What is the car?

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

What is the car?


My wife and I were watching a movie over the weekend and this TV commercial came on for some form of prescription drug. Don't remember what the product was and don't really care.

What caught my attention was the actor in the commercial was pretending to be a photographer, (anyone with a camera phone is now a "photographer"), and towards the end of the commercial it shows here getting the shot by standing on the HOOD of a classic car!


I couldn't believe it! This commercial was definitely shot, directed and written by people that don't know the difference between a swirl and a squirrel.

:laughing:

I did my best to take a couple of pictures of the TV screen showing her standing on the car hood.


What is the car the actor is standing on?

What's ridiculous was even if this was REAL-WORLD - from the height she's at on the hood, she could have easily taken the same IMPORTANT picture by simply standing in front of the car and raising her arms up or getting a step stool.

:dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno: :dunno:

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

And for the record,

This is a Squirrel

These are Swirls

And yes, I do have an article on this topic. Time stamp is 01-28-2010, 06:57 PM

The difference between a swirl and squirrel



:laughing:

 

[Billy Baldone]

Looks a bit like an early 60s Oldsmobile around 62ish

 

[ClearVue18]

What is the car the actor is standing on?

I don't know but what I do know is she better get off the paint lol

 

[FUNX650]

From here it looks like a:
1962 Oldsmobile Cutlass F85 Convertible


Bob

 

[ClearVue18]

From here it looks like a:
1962 Oldsmobile Cutlass F85 Convertible


Bob

Funx drinks on me sir

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[FUNX650]

Funx drinks on me sir

:cheers:


Bob

 

[tomsteve]

From here it looks like a:
1962 Oldsmobile Cutlass F85 Convertible


Bob

'62 i think was the only year they had the angle/sweep on the front fender going towards the hood

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[Farmallluvr]

the F85's (Cutlass) are some of my favorites of the Oldsmobile line,,all the way into the late 80's anyhow

 

[PaulMys]

From here it looks like a:
1962 Oldsmobile Cutlass F85 Convertible


Bob

Bob bought one new when he was 45.

 

[FUNX650]

Bob bought one new when he was 45.

(Ha Ha) Pretty close; but I had its Cousin:
a 1962 Buick Special—like the one that
was in the movie ”American Graffitti”.

Bob

 

[jeffb]

My family owned a light green F85, I drove in High School, 1968, 1969.
It had a 215 hp aluminum V8.
Fond memories!

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

From here it looks like a:
1962 Oldsmobile Cutlass F85 Convertible


Bob

Thanks Bob - I figured someone here would recognize the year, make and model.

'62 i think was the only year they had the angle/sweep on the front fender going towards the hood

Here's larger version of your picture.

The screenshots...

Yep.... same car....



Now can we get someone to polish out the shoe and dirt scratches out of the hood?

 

[ClearVue18]

Thanks Bob - I figured someone here would recognize the year, make and model.





Here's larger version of your picture.

The screenshots...

Yep.... same car....



Now can we get someone to polish out the shoe and dirt scratches out of the hood?

Mike that's all that was on my mind the whole time and forgot all about the general question. That's an automatic ground for divorce . Lol

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[2black1s]

Yep.... same car....



Now can we get someone to polish out the shoe and dirt scratches out of the hood?

The shoe and dirt scratches would be the least of my worries. The paint damage inflicted is minor relative to the potential sheet metal damage.

I cringe when someone leans against a nice car... I can't understand for the life of me that anyone thinks it's ok to stand on one.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

I cringe when someone leans against a nice car...

I can't understand for the life of me that anyone thinks it's ok to stand on one.

My guess is the "creative" person in marketing for the drug company?

Maybe the producer or director for the commercial.

From my exposure in the TV world, the majority of the people I've worked with in front of the camera and behind the camera don't know the difference between a squirrel or a swirl.


:dunno:

 

[FUNX650]

I cringe when someone leans against
a nice car...I can't understand for the
life of me that anyone thinks it's ok to
stand on one.

My guess is the "creative" person
in marketing for the drug company?

Maybe the producer or director
for the commercial.

From my exposure in the TV world,
the majority of the people I've worked
with in front of the camera and behind
the camera don't know the difference
between a squirrel or a swirl.


:dunno:

^^^Truth!
_______________________________

RE: Marketing/Agencies for Allegra’s
‘Say Yes’ TV Commercial


1.) Digital Agency:
Saatchi & Saatchi;

“We’re a crowd of curious thinkers, leaders
and doers. We’re dog lovers, beach walkers,
deep-fried devotees and boundary-pushers.

We firmly believe that with a childish sense
of wonder, the most cutting-edge technology
and an openness to embrace the new, we can
imagine the impossible and prove it is totally
within our reach.”

************************************

2.) Media Agency:
Karlen Williams Graybill Advertising;

“We believe:
-Every client dollar should be spent as
if it were our own.
-It’s better to be true than to be trendy.
-Effectiveness trumps all.
-Independence makes us better partners.
-Partnerships Matter.”

***************************************

On the surface, it looks like:

•That neither agency is representative of
having been influenced very much, if any,
by the “car-culture”, IMO.



Bob

 

[DetailKitty]

Damn you all are good!

 

[Kamakaz1961]

1962 Buick Skylark with the 3.5 Litre Aluminum V-8 is my guess!

 

[FUNX650]

1962 Buick Skylark with the 3.5
Litre Aluminum V-8 is my guess!

Please consider the following:

From what I can tell, by closely watching
the very beginning of this advertisement,
the car in this Allegra advertisement does
not have, as a styling cue, the iconic Buick
“Cruiser-Line Ventiports”.

•Therefore, IMO, it’s probably not a 1962 Buick.


•On the other hand this probably is a 1962 Buick:

Bob