Showing posts with label Scat Pack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scat Pack. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
it's been years, but finally I found another photo of the stuffed plush toy Super Bee, or is it a similar toy... there are some obvious differences
Why does that matter? Because ever since the 1st time I saw this in the 1969 Coronet sales brochure, I thought, why didn't they make and sell those, and then when it was clear that they only had one made for advertising brochures, and no one has any idea what happened to it, I decided that I would make on for myself, to display with my '69 R/T (my car before that was a '69 Super Bee)
The above doesn't match the plush toy below, the number of teeth are differnet, the light blue trim along the bottom of the sunglasses, and what might be a stinger tail behind smaller wings
this is the best of the 3 I knew of
I didn't go and try to make one with cloth materials, I went for styrofoam covered with clay, and then painted. This way if I tried for a cloth one, I'd have a 1:1 size bee to get size measurements from. Trying right away to make this from cloth, and measuing it out right? Nearly impossible for everyone that isn't a sewing wonder
https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2017/06/scat-pack-bee-is-nearly-done.html
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Cool rear spoiler
That's what the factory should have done. Show some appreciation for the Bee was put on the trunk of 68-72 Super Bees
Monday, October 02, 2017
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Friday, May 05, 2017
First time I've seen a vintage Scat Pack membership newsletter (they were quarterly)
With muscle car mania near its peak, Chrysler Corporation, inaugurated the Scat Pack for Dodge, which was successful enough to be copied as the Rapid Transit System for Plymouth. The Scat Pack did not change the cars (aside from a twin “bumblebee” stripe that could be deleted by the buyer, and a decal inset and emblem on the Super Bee), but gathered up the most musclebound Dodges in one group.
(Mark Donaldson indicated that the Dodge marketers may have gotten the idea from existing slang — an article in Hot Rod quoted one of the original Ramchargers as saying the “scat pack” originated with earlier Plymouths and Dodges.) When the program officially launched to the public in 1968, the Scat Pack held the Charger R/T, Coronet R/T, Dart GTS, Swinger 340, and Super Bee. The program included print ads, brochures, a national club, decals, and wearables.
Scat Pack cars all had to meet the requirement of being faster than a 14.99 second quarter mile.
In 1970, the Scat Pack cars were listed as Dart Swinger 340, Coronet Super Bee, Challenger and Charger R/T, and Charger Daytona — a car that was not actually built. In 1971, the Charger Super Bee replaced the Coronet version, and the 340 Demon was added to the list; that was the last year of the promotion.
When nearly 100,000 Chargers were sold, Plymouth realized that Dodge was onto something and did the same thing - gathering up a series of cars into a “club.” The Rapid Transit System was presumably based on the R/T (Road and Track) title, though perhaps it was simply a clever bit of wordplay.
In 1970, Dodge created a Scat Pack Club, complete with a newsletter. They also made the Direct Connection parts catalog available to members at no cost, and set up “Scat Packages” of Mopar parts.
These included the
Showboat (dressup kit),
Read-Out (gauges),
Kruncher (drag/strip),
Bee-Liever (manifold, carb, cam, headers),
and Top Eliminator (Six-Pack setup, electronic ignition - yes, in 1970 - electric fuel pump and cool can.)
People joining the Club got the catalog, wallet card, jacket patch, bumper sticker, 40 page guide to auto racing, the monthly Dodge Performance News, and the quarterly Dodge Scat News. The total cost was a stunningly low $3 per year
(Mark Donaldson indicated that the Dodge marketers may have gotten the idea from existing slang — an article in Hot Rod quoted one of the original Ramchargers as saying the “scat pack” originated with earlier Plymouths and Dodges.) When the program officially launched to the public in 1968, the Scat Pack held the Charger R/T, Coronet R/T, Dart GTS, Swinger 340, and Super Bee. The program included print ads, brochures, a national club, decals, and wearables.
Scat Pack cars all had to meet the requirement of being faster than a 14.99 second quarter mile.
In 1970, the Scat Pack cars were listed as Dart Swinger 340, Coronet Super Bee, Challenger and Charger R/T, and Charger Daytona — a car that was not actually built. In 1971, the Charger Super Bee replaced the Coronet version, and the 340 Demon was added to the list; that was the last year of the promotion.
When nearly 100,000 Chargers were sold, Plymouth realized that Dodge was onto something and did the same thing - gathering up a series of cars into a “club.” The Rapid Transit System was presumably based on the R/T (Road and Track) title, though perhaps it was simply a clever bit of wordplay.
In 1970, Dodge created a Scat Pack Club, complete with a newsletter. They also made the Direct Connection parts catalog available to members at no cost, and set up “Scat Packages” of Mopar parts.
These included the
Showboat (dressup kit),
Read-Out (gauges),
Kruncher (drag/strip),
Bee-Liever (manifold, carb, cam, headers),
and Top Eliminator (Six-Pack setup, electronic ignition - yes, in 1970 - electric fuel pump and cool can.)
People joining the Club got the catalog, wallet card, jacket patch, bumper sticker, 40 page guide to auto racing, the monthly Dodge Performance News, and the quarterly Dodge Scat News. The total cost was a stunningly low $3 per year
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