McCulloch promo movie with Don Knots, here it is...

[Jeff Campbell]

Don Tomich from Australia, sent me a copy of this McCulloch promo movie, I had heard about this, but had never seen it before today ....

CLICK HERE to watch in Large HD Video mode (requires high speed Internet connection)

Looks like they brought in a "stunt driver" for the shots showing "Don" hot shoeing a dual through some turns.

Jeff

[david a luciani]

HEY,

WHERE'S that girl at the races now-a-days!!!!!
NOW i SEE why karting was so popular in the early sixties!!!


Dave

[Thed Hester]

Dave, NASCAR discovered years ago that a few smoken hot trophy queens didn't hurt the sport at all.

[ted johnson]

Just for the heck of it, I upped the res to 480, and set the video to full screen. On the proto they're assembling, there are Hands wheels instead of Azusas. At around 8:31 of the video, it shows an F1 with a single engine. A tiny bit later, it's back to a dual, and there are a few seconds of Jim Yamane on his kart running. Oh, yeah, it's got an Athan or Giant steering wheel as well. Cool stuff. TJ

[Carl Haydt]

I like at 9:52 where the guy in the white jacket & white helmet runs into the guy to his right! WOW,just like real racing! Carl

[steve miller]

Yupp carl i seen that ..and im sure theres a couple on here that noticed it and right off the bat said ..ruined a good kart ..lmao .!!!

[ted johnson]

Well, Rob and Bob, seems it's about time to put a lock on this thread.

[John Swartout]

Ted, I noticed that about the hands wheels too. In fact, in the May 1961 issue of Karting World magazine, kart test #23 shows Hands wheels on the R1, along with some of the early ads. Back in the day, my friend and I would eagerly await the McCulloch commercials. They would start by saying..... This show brought to you by McCulloch, makers of karts and engines!! Also, I believe a Mc. F1 was featured in one of the later episodes of The Donna Reed show. The title was "The Hilldale 500".


John

[Rob Voska]

John was it a commercial? 1/2 hr show? Show segment?

[John Swartout]

Hi Rob, I believe it was a weekly 1/2 hour series, and McCulloch was one of the sponsers. The commercial was about 30-60 seconds long. I will try to run a search for the commercial, or maybe someone else much more knowledgeable about computers can find it. I would love to see it again!


John