Description
Ford Falcon – Black and white 9″ x 13″ ad that reminds us of the Fuel Economy you will be receiving when you purchase a new Ford Falcon. There are two photos in this ad, the top on shows a group of people milling around so that you cannot see what is beyond them and the second shows them walking away so that you can see two parked Falcons with the words “MobilGas Economy Run” printed on the sides. The headline tells us that the “1st and 2nd place Mobilgas Economy Run drivers…reveal their secrets” and the text reveals that they both drove Falcons with standard transmissions. The text also claims that the Ford Falcon received the best gas mileage ever obtained by a 6 or 8 in the 25-year history of the Run. At the bottom right of the ad is a drawing of Lucy and Linus from Charlie Brown discussing the reactions of the other car manufacturers to their loss.
Source: June 16, 1961 Life magazine.
