Interesting Chrysler Magazine Ad From 1967

[ancrdave]

Check out the fancy hauler!!!

[Egoracing]

Check out the fancy hauler!!!

That was THE ticket back then. I especially like the white wall tires on the trailer!

[reinaldo]

haha I remembered that. omg this is shocking. I remembered my father had this.. hmm I'm just wondering whered you get this. this is so retro!


Chrysler Parts

[Winger]

If you could look inside this car, you would see it still had a bench seat, factory steering wheel, factory dash with some factory gauges removed and a few gauges mounted somewhere inside. The back of the bench seat probably was removed. In 1967 he may not have had a 5 point restraint system but may have had some sort of shoulder restraint in addition to the lap belt. The rear seat had been removed as well as the insulation, glass, handles, and trim panels. A roll cage had been installed and that's about the extent of it. In 1967 he probably had some wedge adjustment but no trailing arms or any of the things you hear about now. I notice the stock taillights are still in it but there does appear to be a hole over the left taillight. I assume that's a fuel cell vent. Fuel cells had only been in use a few years in 67. Fire extinguishers were required about this time also, so it probably had a small fire extinguisher mounted in it. No window net. If you had seen Richard Petty race at this time, he probably wore only a short sleeve shirt, jeans, regular shoes and a helmet. No gloves, possibly a fire retardant shirt and pants but no fire suit, as we know them today. I think by 67 most of the Grand National Races, as what is now called the Sprint Cup series was called, were run on asphalt tracks but their were still some dirt tracks on the schedule. There were about 50 races on the schedule so the "professional" teams envied a set up like Richard Petty had. Track sizes ranged from 1/5 mile to 2.5 miles in length. I think many of these guys only had one car but some may have had another at home.
How many of today's drivers would want to be a Nascar racer today, if they had to race under the conditions Richard Petty did at that time? 4 or 5 races a week, raced from Feb. through Nov. all over the country. All kinds of tracks, dirt, asphalt, road courses, 1/5 mile bullring to 2.5 mile Daytona. Very few of these drivers had sponsors, although sponsors were just starting to get into the game. Some of the teams had factory cars, as I believe Petty did at this time. Drivers from today have Richard Petty to thank for many of the changes. Richard was always friendly and would greet fans any where at any time. His smile,as well as his cowboy hat, became his trademark.

[BOB KRUPA]

My Uncle work at Chryslers in Detroit, he said he saw Richard Pettys Race Car going through the assembly line.

[Beach Bum]

I've always loved that ad. Those whitewalls on the trailer were "high-dollar" as they say back in the Carolinas.

Most kids in mini-stocks have a better rig than that these days...

[fred23]

I would venture to say that more racers would take that opportunity to race in that environment........thats what racing was all about......coming up with set ups and working on your car to keep racing when you needed it 4-5 times a week......changing whatever needed changing from track to track. Guys actually made a living at short track racing or atleast had a chance to. The races back then paid about what they pay today and that was 40 years ago.......if you made a thousand bucks for winning a race you were killing it then......now you may break even for the night........

Different time and a different world for sure......I wish I would have grown up in that era.......

[ancrdave]

Wow Reinaldo, you must have had plenty of time on your hands to go all the way beck to early 2008!!! This ad actually appeared in Stock Car Racing magazine...