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    The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo

    The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials

    PCH, Clash Of The Superpowers Edition: Clown-Owned Panhard Dyna Z-16 or Lotus Esprit Turbo?

    Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Turnkey, Race-Ready, 24 Hours Of LeMons-Winning BMW 535i For $433?

    Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 25K-Mile 1985 Toyota 4WD Truck, $6,000 Price Tag?

    Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $7,500 For A Supercharged Chevy Citation X-11?

    Ricardo Montalban Says It Blows Away The BMW 528e: 1985 Chrysler LeBaron GTS

    PCH, Joad Family Redux Edition: 1957 Cadillac Camper or 6-Door Rabbit Limo?

    1985 Toyota Corolla Hatchback

    Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 2,450-Mile 1985 Mazda RX-7 For 15 Grand?

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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    09:25 AM

    In reply to The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
    closed road.

    not professional driver... hence the lack of sliding through corners.
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    Image of Vkoslak Vkoslak
    12:26 PM

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: I saw sliding, but it was coming from the wrong end of the car.
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    01:09 PM

    @Vkoslak: yeah, that is not sliding through corners... that is sliding beyond the end of a straight....
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    günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi was starred günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi was unstarred
    Image of stephdumas stephdumas
    03/15/09

    In reply to The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials
    No mention of the Mercury Cougar ads?



    + Watch video





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    or the vintage Aussie Ford ads



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    the Argentine vintage Falcon ad



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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    03/16/09

    @stephdumas: I'll do more Mercury ads later on. Got plenty of them.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/15/09

    In reply to The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials
    You can't trick me into clicking on something that might once have been close to a Fairmont. Took years to shake that off, and I'm still not right.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/15/09

    In reply to The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials
    Love the saccharin-sweetened-Tab commercial right before the '81 Mustang's anorexic model appears.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/15/09

    @FurtiveParsnip: Whoops, didn't mean to hit Submit yet...


    "What are you waiting for" with the '78? Next year's model.

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    03/15/09

    In reply to The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials
    The 85 Capri RS is my favourite of the Fox body mustangs.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/15/09

    In reply to The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials
    The first part of that MachI add was horrifying. There was so much camera time on the singers, who were actually obscuring the product! Sure, they switched to the deep voice over, bongo hip footage of the car--but who could last through the Up-With-People sugary whitebread bits without lapsing into a diabetic coma?
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    03/15/09

    In reply to The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials
    The '85 commercial succeeded in convincing me never to mess with cocaine (hell of a drug), and that's the creepiest "Have you driven a Ford... lately?" I've ever heard. The '68 Mustang, on the other hand... it'll automagically make any girl I'm with bomb-ass hot? Damn. I gotta get me one of those.


    I had to turn off the '69 Mach 1 commercial after 30 seconds, though. Ever since the Kia debacle of last year, car commercials with choruses of people singing in a showroom rub me a terrible way.

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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    03/15/09

    In reply to The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials
    I love in the '80 Capri commercial, instead of saying "mileage may vary" it actually says "your mileage will probably be less".


    Why not just go all the way and say "Note, EPA mileage may have fallen out of the south end of a northbound bull"

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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    03/15/09

    In reply to The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials
    I'm going to go ahead and throw this out there: '80s Fox Mustangs > current Mustang.


    Why? Because it was smaller and cheaper...it was a good low-priced ride for a young hoon, as opposed to the "MOAR POWER!" overpriced, gas-sucking poser it's become today.


    I wish the current Mustang had smaller dimensions, a standard 4-banger and a base price that's about 8k lower. Of course, the fact that everything is FWD now complicates the continued existance of any size Mustang. I'm still hoping that the carpocalypse will result in a return to small sport coupes. Maybe I just really want an '86 LX 5.0 hatch.


    Anyway, '79 "Swingtown" ad FTW.

