Daily 70s Ad: Dodge Recreational Vehicles (1973)

(Click ad to enlarge) “Dodge is the Number 1 builder of motor home chassis.” Just right for exploring the USA in 1973. Daily 70s Ad #45: Dodge Recreational Vehicles originally appeared in the April, 1973 issue of Popular Science magazine. … Continue reading

Daily 70s Ad: Sugar For Energy (1970)

(Click on ad to enlarge) “Diet tip: Nibble on a cookie about an hour before lunch.” This ad seems preposterous almost 44 years later. I love it. Daily 70s Ad #44: Sugar for Energy originally appeared in the November 13, … Continue reading

Daily 70s Ad: Weller Bourbon (1975)

(Click ad to enlarge) “Weller & Water – Wonderful.” Well, lookee there. It’s some seven-year-old, Kentucky straight Bourbon Whiskey. Yee Ha! Daily 70s Ad #43: Weller Bourbon originally appeared in the January, 1975 issue of Texas Monthly magazine. (Source: Texas … Continue reading

Daily 70s Ad: Bloomingdale’s Trench Shirt (1976)

(Click ad to enlarge) “A smashing victory in the war against drab.” OK, it’s the Creighton Trench Shirt for $18.00. I get that. What I don’t get is the extraneous shoulder flap and whatever it is that guy has in … Continue reading

Daily 70s Ad: Champion Spark Plug Motorcycle Classics (1972)

(Click ad to enlarge) “20 million people have switched to Champion Spark Plugs.” Featuring English racing champion John Cooper at California’s Ontario Motor Speedway in ’71. Daily 70s Ad #41: Champion Spark Plug Motorcycle Classics originally appeared in the January, … Continue reading

Daily 70s Ad: Emerson Permacolor TV (1972)

(Click on ad to enlarge) “It’s tuned in before you turn it on.” There’s something missing from this ad – the giant “rabbit ears” antenna. Daily 70s Ad #40: Emerson Permacolor TV originally appeared in the November 10, 1972 issue … Continue reading