'68 GS Owners, look what I found

[Mike Trom]

I recently came across this and bought it. Its a commercial for the '68 GS and Electra 225 with an air date of Sept 7, 1967... It is supposed to be in color but it does not have any sound :Do No:

I held the film up to the light and it is a '68 GS :)

I will convert it to mpeg and post it when I get it done. It is a 16mm film and I have a friend that is going to convert it to DV for me :TU:

Has anyone ever seen a '60's or '70's GS commercial before? I have not....

:beer

[David G]

COOL!!! :cool:

[Nicholas Sloop]

Get on the ball, Mike!

I can't wait to see it!!!!

[Mike Trom]

I am tring to find a host to post the video file on.

Here are a couple of clips from the commercial that show a few things that are different than production GS's

1st - notice the grill is all black and not black in the center and silver on the edge.

[Mike Trom]

The tri-shield medallion is missing from the front of the shifter plate.

[Mike Trom]

This woman is on one frame (less than one second) at the beginning of the video during the 5,4,3,2,1 countdown......I wonder why? :Do No:

[Dan Healey]

This woman is on one frame (less than one second) at the beginning of the video during the 5,4,3,2,1 countdown......I wonder why? :Do No:

Because she was HOT back in the day... :laugh: :bglasses:

[Sportwagon400]

Way cool man I would like a copy of the the DVD if you get them done I will have to order a window sticker and you can add it to that order

Ken :TU:

[68 Skylark cust]

Nice find Mike ! I know there is some website to host the video , I didn't remember any url but it look like "shareit.com" "hostit.com" something like that ....

[Mike Trom]

http://www.zippyvideos.com/126085551786765.html

Buick Commercial (http://www.uploadtemple.com/view.php/1123627246.mpg)

Use the "Buick Commercial" link to see a better quality version. If you click on "download" it should play the video.

Its just kind of a neat piece of '68 GS History... :TU:

:beer

[skyphix]

Mike,
how big is the full size version of it? I could throw it up online, but it'd be a right click, save as type deal.

Eric

[Marco]

That's pretty cool Mike :TU:

Thanks for sharing :beer

[GoldBoattail455]

Very cool Mike! :beer :TU:

[Mike Trom]

There has to be other GS commercials out there, has anyone ever seen one :Do No: I have not.

I wish the color was better, but the film was very old...

Eric,

The full size version is 12MB...too big to e-mail or post on most free sites.

[skyphix]

12MB is a bit big to email, but I can host it for you if we can figure out how to get it to me. If you can use FTP I can setup an account for you to upload it to.

Anything I can do to help, EXTREMELY cool find :TU:

[Mike Trom]

I just included a link to a higher quality version of the commercial. See the above posts for the "Buick Commercial" link.....

:TU:

[markc]

Nice Find! Thanks for sharing.

[Icez72GS3504spd]

Darn, the 2nd link is dead now and the first one doesnt seem to play very well. Oh well, cool find though :cool:

[buick64203]

Looks like it was filmed in fron of the Buick world headquarters building in Flint. If so, I parked my Riviera right on that front walkway when I was there for the Centennial. Interesting stuff. Only a few seconds of the 1911 Buick Bug racecar