<VV> David E. Davis, Jr.; Was: Long Time Friend Of The Corvair Passes On

[Rick Norris]

Sorry to hear of his passing. I've been reading his stuff since way back 
when it was Sports Car Graphic. Car and Driver and Hot Rod are two of my 
oldest running magazine subscriptions. I got to meet him at Lexington and 
have a photo with him.

Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com


> Yeah, I saw this on wikipedia this morning. Sad indeed, I really liked
> the guy!
>
> John Roberts
>
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> Corvair Passes On
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> <Longtime auto journalist David E. Davis Jr. dies>
>
> As most of you know (especially if you were at the Lexington, KY
> convention
> where D.E.D., Jr. spoke) David E. Davis, Jr. was with Campbell-Ewald,
> Chevy's  erstwhile, long-time ad agency, in the early '60s and he took
> credit
> for the  switch in Corvair advertising from emphasizing Corvair's
> practical,
> economy car  virtues in '60 and '61 advertising to emphasizing Corvairs
> sporting nature with  model year '62.  Jim Bernardin, also of
> Campbell-Ewald has
>
> an excellent  blog (_http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/_
> (http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/) )  wherein he mentions, among other
> things
> D.E.D., Jr. and
> Corvair ads.   Specific thereto are the following blog posts:
>
>
>
> _http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/01/corvair-winter-rally-ad-for-deal
> ers
> .html_
> (http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/01/corvair-winter-rally-ad-for-deal
> ers.html)
>
>
> _http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/01/1962-corvair-monza.html_
> (http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/01/1962-corvair-monza.html)
>
> _http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/01/corvair-life-magazine-ad.html_
> (http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/01/corvair-life-magazine-ad.html)
>
> _http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/02/1962-corvair-magazine-ad.html_
> (http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/02/1962-corvair-magazine-ad.html)
>
> _http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/01/trans-canada-rally-winner-newspa
> per
> -ad.html_
> (http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/01/trans-canada-rally-winner-newspa
> per-ad.html)
>
>
> _http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/02/63-chevrolet-4-page-announcement
> -ad
> _1535.htm_
> (http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/02/63-chevrolet-4-page-announcement
> -ad_1535.htm)
>
>
> _http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/01/blog-post_29.html_
> (http://oldchevyads.blogspot.com/2008/01/blog-post_29.html)
>
> ~Bill Stanley
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