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ukdave2002 · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4287 Location: South Cheshire

Just came by this promo photo of a Morris 8. The 2 people in the photo must be either under the age of 10 or are midgets with the front seats unbolted as they are far to far back! all to create the illusion of a bigger car Shocked

I doubt manufacturer's would get away with it these days!

peter scott · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7219 Location: Edinburgh

Brings back memories of Rick's posting from William Morris's biggest competitor showing a family who are legless in one sense or the other: Laughing

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RTH · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 52 Location: Herts

Roverron · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 134 Location: Yorkshire

Look at adverts for BMC in the 1950s. Morris Cowleys, Oxfords and Isis all driven by 'the little people'. You could almost imagine one of them saying: 'Take me by Morris Oxford.' I instead of 'Take me by The Flying Scotsman.' Which as I'm sure everybody knows was a famous LNER poster.
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62rebel · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject:

American ads were worse; even given the excesses of the '50's and '60's, lots of artistic license was applied in non-photograhic ads. GM's cars looked ten feet wide....
and this trend is not dead! i suspect that the cute chick in the current Mercury SUV commercials is actually about 4'9" tall at the most..... she makes a tiny SUV look like the QE2 inside.
of course, squeezing a modern, overfed office worker into a Seven would probably require chiropractic later, if not a trip to casualty.

Roverron · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 134 Location: Yorkshire

The vicar has got a new Austin.
But he finds it a trifle exhausting,
His legs and his knees go in with a squeeze,
But his stomach just has to be forced in.
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Nic Jarman · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: midgets

I cannot get my midget into my 8 nomatter how hard I try. But i do want one of those hats.
Regards Nic

Jim Walker · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject:

Does anyone remember the TV ads when Ford introduced the Mk1 Capri?
Two young women piled into the back, followed by two athletic looking young men in the front quicker than you could fall off a bike. I wonder how long they practiced that?

I'm not trying to malign the Mk1 Capri - I always wanted one. But to use as a two seater.