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Vintage Fridays: Ford Capri
Gotta love this ad from… whenever there were Hip Cats around!
Vintage Fridays
Here are two classic South African adverts from years gone by and one 80′s adverts compilation.
Enjoy!
Vintage Peter Styvesant TV commercial
Classic stuff from Peter Styvesant. This ad was aired in cinemas in 1985.
Interview with Jon Williams

In the late 1980′s we poured over our flickering TV sets, well those of us who were born, as another new Castrol advert, or “those Boet en Swaer ads” as they became known, played out. Recently one of these ads surfaced on YouTube. And filled with the nostalgia from this era in South African television, it’s been slowly been making its way around the globe. So we thought we’d get in touch with one of the legends behind these ads, Jon Williams. Jon shares what went into making these ads South African classics. Kidd Parker from the creative magazine Audrey2 did an awesome interview with Jon for us, and we’re super excited to share it here with you. Read more…
Classic MNET Magic Ads
Was quite stoked to find these! Remember it so vividly from our childhood days. Here’s your free trip down memory lane. Read more…
Vintage Castrol Commercial
This is a classic Castrol Ad we all probably remember.
Vintage VW commercial
Love this big budget 80s ad for Volkswagen.
Vintage Steri-Stumpie

Seeing as Fridays have become our vintage days, we thought we’d show you the first ever Steri Stumpie billboard.
Via the Steri blog and Miss Moss.
Vintage ads: Douglas Green
Who can remember this great one by Douglas Green?
Jan Spies – Cremora (vintage ads)
Vintage ads are some our favourites. Take a look at this great ad from the past featuring Jan Spies in a TV Commercial for Cremora. Pure plaas!
Thanks Helette! Read more…