Car Ad

[RWebb]

Nope not a Pooschey.

This is the first car ad known...

[herr_oberst]

The very first car ad, ergo the very first car salesman, had to resort to misrepresentation to sell his product.

The more things change . . .

[masraum]

Wow, the car sounds very exciting! (I'm sure back then it probably was)

[dd74]

Very cool. Is that late 1800s? How much would $1K during that time be today?

[cstreit]

Oooo... and Ball bearings too. Everything is ball-bearings these days.

[Tidybuoy]

I wonder how they define "lightly constructed"? Thin cast iron.....

[billwagnon]

That "No Asians" thing goes way back too.

[trekkor]

"No odor. No vibration"

They still have yet to get that one figured out...


KT

[sailchef]

Originally Posted by billwagnon

That "No Asians" thing goes way back too.

I believe it's "No Agents"

[dd74]

Lol!

[RWebb]

it is from 1898

I like the "hydrocarbon motor" inducement. IIRC, they were also pushing steam engines and electric cars back then. I guess the circle really is unbroken, by and by.

[RWebb]

dunno re value of $1k in 1898, but the CPI Index of 100 in 1982 dollars were worth only 9.80 in 1913...

today that 100 index is at 215...

so if I do this right 100/9.8 = 10.2
then 2.15 * 10.2 = ~~22

so that would be a $22k car today if it cost that much in 1913

for 1898, I dunno

also, the CPI is not always what you want to compare; but it is what we got...

[kach22i]

Winton Motor Carriage Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winton_Motor_Carriage_Company

The Winton Motor Carriage Company was a pioneer United States automobile manufacturer based in of Cleveland, Ohio. Winton was one of the first American companies to sell a motor car.

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/15/steam-carriage-ads/


http://www.classicautodigest.com/Auto%20Profiles/a16_1898winton.htm

1896 - Alexander Winton who had produced bicycles began developing self powered vehicles. He then formed the Winton Motor Co. and sold 22 units in 1898

[dd74]

I think it was on the History Channel where it was explained that from the late 1800s through to about The Teens or Twenties, there were hundreds of car companies in America. It was sort of like the dot.com boom, particularly with a very high attrition rate.

[RWebb]

so... now we see an ad saying "Desirable Asians wanted"

no, wait -- that isn't it...

[azasadny]

We had an electric car company in my hometown and there are a few surviving cars... i believe the very early cars ran on alcohol, not refined petroleum...

[dd74]

Diesel (Rudolph) first diesel ran on peanut oil, IIRC.

These days, it's said if one melts enough computer cases into liquid and stick it in their diesel, that too will run the engine.

Kerosene is a no-brainer.

I recently read somewhere that Chrysler's turbine car at one time ran on tequila.