Chevrolet Christmas ad on TV

[60sStuff]

I just caught this ad showing a dusty blue Chevy in barn while watching Sunday night football.

Pretty cool ad showing a 68/69 Impala ??

I need to see it again.

[67since67]

I don't watch football but a friend sent me a video, it's a '66 Impala SS convert 396.
It's a great ad!!

[William]

Saw it, excellent!

[60sStuff]

Thanks guys.

It is a Very Cool ad with some emotion mixed in.

Unfortunately I can relate to the Gentleman in this ad.

Life goes on and having a classic car always makes it better.

Thank you Chevrolet for this awesome ad!

I’m hoping to see it again.

Chris.

[67since67]

Unfortunately I can relate to the Gentleman in this ad.


This hit home with me also Chris, and my cars, and car friends, helped me heal.

[RobR]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GKycI9PaqgI

[L72copocamaro]

I saw it too. Pretty nice ad for sure, and hopefully they do more like it. Kudos to Chevrolet! Definitely a '66.

[CanCOPO]

I was restoring my COPO as my wife battled cancer. She never got to ride in the finished car. The ad was incredible. Loved it

[mssl72]

Wow. I didn't see that. Very cool.

[dykstra]

Super cool ad! Thank you for sharing.

[Bill Pritchard]

I only caught the last few seconds of the ad when it was on TV last night....far more meaningful when you see the whole thing. Thanks for the YouTube link, Rob!

[SS427]

Wow, that video slammed right at home. Great job Chevrolet. I always dreamed I could do that for my dad but all he ever owned was a a 67 SS 327 Impala, 72 Galaxy, a Rambler American, a Horizon and a Citation. He gave me the Impala when I turned 16 which I restored and sold several years later. No idea if it is still on the road.

[Jonesy]

Thanks for sharing. What a great ad!

[olredalert]

----Getting misty here!.....Bill S

[70 copo]

GKycI9PaqgI

I love the commercial too. An observation I would like to share. Since the fall here, two Chevy dealers here in my area have 1960's early 1970's cars in the showroom on display, so I asked why? They told me "it gets people to stop by and it works".

I then asked how are sales? They said cars "dismal". Trucks we cannot get them. Anything that we can sell we cannot get.

The declining traffic in the showrooms along with little inventory has the dealers in a panic along with the talk of the switch to EV that has zero traction outside metro areas, and this factors into the tug of the heartstrings, and again I love the commercial but the motives of the new gM have not changed.

[NorCam]

Love the message in that commercial. Thanks for sharing that guys, and thank you for the link Rob.

[1BADZ28]

Yea, My timing was right and I caught the ad...It's a good one for sure....I'm now the old guy in the ad....I remember the 66 Impala...Pretty cool....

[Bill Pritchard]

I'm now the old guy in the ad....

I think there are a LOT of us here who can relate to 'the old guy in the ad' :wink:

[Lee Stewart]

:biggthumpup:

[olredalert]

:biggthumpup:

----You got that right, Lee!.....Bill S

[olredalert]

I think there are a LOT of us here who can relate to 'the old guy in the ad' :wink:

----You got that right, Bill!.....Bill S

[60sStuff]

Yup, early 50’s here.

Plus, all my components are still working, just a little slower 🙄

[AnthonyS]

Wow, what a commercial! That was awesome and hit home here too.

Merry Christmas friends!
Anthony

[Mr. Chevy]

Now that's what I call a commercial... Compared to the other crap that is on TV these days... Nice to see... Thanks for posting..

Rich

[mssl72]

I just went and hugged my '66

[msclassiccars]

Wow, definitely my favorite GM commercial from the last few years.

Haven't watched it before so thanks for sharing.

[Keith Seymore]

Yup, early 50’s here.

Plus, all my components are still working, just a little slower 🙄

I should get a T shirt made that says "Ran when parked".

K

[Keith Seymore]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GKycI9PaqgI

Wow.

Very nice. I always get a bit sentimental around Christmastime (I do some of my best writing this time of year).

I think you all know I have my dad's GTO. The sight and smell of that car sure brings back a lot of memories.

After I had my own shop I was able to sequester the car away and get it cleaned up, de-tuned and with the right tire/wheels on it.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/000_3554.jpg~original

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/GTO/TheWidetrackers.jpg~original

Dad also had this little '63 Lemans. He kicked off a mild restoration (new top, paint, wheels, underhood detail) but sadly never got to ride in it after it was completed.

K

[GM Powertrain]

That's a tough watch - in a good way.

[olredalert]

Yup, early 50’s here.

Plus, all my components are still working, just a little slower 🙄

----Chris,,,Do you think they do a "built in the Forties?".....Bill S

[60sStuff]

----Chris,,,Do you think they do a "built in the Forties?".....Bill S

Morning Bill,

I’m sure they have a t-shirt with a Dinosaur on it.

60sStuff

[GearheadSS]

Here's the full 4 minute version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4-oyBnknHk&ab_channel=Chevrolet

My wife and I were both crying when we saw the commercial on TV. We're both 45 and have both lost a parent so it really brought out the emotions. For me especially. My Dad is why I'm a car guy and today would have been his 66th birthday. We both shared a love for these cars and I could not help but think about him while watching this.

Still gets me every time I watch it.

