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I worked at an ESSO station in Charleston SC in the early 70s' (shout out to Mr Teddy Vuelta, owner), I don't think we ever sold any Big Daddys......

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Awesome video! I remember when an older brother put a set of Mohawk “Super Mag 60’s” on his Trans Am!!

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Excellent! We had Atlas tires being sold here in the NW, but IIRC, they were being sold by Standard Oil (Chevron) stations.

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Excellent! We had Atlas tires being sold here in the NW, but IIRC, they were being sold by Standard Oil (Chevron) stations.
I think ESSO and Standard Oil were the same company, they used different names in different geographies. ENCO was another name used.

Atlas was our TBA brand at the station.

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First time I’ve seen that. Very cool

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First time I’ve seen that. Very cool
I posted it back in 2018, but who cares, it's great to see it again!

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That was cool

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Trim rings!
How do you tell the reproductions from the originals?

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Exhaust tips looked like they where rubbing but great old video. Thanks for sharing!

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How do you tell the reproductions from the originals?
None were used originally.
But on the repops they have a much more rounded edge. I think there is a thread on it in this forum

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Badassness. Thanks for posting!

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None were used originally.
But on the repops they have a much more rounded edge. I think there is a thread on it in this forum
are you saying they never used trim rings on 70 ta's?

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are you saying they never used trim rings on 70 ta's?
My '70 I sold a couple years ago originally had trim rings. I should've made copies of the original paperwork. A member here now owns the car.

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they were definately an option on trans ams in 70

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That was an option in. 70? Huh never heard of them before seeing this, really cool, learned something new.

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Ok, this was an ad for Atlas Ties and the "Big Daddy" was a reference to Big Daddy Don Garlits the drag racer. The tires never were offered from Pontiac. I would say that the total sale of those tire was about the same as the 69-70 Ram Air IV engine any Pontiac GTO or Trans Am


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Old 11-23-2022, 10:58 AM
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SOHIO, (Standard Oil of Ohio), sold Atlas tires, Atlas branded belts, hoses, batteries, spark plugs and filters, wiper blades. First time seeing this ad, and not sure if I ever saw any Big Daddy tires on a car. The go to tire in that time period around here were the Kelly Super Charger tires. They would last a couple weekends and be bald.

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