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Have a "Survivor?" Corvette guys say otherwise. (TM ) Read !

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Brad54, Sep 30, 2004.

  1. 41ChevyTrucker
    Joined: Nov 4, 2003
    Posts: 453

    41ChevyTrucker
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    Their argument quoted below is ridiculous. They didn't make up the word "survivor" it was in the dictionary and was a noun long before he was born, unlike the other made-up names he compares it to.


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    "We don't want SURVIVOR® to lose its meaning or significance," said Burroughs, "only to have it become a descriptive generic name like 'yo-yo,' 'aspirin,' 'kerosene' or 'escalator.' Some trademarks that are often mistakenly used generically include 'Band-Aid®,' 'Jet Sky®,' 'Xerox®' and 'Formica®.' "

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  2. Gotgas
    Joined: Jul 22, 2004
    Posts: 7,197

    Gotgas
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    from DFW USA

    He didn't even spell jet ski right. I wonder if Kawasaki is going to sue them for misspelling the name of their 1973 Jet Ski 400 product. [​IMG] And he completely alienated Scissors™ brand shears, and Crayola™ brand crayons.

    Fuggin Vette guys. [​IMG]

    And fwiw, the word survivor ALREADY IS a descriptive generic name for anything that "made it" through an event or passage of time.
     
  3. Blownolds
    Joined: Mar 31, 2001
    Posts: 2,335

    Blownolds
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    from So Cal

    How many members are on this board?


    Let's all chip in $100 and buy a pristine '54 Vette (or was the first ones '53? I can never remember) and then we can have a HAMB demolition derby with it. Wouldn't that be fun?

    I suppose I am biased in that I don't care for fiberglass...
     
  4. Brad54
    Joined: Apr 15, 2004
    Posts: 6,021

    Brad54
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    from Atl Ga

    The question is asked how this impacts anybody. I was told Hemmings had to go through all their ads and change the language of any car being sold that had the word "Survivor" in it. I haven't read the editorial they wrote on it, but I will find it.
    So say you find a cherry '40 street rod that was built in 1955 and then parked. You can't say it's a "Survivor," according to these guys. And when you list it in Hemmings to sell down the road, you can't list it as a Survivor.

    Or you luck upon a '72 Road Runner that's only got 18,000 miles and is PERFECT in every way. Road Runner's aren't your thing, but for $5,000 you can't pass it up, because you know you can take it to the Mopar Nationals and get $25,000 for it. Only you can't advertise ANYWHERE that it's a Survivor. Instead, you have to put in the descriptions "Low, original mileage, untouched original, perfect and original in every way, never modified, never damaged, looks showroom new." All because you just can't say "Survivor."

    That's why this is stupid, and that's why it affects the entire hobby.
    Hell, at all the big Mopar shows there is a Survivor tent, where they display low-mileage original Mopars (and you'd shit when you see some of these, even if you're not into Mopars or muscle cars: 440-6pak Road Runner, Hemi Challenger and Wing car are a couple I've seen). How does a Mopar show advertise they're going to have a display of these great cars?
    I probably will write about this, but I don't know what my boss will do with it. I am going go get their side of the story, but short of protecting their interests in the Corvette world, I can't see how this is good for them.
    Can anyone show me a quote from a Little Pages book talking about Survivor As and 32's written in the '70s?
    -Brad
     
  5. kentucky
    Joined: Jun 12, 2004
    Posts: 1,006

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    Someone should trademark the phrase "Rat Rod" that way we will not have to see it plastered all over ebay and all the magazines [​IMG]

    I have a buddy with a 77 vette, I'm trying to talk him into putting a 351C in it [​IMG]

     
  6. luketrash
    Joined: Jul 29, 2004
    Posts: 301

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    You beat me to it [​IMG]

    I guess I'll patent bling bling.

    It shall now be only associated with my feces. Any further use of bling bling shall result in heavy fines and jail time!
     
  7. sedan_dad
    Joined: Nov 13, 2002
    Posts: 255

    sedan_dad
    Member

    Ain't nuttin' like pissin' off the purests.
    I've thought about picking up an older vette.
    I can't beleave the prices these plastic pigs are bringing.
    Some of these vette folk take them selves way to seriously.
    SD
     

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