CGI can do amazing videos

Nice Firestone ghost sign in Lyons, Texas from about a 100 years ago.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10238689969780313&set=pcb.1706895786924787

"The Chemical Guys" have a really good commercial on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/ChemicalGuysMfgCo/videos/2031428321087092/

 it's cleverly worded about how a guy cleans his car, from the back to the front, by hand, no power tools

new to me ads for Phillips 66 (now has me wondering... what is the 66 representing?) And Steve has the answer! The story the museum tells is that the car testing the Phillips gas did 66 miles per hour while running on Route 66.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10224954192362288&set=gm.1722943422216820&idorvanity=319578812553295

Phillips Petroleum Company was started in Bartlesville, Oklahoma in 1917 by brothers Lee and Frank Phillips. 

 Route 66 opened in 1926. The first Phillips 66 station opened in November 1927 - bulk sales before that. 

By the end of December they had four stations up and running. The story the museum tells goes that the car testing the gas did 66 miles per hour while running on Route 66.

The stated reason in 1927 didn't mention a car testing gas on Route 66 - it was the API gravity value of their aviation fuel (by 1932 it was up to 69.6).

Their logo didn't change to look like the Route 66 signs until around August 1930. 

As an aside, Phillips 66 was the name of Bartlesville's very successful A.A.U. league basketball team.

thank you Steve!

clever ad!

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1595917948563574&set=a.610868297068549

1977 Gabriel shock test team, the Mt Rushmore of race car drivers

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=26305113319161161&set=gm.1734424387833380&idorvanity=226675368608297

Did the name Doc Holliday get used to attract attention to the ad, or, was there really someone else named for the famous wild west gunslinger?

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10233677295854379&set=a.1617402035143

never let a chance for good free publicity go to waste!

A KitKat truck in Canada was flanked by a security escort through Toronto, on Wednesday (8 April), following the theft of more than 400,000 bars in Europe.

 Nestlé confirmed that thieves had made off with around 12 tons of the chocolate, after a vehicle carrying its new chocolates set off from central Italy bound for Poland but did not reach its final destination.

 The stolen vehicle and the merchandise remain unaccounted for.  The food giant said they are working with local authorities and supply partners to investigate.

 KitKat Canada leaned into the headlines, transforming a logistics nightmare into a marketing bonanza!

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/kitkat-robbery-security-truck-toronto-b2955766.html

Last month, approximately 12 tons (over 413,000 bars) of KitKat chocolate, specifically a new Formula 1 line, were stolen while in transit from an Italian production site to Poland. The heist occurred just before Easter, and both the truck and the cargo remain missing.

The company, based in Vevey, Switzerland, said in a statement Friday that “the vehicle and its load are still nowhere to be found.” “Whilst we appreciate the criminals’ exceptional taste, the fact remains that cargo theft is an escalating issue for businesses of all sizes,” KitKat said in a statement.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/kitkat-candy-bars-stolen-en-route-italy-poland-nestle-says-rcna265621

ever see an ad for a dining car before?

 the poster / advertising art of AM Cassandre

interesting ad on an eye catching VW van

from Achille Mauzan, a French poster artist

Puss in Boots with cars on his feet flies over the city.  

( I can't find a better/clearer version online)

https://catalogo.beniculturali.it/detail/HistoricOrArtisticProperty/0500675054

Illustrations of Paulo Garretto

this guy had style, and a LOT of talent. If you dig art, you'll probably enjoy the work after the 6 minute mark

get a look at how bold this is! This sort of liability that telling your customers in print, that you'll pay for a tow truck? That's BOLD! Thank you M Currie!

I wish someone did go this far, and went as far as it took to meet the enthusiasts that buy their products and support their races, and fund their company, as Duckhams Oils Racing Service advertised they did

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122193350126562449&set=gm.1922806698324661&idorvanity=192440614694620

Shelby Daytona, I wonder if any of these race cars still exist

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2381061832318650&set=gm.1924795704792427&idorvanity=192440614694620

100 years ago a billboard was an elegant way to advertise. This one advertised Vogue tires by making a display case of the billboard to enclose a car that was lit up at night

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/22

Vacuum Oil Company ad, very elegant and tasteful

https://morphyauctions.com/auctions/

80 x 34 advertising banner that has survived a long time, longer than the fuel company it advertises? Tydol gasoline, Flying A

https://morphyauctions.com/auctions/

Tidewater Oil Company (rendered as Tide Water Oil Company from 1887 to 1936) was a major vertically integrated oil company that operated independently from 1887 to 1926, when it was sold to a holding company. 

Over the decades, it passed through various corporate hands. It sold petroleum and gasoline products and fuel under various brand names, including Tydol, Flying A, and Veedol.

 In 2011, Veedol was sold by British Petroleum to Tidewater India.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidewater_Oil_Company

there's some cool lettering on this car, cool art on the door, and a sweet spare tire cover to advertise his business

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/69/

Louis Fancher, not only was a very accomplished artist, he also served in military intelligence with the US Army, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Fancher