Back from a short break to find some more interesting ads from back in the day. Pretty soon I think I'm going to switch gears and start reviewing and commenting on some classic comics.
 Short plug, for anyone interested in comics or pop culture, Comic Book Men on AMC is a great series. I must admit even though I'm all grown up the idea of spending my days working and hanging out in a comic shop sound quite appealing. It would be like my younger days except getting paid for it. Not to mention not getting thrown out the door for hanging out too long. Last week's episode involved a charity auction of a collection that spanned 75 long boxes (each of my long boxes held in the neighborhood of 300+ comics, depending on how much I felt like cramming in) that was from a collection starting in the mid 50's. I don't think I could find enough time to read all of those comics. My old collection spanned about 8 long boxes which each weighed....well it felt like I was moving an elephant....and took up a whole lot of space in my closet.
 Back from the break I would love to find a place like this to buy a car. I've been out car shopping and am amazed at what is considered a "cheap car" these days. Not that I'm dating myself, but when I last bought a new car in '02 I paid near to what a decent 5 year old minivan is going for these days. Even with decent miles and a few years older the "budget lots" are going around 5-8 thousand. I'm sorry but to my mind that is more than enough for a decent car and should not have any major issues for that kind of price.
 Still looking at the prices in this ad from 1967 I'm amazed at how much cars cost back then. I was recently talking to some guys who were looking for some classic cars in the range of whats in this ad and were talking about dropping 15-20k for one of these mid 60's beauts. Makes me wonder what else I should have hung onto from my youth. Someday that Yugo I saw on the side of the street may be a collectors item and worth its weight in gold. Then again, maybe people in the future will still want a car that runs.
 Until next time, if only cars worked like in the Flintstones. Cars and gas would be cheaper, but I'm sure shoes would cost a lot more.