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| Full color 10" x 13" ad with a drawing of actress Joan Blondell standing on a stage next to an Autolite spark plug. The ad mentions her movie "The King and the Chorus Girl" and has a headline stating that "Both have Rhythm and perfect performance". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
June 28, 1937 Life magazine |
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$8.50 |
View Autolite 3 / Blondell |
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| Three color 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" ad that makes the claim that the Auto-Lite Resistor Spark Plug will give you Double Life. The ad speaks of the different groups that have tested and stayed with these Auto-Lite Resistor Spark Plugs. These groups include Police Departments, Fire Departments, Cab Companies, Car Engineers and Car Owners. These groups have all tested and proven that "Auto-Lite Resistor Spark Plugs give smoother performance, quick starts, greater gas savings and double life". |
September 1952 Popular Mechanics |
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$8.00 |
View Auto-Lite 9 |
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| Three color 10" x 14" ad with a picture of a handsome man who looks like Gary Cooper asking "Me...in Westerns? I'm no movie star!". The text identifies this man as being J.B. Talbot of San Fernando, California and the headline reminds us that "Spark plugs also look alike but Auto-Lite gives Smoother Performance...Quick Starts". The text reminds us that Auto-Lite is "Original equipment on many leading makes of our finest cars and trucks" and mentions the phrase "You're always Right with Auto-Lite". |
October 13, 1952 Life magazine |
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$8.00 |
View Auto-Lite |
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| Three color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad has a photo of a handsome, dark-haired man who looks like Tyrone Power. The ad headline next to the picture asks "What has Tyrone Power got...that I haven't?" and asks is this the "star or look-alike?" and you have to read the ad to find out that it is really James P. Kerrigan. The ad headline that pertains to the product informs that "Spark plugs also look alike but Auto-Lite gives Smoother Performance...Quick Starts." This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
May 4, 1953 Life magazine |
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$8.00 |
View Autolite 5 |
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| Three color 10" x 13" ad that tells you that "Your dealer will tell you...FOULING PENALIZES POWER". The ad shows a large drawing of one of their plugs. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
April 25, 1955 Life magazine |
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$8.00 |
View Autolite 1 |
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| Three color 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" ad with a drawing of a Service Station Dealer holding up an Autolite spark plug for you to examine. The ad headline claims that "Your Dealer will tell you...Fouling Penalizes Power. Replace with Auto-Lite Spark Plugs". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
June 27, 1955 Life magazine |
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$8.00 |
View Autolite 4 |
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| Full color 10" x 12" ad shows a drawing of an Autolite ignitor with a colorful blast of spark. The ad headline gives the information that "Ford Motor Company switches to Autolite". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
September 8, 1961 Life magazine |
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$7.50 |
View Autolite 2 |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad for the spark plugs that Clean Themselves. The ad has a picture of an Autolite Spark Plug that is having it's ignitor brushed by a toothbrush. The ad caption calls it a "Self-Scrubber" and the ad explains how the plug is cleaned with the heat of your engine. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
March 23, 1962 & February 8, 1963 Life magazine |
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$7.50 |
View Autolite 7 |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad that lets us know how well Autolite Spark Pllugs perform in the big races. There is a picture of an old wooden wall with posters from races at Indianapolis, Atlanta, Darlington, Daytona, Charlotte, Milwaukee and Pikes Peak. The ad claims that Autolite-equipped cars won all of these races and 19 out of 29 other major races. |
December 7, 1962 Life magazine |
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$7.50 |
View Autolite 10 |
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| Black and white 9 1/2" x 13" ad that talks about the Performance Value of Autolite Spark Plugs. The ad has a photo taken during the 1963 Daytona 500 NASCAR race that shows the Ford of "Tiny" Lund abreast of the Ford of Fred Lorenzen as the race progresses. The caption for this photo is ""Tiny" Lund's '63 Ford leads pack to Autolite sweep at Daytona 500" and the ad talks about how, among other things, Autolite Spark Plugs were in nine of the top ten finishing cars in this year's race. This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
March 15, 1963 Life magazine |
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$7.50 |
View Autolite 6 |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 13" ad that discusses how Autolite Spark Plugs have been developed to clean themselves. The ad has a picture of two spark plugs having a conversation. One spark plug with no identification on it is asking of the other, "What's up at Autolite?" and the other spark plug, an Autolite BF82 that has torn itself out of it's box, answers, "Mileage!". This ad is larger than my scanner bed so the outer edges of the ad will not be visible in the scanned view. |
May 10, 1963 Life magazine |
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$7.50 |
View Autolite 8 |
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| Full color 9 3/4" x 14" ad for Autolite Spark Plugs. There is an angled view of a blue race-car on the Bonneville Salt Flats and the headline says "When this $50,000 monster broke 4 world speed records, you can bet they didn't scrimp on spark plugs. They used Autolite plugs. Like you buy. About $1 each". The text then tells us that "You're looking at one of the world's fastest single-engine cars, Bob Herda's #999. Last November, it roared down the Bonneville Salt Flats at a top speed of 357.391 miles an hour, setting four new International Class B records. That feat was the result of ten years of painstaking work. Almost every part was designed, engineered, machined and modified exclusively for this car. But not the spark plugs. They were picked right off the shelf. They're Autolite pluts. The same kind you buy. About $1 each. How come $1 spark plugs in a $50,000 speed machine? Because there are no better plugs. Not at any price. So put this kind of spark plug in your kind of car. Whatever kind of car you drive. Autolite...the only name you need to know for spark plugs, batteries, filters, shock absorbers and complete ignition systems". |
March 15, 1968 Life magazine |
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$7.50 |
View Autolite 11 |
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| Full color 9 1/2" x 13 1/2" ad that is for Autolite Spark Plugs. This ad also has a view of an angled race car on the track in action. The text says that "When you're racing 500 miles for a $177,000 jackpot, you don't scrimp on spark plugs. That's why 1968 Indy winner Bobby Unser used Autolite plugs. Like you buy. About $1 each". The text then says that "First place in the 1968 Indy 500 to Bobby Unser. His time: a record 152.882 miles per hour. His spark plug:Autolite. Second place to Dan Gurney: Autolite plugs. Third place to Mel Kenyon: Autolite plugs. Fourth place to Dennis Hulme: Autolite plugs. Fifth place to Lloyd Ruby: Autolite plugs. Year after year, it's the same story. The hottest, most expensive cars use Autolite spark plugs". |
June 21, 1968 Life magazine |
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$7.50 |
View Autolite 12 |
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