Flashback Series: 1971 Ford Pinto Advertising

my grandmother drove a ford pinto – quite possibly the ugliest car ever made. but any loss of cool points i suffered while being carted around in this beast pales in comparison to how ford must have felt when they first launched in the brazilian market. as it turns out, pinto is brazilian slang for tiny male genitals! look it up, i’m not busting balls here (no pun intended). so how did ford reverse this embarrassment? they renamed the line corcel – which translates into horse. click on for subsequent innuendos in the pinto advertising.

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Flashback Series: Kaleidoscopes

here’s a blast from the past – kaleidoscopes! i stumbled upon an interesting page on how to photograph the inside of a kaleidoscope. a life-long kaleidoscope maker shares his secrets in a step-by-step fashion. enjoy!

flashback series: 1966 pepsi advertising

pepsi originally launched a series of ads with the slogan “come alive with the pepsi generation.” little did they know, the chinese transalation was “pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave.” wow – that’s some powerful stuff right there! in the mid 1960s, pepsi switched to “come alive! you’re in the pepsi generation!” that’s what you see featured in this classic ad. you have to love the drive-up vending machine!

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flashback series: 1925 chrysler ads

my fiancee owns a chrysler – the crossfire. i once owned a turismo that i jokingly referred to as my tri-turbo turismo. my grandmother owned one of those ugly chrysler sedans. the fact is that many of us have put our faith in the brand, even if only for a short period of time. now, chrysler is once again in trouble. this time, it could be the beginning of the end for a brand that began in 1925.

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