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[Team Result]

I'm sure Youtube can help us resurrect some memorable ones.

One of my all-time favourite ads was a Castrol GTX one with Leo Geoghegan in his Group E Valiant Charger.
It featured lots of slo-mo shots of the three-wheeling Charger (they did that a lot).
I wish I could find it now.

However, on a similar Australian touring car theme, I stumbled across this one:

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded

Those who remember will smile at the end when the voice-over commentator makes the 'witches hats' quip.
This Ford ad was part parody of a GMH (General Motors Holden)
ad with Peter Brock driving their latest model.

Edited by Team Result, 01 January 2012 - 10:00.

[Stephen W]

I always liked this one:

Brooke Bond

[ensign14]

Eric & Ernie working for McLaren

There are a couple of them

[Team Result]

I always liked this one:

Brooke Bond

Despite the fashionable blonde hairdo, I'd have to rate 'Miss Motor Sport' as a bit on the plain side.

[Vitesse2]

Despite the fashionable blonde hairdo, I'd have to rate 'Miss Motor Sport' as a bit on the plain side.

Ah, but after a few Brooke Bonds you develop "tea goggles".

[D-Type]

Many many years ago there was a Timex ad that featured a watch strapped onto one of the front shock absorbers (or similar location) of a trials car. The trials car did what trials cars do and the Timex watch still kept going through mud, water, up hill and down dale.

[Team Result]

Ah, so it seems that it is humour that makes ads memorable for forum members!

I recall there were a whole series of these TV commercials featuring a true champion (RIP) and.....the guy* in the Shell overalls, haming it up as they often did off-screen, too.

*Anorak point: that second racer was one of the 'witches' hats' in video on my first post.


http://www.youtube.c...Q...screen&NR=1

[f1steveuk]

Just shows the power of advertising, because I cannot remember the product, (Hamlet??) but was Carlos Fandango a driver?

[vintagecon]

This is not a TV ad but a nice new IKEA Le Mans theme web commercial from last week
http://livethemma.ik...mellandagsrally

[GD66]

Some natty singing here from a Honda fan...

Looks to be largely filmed in NZ, but there are a couple of significant escapees from the Honda museum in the clip.

Edited by GD66, 03 January 2012 - 08:31.

[Hamish Robson]

Well there's this quite ridiculous Fiat/Alonso advert



What happened to his voice?


And Jenson, please...



I know not old, but dreadful enough to be included.

[Vitesse2]

Schumacher has done several awful bits of acting for Fiat:







http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

And Mercedes:

[Lee Nicolle]

I'm sure Youtube can help us resurrect some memorable ones.

One of my all-time favourite ads was a Castrol GTX one with Leo Geoghegan in his Group E Valiant Charger.
It featured lots of slo-mo shots of the three-wheeling Charger (they did that a lot).
I wish I could find it now.

However, on a similar Australian touring car theme, I stumbled across this one:

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded

Those who remember will smile at the end when the voice-over commentator makes the 'witches hats' quip.
This Ford ad was part parody of a GMH (General Motors Holden)
ad with Peter Brock driving their latest model.

Doesnt Dick look so young. The rest dont look a great deal different. Just a bit rounder with a bit less hair.

Edited by Lee Nicolle, 03 January 2012 - 12:12.

[Team Result]

Doesnt Dick look so young. The rest dont look a great deal different. Just a bit rounder with a bit less hair.

Yes, he does Lee.
And please remind me which championship Ron Dickson won!!??

[Lee Nicolle]

Dickson, journey man with some money who did drive a lot of Holdens around that period. He did seem to be an honest midfielder.

[Catalina Park]

He did seem to be an honest midfielder.

Possibly half right.

[Sharman]

"It's an Equitable life Henry" Or it was before the Insurance Company of that name found that it coulde not meet it's responsibilities.
TR3 in the pits was the theme of the advert.

[bradbury west]

I don't suppose il grande John's "Small Family Car" advertising logo made it onto the screens
Roger Lund

[mfd]

And Jenson, please...

Much more amusing & up to date
http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

and even funnier if you go to 3.25 ish on this one
http://www.youtube.c...;feature=relmfu

Edited by mfd, 05 January 2012 - 17:33.

[RStock]

Enzo in a Goodyear tire commercial




And possibly the best TV ad with a motorsport theme ever.

Edited by RStock, 05 January 2012 - 17:42.

[Vitesse2]

This is wrong on just so many levels ...

http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be

[Ray Bell]

Originally posted by Lee Nicolle
Dickson, journey man with some money who did drive a lot of Holdens around that period. He did seem to be an honest midfielder.

I'm not looking at any You Tube stuff, so I'm guessing Dickson is in a Ford ad?

It would mostly be his ability to talk up a deal that got him there, I'd say. He conjured up some good deals in his day, it would not surprise me that he got Ford to ante up a lot of gear for his Pioneer Falcon.

He also had a respectable crew at that time, led by Bruce Richardson.