Old Newspaper Classified Ads

[DW31S]

How about some of those Ferraris....$30k then, $10 mil today. Some are more! 427 Cobras cheap, too!!!

[ZLP955]

Great posts, thanks! I have been considering joining one of those online digital newspaper archive sites. Can you search for keywords, VINs, plate numbers etc, or do you just have to browse and look?

[PeteLeathersac]

It's a mix of what papers have been scanned and how well any searches may work but any hope for Vins/Plate #'s etc would be if originally in the ads specifically and exactly the same as you're now searching too.
I'm not pleased w/ the Newspapers.com group I'm riding with being as soon as you join, immediately they want more $ right away for what you thought you were getting in the first place so I'm sticking w/ my spot here in steerage and seeing how it goes?
Can anyone here confirm area codes of the era for some of the ads above, we should at least try to backtrack the 427 Camaros?
Cool stuff Jon and lets dig up a few more, really love that Koenig one!!!

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~ Pete

[Tenney]

Great thread, Pete!
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My sister worked at Koenig for a bit while in school down there.

A few more cool ones where the Classic Motors ad came from ...

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/vintage...lden-years.html

[resto4u]

Most california ads had the lic. plate number.

[ZLP955]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: resto4u</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Most california ads had the lic. plate number. </div></div>
Thanks, I'd been told that too. My car was delivered to Clippinger Chevrolet in Covina early April 69 but not sold until late June so I'm hopeful that it may've been listed for sale in a local ad during those couple of months sitting on the lot.

[PeteLeathersac]

I tried for some 1969 Clippinger ads Tim but seems little available, do you know if Bob Wingate was your car's salesman?
CA Plate #'s posted in old ads is a really great thing, hopefully it helps bring a few more car's histories to light!
Here's a '77 Auction piece w/ comments by Richard Buxbaum of Classic Motors below also a few more old ads...
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~ Pete

[ZLP955]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PeteLeathersac</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I tried for some 1969 Clippinger ads Tim but seems little available, do you know if Bob Wingate was your car's salesman?</div></div>
Pete thank you for having a look, much appreciated! Not sure about the salesman, car's original owner is still around but couldn't confirm. I've heard that Bob W was the top salesman at Clippinger, and the go-to guy for ordering performance cars, especially 'vettes, so maybe? Seems the car was a dealer stock order rather than a customer order, so someone there knew what options to tick off that would appeal.
Aren't these ads such a great snapshot in time of an era when all that used iron was kicking around for not much $?

[PeteLeathersac]

Here's a few more old newspaper ads, sorry some are so hard to read.
I tried to save only pages w/ something cool listed so look carefully. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]
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~ Pete

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[StealthBird]

Interesting that Clippinger Chevrolet was mentioned, this just popped up today. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]