Cars
Chevrolet Leader News
Calling this "news" is highly generous.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 24, 2014 -
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Category: Advertising, 1930s, Cars
Truth in Advertising
Caution: many, many swears.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 04, 2014 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Television, 1960s, Cars, Swears
What a Wonderful World It Would Be
The lesson? If only doctors could build our cars.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 23, 2014 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Family, Medicine, Technology, 1960s, Cars
Unique Auto Horn
Walter George Newman definitely sounds like he was a bit of a character. I like the idea of having a guy blowing on a trumpet instead of a horn.
The New York Times - Aug 17, 1910
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 12, 2014 -
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Category: Eccentrics, 1910s, Cars
The Car of 1980
This is what Jack Charipar, director of Plymouth's product-planning team, imagined in 1961 that cars would look like in 1980. Source: Newsweek - Jan 23, 1961.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 09, 2014 -
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Category: 1960s, Cars, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
The Chewbaru
It's a Subaru to which 70 pounds of dentures (as well as 70 pounds of dental impressions) have been attached. It's also known as the Mobile Masticator. More info at ktvq.com or its own website.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 25, 2014 -
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Category: Pop Art, Cars
Carpool DeVille
A hot tub built into a 1969 Cadillac Coupe DeVille — both fully functioning. Its creators are taking it to the Bonneville Salt Flats next month to get it officially recognized as the world's fastest hot tub. More info here.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 14, 2014 -
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Category: Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods, Cars
Driverless Cars of Yesteryear
Why can't Google do a fun ad like this for their robot cars?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 13, 2014 -
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Category: AI, Robots and Other Automatons, 1950s, Cars, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
How much paint?
This story ran in the Washington Post on June 26, 1933. It describes how a dispute over how many coats of paint is required to paint a car resulted in tragedy.But it leaves unanswered the question of how much paint is needed to paint a car. My hunch would be that paint is better nowadays than it was in 1933, so fewer coats are needed. But I'd say it has to be three coats minimum (including the primer). Nine coats (even back in 1933) sounds like too much.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 27, 2014 -
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Category: 1930s, Cars
Hypnotised Driver
‘Hypnotist Henry Blythe, gives his daughter Sally, 17, advice before she starts a driving lesson at Torquay, England, Jan 15, 1960. Blythe says he hypnotizes her as he has some 40 other new drivers, all of whom have passed their test. Sally has not yet taken her test.’ [via Retronaut]
Sydney Morning Herald - May 5, 1960
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 03, 2014 -
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Category: Hypnotism, Mesmerism and Mind Control, 1960s, Cars
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