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Looking for the last five contingency sponsors for my current build, and unfortunately the best picture I have isn’t all that good. Late 1960s Indy racer featured in Paul Newman's Winning, based on Bobby Unser's Rislone special but with the smaller markings markings mixed up a bit. I figured I would check here to see if anyone recognizes any of them. Thanks in advance!

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42 minutes ago, Bainford said:

What type and era of car, Bill? Might help narrow it down. 

You're right, I thought I had included that but must've had a brain fart. Late 1960s Indy racer, I've also amended my first post. Thanks!

  • spencer1984 changed the title to Does Anyone Recognize these Contingency Sponsors? (UPDATED 4/15)
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Tried it, no luck. The more prominent ones near the top of the car were common on the racing circuit - Bell, Premiere, Autolite, Raybestos, etc. But the bottom of the car seems to have random stickers that kind of "fit the space," like the Black & Decker mentioned above. They could have been made up for the movie, and I'll go with that if need be, but I still figured I'd try to see if anyone knew them before I went that route.

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Could you maybe use a camera instead of a potato?

EDIT: Though I suppose those are internet-sourced photos, taken at the dawn of time when images were still recorded on potatoes.

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17 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Could you maybe use a camera instead of a potato?

EDIT: Though I suppose those are internet-sourced photos, taken at the dawn of time when images were still recorded on potatoes.

It's a still frame of a prop vehicle taken at speed in a 56-year old movie...there's only so much to work with here. Now think of how much fun it was when our reference material was only available via VHS.

Anywhoo, the one on the far right was recognized as the Hillorn Fuel Injection sticker:

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6 minutes ago, rattle can man said:

bottom left looks a bit like a steering wheel.

Might be Grant ,,they made custom steering wheels and accessories back in the day 

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15 minutes ago, Scott Eriksen said:

Might be Grant ,,they made custom steering wheels and accessories back in the day 

I like the idea, but this was Grant's logo at the time:

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