The 1980s was a very weird time with weird fashion, weird music and weird advertising. This week’s Throwback video features a commercial for the 1986 Ford F-150 pickup, and it might just be one of the strangest old school commercials I’ve seen.
The 1986 Ford F-150 commercial starts off by showing a bride and groom running out the church as their guests cheer them on. As they get to his vehicle, she is surprised to see that she is taking his pickup, but he assures her that it will be a good idea. As they drive away, all of the guests decide to chase them in their own vehicles – but they really don’t give any idea as to why. Maybe they were all on some weird 80s drug…I’m really not sure.
Fortunately, the bride and groom are able to drive away from their guests in the 1986 Ford F-150, packing enough power to stay ahead of them on paved roads while the four wheel drive system allowed the newlyweds to take the chase off road. Fortunately, no one in their group has a truck so they are able to escape – although it really doesn’t make sense that they are so eager to get away.
Anyways, this was probably a great commercial in 1986 so crank up your speakers and enjoy how far advertising has come!
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