[AnthonyS]

Gosh, that full version brings out all the feels…

[60sStuff]

GHSS,

Thank you so much for that longer version …… WOW.

That video tugged a bit.

Chris

[70 copo]

Holiday Ride the 4 minute version:

c4-oyBnknHk&ab

[jwbavalon]

What a lot of different emotions. Thanks for posting.

[olredalert]

----WOW! Double, maybe even triple misty! We all comment about what GM does both right and wrong, and this is obviously one in the right category. Somebody in the tower was talking our language!......Bill S

[Pro Stock John]

That longer version just 'bout ran me over. #I'mNotCryingYouAre

[Too Many Projects]

I knew after the short version, I shouldn't watch the long one, but I just had to go and do it.
My heart goes out to you guys who have said you've already gone down this road in your life.

I don't ever want to be the one left behind. I don't believe I would survive it. It took 40 years to find my soul mate and I'm still, 30 years later, just as smitten with her as in the beginning.

[67since67]

Since I feel I'm among friends here, I will share how this commercial speaks to me, and why this car sat in pieces for many years.

Some of you are familiar with my maroon SS convert (Members Rides, MACACN etc). When I brought that car home from NC in September '79 my soon to be wife Karen claimed it as hers. (She was driving a Buick GS 455 4 speed when we met). Every time she left the driveway with it she laid rubber for twenty feet.
When I had it totally in pieces she asked "Are you sure you can put it back together?" I responded "If there is one thing in life I can do, it's put a '67 Chevelle together". We visited the painter, the body was in primer and she told me she didn't want to see it again until it was painted. She passed suddenly shortly after.

When I got the rolling shell back from paint it sat neglected for almost ten years while I put my life back together, retired and went after my car hobby with a vengeance, albeit with other cars. I also found love again with Jani, whom some of you have met.

Fast forward to 2018, it was time to put the maroon convert back together, with a target of MCACN 2019.

Bill W

[AnthonyS]

Thanks for sharing Bill.

It hits me by making me remember my dad and The Camaro, which also sat neglected for many, many years. And when I look at, and sit in it, the old memories coming flooding back. But, we've also made many new ones too, not the least of which was picking up our boy in the same car that my parents picked me up in 42 years prior.

I also feel among friends here too.

Cheers all!
Anthony

[60sStuff]

This wonderful Chevrolet commercial brought out old emotions for me also.

In 1979 I fell in love with my Elvie. She never knew what a 60’s muscle car was, but she quickly learned from me and loved riding in them, going to all the car shows and she especially loved the smell of the old Original morrokide interior.

At one time I had 5 real nice early GTO’s and I told her, honey I’m going to sell 4 of these cars so we can add on to our house.
I asked her which one should I keep. She shouted the White ‘66 with Red interior.
Good choice dear.

I had gotten away from the GTO hobby around 2004 at which time I properly stored the ‘66.
In early 2009 Elvie left me suddenly in our kitchen in front of me and our daughter.

I was devastated and lost just as that commercial symbolizes.
Now it was just me and my daughter.

I was encouraged by our daughter in late 2009 to pull the ‘66 out of storage, as she said Dad, this is what mommy would want.

Everyone’s life’s journey is unique and I have moved on to a new chapter in mine.
I have since remarried to another wonderful woman that my daughter absolutely loves, so things have worked out for me.

That White ‘66 GTO interior still smells as good as 1979 and puts a smile on my face every time I open the door.

Below is Elvie in a mint one owner Survivor ‘67. Another one I wish I’d kept.

I think allowing some folks like Mr. Wente and myself to tell their story’s is still part of ones healing process.

Thank you all, Chris

[Xplantdad]

Thanks you all for sharing your journeys. We don't know how much time we have, so we enjoy every day (the one that that our daughter Holly taught us-by being so sick throughout her life, but keeping a smile on her face the whole time)


To all of you...:youguysrock:

[GearheadSS]

It's crazy how much this commercial speaks to me. I think we all get it to some extent. I mentioned my Dad earlier and that he's why I'm a car guy. This is one of my favorite pics with him, mainly because it's the only picture of the car my Dad used to talk about.

The one that got away. He did the responsible thing and sold the car for something more practical before I turned 2 years old. I think a lot about that car now and how I wish that we had tried to track it down when he was still alive. I still hope that I can find this car someday.

[60sStuff]

Not that it matters, but upon further review ….. 427.

[LT1vette]

He kept it for more than ONE reason. Would he have kept a 6 cylinder....

[ORIGLS6]

Not that it matters, but upon further review ….. 427.




I've received this a couple of times in emails. One of the first things I noticed was the flags with the Red background as he pulled out of the barn to pick up his daughter. Then I went back to re-watch the entire clip and saw the 'ghost image' of the BB emblem while the car was still sitting in the barn.
Gotta give someone in the GM organization (or the promotion company) a big thumbs-up for the attention to detail in this film.


(And yes, like most everyone else, ..... this one tugged at the heartstrings.) :smirk:

[RALLY]

Great commercial by Chevy. Yes 427 CI for sure. Loved those Impala 66 models. A tear was shed watching this full clip.

[GearheadSS]

He kept it for more than ONE reason. Would he have kept a 6 cylinder....

Yes, absolutely yes.