Hooniverse Classic Caption – The 1973 Ford LTD Edition
It’s Monday, so it must be time for the Hooniverse Classic Caption Contest. Hooniverse is fast becoming one of the most engaging Automotive sites on the web, and we have the fans to prove it, and the Classic Captions category is the 
perfect example of how engaging our fans are. Let’s review how this game is played; I have gathered images from around the web, presented them in a posting like this, and the cmmentariant write pithy, snarky, and often humorous captions to these images. I have been awarding prizes, and this week, it’s a new Allison Transmissions Baseball Cap, and one will go out to you if you are deemed the winner.
Last week, we had an image of two videographers, and the number of participants for this edition of the contest was a little off. Anyway, the winner this week was Skitter, and he left us with this great caption:
“Dodge is a proud to announce that their stylish and desirable 600 model will be featured in The Association, the exciting new series about a couple who will stop at nothing to catch someone painting their house an inappropriate color.”
Congratulations Skitter, and remember to e-mail with information on where to send your prize.
It’s now time to take a look at this weeks illustration. It is an advertising image from the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company using a 1973 Ford LTD Sedan in a rather unusual setting. So, where do you think this family was visiting in their luxurious LTD, and why are there so many lions around the car? If you take a look at the picture, the lions seem to be distracted, and not at all interested in the boxed lunch on four wheels, so what do you think got their attention? Is this really a proper image setting for a Tire Company Advertisement? (You can click on the image to see it full sized)
You have the next five days to come up with a great caption. The editors will then go on Safari to see if Lions actually puncture tires in order to get their prey. On the other hand, maybe we’ll just watch re-runs of Daktari, and award the prize to the snarkiest comment.
On another note, my e-mail decided to dump its contents, so I once again need Maymar to e-mail me as soon as possible. Anyone else who hasn’t received their prized, let me know.
Lead Image Courtesy of Captain Geoffrey Spauldings Flickr Photostream
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When showing off his new LTD, Dan let pride get the best of him.
Instead of focusing on Gary and his new LTD the pride has taken notice of the other family in the greatly less protected Citroen Mehari off camera.
Take pride in your car's construction. Get an LTD and peace of mind.
"CUT…! Dammit, Jenkins, get the props department on the phone…!
I told them to get us an LTD and a few Cougars for this chase scene…"
Pride: Firestone has it. Do you?
Man, I could have worked for Firestone back in the day!
The 1973 Ford LTD: We'd be lion if we called it a Cougar.
Glad I checked to see if someone beat me to the "lyin'" alliteration angle.
Homonym actually. "Lucy Lawless loves lymphoma." is alliteration.
I knew as soon as I posted it that it was too early for me to be using big words, and someone was eventually going to correct me.
Thumbs up anyway…
Regalregalia, resident grammar ass.
Tired of the scene at his regular bar, Tim decided to go on a real hunt.
When hoarding mere house cats isn't enough. Step up to LTD, by Ford.
Eventually, the lions overcame their racism, and accepted the panther as one of their own.
It may not look the part but trust us – the '73 LTD is a wild pussy wagon.
Having allowed malaise to enter deep into their habitat, lions gaze toward the horizon, searching for their lost pride.
You've never been more comfortable herding cats than you will be in the NEW FORD LTD!
The Ford LTD, the official car of Discount Lion Safari.
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Owning a Ford LTD is the cat's meow. It's purr-fect.
All these lions, but no Cougars…oh MY!
After the Panther killed the Mustang, the lions waited patiently for the Panther to share the prey.
Firestone 500 Radials. No longer the most dangerous things* about your car.
*In 1973, only two years after the 500's debut, Thomas A. Robertson, Firestone's director of development wrote an internal memo stating "We are making an inferior quality radial tire which will subject us to belt-edge separation at high mileage". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_R…
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"A pride of lions and the Ford LTD ad campaign: Name two things that benefit from a slow gnus day."
I wish I could thumbs up more than once. That was really funny.
The 1973 Ford LTD is pictured with the 1973 Ford mane line.
Bad news guys. We spent so much time help these guys shoot their car ad, that the headlights have drained the battery. We're going to have to get out and make a run for it. You slow kids, stay close to me.
Had he been allowed to sit up front like his sister, Bruce Cockburn's life would have taken a decidedly different track.
Man: Listen to the rumble of that V8!
Child: But Daddy, the engine is turned off!
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The pride goeth before the malaise.
And then Don realized, he should have left the LTD at home and driven the Pontiac wagon…..
(Car nerd/name joke, which I expect all you to immediately get!)
"So daddy, what you're trying to say is we're the Big Three and those lions are the Japanese…"
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Just noticed the typo. Intentional?
Missed that one…but it works…
"When you said your LTD was powered by CAT, I thought you meant you did a diesel swap."
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You rang?
"See you never listen to me Claira , if we would have bought the Cougar these bastards would have let us through"