out a full-page print ad, a black and white photograph of the Lunar Module Eagle that took up the whole page including the margins, with a bottom caption that redd, "It's Ugly, But It Gets You There." At the bottom of the page there was a white strip with the VW logo centered. That was the whole ad.
It was incredibly striking.
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wrote on 1 Apr 2022, 14:00 last edited by
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IIRC, VW Beetle fenders use a fender welt, like American cars in the 1940's.
Their engines were super-easy to rebuild, too. My wife's uncle had a shop that specialized in VW's. They could pull a VW engine, mount it on a rotating frame they had made and sit in one place while rebuilding the motor. Took them about 90 minutes from pulling the motor to having it back in.
We need a vehicle like that, today.
wrote on 1 Apr 2022, 14:01 last edited byIIRC, VW Beetle fenders use a fender welt, like American cars in the 1940's.
Their engines were super-easy to rebuild, too. My wife's uncle had a shop that specialized in VW's. They could pull a VW engine, mount it on a rotating frame they had made and sit in one place while rebuilding the motor. Took them about 90 minutes from pulling the motor to having it back in.
We need a vehicle like that, today.
They were. I was a VW mechanic for a few months. Four bolts to pull the engine. If you had aa lift and a hydraulic floor jack it was even easier.
I wasn't a very good mechanic, but even I could rebuild one.
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wrote on 1 Apr 2022, 14:02 last edited by
That's the one!