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Watching old car ads, we tend to be most struck by how styling has changed (for the worse) and mechanical goodies have changed (for the better). But, every so often, we run across an ad that makes it clear how much the world around the cars has changed. The 1960s really aren't that far back in the rear view mirror, but it's lucky for the admen who made the following pair of ads that present-day women don't have time machines (ideally, installed inside a blown Hemi-powered Dodge La Femme ... or they'd be coming back to kick their asses! newVideoPlayer("64_Riviera_476.flv", 475, 376,""); So here we have what appears to be your standard all-Riviera stalker-victim scenario, complete with Isadora Duncan-style scarf on the woman in the white Buick, and the dude in the red Riv studying a map marked with the gravesites of his previous victims. But wait- it turns out that they're meeting up at the country club, where we learn that the '64 Riviera is a...
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newVideoPlayer("68_Shelby_Mustang_476.flv", 475, 376); According to Mr. Shelby in this ad for the '68 Shelby Mustang GT: "I could have chosen any set of wheels I wanted. I chose Mustang!" What if he'd selected, say, the Pontiac Executive station wagon? Or the SEAT 850? Would the Shelby Mopars of the 80s have happened? Whew, this alternate-future thing gets complicated!
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newVideoPlayer("68_GTO_Beating_476.flv", 475, 376); Even though they generally looked like peeling, faded crap after a few years of real-world use, the squishy plastic Endura snouts fitted to 1968 Pontiac GTOs were pretty good at retaining their shape after hitting stuff. Go ahead, line up a crowd of screaming, white-coated lab employees, hand them a big ol' crowbar, and tell them to put their best swings at the Goat's nose. Just be sure they don't, you know, hit the headlights or grille by mistake.
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