1974 Chevy vs. Ford Trucks

[swestoyz]

Hey Gang -

Many many moons ago, my dad was given a very large collection of Buick dealer films from the 70's. I had discovered the player we received with the collection was dead, so I donated the collection to Cory. A few years ago he stumbled upon a working projector (about as rare as a Unimatic) and we had a blast viewing the many different Buick films. Since then he and I have aquired other films, and recently he pick up a huge load from a local Chevy dealer. This is a short film I put together this evening taken from the 1974 comparison of the Chevy and Ford pickups.

Since we all like to compare washers with other washers, this is a wonderful step back into a very vintage time within the auto industry - forever immortalized on these crazy films! Enjoy ~

Ben

 

[selectomatic]

Is that a Fairchild cartridge film player?

-kevin

 

[gewa1054wguy]

Saddle tanks

They failed to mention the location GM chose for the fuel tank, which if the vehicle was hit from the side, often meant a fuel tank rupture and possible fire (NBC trickery aside). They also fail to mention that the hood is so thin, it bends in the middle after a few years of use, when the hinges get a bit sticky. Oh, and the rust on those 3 layer fenders after a few years, ....

 

[whirlcool]

I like this kind of stuff. Please post more!

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Thanks Ben

That was great.
Mike must like his Fords!

 

[gansky1]

Excellent work, Ben! I always liked the Ford trucks of that era - they just looked tough.

Those are very fun films - we need to work on some of the appliance films & filmstrips scurried away in the hall closet too.

 

[goatfarmer]

When my dad sold new Frigidaires in the mid 70's, I remember we had some films and a viewer from Frigidaire. One I remember compared washers, the Frigidaire of course won out over the competition, which included Whirlpool, and Maytag!

kennyGF