Back before digital retouching was available, automotive brochures often resorted to hand-retouched and manually composited photos to illustrate their newest vehicles. As with most other aspects of running a car company, American Motors evidently didn’t have the budget to attract the tip-top talent.
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My New Wave problem.
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My New Wave problem.
Whenever I see a Nissan Frontier I sing the name of the truck to the tune of Peter Gabriel’s “Games Without Frontiers”*; the bit that’s in French.
Instead of “Jeux Sans Frontières” I hear Ni-…ssan Frontier”. It’s all in fun, but occasionally I find myself singing the names of vehicles I see in traffic to other New Wave songs. It’s not a habit, I do it for recreation. Please help me.
I was reminded of this by today’s Mitsubishi Outlander** post, which got me singing a tune that has retained it’s charm, and sadly its relevance, for nearly 25 years. P.W.E.I.’s “Ich Bin Ein Ausländer”.
*The lyrics to which have a surprising connection to European game shows of the 1980s. Thanks, wikipedants.
**I really want to re-create the Blues Brothers Illinois Nazis off-the-bridge scene with an Outlander instead of the Bluesmobile. “Bitch I’m an Outlander!”-
I don’t want to argue / There’s nothing to say.
Get me out of your Starion and be on your way!
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/67a1d9243c0c33fa84fb038f55ea07c1201fe5555e426a2c4155a0e1ed061bed.jpg
-The Records, “Starry Eyes”-
Every reason to post a photo of a narrow-body Starion is an excellent one.
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(You got a +1 for PWEI)
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I had never seen the video for that song. It’s like Beetlejuice went to an Insane Clown Posse concert.
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Jukes sans Frontiers?
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I recently learned there was a bus named “FAP Famos” in Serbia. Got to wonder if it came with easy-clean seat covers.
https://myntransportblog.com/2013/12/17/buses-trucks-army-fap-serbia/-
There was a little Italian off-roader in the 1960s called the F.A.R.T. Breack. Apparently no-one in the company knew English.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JGyR_fKVVOI/UakLerlmRdI/AAAAAAAAKZ4/v_Ca1KZRlXM/s1600/Breack+01.JPG-
Well, it’s airy. That name would work perfectly well as a marketing stunt on at least half the male population.
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That’s a breath of fresh air and I bet it goes like stink.
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At least it provides plenty of air…much like that Airbus http://i.imgur.com/eFk7t3q.jpg
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They were beaters.
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Interesting that they tried to add in their brand new car, but forgot to remove the Antiques ‘n Such sign right above it.
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