<VV> Gonna buy me an Oldsmobile Convertible
Louis Armer
carmerjr at mindspring.com
Tue Sep 7 20:32:22 EDT 2010
'65 OLDSMOBILE . . $ 1 4 . 8 0
Jet Slor Convertible, Full Power.
Hi Steven, I just talked with Ted ;-) and put a deposit ($25.00) down
on the JetStar Old's convertible !!! He told me I could meet him in
Red Bank in front of "The Molly Pitcher Inn" and to bring small bills !!! <GGG>
FrontMan
WTBRT PR
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At 06:37 PM 9/7/2010, you wrote:
> VVers:
>
>In researching a question asked by a high school friend of mine a few
>moments ago, I Googled and came up with the answer I was looking for in
>a scan of a February, 1967 newspaper. The paper used to be published in
>the next town over from where I grew up. I used to deliver 49 of these
>suckers a day to make money, starting when I was about 11.
>
>After I found the info I was looking for, I did the obligatory search
>for for the word "Corvair" within the text. The first one was a
>comparison chart in an American Motors ad touting the superiority of the
>'67 Rambler over the '67 Corvair.
>
>The second one is the gem: It's on Page 18 of the PDF at this link:
>
> http://209.212.22.88/data/rbr/1960-1969/1967/1967.02.22.pdf
>
>You can either hit Page Down 18 times, put a little 18 in the page no.
>field, or just do a search on the word 'Corvair'.
>
>On Page 18, there is a completely CHEESEY picture of a used car salesman
>named TED CONWAY who ..... FINANCES HIS OWN CARS(!). If you wanted to
>buy a used '64 500 Coupe in 1967 from Ted, you only had to pay $4.90 per
>week! If I'm doing the math right, that's about $255 per year.
>
>The killer, though, is that the ad never mentions how many weeks you
>have to pay.
big snip
> big snip 2
>
>Steven "typically spends more than $4.90 at lunch" Serenska
>
>'65 Monza Convertible, 110/4
>'66 Corsa Coupe, 140/4
>
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