1960 - Wonderful New World of Ford

A wonderful promotional video for Ford Motors' new cars in 1960: The Galaxy, The Thunderbird, and The Falcon.

This ad is a great throwback to the early 1960s and JFK era of innocence. Featuring an empty field with just the three cars and a horde of men and women in their ballroom best, the ad is awash in kitschy elegance.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• 1960s
• 1950s
• cars
• automobiles
• Ford
• Thunderbird
• Galaxy
• Falcon
• kitsch
• campy
• advertising
• JFK
• McNamara

[seanThree16]

It's like commercials are getting shittier and more unoriginal everyday. So back then they had sweet ass themesongs for each kind of car, but now all we can think of is using some 10 year old overplayed shit you still hear on the radio all the damn time?

[arabrockerman]

30mpg

so have we really come all that far?

it was 2700lbs i think

without a doubt cars went backwards in the 70s and even 80s

[brucenangie1989]

Screw ford now and then!

[tomperanteau]

I loved this period, but it was more like "stay asleep, population, while the politicians fuck you over".

[tessa3541]

everything seemed so magicial

[imjustpassinthru]

How elegant and classy people were in those days. These days, the men would have shown up wearing tee shirts and shorts, and the women would be covered with ugly tatoos.

[SuperSterns]

HYPNOTIZING POST WAR ADVERTISING LETS FORGET ABOUT THE WAR !

[Checkerholic]

My birthday is next month. Any of these cars would suit me fine.

Seriously, I love the old commercials. They made sense and you could actually tell exactly what they were selling.

[quirpco]

@svoable I keep asking Santa for a '60 Starliner but had no luck. Maybe his elves are restoring one for me. lol

[quirpco]

@italy4blktop Of course there were. Who do you think built those cars?

[pianonik]

So now you know why the Beatles, Stones, Dead, Airplane, drugs, sex, anti-war protests happened: A reaction to the goopy-saccharin-ass-whitey-goo­d-safe-irony-impaired-authorit­arian-controlled-dull-material­istic-conformist society of the 1950's -

This ad makes me sick - give me techno-hiphop-deathmetal- anything else, please please!