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- Sales Brochure for 1985 Ford Cars - Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- 1985
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Sales Brochure for 1985 Ford Cars
Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- Advertising Poster for 1981 Ford Escort, "Ford's New Energy Efficient World Car" - As this advertisement suggests, Ford brought together engineers from around the world to create the Escort, the "World Car." Many of the technological advances focused on improving fuel efficiency, a concern to customers in the early 1980s.
- 1981
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Advertising Poster for 1981 Ford Escort, "Ford's New Energy Efficient World Car"
As this advertisement suggests, Ford brought together engineers from around the world to create the Escort, the "World Car." Many of the technological advances focused on improving fuel efficiency, a concern to customers in the early 1980s.
- Sales Brochure, "1989 Ford Cars" - Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- 1989
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Sales Brochure, "1989 Ford Cars"
Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- Sales Brochure, "1986 Ford Cars" - Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- August 01, 1985
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Sales Brochure, "1986 Ford Cars"
Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- Sales Brochure, "1987 Ford Cars" - Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- August 01, 1986
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Sales Brochure, "1987 Ford Cars"
Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- Ford Escort Power Distribution Box, 1998 - By the late 20th century, cars began to turn into "rolling computers" filled with electronic components that dominated the mechanical functions of automobiles. Beyond a few basics, car repairs became virtually impossible to do at home. This power distribution box controlled things like the cooling fan, air conditioning compressor, and some emissions devices -- functions formerly handled by mechanical controls.
- 1998
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Ford Escort Power Distribution Box, 1998
By the late 20th century, cars began to turn into "rolling computers" filled with electronic components that dominated the mechanical functions of automobiles. Beyond a few basics, car repairs became virtually impossible to do at home. This power distribution box controlled things like the cooling fan, air conditioning compressor, and some emissions devices -- functions formerly handled by mechanical controls.
- Sales Brochure, "1990 Ford Cars" - Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- August 01, 1989
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Sales Brochure, "1990 Ford Cars"
Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- Sales Brochure, "1996 Ford Cars" - Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- August 01, 1995
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Sales Brochure, "1996 Ford Cars"
Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- Sales Brochure, "Ford Cars and Trucks," 1997 - Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- December 01, 1996
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Sales Brochure, "Ford Cars and Trucks," 1997
Car brochures have evolved from straightforward product catalogues into polished creative sales tools. Their quality paper, rich color, inventive formats, and sophisticated graphic design all contribute to a buyer's developing impression of a car in a showroom. Advertising might entice people to a dealership, but brochures extend and deepen the relationship between vehicle and potential buyer.
- Royal Mail First Day Cover, October 13, 1982, "Ford No. 1 B.T.H. Diesel Electric 1932-1982" - Diesel-electric locomotives offered several advantages over their steam-powered counterparts. They used less fuel, required less maintenance, and could be operated by smaller crews. They were particularly well suited to yard service like switching railcars around an industrial plant. This postal cover commemorates the 50th anniversary of a British-built locomotive used at Ford Motor Company's Dagenham plant near London.
- 1982
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Royal Mail First Day Cover, October 13, 1982, "Ford No. 1 B.T.H. Diesel Electric 1932-1982"
Diesel-electric locomotives offered several advantages over their steam-powered counterparts. They used less fuel, required less maintenance, and could be operated by smaller crews. They were particularly well suited to yard service like switching railcars around an industrial plant. This postal cover commemorates the 50th anniversary of a British-built locomotive used at Ford Motor Company's Dagenham plant near London.