Description
Ford Falcon – Black and white 9 1/2″ x 13″ ad that introduces the new Compact Car from Ford. The headline begins “Suppose you were designing a new Compact Car – would you think of all these things”. The text wanders through the thought process about deciding about size and other factors and ends by mentioning some of the features that Ford feels will make the Falcon worth buying. The ad contains a four-panel comic strip with Charlie Brown and Lucy from the Peanuts comics. Charlie is saying to Lucy “I’d like to shake the hand of the man who designed the Falcon“. He continues by musing “What taste, what imagination he has…” and repeats “I’d sure like to shake his hand!”. An angry Lucy barks back “Did you ever consider it might be a woman?”.
Source: May 16, 1960 Life magazine.
