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Also, this Popeye toon "Car-Azy Drivers" where Popeye give driving lessons to Olive.

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Let's add also "Freewayphobia"(1965), often used as a educationnal movie during driving ed' class.

Maybe then James Caan was behind the wheel, at least that LTD is more lucky then that Custom 500. ;-) Picture from IMCDB http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_86000-Ford-Custom-500-1972.html

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Here one more vintage ad in French broadcasted in Quebec, Canada.

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I spotted a cool vintage Datsun pick-up tv ad then you might like.

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A more big show if it feature Truck-A-Saurus. ;-)

Thanks for sharing that clip. :-) I don't know why, Archer reminds me by his look, a bit of a Franco-Belgian comic book character dubbed "XIII" or another one, Bob Morane.

Don't forget the Hindustan Ambassador, based on the Morris Oxford III who's made since 1958 http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/hindustan-motors/the-cars-hindustan-ambassador/

Maybe because of the sheeps as once mentionned in a Hyundai ad http://jalopnik.com/5739772/hyundai-super-bowl-ad-campaign-calls-toyota-buyers-sheep

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I wonder if they sometimes park their cars like Mahoney did in the first Police Academy movie? ;-)

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Ironically, Down Under in Australia, Pacer was used for a more muscled sedan version of the Aussie Valiant with an Hemi 6-pack. http://www.valiantpacers.com/

Also, Infiniti chosing the letter "Q".... Here in Quebec, Canada some folks had beginned to make some jokes about the letter "Q" who got a different meaning in the French language as we read on the French car forum Auto123.com.

Seat seem to be currently the black sheep of the VW group. I spotted a good rant from January 2009 about Seat on Autosavant and another one from September 2008.

Speaking of Mopars and 4-door coupe, Plymouth once offered the Gran Coupe package in a 4-door for 1971. Picture from http://www.fuselage.de/

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Nice price, and the the AMC 304 V8 is in the same engine family as the 390 and 401, it's tempting to make a swap.

Also, the originally planned 1962 Dodge and Plymouth before the designers was forced to shrunk them into the "plucked chicken" we knew today. (there more pictures at curbsideclassic.com and forwardlook.net

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One more , the 1991 Chrysler 300 concept-car built on the chassis of the Viper.

Also Dodge Venom