Here's an eBay ad that made me laugh HARD! This ad is for a Mechanics Illustrated Magazine, 1959 issue. The main subject: TV Repair. Well, guess what is the cover-page icon of a TV being repaired...
A CURRENT-YEAR-MODEL (NEW) PREDICTA!
This is a "nails-in-the-coffin" statement on the quality and reliability of Predictas, even when they were new
http://cgi.ebay.com/MECHANIX-ILL-WIT...QQcmdZViewItem
Charles