Simviation Forum - Classic Car Ad

Feb 3^rd, 2005 at 7:27pm

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Hey, I thought you guys might enjoy this. I have been looking for an original ad for a 1969 Camaro online that I could frame and display with my car at shows. Anyway, I found the one I wanted online the other day and bought it for like $7.00 (its out of the July '69 issue of Car and Driver Magazine). Now, I need to find a matte and frame that I like to put it in.

Anyway, I thought you guys (especially the younger guys like me who aren't very familiuar with the advertising of the 1960s) would like to see it. Here's a pic of it:

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Reply #1 - Feb 4^th, 2005 at 4:12pm

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The Judge, one of the main copmetor of the Camaro.

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Reply #2 - Feb 4^th, 2005 at 5:13pm

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The Judge, one of the main copmetor of the Camaro.

Actually, the GTO was redesigned because of the success of the Camaro and its sister the Firebird. The fuel crisis ultatimately killed the GTO, but the Camaro caused its popularity in the last 60s to decline.

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Reply #3 - Feb 5^th, 2005 at 4:58pm

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Actually the fuel crisis with the rising EPA standards and Insurance rates made the GTO decline on to the Lemans then Ventura platform, ultimatly killing it.

This is another Ad my dad has in the Goat

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Reply #4 - Feb 5^th, 2005 at 5:05pm

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Thats what killed all the muscle cars. But, one of the main reasons it was redesigned following 1967 was due to the success of the 2 F-Body cars (specifically the Camaro). The Judge was popular (was were all GTOs) but it never rereached the standard it was at in the mid-1960s.

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Reply #5 - Feb 5^th, 2005 at 10:24pm

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True and true, 1966 was the climax of the GTO's with 90K+ being sold. When they changed the body style in 1968 the GTO won Car of the Year, but when they stayed with the body I think the Camaro won the '69 Car of the Year. Also the Camaro/Firebird were built to compete with the Mustang, the car that GM wanted to out sell.

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Reply #6 - Feb 6^th, 2005 at 12:33am

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Yup, thats basically how it went-and the Camaro did win car of the year in 1969 (I didn't know the GTO was in '68 ). But, I don't have Firebird sales figures so I don't know what years they outsold the Mustang.

I do know that the Camaro sold:
1967: 220,096
1968: 235,147
1969: 243,085 (this was like a 16 month model)

While the Mustang sold:
1966: 607,568
1967: 472,121
1968: 317,404
1969: 299,824

So, that shows the Camaro/Firebird made an obvious dent in the Mustang's sales. I don't know how many Firebirds were sold in those years (I can't image its more than 100K per year). But, if they did sell about 100K in 1968 and 1969-then they would have out sold the Mustang.

I just looked in my Camaro book and it out sold the Mustang for a couple years in the 70s and the 80s alone. So, the F-Bodies did outsell the Mustang sometimes-which is good for GM (they looked nicer, but were more expensive).

As for the GTO, I have always really liked it-but I'm a bigger fan of the 1966/67 models. Although, I think an orange 1969 Judge would be pretty sweet. Grin

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Reply #7 - Feb 6^th, 2005 at 1:04pm

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Ah, finally a picture of a real car!

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Reply #8 - Feb 6^th, 2005 at 1:39pm

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Yup, thats basically how it went-and the Camaro did win car of the year in 1969 (I didn't know the GTO was in '68 ). But, I don't have Firebird sales figures so I don't know what years they outsold the Mustang.

I do know that the Camaro sold:
1967: 220,096
1968: 235,147
1969: 243,085 (this was like a 16 month model)

While the Mustang sold:
1966: 607,568
1967: 472,121
1968: 317,404
1969: 299,824

So, that shows the Camaro/Firebird made an obvious dent in the Mustang's sales. I don't know how many Firebirds were sold in those years (I can't image its more than 100K per year). But, if they did sell about 100K in 1968 and 1969-then they would have out sold the Mustang.

I just looked in my Camaro book and it out sold the Mustang for a couple years in the 70s and the 80s alone. So, the F-Bodies did outsell the Mustang sometimes-which is good for GM (they looked nicer, but were more expensive).

As for the GTO, I have always really liked it-but I'm a bigger fan of the 1966/67 models. Although, I think an orange 1969 Judge would be pretty sweet. Grin

Wash your mouth out with soap!
The mustang has always been much cooler than the camero!

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Reply #9 - Feb 6^th, 2005 at 1:49pm

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The mustang has always been much cooler than the camero!

LOL, nope-just cheaper and slower. Wink

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