Archive: 1958 Bulgemobile Catalog (Rare Find...)
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The proportions of those drawings, with the little tiny people in the huge, impossibly wide cars, are hilarious!
Even the convict and policeman are laughing at the tiny people in the huge car!
What were these published in? Mad Magazine or something?
Modified by GTI 20v at 9:49 AM 11-8-2009
Even the convict and policeman are laughing at the tiny people in the huge car!
What were these published in? Mad Magazine or something?
Modified by GTI 20v at 9:49 AM 11-8-2009
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Re: Archive: 1958 Bulgemobile Catalog
The heritage that Bulgemobile built over the decades was not lost, fortunately, when the company was forced to merge with Wagon Queen Motors in the late 1960s, even though Wagon Queen's management felt it best to "retire" the Bulgemobile name, due to the vicious, and so far unconfirmed rumors of steering wheel fires in the early 1960s, which allegedly left many owners handless. Damn that Ralph Nader and his lies!
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The heritage that Bulgemobile built over the decades was not lost, fortunately, when the company was forced to merge with Wagon Queen Motors in the late 1960s, even though Wagon Queen's management felt it best to "retire" the Bulgemobile name, due to the vicious, and so far unconfirmed rumors of steering wheel fires in the early 1960s, which allegedly left many owners handless. Damn that Ralph Nader and his lies!
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Re: (GTI 20v)
I had to go back and check to see if I recalled correctly and, oddly enough, I did. It was in National Lampoon. I still have the 25th anniversary hardbound book with that in it.
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What were these published in? Mad Magazine or something? Modified by GTI 20v at 9:49 AM 11-8-2009 |
I had to go back and check to see if I recalled correctly and, oddly enough, I did. It was in National Lampoon. I still have the 25th anniversary hardbound book with that in it.
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Re: (Porridgehead)
McCall's Bulgemobile series originally appeared in NatLamp over the years. I scanned this one from his book "Zany Afternoons", which is a compendium of Bruce's insane humor over the years. It is, without a doubt, The Funniest Book Ever Printed.
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More Bulgemobile brochures to come...
McCall's Bulgemobile series originally appeared in NatLamp over the years. I scanned this one from his book "Zany Afternoons", which is a compendium of Bruce's insane humor over the years. It is, without a doubt, The Funniest Book Ever Printed.
More Bulgemobile brochures to come...
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Re: (vwlarry)
BTW, if anyone takes a liking to Bruce's automotive humor, he was a contributing editor for Car and Driver magazine for years, and his illustrations, as well as his hilarious satirical writing, stand as stone-classics of the type. He's a freaking genius.
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Find this book and buy it.
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Modified by vwlarry at 10:33 AM 11-8-2009
BTW, if anyone takes a liking to Bruce's automotive humor, he was a contributing editor for Car and Driver magazine for years, and his illustrations, as well as his hilarious satirical writing, stand as stone-classics of the type. He's a freaking genius.
Find this book and buy it.
Modified by vwlarry at 10:33 AM 11-8-2009
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1934 "Airdreme" brochure just posted. Don't miss the Saf-T Sof-T Health Seats, upholstered in genuine Rubberette!
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1934 "Airdreme" brochure just posted. Don't miss the Saf-T Sof-T Health Seats, upholstered in genuine Rubberette!
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Re: Archive: 1958 Bulgemobile Catalog (vwlarry)
I wonder what weighs more, the Super Connie in the background or the Firewood Landscape Cruiser????
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Awesome post!
I wonder what weighs more, the Super Connie in the background or the Firewood Landscape Cruiser????
Awesome post!
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Re: Archive: 1958 Bulgemobile Catalog (vwlarry)
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That reminds me of this one cartoon that I saw eons ago. I think it was produced by Disney, and I remember a scene with the "ultra sensitive brakes" that separated the body from the chassis. There was also a car that sat 20-something people per row.
Someone else has to remember this.
That reminds me of this one cartoon that I saw eons ago. I think it was produced by Disney, and I remember a scene with the "ultra sensitive brakes" that separated the body from the chassis. There was also a car that sat 20-something people per row.
Someone else has to remember this.
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Re: Archive: 1958 Bulgemobile Catalog (vwlarry)
When one compares them to real automobile ads of that era, you realize just how close to the mark he is. The most amazing thing about all this is that it comes from one man. The artistry, design sense, historical knowledge and twisted world view all fermenting in a single mind is impressive indeed.
Just looking at the nomenclature is hilarious enough, but the reality behind it is just as bizarre. We still soldier on with Turbo-Hydramatics yet we don't even blink nowadays. But there was a time when Dynaflows, Super-Turbines, Jetaways and Powerglides ruled our highways. And those were just the transmissions.
Here's a few pics of actual ads from the time for comparison.
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When one compares them to real automobile ads of that era, you realize just how close to the mark he is. The most amazing thing about all this is that it comes from one man. The artistry, design sense, historical knowledge and twisted world view all fermenting in a single mind is impressive indeed.
Just looking at the nomenclature is hilarious enough, but the reality behind it is just as bizarre. We still soldier on with Turbo-Hydramatics yet we don't even blink nowadays. But there was a time when Dynaflows, Super-Turbines, Jetaways and Powerglides ruled our highways. And those were just the transmissions.
Here's a few pics of actual ads from the time for comparison.
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thanks for sharing, I need to go get that book
thanks for sharing, I need to go get that book
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FV-QR
I want Wonda-Weev® Underwear.
I want Wonda-Weev® Underwear.
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Re: Archive: 1958 Bulgemobile Catalog (Zz_Radish_zZ)
It was the Disney cartoons with Goofy, where they showed him as a commuter driving his car and talked about road rage and such. It was awesome.
Something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI2rFZOBSUw
There was another one called 'Motor Mania' with him.
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That reminds me of this one cartoon that I saw eons ago. I think it was produced by Disney, and I remember a scene with the "ultra sensitive brakes" that separated the body from the chassis. There was also a car that sat 20-something people per row. Someone else has to remember this. |
It was the Disney cartoons with Goofy, where they showed him as a commuter driving his car and talked about road rage and such. It was awesome.
Something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI2rFZOBSUw
There was another one called 'Motor Mania' with him.
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Re: FV-QR (The Kilted Yaksman)
You mean that "double-strength, material-like substance"?
Isn't that what the MkIV dash-strokers are so aroused by?
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You mean that "double-strength, material-like substance"?
Isn't that what the MkIV dash-strokers are so aroused by?
Re: Archive: 1958 Bulgemobile Catalog (Zz_Radish_zZ)
What about Tex Averys' "Car of Tomorrow"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdqAwXgGe8
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That reminds me of this one cartoon that I saw eons ago. I think it was produced by Disney, and I remember a scene with the "ultra sensitive brakes" that separated the body from the chassis. There was also a car that sat 20-something people per row. Someone else has to remember this. |
What about Tex Averys' "Car of Tomorrow"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdqAwXgGe8
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Re: (vwlarry)
Isn't this the material that Toyota put in the 2007 Camry?
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| Don't miss the Saf-T Sof-T Health Seats, upholstered in genuine Rubberette!
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Isn't this the material that Toyota put in the 2007 Camry?
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