Pinocchio commercial for Hudson Hornet cars

It's hard to believe but Disney used some of their classic characters to sell a wide variety of products in the 1950s. It's also hard to believe the animation styles they used. This ad for Hudson Hornet cars was aired on July 13, 1955.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Disney
• Pinocchio
• Jiminy
• Cricket
• Hudson
• Hornet

[MagicMikassa]

Just HOW did Jiminy drive that car? Not believable. Just kidding. He clearly wished upon a star.

[RabidKoala]

@fordude60 The deal was that Packard was supposed to purchase other parts such as stampings from Hudson, but Jim Nance did not to do much of anything but sell Packard engines to Hudson. The merged Nash and Hudson were ultimately supposed to merge with Studebaker and Packard, but when George Romney entered the picture after George Mason's death that deal died too. Interesting to speculate on what could have been.....

[disneyfan85]

American Motors, maker of the Hudson Hornet, was one of the sponsors of the Disneyland show. Hence, why Disney had its stable of characters advertise them.

[fordude60]

I always thought the '55 Hudson was a nice-looking car. The base price of a Hornet V-8 Hollywood was $3145.00, and the same body style with the 6 was $2880.00. The A/C unit cost $345.00, while most of the trunk units were from about $500.00 to $650.00. Nash was the first American car maker to introduce lower-priced under the hood A/C units, in 1954. For anyone who doesn't know, Nash and Hudson merged in 1954 to form American Motors. The 320 CID 208 HP V-8 shown here was piurchased from Packard.

[IsaiahEFisher]

I think the actor that did Rocky the flying squirrel did the voice of Pinocchio.

[disneyfan85]

Paul Frees as Geppetto? I don't know about that. If that was the case, Geppetto would probably sound something like Ludwig Von Drake, I think.

[Kartoonkid95]

That's becasue the voice was provided by June Foray, the voice of Rocky. I think Gepetto's was Paul Frees.

Jiminy Cricket is voiced as usual by Cliff Edwards.

[pokeunleashed]

I wouldn't get it if I were you because the Nash merger screwed up the Hudson's performance.

[wolfeste1n]

OMG....I want one =)

love the sound of that straight 6 engine (^_^)

[327caprice]

Oh I just love a car with a "Deep Coil Ride"

it's the ginchiest!!