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| Atwater Kent |
Black and white 8 1/4" x 11 1/2" ad for their Ignition System with Automatic Spark Control. This unit offers "The Charm of Perfect Control" and mentions being able to drive as slowly as one pleases, being able to throttle down without the fear of one's engine stalling, being able to stop the engine and restart it with "a hot starting spark on the first turn", absence of worry about the system being over-taxed and elimination of the usual spark lever manipulation for starting and running. The ad gives a list of 16 different manufacturers that were using this system on their cars and mentions that it was available on Ford too. |
March 25, 1915 The Automobile |
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$7.00 |
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| Eisemann |
Black and white 8 1/4" x 11 1/2" ad for their GN6 Magneto. The ad shows a picture of one of these units and the text indicates that the GN6 has continued the improvements begun by the GN4. They claim that with this unit, "Jumping or short circuiting of the current in its passage from collector to the distributor is practically eliminated" and talks about a few changes in construction that make this claim possible. The ad soothes the anxiety by assuring that "Deliveries of the Eisemann GN6 are being made promptly". |
March 25, 1915 The Automobile |
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$7.00 |
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| Hastings |
Three color 5 3/4" x 9" ad for their Steel-Vent Piston Rings. There is a picture of the crook with the red and white striped shirt kneeling behind a car changing the license plate. The headline assures you tht "Piston Rings need replacing too!" and the text tells you that "Oil pumping in your car glashes a warning that your piston rings are worn and should be replaced immediately". It goes on by saying that, at that time, "replacing piston rings is a comparatively simple and inexpensive job". It also talks about how changing to the Hastings Steel-Vent Piston Rings will cure several engine wear issues. |
February 1949 Popular Science |
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| Hastings |
Three color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for their Steel-Vent Piston Rings. There is a VIP cartoon of a man who has burst his head through his running car and is looking back at the smoke filled with oil containers. As he sees that expensive mess he decides "So that's where my money goes!" and the headline says that "Every extra quart is a warning!". The text explains that "Your piston rings warn you when they need to be replaced" and goes on to discuss engine theory. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
February 14, 1953 Saturday Evening Post |
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$5.00 |
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| Perfect Circle |
Three color 10" x 14" ad for their Piston Rings. The ad has a large picture of a giant piston ring that is circling the mountains and a roadway that is filled with all types of cars, trucks and heavy equipment driving from right to left. The ad headline calls Perfect Circle "The Most Honored Name in Piston Rings" and most of the rest of the ad is a listing of some of the many people and groups that have "Honored" this product. There is a picture of the sign that graced any shop that used this product and the sign called the people that worked there as being "The Doctor of Motors". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
April 1950 Country Gentleman |
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$5.00 |
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| Rayfield |
Black and white 8" x 11 1/2" ad for their Carburetors. There is a picture of a Model G carburetor and the headline claims that "If it's Rayfield equipped it's a good car to buy". The text reasons that if an auto manugacturer is willing to install a Rayfield on the car when they build it, they will do right on the other features too. It also mentions that most Service Stations will be willing and able to put a Rayfield carburetor on you car if it doesn't already have one. |
March 25, 1915 The Automobile |
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| Sealed Power |
Three color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad for their Piston Rings. There is a frightening picture of a man in a car frantically trying to drive his car up an incline while a creature with a human head, human hands with long fingernails and a body made from smoke reaches out, grabs the rear of the car and slows it to a stop. The headline has this creature saying "'Slow Up' says Smoke 'I'm one backseat driver you'll obey'". The ad encourages you to "Repower with Sealed Power and go" and mentions their Piston Rings, the Pistons and their lapped finish Piston Pins. This ad, from the days when engine overhauls were often monthly, urges you to act fast at the first sign of smoke coming from your exhaust. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
January 7, 1933 Saturday Evening Post |
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$6.00 |
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| Sealed Power |
Three color 5" x 13 1/2" ad for their Piston Rings. The ad pictures the three Bad Guys: Oil Waste, Gas Waste and Engine Failure and claims that installing these rings can reduce or prevent these disasters from happening in your car. The text calls this "The best ring for Oil Control even in Badly Tapered and Out-of-Round Cylinders.". It then says that the Sealed Power MD-50 Steel Oil Ring is "the only ring with FULL-FLOW SPRING" and issues the challenge that "No other ring equale the Sealed Power MD-50 Steel Oil Ring when it comes to controlling oil consumption in badly tapered and out-of-round cylinders". |
May 22, 1950 Life magazine |
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