Adwatch UK

[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

A 1982 UK advertisement for the Ford Cortina, the country's best-selling car at the time, which in its final year of production had reached god-like status in the eyes of FoMoCo and many car buyers:

Note that everything on the car looks electrically-operated. In reality, only the radio aerial was energised- electric windows, sunroofs and mirrors were the preserve of the more expensive Granada range.

Comments

[randomneses.livejournal.com]

1) A youtube clip of a youtube clip?

2) Lolz, it's funny how not so exciting that car is now.

[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

1) It's the best quality version I could find :)

2) The Cortina cuts quite a dash nowadays, as what was once common and boring is now rare and interesting- I haven't seen one for quite some time...

[murcury.livejournal.com]

Re: #1-it seems the simpler/easier to use the technology gets, the worse the quality of the output (in some cases). Stuff like that really annoys me, particularly when plug-ins exist to download stuff like that. Both platforms.

[albear.livejournal.com]

The US Ford GRanada was the biggest turd ford ever made,
The Ford courtain wasn't sold in the states

[bolddeciever.livejournal.com]

I'd rather have the Rabbit.

[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

So would I!

[murcury.livejournal.com]

I found another version. Click the widget to get to video-no embed code unfortunately Right click to zoom to get the full picture. Something is hinkey with the original-looked anamorphic. Converted to mpg.