Vintage Ads.

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[goodfellow]

I have an personal archive of some of the old Sears Craftsman catalogs and I am constantly amazed at the offerings that were available back in Sears' peak glory days -- the 1960s and 1970s. The sheer amount of equipment and tooling was truly a marvel of the time because everything was sold and delivered through catalogs, B&M stores and USPS/UPS delivery.

Glad I lived through those days; great memories and a great time to be a gearhead.

BTW -does anyone have any copies of the old J.C Whitney (aka Warshawsky Co.) catalogs in their stash? If so, a few copies pages of the old catalogs would be a great remembrance of that wonderful business. 

[AbiggerGarage]

I don't know if this is allowed or not, but my favorite vintage ad and political spoof/satire, that their was a lawsuit and supposed to be a published retraction (never saw the retraction, but it could have been the same ad, worded differently).






Nowdays, the same picture would have commentary about fishing for plastic in the ocean, etc.

[goodfellow]

LOL --now that's a very impactful ad. I remember National Lampoon getting eviscerated from all the outraged MSM and the Beltway crowd.

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[j.a.f.e.]

LOL --now that's a very impactful ad. I remember National Lampoon getting eviscerated from all the outraged MSM and the Beltway crowd.

I recall the same it was a satire ad in NL IIRC. But it's true. VW had a real ad where they showed a car floating.

It was kinda in bad taste but so were the circumstances leading to the death of the young woman.

[goodfellow]

Cabinet and box look like Remline?

[Uncle Buck]

Cabinet and box look like Remline?

Agreed,I tend to forget how hinky the casters were on most of the old school roll cabs.

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[goodfellow]

That's a very nice toolset, and $190 was quite a chunk of change back in the 1960s. Add in the cart and we're probably close to $300. We forget how much more expensive things were (relatively speaking) back in the day. Quality stuff for sure, but adjusted for inflation that $300 price tag would be about $3100 today.

These days, for $1000 a junior technician can outfit themselves with very good tools and get more capability than what's offered here. For $3000 he could get a quality master mechanics set (Taiwanese/Chinese for sure, but quality none-the-less)

We've come a long way --

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