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The Family Deal Blog

Official Blog of the LaFontaine Automotive Group in Michigan

Vintage Ads

1983 Honda Prelude Vintage Magazine Ad

March 12, 2015 by LaFontaine Automotive Group

Honda Logo

Even though my vintage magazine collection is practically worthless in terms of monetary value, it is rich in content to post here on FamilyDealBlog.com (silver lining anyone?). The past two months I've truly enjoyed flipping through these magazines and finding little nuggets of automotive … [Read more...] about 1983 Honda Prelude Vintage Magazine Ad

Filed Under: Honda, Vintage Ads

1978 Dodge Magnum XE Vintage Magazine Ad

February 26, 2015 by LaFontaine Automotive Group

Vintage Dodge Logo

When flipping though my vintage magazine collection looking for an interesting piece of automotive advertising to share with you, I stumbled across this gem of an ad for the 1978 Dodge Magnum XE. It's not the look of the ad that caught my attention, it's the totally outrageous story that's being … [Read more...] about 1978 Dodge Magnum XE Vintage Magazine Ad

Filed Under: Dodge, Vintage Ads Tagged With: Dodge, Dodge Magnum XE, LaFontaine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Vintage Ads

1974 Toyota Celica GT Vintage Magazine Ad

February 12, 2015 by LaFontaine Automotive Group

1974 Toyota Celica GT Swan Badge

Each and every week I flip through my vintage magazine collection and search for interesting bits of automotive advertising to share with you. This time around I landed on this vintage ad for the 1974 Toyota Celica GT. At first glance you might mistake the Celica for a Mustang from that era - … [Read more...] about 1974 Toyota Celica GT Vintage Magazine Ad

Filed Under: Toyota, Vintage Ads Tagged With: 1974 Toyota Celica, Advertising, Celica, LaFontaine Toyota, Toyota, Vintage Ads

1975 Volkswagen Dasher Vintage Magazine Ad

February 5, 2015 by LaFontaine Automotive Group

Vintage Volkswagen Logo

Today I think we're all familiar with the award winning Volkswagen Passat. But did you know the Passat was originally known in North America as the VW Dasher? The very first Passat came to be in 1973, and was one of the most modern European family vehicles one could buy. But here in the … [Read more...] about 1975 Volkswagen Dasher Vintage Magazine Ad

Filed Under: Vintage Ads, Volkswagen Tagged With: 1975 Volkswagen Dasher, LaFontaine Volkswagen, Vintage Ads, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Passat, VW

1969 Ford Cobra Vintage Magazine Ad

January 29, 2015 by LaFontaine Automotive Group

Ford Cobra Logo

In 1969, the Blue Oval unleashed a variant to the Torino family simply known as the Ford Cobra. The Cobra was only in production for two years, and it's name was taken directly from the 428 Cobra Jet Engine that was included as standard equipment. With only 14,000 or so of this specific … [Read more...] about 1969 Ford Cobra Vintage Magazine Ad

Filed Under: Ford, Vintage Ads Tagged With: 1969 Ford Cobra, Carol Shelby, Cobra, Ford, LaFontaine Ford of Gladwin, LaFontaine Ford of Lansing, Vintage Ads

1975 Subaru GL Coupe Vintage Magazine Ad

January 22, 2015 by LaFontaine Automotive Group

Vintage Subaru Logo

Today is Thursday so that can only mean one thing. Time to take a look at another piece of automotive advertising straight out of my personal vintage magazine collection. As I was flipping through my mags looking for an interesting ad to share, I found what I was looking for in this ad for the … [Read more...] about 1975 Subaru GL Coupe Vintage Magazine Ad

Filed Under: Subaru, Vintage Ads Tagged With: 1975 Subaru GL Coupe, Subaru, Vintage Ads

1985 Nissan King Cab Vintage Magazine Ad

January 15, 2015 by LaFontaine Automotive Group

Vintage Nissan Logo

Last week I introduced a new series for Throwback Thursday featuring automotive advertising from my personal vintage magazine collection. For today's edition, I picked out an ad for the 1985 Nissan King Cab 2+2 pickup truck. I like how Nissan uses a large visual to focus on the interior … [Read more...] about 1985 Nissan King Cab Vintage Magazine Ad

Filed Under: Nissan, Vintage Ads Tagged With: 1985 Nissan King Cab, 2016 Nissan TItan, LaFontaine NIssan, Nissan, Pickup Truck, Vintage Ads

1974 Jeep Renegade CJ-5 Vintage Magazine Ad

January 8, 2015 by LaFontaine Automotive Group

Vintage Jeep Logo

As a person who has collected many things in his life, I have quite a bit of stuff stashed in the nooks and crannies of my home (much to my wife's chagrin). Amid the assortment of collected comic books, baseball cards and random childhood mementos is a fairly large collection of vintage magazines … [Read more...] about 1974 Jeep Renegade CJ-5 Vintage Magazine Ad

Filed Under: Cars, Jeep, Vintage Ads Tagged With: 1974 Jeep Renegade, 2015 Jeep Renegade, CJ-5, Jeep, Jeep Renegade, LaFontaine Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Vintage Ads

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