|
Browse by Tags
All Tags » classic ad watch » 1983 ( RSS)
-
|
newVideoPlayer("/83_Ford_FSeries_476.flv", 506, 423,""); Ford made the good ol' 240 and 300 inline sixes starting in 1964, and they had the torque and longevity to be great truck engines. By 1983, however, pushrod sixes were going the way of the vinyl LP- quick, get a metric designation on that thing, so buyers will think it's one of those newfangled V6s! We're a little skeptical that a Late Malaise F series pickup ever got 30 MPG highway, but maybe that test was done at a "highway speed" of 42 MPH, using a liquid measurement known as "Ford Truck Gallons," which are equal to 1.5 regular gallons.
|
-
|
newVideoPlayer("83_Toyota_Truck_Diesel_476.flv", 475, 376,""); I don't think I've ever seen a Toyota diesel pickup in the United States, although this ad clearly shows that they were available in '83. In a not-so-subtle jab at GM and their disastrous Olds 350 diesel conversion, the announcer makes it clear that the Toyota truck has "a true diesel engine- not a converted gasoline engine." Oh, what a feeling!
|
-
|
newVideoPlayer("Corona_Roger_Moore.flv", 475, 376); Sure, we though Jodie Foster hawking 5th-gen Civics for the Japanese home market was cool, but how about this series of ads for early-80s Toyota Corona models done by Roger Moore? Yes, an Hombre Secreto like Mr. Moore needs what the Corona offers: turbocharging that sounds just like a jet engine and the boost needed to pass buses full of confetti-throwing American cheerleaders on a Japanese desert highway. Wait, do they have desert highways in Japan?
|
|
|
|