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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    03/15/09

    @FromaBuick6: The Mustang LX 5.0 is one of the most underrated cars out there. I remember test driving it and the saleswoman who sat shotgun timed acceleration times for me with her Mickey Mouse watch.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    03/15/09

    @FromaBuick6: I think the Fox was the best Mustang of all.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of SmaartAasSaabr SmaartAasSaabr
    03/15/09

    @FromaBuick6: The Fox was silly cheap and had silly engines (V8 in something smaller and lighter than a Focus)


    Now all there is, is the Challenger/Camaro/Mustang and they are big and $$$$ except wimpy models.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    03/15/09

    @SmaartAasSaabr: Plus the Fox platform was used for everything from the Zephyr to the Mark VII, so the junkyard is a Fox-stravaganza for budget-minded Mustang owners.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    03/15/09

    @Murilee Martin: Indeed. About this time every year, I start thinking about picking up a Fox body. Probably a 5.0 hatchback, but maybe a 5.0 convertible, but defintely a 5-speed. Parts are plentiful, new or used, and the hoonage potential is endless. Gotta love that exhaust note, too.


    But, alas, I always do something stupid that changes my plans. Like buy a practical "pre-owned" car instead, or try to graduate and find a job in the middle of the Carpocalypse.

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    If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face was starred If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/15/09

    @Murilee Martin: And, of course, that means it's possible to make a Mercury Zephyr that handles adequately and goes like shit off a stick!


    A certain Scott knows all about this.

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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    03/15/09

    In reply to The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials
    Check out these hideously carpeted Sonny and Cher Mustangs, for sale for $400,000.


    [www.hymanltd.com]

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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    03/15/09

    @Maxichamp: I found the Sonny pretty classy, in a Casino kind of way:

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    Image of Adam Smith Adam Smith
    03/15/09

    In reply to The Jalopnik Top 10 Vintage Ford Mustang TV Commercials
    didn't Jalopnik decide that top 11 lists were the new top ten?
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    03/15/09

    @Adam Smith: I didn't get that memo.
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    Murilee Martin was starred Murilee Martin was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/15/09

    @Adam Smith: Murilee's part time now. That means you get to ignore memos.
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    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    03/15/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: Actually, we only had 10 pre-1990 Mustang Classic Ad Watch posts with working video.
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    Image of B B
    02/04/09

    In reply to PCH, Clash Of The Superpowers Edition: Clown-Owned Panhard Dyna Z-16 or Lotus Esprit Turbo?
    The Lotus is tempting, but the siren call of the clown car is impossible to resist.

    doo do do do do doo doo doo.

    [www.hulu.com]
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/04/09

    In reply to PCH, Clash Of The Superpowers Edition: Clown-Owned Panhard Dyna Z-16 or Lotus Esprit Turbo?
    So how about a canard for the Panhard?

    I can't believe this rare old creature is being beaten by a dime-a-dozen rolling cliche Lotus!

    Sure, it looks like a cross between a Renault Dauphine and a Hudson Hornet, but make it righteous. Give it a clown face paint job.

    A clown car with suicide doors. That's just perfectly wrong.
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    Image of thunder; now eta-powered thunder; now eta-powered
    02/03/09

    In reply to PCH, Clash Of The Superpowers Edition: Clown-Owned Panhard Dyna Z-16 or Lotus Esprit Turbo?
    Wow. Just how could anybody resist a face like this?



    Send in the clowns!

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    thunder; now eta-powered was starred thunder; now eta-powered was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/04/09

    @thunder: Yeah, but the clown, alas, is Pennywise.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    02/03/09

    In reply to PCH, Clash Of The Superpowers Edition: Clown-Owned Panhard Dyna Z-16 or Lotus Esprit Turbo?
    Let's see the interior is trashed on the Lotus, it needs wheels and might have electrical issues. Sounds like it is time to strip the interior, install the roll cage, get some nice wheels with slicks and have a nice little track toy.


    The Panhard on the other had would require a machine shop, a foundry, a molding facality, and lots of time with an English wheel to get all of its 50HP back on the road. Clown hell it is. It should tell you something when the title has the words PARTS CAR written on it!

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    P161911 probably shoudn't have was starred P161911 probably shoudn't have was unstarred
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