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Old 11-29-2011, 11:45 PM
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Default 61-63 Tempest dealer promotional items.

Post up what ya got!!!

Here are a couple of mine!!

62 Lemans convertible "friction" car. Push it on the rug a couple of times & let it go!! This was given to me by a good friend before he passed away. He said he got it with the 62 he bought new. Kept it after he sold the car.







Next is a 62 Tempest pen knife. Has no makers mark. Was in the glove box of a 62 LeMans I bought in Tucson Az.




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Old 11-30-2011, 12:23 AM
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very cool.

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Both items very cool

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Old 11-30-2011, 01:56 AM
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Here ia a pic of my 1962 Tempest Coupe Promo. It is Caravan Gold. The interior is also molded in gold plastic so I dismantled it and painted interior saddle brown. It now matches my car and I display it in the back window of my car at shows.
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Old 11-30-2011, 02:30 AM
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Here is a 1962 Tempest LeMans post card. I have alot of people ask why the car has both Tempest and LeMans name tags on it. I use the postcard to help explain.
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Old 11-30-2011, 03:18 AM
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Here ia a pic of my 1962 Tempest Coupe Promo. It is Caravan Gold. The interior is also molded in gold plastic so I dismantled it and painted interior saddle brown. It now matches my car and I display it in the back window of my car at shows.
Does you car have any name or manufacturer on it? Mine is totally blank. I took it apart & there is nothing. Does your car have a friction motor?

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Old 11-30-2011, 01:40 PM
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No manufacturer name on my promo either. I took the 4 screws out from the chassis to check underneith, but no manufacturer there either. They are most likely made by JoHan or AMT.

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This is the Lisc. plate cleveweld posted in another thread. Would love to have one like it for my 61!


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Old 12-02-2011, 08:07 AM
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Found this in my box o stuff...




Forgot I had this and don't know why as I never smoked.

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Old 12-06-2011, 05:54 PM
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I recently came across this at a recent show a vender was selling. I have never seen this one and either did the vender. Thought the 62 owners would appreciate it.
pict 1 is front cover, pic 2 is inside, pic 3 is back cover. Its 8.5" by 11" opened up.

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Old 12-06-2011, 06:12 PM
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Cool Gary! Have not seen that one either!

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Do not know if this qualifies for a Dealer Promo item but I never saw this one either until this year at a show and had to have it. Thought I would share it with the ohter 62 Tempest owners. (this is 4.5" high by 8.5" wide) Interesting fact was Mickey Thompson and his wife were the drivers of the cars.
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Keith,

Seeing the ads GaryK posted, I'm reminded about the tale of how some Pontiac engineers rigged a "hidden" gas line in one of those "gas economy" Tempest cars. I can't remember the details. Do you know about that story? Seems like the engineers confessed to the trick quite some time after the event.

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I dont remember reading anything about that. I did read about a NASCAR car that had a "fuel" line that was severa inches in diamater & held a couple of gallons worth of fuel.

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Are we mixing up our Smokey Yunick stories here? Smokey is said to have done the fat fuel line trick (among other tricks) in his racing days and he was also known for economy runs but I don't know of anybody ever accusing him of that. He exploited loopholes in the NASCAR 'rules', but rigging an economy run would be cheating and that was just not somthing Smokey Yunick would do.

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I seem to recall that the "Tempest economy run" deal involved running a camoflaged gas line around the inside of the fenderwell. Does that ring a bell?

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I dont remember anything about that.

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Here's an early dealership sign that has to be from the 1961 to 1963 era that I dug out. It's not neon, but lights up in a rainbow of colors.
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Here's a photo of the same sign with the lights out!
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That would look cool hanging over my Tempest in my garage:.



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