You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

If you are wondering if these Coke cans contained cocaine . . . nope. That was removed in 1929 when Coke went from a medicine to a soft drink.

[Lee Stewart]

[A12pilot]

Wanna start a nice debate? Look at the A12 Bee. Which way are the "Six Pack" decals leaning? In this example, it's learning backward toward the windshield. Most are leaning forwards. Care to guess which ones are correct?

Mmmwwaahhaahhaahhaaaaaa!!!

Cheers
Dave

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by A12pilot

Wanna start a nice debate? Look at the A12 Bee. Which way are the "Six Pack" decals leaning? In this example, it's learning backward toward the windshield. Most are leaning forwards. Care to guess which ones are correct?

Mmmwwaahhaahhaahhaaaaaa!!!

Cheers
Dave

Geeze Dave . . . did you use a magnifying glass to see that? I can't see squat!

It was very common back in the day to use preproduction cars at shows like the photos above. This might have either been before or right after their use for brochure photos.

You can see that Chrysler was "jazzing" up their cars with aftermarket wheels. Nothing screams muscle car like those all chrome Cragars.

[67since67]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

That's Elmer Duellman's rig, from Fountain City WI.
IIRC he bought the Daytona new and has very few miles. He also has a matching Superbird on display in his museum, four large buildings of mostly unrestored survivor cars. One of the largest pedal car collections on the country line the walls.
The automotive toy collection building alone is worth the visit!
The museum complex is in between Elmer's vintage "junk yard" which is cool too, and Elmer's Auto, late model salvage, ran by Elmer's kids.
I've heard that the museum may not be open much longer.

Bill W

[R68GTO]

Do any of the 12 Knafel RAV survive today? I don't recall ever seeing anything other than the photo posted above.

[Lee Stewart]

[muscle_collector]

i have searched as many others have for 40 years for one. in one of my many conversations with bill, he said that they all just vanished and he didn't remember seeing one on the streets after a couple of years. i know there has to be a few sitting in a garage somewhere. would love to have one.

[muscle_collector]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

Actually it a pre-production GTO. Notice the 400 callout emblem on the rocker panel. That was dropped when the car went into production and the GTO decal was added to the rear quarter panel.

actually some got delivered to the dealers with the emblem on the rockers. there is a picture floating on the internet and has been posted on the py forum of one of the dealerships here in tulsa (milner) with a new 68 sitting on the showroom and it has the emblem on the rocker panel. unfortunately my computer i had it stored on crashed. i will see if i can find it on the py forum.