Daily 70s Ad: John Deere Lawn Riders (1973)

(Click ad to enlarge) “Years of freedom from ‘lawn lost’ weekends.” Sporting white slacks while sprucing the garden for spring ’73. Daily 70s Ad #69: John Deere Lawn Riders originally appeared in the April, 1973 issue of Popular Science magazine. … Continue reading

Daily 70s Ad: Robinson’s ‘Perfection In Suede’ (1978)

(Click ad to enlarge) “The texture is everything.” They should have coined a new word here and gone with “Suede-fection.” No? Daily 70s Ad #68: Robinson’s ‘Perfection In Suede’ originally appeared in the October, 1978 issue of Orange Coast magazine. … Continue reading

Daily 70s Ad: Dodge Colt ‘Camping’ (1976)

(Click ad to enlarge) “How did Dodge Colt put so much in such a little car?” Is that real wood siding? It’s almost like a little log cabin. Daily 70s Ad #67: Dodge Colt ‘Camping’ originally appeared in the January … Continue reading

Daily 70s Ad: Yamaha ‘Little Folks’ Motorcycles (1972)

(Click ad to enlarge) “Different strokes for different folks.” I’ll take one of each. Daily 70s Ad #66: Yamaha ‘Little Folks’ Motorcycles originally appeared in the January, 1972 issue of American Motorcyclist magazine. (Source: American Motorcyclist) Previously on Daily 70s … Continue reading

Music For Monday (St. Patrick’s Day Edition): Thin Lizzy, ‘Jailbreak’ (1976)

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Carrying on with tradition, here’s Irish rock band Thin Lizzy performing one of their most popular tunes. “Jailbreak” comes from the 1976 L.P. of the same name and was written by lead singer & bass guitarist … Continue reading

Daily 70s Ad: Broilmaster Grill (1972)

(Click ad to enlarge) “Now you can cook out, roast out, smoke out, broil out, bake out, and chocolate cake out.” For St. Patrick’s Day we proudly present…the Broilmaster. You know, for those traditional Irish cook-outs. All right, you caught … Continue reading