A woman and her young daughter in a 1949 Ford convertible in Washington state with Mt. Rainier in the background in the fifties!.
National Geographic Magazine September 1960 Come see more ads and other things at https://misforgotten2.tumblr.com/
Interesting engines, I know what they aren't................. Almost looks like a Gold Comet REO engine but it's not. Definitely a truck engine from the transmission surprisingly there is no air compressor on it.
I have seen engines like that mounted mid way on a bus but the Brittish Commer trucks had a similar looking engine.
The Golden Anniversary of the Pontiac GTO - Part 2 (motortrend.com) The Tiger Roars Though Pontiac had started using tiger references to promote the GTO from the beginning, it really came into its full stride for 1965. Several companies geared up Tiger-themed promotions. Esso (now known as Exxon) used the famous slogan, "Put a Tiger in Your Tank." U.S. Royal tires had its Tiger Paw tires, which were being put on GTOs at the factory. Even some decidedly non-automotive companies such as Kellogg had Tony the Tiger pushing Sugar Frosted Flakes. The tiger proved to be an aggressive symbol for promotion in a rapidly changing society. To maximize the effect, Pontiac even built some tiger-themed GTO showcars, such as the '65 Grand Marque GTO, which had genuine tiger-fur seat inserts and seatbelt covers. Another showcar was painted orange with tiger stripes along its body, and a flat LeMans hood was used to better display the roaring tiger head airbrushed on it. That car was featured on an episode of My Three Sons. 65_PonAd_GTO_setyoursights.pdf (wildaboutcarsonline.com)
Arnie Beswick bought his ‘63 Tempest coupe from Mickey Thompson in late 1963 and it was white as most of the ‘63 FX Pontiacs were. It was wrecked in a towing accident and after it served a long time in body shop jail Arnie altered the wheelbase in 1965 following the lead of the Chrysler teams. That was when the car was painted orange with the tiger stripes.
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