Funny '70s- and '80s-era car dealership commercials

Includes Cal Worthington, Dick Balch, Charlie Miller, Glen Grant, Mel Farr, Boots Williams, Jim Phillips, and others.

[@haileyshannon7548]

local area car dealership ads are a lost art!

[@crypter27]

It's not like it used to be.

[@ChaosBW]

the buzzing makes it feel so authentic

[@steelers6titles]

Charlie Miller had a bunch of commercials. He was hilarious.

[@larful]

Wait they sledge hammered the car before they sold it !? Lol

[@stevenleslie8557]

I remember this guy when I lived in California

[@ppmny7015]

Cars. "He's got a gajillion ofthem"

[@FoxRivers778]

Cal Worthington. Every car price ends in 95. How would you like to be the guy who had to make up all those prices and put them on the cars? Bring Charlie Miller a bottle of aspirin, huh? I live in KC and I forgot about Ol' Shep at Boots Williams. What I also forgot is Boots Williams is the other guy, not the guy with the beard in the cowboy hat. He's Colonel Billy. Sonny Hill needs to be on here too and I can't remember the guy who used to do his commercial from the roof of the dealership. Wow, a whole dollar from Glen Grant.

[@TheGodalmighty13]

Damn i wish i could've met ol' shep

[@benc640]

The guy with the sledgehammer was having far too much fun.

[@thibaultdubaret9863]

I bet you, he is a relative of the joker

[@Dandymancan]

My family has been in the used car business since the 1980s I was born in 2001 so I missed out on the good years

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

So was my step dad in the UK. 70s till 2005 odd... Never did an advert but the UK is pricey even for just radio.

[@handymatt1970]

3:52 Omg Brother said the N

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Man i wish we had this in the UK at the time....well even now would be cool! Does this kind of ad still happen in the USA today? Or is it totally stale....?!

[@KITTYMANYA]

it still happens in the USA but its less common and everyone is trying to beat the others in creativity so you get some wacky stuff haha

[@dmrr7739]

It’s been a long time since I saw Mel Farr Superstar. Appliance dealers had even crazier ads. Manufacturers now give dealers coop advertising money to produce local spots. Because of that, they have a lot of control over the commercial’s content. Not too many would be approve “Crazy Jim” style ads. Used car dealers can do what they want, but I haven’t seen too many memorable spots lately. The best satire of the genre was Kurt Russel’s commercial in “Used Cars.” kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKKri4qae7usr7Msi=fs8U_Uv5r19mIe22

[@jeff008thepunk]

Before I read the description I swear the guy said Dick Bulge...

[@FreshcutFilms]

@guigal2 is there any way I can contact you? I work in news and currently working a story on woman running a car dealership. I can give you my full credentials if needed and credit. please contact me..

[@steelers6titles]

SEE THE U.S.A. IN A C. MILLER CHEVROLET.