Woody
MegaDork
11/30/13 8:27 a.m.
When my grandfather died about 20 years ago, my father and I were assigned the task of cleaning out the house and getting it ready to sell. There were a bunch of old car magazines in the attic, so I scooped up a bunch of them and, as is family tradition, threw them into my attic.
Last night, I decided that I wanted to see if I could find one of the famous "You meet the nicest people on a Honda" ads (see here for more details: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/1981-honda-c70-passport/74873/page1/).
I haven't found a Honda ad yet, but I did stumble upon an eight page brochure for a new offering from Pontiac for 1964, called the GTO. It is as perfect as the day that it was printed.
"A device for shrinking time and distance." How cool is that?
That Mag has got to be valuable!
SELL SELL SELL!
Original copies of that brochure sell for around $50 these days, but they are widely reproduced and the copies are only worth around $20. Make sure it's an original, the copies should be marked somewhere to indicate they are reproductions.
The GTO was new that year and didn't appear in any of the other Pontiac brochures, so they issued this one just for that model.
Woody
MegaDork
11/30/13 9:53 a.m.
stuart in mn wrote:
Original copies of that brochure sell for around $50 these days, but they are widely reproduced and the copies are only worth around $20. Make sure it's an original, the copies should be marked somewhere to indicate they are reproductions.
The GTO was new that year and didn't appear in any of the other Pontiac brochures, so they issued this one just for that model.
Oh, no doubt that it's original. It's still in the 50 year old magazine that I've had for 20.
gamby
UltimaDork
11/30/13 2:29 p.m.
For $50 it's not worth enough to unload.
Thus, guilt-free enjoyment now that you can hang onto it. That's a sweet piece of automobilia.
Woody
MegaDork
11/30/13 4:56 p.m.
I know that I went through these magazines at least once when I brought them home. I pulled out a bunch of Shelby stuff, including an early Cobra ad.
