I just received an old 1970 Grabber ad (dated 4/21/70) I bought on eBay. I bought it mainly for the picture, since the car is yellow and black and looks a little like my 1973 Grabber. But I was reading the ad copy, and it's very funny. Here's the opening lines, the elipses (dots) and parenthetical sentence ( ) are part of the original text. "The sporty new Grabber is Maverick's way of adding some icing to the economy cake . . . without making things too rich for any man's diet. You wouldn't dream of taking it out on the track. (Getting you to the track is more its speed)." Thought some of you racing types might get a hoot out of that. Of course these early Grabbers came standard with the 200 c.i. 6 and the 250 optional. Here are some of the "other Maverick dividends" listed in the ad: No high price No high "muscle car" insurance rates No hard-to-tune engine. Grabber adds to your fun, not your mechanical problems. No hard stiff ride. Grabber's sprung for comfort, not for the track. No high maintenance costs. Servicing's fast and simple. With lots you can do yourself. Roz
"PARENTHETICAL" That's is what You said, is it not?, What does it mean? I I sure don't mean anything to do with drugs
Parenthetical means in parentheses. I meant to say that the sentence in parentheses is part of the ad. Roz
haha funny stuff I've been going thru some old magazines that were in my house when I moved in (70-72 mags so far) and all I find are Oldsmobile Wagons, Vegas, Ford Wagons, etc... no mavericks/comets
Cool, I always think it is fun going through old magazines looking at the car ads and such, always hoping to see a Maverick ad, but always mused at seeing any of the old cars.
