Craftsmen have shaped cars into a bewildering array of objects for the purpose of advertising. A couple of the more famous examples include the Zippo Car and an entire fleet of Wienermobiles. However, the practice of turning a car into something that isn’t a car dates back to the early 1900’s. The Thermos Bottle Company […]

Do project cars get any better than this 1941 Packard 110 Deluxe convertible? It looks great, and according to the seller the car runs, cools, stops and drives. The car is located (and registered and insured) in Rhode Island. There are nearly seven days left on the auction and the “Buy it Now” price is […]

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Below is a collection of theater spots used to promote the new “Motoramic” Chevrolet cars of 1955. The spots are fun to listen to. Car ads were more interesting when they branded everything with nifty names like Turbofire and Blueflame rather than endless and confusing acronyms like ECCS (Electronic Concentrated Control System) and PGM-FI (Programmed […]