Came across this on youtube vintage pictures of cool dads. Read the caption.
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I've seen this picture before - cool story!
Also, is it me, or is fender emblem placement off? Just curious...
I think Brian G posted some on this image and tried to determine which car it was.
Was part of a PF Flyer shoe promotion.
Quote from: JD on December 01, 2019, 10:13:00 PM
I think Brian G posted some on this image and tried to determine which car it was.
Was part of a PF Flyer shoe promotion.
Yes! I spoke with the PF Flyer's Historian, but they have zero records. Who ever posted that image with the associated text posted it originally on Reddit. The wise guy comments were endless.", "You'll shoot your eye out kid", as the young boy on the hood has a striking resemblance to Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) from 'A Christmas Story'. He deleted his account on Reddit and the trail goes cold from there.
Dave M tried to research it before the last '67 Registry was published, but he only had so much time and resources. Still, it would be cool to be able to tell a '67 GT500 owner that their car was first prize in a sneaker contest!
Yes very cool, and thanks to the above for uprighting that picture for me, I am not sure how to do that on here.....Apple?!?!?!
Here are better pictures including an ad for the contest itself.
Here is the original Reddit thread. Any ideas how to contact the long deleted author of this thread?
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/3030c7/when_my_dad_was_16_he_entered_his_name_in_a/
WOW! Very cool! Did he actually think he won a jacket?
You are all exceptional observant, can we limit the potential cars it could have been? It's obviously a '67, hubcap car, not white or black (probably not Nightmist either. The red colorization is just a guess). Also, the contest details say it ended May 23, 1967. Does that tell us anything? How many cars could that be? A lot, probably.
Oh, ad says it's an automatic!
What about the white stripe tires?
The picture in the ad shows lights in the upper scoups. Do we know the region of the country? National or Local?
Quote from: 67 GT350 on December 02, 2019, 12:36:36 PM
The picture in the ad shows lights in the upper scoups. Do we know the region of the country? National or Local?
I think that's a generic pic of car 176, when it was badged as a GT500. Ok, ready for something bizarre? I just read online where someone thinks the guy handing the winner the keys is Ray Bolger aka the Scarecrow from the Wizard of OZ. What do you think? He does have the correct nose profile, double chin. Born in 1904, he would have been 63 at that time. Here he is from sometime in the '60s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dubR5YNGU
Thoughts?
Quote from: Special Ed on December 02, 2019, 12:33:54 PM
What about the white stripe tires?
Ed, PF Flyers was owned by BF Goodrich at that time, so delivering a car with GoodYear Speedways would have made for an advertising faux pas. I'm guessing the tires are BFG's. `
I believe the B&W photos in the ad are from the brochure car photo shoot and not the same car as in the contest winner photo.
In the rear view, the license plate on the rear view and the larger prototype upper scoop light are the hints to that prototype lime gold GT350 (modified to a GT500 later on for the R&T issue).
The front view car shows black walls and no grille emblem (early car) that would suggest it was the prototype red GT500.
There were approximately 672 GT500s with Automatics.
The wide white wall tire on the contest photo is odd. (edit; BFGs tires would explain that...nice catch Brian)
Quote from: Richstang on December 02, 2019, 12:58:23 PM
I believe the B&W photos in the ad are from the brochure car photo shoot and not the same car as in the contest winner photo.
In the rear view, the license plate on the rear view and the larger prototype upper scoop light are the hints to that prototype lime gold GT350 (modified to a GT500 later on for the R&T issue).
The front view car shows black walls and no grille emblem (early car) that would suggest it was the prototype red GT500.
There were approximately 672 GT500s with Automatics.
The wide white wall tire on the contest photo is odd. (edit; BFGs tires would explain that...nice catch Brian)
How many of 672 were hubcap cars, not white, black or NM Blue? here is a pic of a stock Camaro. They came with BFG's white lines. Look close?
Looks like the Camaro has a thicker white wall. I think you are correct on the reason why it wasn't a Goodyear.
I'm working on what we can eliminate as paint colors;
Certainly not Dark Moss Green, Nightmist Blue, Black, or White.
Not Bronze as the only GT500 car built was a manual.
Looks too light to be Gray and as it turns out there were no Gray GT500s built. (the one car thought to be gray turned out to be factory Lime Gold)
That leaves Brittany, Lime, Red, or Acapulco...
edit; leaving us with approximately 349 automatics
eliminating the vintage burgundy leaves 348 automatics -
(214 of those with wheel covers) that's too many cars to guess amoung.
I already have the car,now I want THE JACKET!!!