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Old 07-25-2017, 09:37 AM
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Default Great sort-of-old Ford Ad :)

I can't really tell a difference, can you?


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Old 07-25-2017, 09:41 AM
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Ha, what a joke!
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Old 07-25-2017, 12:18 PM
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It's funny how the small pics are very similar, until the big reveal,
where they show the real visual difference is the (let's face it) "homely" front end of that Ford.
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Old 07-25-2017, 12:20 PM
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That was one ugly Ford.
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Old 07-25-2017, 12:26 PM
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Man I had one of those as a company car what a piece of junk ....1978-79 I believe.
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American car manufacturers are still trying to regain reputation after the disasters that were the '70's and '80's. Most of the models from that 20 year period were junk. If you got 75,000 miles on one you got lucky.

This particular jewel was a case in point. Chrysler K cars were another. In the early 90's I discovered Honda, Mazda, and Nissan.
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Old 07-25-2017, 01:48 PM
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The hubcaps, for starters, might be a slight giveaway along with the lack of aerodynamics
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This is like Ford admitting their product is inferior.

If they did it today, Mercedes would sue them off the planet for copying their design and Ford's own advert would be the proof.
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This is like Ford admitting their product is inferior.

If they did it today, Mercedes would sue them off the planet for copying their design and Ford's own advert would be the proof.
Or the Mercedes is over priced .
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Old 07-25-2017, 02:35 PM
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Still a lot of 78 E and S classes out on the road today. Granada......all rusted into oblivion.....years ago.
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Still a lot of 78 E and S classes out on the road today. Granada......all rusted into oblivion.....years ago.
Yeah , every one .
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I had one. It was not a Mercedes........
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Ahh...70's "any car"...UGLY and rotted away in a few years. I think the manufacturers did us a favor by making them self destruct.
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I'm from Detroit, and I can't believe anyone there would have cared if a Ford looked like a Mercedes or not.
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