Chevrolet 1966 Intro with Lorne Greene
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Chevrolet hired Bonanza star Lorne Greene to host the automaker's announcement film for 1966. The film shows stunt drivers from Chitwoods Thrill team taking the cars through their paces. Also behind the scenes of a dramatic commercial and the introduction of a new V8 engine.
This film was produced by the Jam Handy Company in Detroit. Written by Bob Wicks and animation by Dick Petrovitch who later went on to win an Academy Award for "Crunchbird."
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1966 was a monumental year for Chevrolet! Worthy of a monumental introduction from Lorne Greene!
But the Mustang enabled Ford to take top sales spot.
Chevrolet would be great again if they would go back 56 years. GM is a fraction of it former greatness, along with our country and culture.
Oh, boo hoo !! We have too many whiners today.
The world was a very different place 56 years ago…I wouldn’t want to go back thank you.
@@BarklyMitfordNTSB FORCED SAFETY DESIGNS INTO CARS STARTING 1967. AND EVOLVED TODAY INTO TODAYS OVERPRICED. JELLYBEANS
looks like a motivational and instructional film for employees and salespeople.
+Bill Tarkulich That's exactly what it was. They'd show these big budget films to all the dealers every year -- usually in Vegas. Meetings, a film or two, golf, drinks and schmoozing were all part of making sure the dealers were enthusiastic about what was coming in the Fall.
It is just that
I like how they actually go into deep detail about how the vehicles work.
"BONAZA" convinced me on Chevrolet's and been with them ever since. ALL vehicals should have chrome bumpers, ; the BEST Safty feature ever Invented. A Chrome bumper can ALL WAYS be SEEN , PLUS they have to be bolted to something substantial;;; not "crumple zones" with Styrofoam tissue paper sheet metal & lots of cup holders.Thanks for the great Video. A Chevrolet with a frame,rear wheel drive & a V8 is "PURE perfection".
I remember when Chevrolet sponsored Bonanza and when the 1967 models were premiered Lorne Greene announced at the beginning of the show that they were not going to have commercials during the show and instead have a 5 minute program at the end of the show featuring all the new models.
General Motors and Cehvrolette had about 60% of the USA Market in 1966 The Golden Years of USA cars and General Motors..
That turbo truck was awesome.Turbo titan 3 truck now that is one awesome truck! The future of trucks, wow o.
Lorne Greene sure is a smooooth talkin' mug. Of course Chevrolet was a big sponsor for Bonanza, plus all the stars were given their choice of any new Chevy to drive each year. I believe most opted for a Corvette.
I wonder what one Hop Sing opted for! Lol
11:16 Now I know how this ingenious commercial had been pulled off. Pretty creative!
DFE ("The Pink Panther Show") must've done the animations. This is classic, mid-Sixties, beady-eyed roly poly animation.
Mr. Greene was a great Canadian.
DFE animations were typical of the mid-Sixties. They beat even the best of today's work.
This is awesome
It was Joie Chitwood and his Hell Drivers who inspired Evel Knievel. As a boy, he got to see them in action when they came to perform in his hometown of Butte, Montana, and that's when he knew what he wanted to be when he grew up.
Also, I've watched a lot of old Chevrolet commercials from the 1950s and 1960s and I know that the spokesperson talking about the engines from 14:57 to 18:24 did voiceovers for a lot of them (and sometimes appeared in person as well). Can anybody tell me who he is?
12:24 North Jekyll Island looking at Sidney Lanier Bridge.
They ironic thing is people who were around in 1866 were still around in 1966 when this was made.
Nicky Naime Fast forward to today and look at Joe Biden and he has to be constantly reminded that it's 2022 and he's (supposedly ) President!!!!!.
@@mikeweizer3149 So True.😂
@@matroxI doubt they were still able to drive.
Kid who saw Lincoln shot was on TV what's my line. In 1960
thanks
15:00 Long time Chevrolet commercial spokesperson Joel Aldred
11:17 Fort Macon is in North Carolina not Georgia.
Couldn't be 1866. He is holding an 1873 revolver... ha
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Those of us watching this probably love cars and if old enough already knew much of what's on this film. But the audience for this film was car salesman. I bet at least half of them couldn't tell a carburetor from a camshaft and thought the quarter mile was where you pitched quarters out the vent window while the car traveled a mile down the highway. This film was to get those guys educated enough so they at least could pretend to know something about the cars they were selling.
Jim Handy to the rescue.
Go Jim Handy!...Go Jim Handy!!
I bought a 1966 Yellow Impala 327 3 speed in 1972 for $600.00
uh,i'll take the 427/425 horse impala please...with 4-speed.
C H A N C E Same!
Eh...I'll take a 396! That's what we had in our '66 Impala wagon. That sucker could haul ass!
@@02chevyguy Buy another one
@@02chevyguy The average new car cost 40-45k, and no a 66 wagon with a 396 will probably be around 30k
@@02chevyguy Well ya, I could have one and ask 100k, lol. Most people with money won't buy a restored classic because they think they break down all the time, are unreliable and can't get parts or repair shops can't do anything because they're vintage over 50 year's old, this is rubbish or as the German's say. qwatsch! I owned a 66 XL Galaxie for almost 20 years and was very reliable and fast, 360+hp, 300 hp at the tires on a dyno best at the drag strip was 13.79 with hard tires, traction wasn't that well bad 60ft but still was quick for a warmed over 390 wasn't a 427. So ya 396 I can get anything for that motor, classic cars is a multi billion dollar+ hobby lot of companies have parts IF something breaks. Just don't drive it in the winter salt and your fine it will outlast you! I want another car but am broke now I went under end of the Obama administration and lost everything even my hot rod, maybe one day.. I'm better now then 2014 but not enough to drop 20k on a vintage car
A 396 👍🏻😃
Didn't that look like Enzo Ferrari in the front row!.
What the hell do all those people in the stands have on their heads?!?
Jeepers BAtman
Bought 396cu.375 HP chevelle new in 1966.Youngstown Ohio
One of those guys look like Enzo Ferrari!.
Horse Cartwright drove a 66 ss396. L79 4 speed .
A man with good taste!
I believe it's Hoss Cartwright not Horse
Chevelle? Impala?
@@Elite59 Chevelle
@@garycounterman449 he’s right- Horse drove a 396SS. Hoss was driving a different car.
i'm a ford guy. allways liked chevy's too but the one thing all the big 3 had in common was CHEEZY commercials and advertising..lol all this before ralph nader got his grubby hands on the automotive industry..him and california fucked your automobile industry so bad it took 15 almost 20 years to recoup but by then all the imports were selling like hot cakes.
Beer and cigarettes sell more than hot cakes 😂
That’s when Chevrolet made great cars! Now they produce JUNK 🤮
At 425 hp, the Hi-Po 427 had ALMOST ONE HORSEPOWER PER CUBIC INCH.
Naturally aspirated not the computer supercharger motors today
The 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa model did it quite easy ! With the optional Turbo Charged engine ; It was a 164 C.I.D. ( 2.7 ) that put out a 180 HP, & was the last year for the optional Turbo Charged engine on the Corvair.
That is positively the dumbest cartoon I've ever seen! Dumb special effects commercial too!
Lorne's lack of gun safety is a bit unnerving
Canadian jew at that. Not even American.
but a better American than most Americans
Didn't that look like Enzo Ferrari in the front row!.