Oldbrochures.com is a veritable conrucopia. When I opened up this 1956 Hudson brochure, I couldn’t help but be struck by what looks like a lascivious and deadly leer from the Hornet. And one that looks downright familiar:
I have given a name to my pain, and it is…Nash. I’m only laughing on the outside / My smile is just skin deep / If you could see inside I’m really crying / You might join me for a weep.
Damn you, Paul, for pointing me to that site with the brochures! Another site at which I can spend hour after hour to no purpose whatsoever.
Seriously, thanks for that. It brings back fond memories of the early-mid 60’s when my Dad and I would spend most of a Saturday at intro time collecting new-car brochures for my entertainment. Dad was a believer in the appliance view of a car – his preferred car was a base-model four-door (floor mats, no carpet), white, with 6 cylinders and three on the tree, radio, heater, and nothing else – but he indulged my fascination with cars of all types. Now excuse me while I find the brochure for the ’61 Ford…
My father supplied me with new car brochures as a kid he worked at a GM dealership and I amassed many others, all gone now thrown out as trash while I wandered about overseas, Looks like some good time wasting to be had on that link Thanks Paul.
I have been using this site and many others, plus many of my own scans, to amass what I call the Ultimate Digital Spotters Guide. As of today, over 8 gigs and almost 107,000 files of original brochure images, factory photos, ads and press releases. Even a representative sampling of window stickers.
1900-2012 models, Asian, British, Europe, Latin-American, North American, Australian.Light trucks, Vans, Police car brochures, you name it, all neatly organized by make, model, year.
. I can never sell it commercially of course, due to copyright issues, but I sometimes give as gifts to people, Due to the constant growth, no copy is identical to another. It takes 2 DVDs at this point.. I started it in 1999. I call it my stamp collection.
The model looks like Gracy Kelly, who probably never went near a Chevrolet or a Ford, let alone a 1956 Hudson.
Who’s leering now?
American Motors designer Edmund Anderson called this abomination “V-Line Styling”. Definitely stink on ice.