By: Robert Tate I started collecting automobile advertising in 1969. I was a sixth grade student at Mac Dowell elementary school and during the fall that year, the 1970 models had just came out for the buying public. I was fascinated with the wild colors and the great designs that GM, Ford, and Chrysler offered. However, before that time period in the late 1960's, Plymouth featured racing champs, Ronnie Sox and Buddy Martin,which was a great performance advertising piece for Chrysler. Plymouth no. 1 super stock racing team combined their talents with Plymouth GTX, Road Runner and Barracuda in competition at drag race events across the country. Sox and Martin were two of the most significant teams in automotive performance history. The pair were a dominant and highly visible force in the super stock and pro stock ranks during the late 1960's and early 70's. As part of the promotional effort, Sox and Martin drag racing clinics toured dealerships across the country to offer racing advice to their fans.
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By: Robert Tate In 1958, Chrysler offered the "Forward Look" designs for its Chrysler line products. To help boost sales in 1958, a limited - production two-seat convertible Firemite junior model powered by a two-horse power Briggs & Stratton type 6B four-cycle 3,500-rpm engine was offered. Two six-volt batteries that operated the horn and all four headlamps and two of the six tail lamps was standard. The Firemite's body trim were made by the Halsen manufacturing company in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The frame was all steel, but the body and most of the trim were plastic. The Gilman Brothers Company, located in Gilman, Connecticut, supplied the quarter-inch thick white polystyrene sheet plastic from which the body was made. The Firemite model, which weighed about 45 pounds, could hold two children when operating on sidewalks. It was 33 inches wide, 74 inches long, and 29 inches high at the windshield.
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Hear the whoosh of the fabric sliding off the car, feel it snap in the air as the crowds cheer. You might see dancers prance on stage, svelte models draw up their arms like ancient priestesses, wind, smoke and lights sparkle and corporate executives speaking with the reverence of southern preachers as they introduce a new vehicle. Models are integrally involved in untying giant bows, sweeping up fabric and presenting the piston powered personas to an eagerly awaiting public. This integral part of the automotive business is called “The Reveal”.
Most Reveals take place during a major auto show like the NAIAS (North American International Auto Show) in Detroit. There is no other show as powerful with press attending from all over the world. Automotive PR departments provide press kits containing photo beauty shots of the new cars and information stats soon to be seen in magazines, newspapers and on websites all over the world.
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By: Robert Tate It was called the Forty-Third National Automobile show sponsored by the Automobile Manufacturers Association. Cobo Hall first opened its doors to the auto show public on Saturday, October 15 through Sunday, October 23, 1960. The price was 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children under the age of 12. This was a first for Cobo Hall in the Downtown Detroit Civic Center and the first time in the 60-year history of the National Automobile show that the event was held outside New York City. Approximately 300,000 square feet displayed all new 1961 American - built cars and trucks in combined areas A, B, and C.
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Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.
Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.
I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values
The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.
Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc
To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,
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