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OK Used Cars, 1961

Posted October 21, 2015 9:00 AM by dstrohl
Pathfinder Tags: classic auto classified used cars

No location to these two photos that the Impounded Tumblog recently scanned out of a couple 1961 issues of Look magazine, and that's more or less on purpose, given how Chevrolet, the parent division for the OK Used Cars program, apparently wanted to make the images seem like Anytown U.S.A. So let's instead see what customers were trading in to buy their new Chevrolets at the time. What do you see here? -

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10/21/2015 9:20 AM

"No location to these two photos..."

What, no GPS geotag metadata?

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10/21/2015 2:08 PM

Look Ma, the marketers didn't force them to change the sign to pre-owned.

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10/22/2015 1:34 PM

Oh, excuse me. Certified pre-owned. <Like I need someone to attest that the car was used>

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10/22/2015 5:30 AM

I like the string of lightbulbs. Bet in the winter it didn't take ten minutes for them to make enough light to see the cars after they were turned on.

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10/25/2015 11:23 PM

How about that red Cameo pick up?

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