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Don Knotts, Dodge van pitchman

Written by webmin

While looking around for a Dodge pickup TV commercial to go along with this morning’s Class of ’86 selection, we came across the above TV commercial for the 1971 Dodge Tradesman “Strongbox” cargo van featuring Don Knotts. Quality isn’t great, so we dug a little further and came up with the below spot for the […]

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Tagged commercials, dodge, Dodge Sweptline, Dodge Tradesman, Don Knotts, trucks and Jeeps, vans, videos  
 

One would think they’d hire Fish to pitch for the Marlin…

Written by webmin

Then again, this commercial for the 1968 AMC Rebel hardtop came a year after the Marlin’s demise and several years before Abe Vigoda landed that role.

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Tagged Abe Vigoda, amc, AMC Rebel, American Motors, commercials, Hemmings Classic Car, videos  
 

Four-Links – the real Truck Norris, Dooooodge, Shelsley Walsh, TV ad trove

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* Last weekend, Truck Norris made the rounds. We spoke with derf, the owner of the pickup, this past week and found out that the 1986 J-10 behind the phenomenon ain’t frontin’ – it really is a B.A. truck. Bonus, derf also put together this handy dandy gear ratio calculator. * Also on the topic […]

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Tagged advertisements, airport racing, amc, automobilia, commercials, dodge, drag racing, gear ratio calculator, Hemmings Classic Car, Jeep, Jeep J-10, racing, Santa Maria California, Shelsley Walsh, six-wheelers, studebaker, tech and tools, Truck Norris, trucks and Jeeps, vans  
 
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