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Title: One Sweet Cat
Post by: EricCoolCats on July 23, 2009, 03:37:10 PM

I was digging through some old Lincoln/Mercury dealer mags and found this gem:

(http://www.coolcats.net/ximages/dw_chococougar.jpg)

Now...this by itself is a pretty cool thing to find.

But it gets better:

The article is from September 1985.
Gorant Candies is from my area and still exists.
The dealership in the article was in my area (it's since changed names but is in the same location).
It was the same dealership where my first '84 was purchased, both new and used.
And the former owner of my '84 was a schoolteacher.

Hrmmmm....

Cue the Twilight Zone music...

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Post by: thunderjet302 on July 23, 2009, 03:39:48 PM

You are about to enter a strange world..........;)

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Post by: V8Demon on July 23, 2009, 04:00:45 PM

(http://www.twilightzoneradio.com/images/tv_back_pic2.jpg)

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Post by: ipsd on July 23, 2009, 04:26:24 PM

That is Cool. I bet that would have been one of those ones that was to cool to eat.LOL

Stuckman

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Post by: 50tbrd88 on July 23, 2009, 04:35:54 PM

The good ole days. There is no way dealerships would do anything cool like that now being that they are struggling the way they are. One question...how did they clean all that chocolate off?

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Post by: Thunder Chicken on July 23, 2009, 05:50:54 PM

My guess would be hot water. Or somebody got to lick it off :hick:

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Post by: FLSTCI71 on July 23, 2009, 11:24:41 PM

Is there a Niles, OH or were they referring to Niles, MI? We bought my wife's car last year from Campbell Ford in Niles, MI. Either way, neat article.

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Post by: EricCoolCats on July 23, 2009, 11:32:12 PM

There is a Niles, OH. It's adjacent to Warren, OH. Both towns were named after the U.S. presidents that grew up there (Niles McKinley and Warren G. Harding) and are recognized historically as such.

Incidentally, I live near Campbell, OH.

Man...this just keeps getting stranger...LOL

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Post by: BCA on July 24, 2009, 10:09:51 AM

That's pretty wild.
So is that white chocolate covering the chrome parts?

Eric, do you remember the promotion at the time?

Brent

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Post by: EricCoolCats on July 24, 2009, 10:13:38 AM

I would guess the chrome is white chocolate also. Unfortunately I don't remember the promotion at all, although it was probably in the local newspapers at least. I was 14 at the time and hadn't yet begun to hang around dealerships. ;)

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Post by: massCougarxr7 on July 24, 2009, 10:23:40 AM

you should follow up on this whole chocolate car thing,... maybe you can find the actual chocolate covered car, and have it as a collectors piece!!! lol

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Post by: BCA on July 24, 2009, 10:50:50 AM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;283466

My guess would be hot water. Or somebody got to lick it off :hick:

I don't think hot water would have been a good idea. All of that melting chocolate seeping into all of the body crevices. That car would smell like chocolate for years.

I'm thinking they might have first layed down a barrier of some sort, maybe some parchment paper, and then when the promotion was done "peeled" it off in sections.

Brent

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Post by: 1Bad88tbird on July 24, 2009, 03:39:40 PM

That's a great article, I like how it all ties in with you. Makes a great story!

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