Retrophilia: To The Max!
retrophilia (ret troh FEE lee uh) n. 1 An intense attraction for things of the past. 2 a weekly series for popsucker wherin the irrepressible Wootini reveals the horrors of the past to the present to avoid making the same mistakes in the future.
Okay boys, get your minds out of the gutter. I know you all took one look at this image to see a man's fist wrapped around a car's stick shift and immediately assumed that after you make the jump you were going to see something filthy. Well, you're not. So don't be disappointed. However, after you see the full ad, you may just go blind! Click below and see what I mean!
Wow! We had a Datsun when I was a kid, but it was dark green and I don't remember seeing heat trails when we drove to my grandparents...
Gotta love the way the copy touts how fast you can go in this new Datsun Turbo-ZX, with no worries about people losing their lives in automobile accidents. It was a simpler time. It was all about the need for speed. Crashes? Nobody crashes in the eighties!
And I love that the luxurious interior comes not only with standard air conditioning but with a stereo cassette player! Woo hoo! I can listen to my cassingle of "Eye of the Tiger" while I cruise on down to the mall!
I have to say, though, the models are totally ruining this awesome ad for me. It's like the photographer didn't know the final plan so he couldn't tell them, "Look like you're breaking light speed in the new Star Wars sequel" or something. They look so bland and boring. Ah, typical eighties, really...
Wootini
Posted to Hot Stuff, Retrophilia on 3 August 2009
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Wait, weren't those models in Logan's Run?
"Shift into awesome!" = my new motto
The driver looks like Dave Letterman. Maybe it IS him .. he didn't have much of a career in '82.