[DeTomaso] NPC: 1969 Opel

[Christopher Kimball]

I finally got around to watching the Oldsmobile movie--it is absolutely hilarious!
Thanks, for sharing.
Chris

> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:49:52 -0400
> From: spkorb at gmail.com
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: 1969 Opel
> 
> Heh!  So true!
> 
> Here's a 40 minute 1952 Oldsmobile Rocket commercial... for girls!
> Bonus swimsuit footage!
> 
> http://av-geeks.tumblr.com/post/30529986856/lady-and-the-rocket-1952-an-entertaining-yet
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Roland Jaeckel <pantera874 at t-online.de> wrote:
> > I can't imagine to live in a "free" country with a speed limit. What a waste
> > of sheetmetal and horsepower...
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Sean Korb" <spkorb at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:36 PM
> > To: "List Pantera" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: 1969 Opel
> >
> >
> >> I really can't.  I just can't imagine.  I saw an American Top Gear the
> >> other day and they were tooling around in a Peele Trident.  The car
> >> seats two, but honestly it only fit this one large American seated
> >> squarely in the middle so the car wouldn't list one way or the other.
> >> I'm trying to imagine a country populated by Austins, Fiats and
> >> Citroens encountering a 1960 Desoto  with twice the sheetmetal in the
> >> tail fins as the common European grocery getter.  And 5+ times the
> >> motor.
> >>
> >> Wow.
> >>
> >> sean
> >>
> >> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> In Europe it was called Opel Olympia, the lesser model (yes really) were
> >>> called Kadett. It was top of the line Opel small car, did 100mph, 102 HP.
> >>> Can you imagine growing up in a country where this was a quite fancy car,
> >>> and then watch the cars in American movies?
> >>>
> >>> Mikael
> >>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> >>> Fra: Dave Londry [mailto:davel at emspace.com]
> >>> Sendt: 30. august 2012 01:04
> >>> Til: detomaso at list.realbig.com
> >>> Emne: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: 1969 Opel
> >>>
> >>> Now the guys at that ad agency smoked a ton of dope.
> >>> dave
> >>>
> >>> On 29/08/2012 3:18 PM, Rob Dumoulin wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> They had me hooked in the commercial.......especially with the chick
> >>>> with angel wings.....until they touted the automatic transmission as a
> >>>> primary feature :(
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi guys,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> My buddy is digitizing 40,000+ 16mm and 8mm educational, safety,
> >>>>> training, etc films.  This one came up and I thought you car buffs
> >>>>> would get a kick out of it :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151377918645760
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I don't think you have to be logged into Facebook to see their films
> >>>>> if they're public, most of his stuff is on YouTube or archive.org
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Here's another one he digitized earlier in case you can't see the
> >>>>> Facebook spot.  It's funny too... just not as weird.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgQT0AxgIkI
> >>>>>
> >>>>> sean
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
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