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6 hours ago, peteski said:

Is this an official Coca-Cola Company vehicle, or some individual just painted their ElCamino that way?

Maybe his wife is a coke collector and this way he can have a "hotrod" to drive around. Lol

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2 hours ago, Brian Austin said:

IIRC there was a fad of painting one's car in corporate logos, such as McDonald's.  Big ugly wheels complete the look.

so racecars?

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4 hours ago, Brian Austin said:

IIRC there was a fad of painting one's car in corporate logos, such as McDonald's.  Big ugly wheels complete the look.

Fad? I never knew that (or seen many such privately owned cars). When was that?  I guess the big wheel statement is a general statement because this particular car seems to have more or less normal size wheels.

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Posted
3 hours ago, peteski said:

Fad? I never knew that (or seen many such privately owned cars). When was that?  I guess the big wheel statement is a general statement because this particular car seems to have more or less normal size wheels.

There were certain areas where you would see them quite often. 

 

 

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I wonder if it was originally used by Coke as a company vehicle.for me that would be the only way i would even consider painting my own car like that.The number 29 on the fender was how they used to mark the company rigs?.

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7 hours ago, Brian Austin said:

Oddly enough Google wasn't helping me come up with specific examples.

I guess I missed the fad. Might have been more popular in other parts of the country. No big loss.

Only somewhat related things I've seen around here (Northeast USA) was some nicely restored milk trucks painted for some dairy companies, and then there was official Wienermobile.

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2 hours ago, 37 caddy said:

I wonder if it was originally used by Coke as a company vehicle.for me that would be the only way i would even consider painting my own car like that.The number 29 on the fender was how they used to mark the company rigs?.

That I couldn't say, what I can say is that the guys that drove it away, definitely did not work for Coke!

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I remember seeing red cars with the white "swoosh" and logo in Northern California as a kid. IIRC, they were mostly Fords. They were probably used by salespeople for the local independent bottling company. You would also see decommissioned examples, usually faded nearly to pink, driving around or parked. 

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