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| Re: [GMCnet] cool images from General Motors image site [message #114244 is a reply to message #114212] |
Fri, 04 February 2011 19:51   |
Craig Lechowicz
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Location: Waterford, MI
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Ken Henderson wrote:
<GM must be trying to make a profit center of the museum.>
Absolutely. Although it's not actually the Heritage Center but all of the copyrighted GM Photographic images from things like press and catalog shots going back years. It's all been digitized by something called GM Asset Management (outsourced, of course) and it's big business. I forget the numbers, but Harley Davidson is the leader at that stuff and makes a ridiculous amount of money on it.
Craig Lechowicz
'77 Kingsley, Waterford, MI
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| Re: [GMCnet] cool images from General Motors image site [message #114291 is a reply to message #114212] |
Sat, 05 February 2011 09:28 |
WayneB
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The GM photostore has been up and running for at least 7 years to my knowledge, and I have bought many images of their concept and showcars from that site.
The image of the Trans Am Traveller GMC Motorhome surrounded by 1978 Trans Ams was used by GM in adverts and brochures to promote the 1978 Trans Am , and is probably the main reason I have a GMC Motorhome today.(my 1978 Trans Am was identical to the Brown one on the right of that photo)
I was pretty dissapointed that GM chose not to get Cinnabar to restore that particular coach back to its Trans Am Traveller specs, but I was absolutely dumbfounded when the idiots that run GM closed down the whole Pontiac Division.
http://www.gmphotostore.com/images/53218359_pr.jpg
1976 23' GMCII By Explorer
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| Re: [GMCnet] cool images from General Motors image site [message #114345 is a reply to message #114324] |
Sat, 05 February 2011 21:25 |
Kosier
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Gary,
If you look through the photos, you will find one picture that
shows the
rear spoiler and the fender flares and front spoiler. They all
came from
Diversified(sp?) Glass, who also made a bunch of other glass trim
pieces
for Pontiac. John Walker has the fender flares on his coach.
As an aside, they also made the body panels for the 84 Fiero race
car that
Pontiac designed.
Gary Kosier
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Worobec" <gtw5@earthlink.net>
To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] cool images from General Motors image site
> Bill, On the real photo of the Trans Am coach is that a spoiler
> sticking up
> above the roof line at the rear??
>
> Thanks
>
> Gary and Joanne Worobec
> 1973 GMC Glacier
> Anza, CA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Bryant" <bryant37 4@earthlink.net>
> To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 1:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] cool images from General Motors image
> site
>
>
>>
>>
>> See link below for more on the "trans am territory" GMC.
>>
>>
>> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=4220&cat=3429
>> --
>> Bill Bryant
>> 1976~PB
>> 1914 Ford
>> 1965 Corvette
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>> GMC Showroom Films DVD
>> http://bdub.net/billbryant/
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| Re: [GMCnet] cool images from General Motors image site [message #114361 is a reply to message #114324] |
Sun, 06 February 2011 07:35 |
bryant374
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Re: [GMCnet] cool images from General Motors image site Sat, 05 February 2011 22:25
Kosier
Gary,
If you look through the photos, you will find one picture that
shows the
rear spoiler and the fender flares and front spoiler. They all
came from
Diversified(sp?) Glass, who also made a bunch of other glass trim
pieces
for Pontiac. John Walker has the fender flares on his coach.
As an aside, they also made the body panels for the 84 Fiero race car thatPontiac designed.
Gary Kosier
>
>
I believe there probably were two "trans am territory" GMCs based on the following:
The one Gary mentioned has several extra trim pieces, front air dam, fender flares & rear spoiler. This is the same GMC that was restored by GM Heritage Collection. While discussing its restoration with Dick Balsley he mentioned they removed all the other pieces but not the rear spoiler because it was so well adheared to the body it would have caused too much damage to remove it and decided to leave it. The restoration is without question top notch, having restored it to original trans am territory condition would have been my choice.
The GMC with the Firebirds has none of the extra trim pieces mentioned above. Paint/graphic details appear identical on both GMCs.
No idea why there were differences, speculation can now begin :^)
I don't know John Walker, but John Evans has those same fender flares on his 1973 GMC.
Bill Bryant
PO 1976~PB (owned 34 years)
1914 Ford (owned 70 years)
1965 Corvette (owned 39 years)
GMC Motorhome History
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| Re: [GMCnet] cool images from General Motors image site [message #114385 is a reply to message #114361] |
Sun, 06 February 2011 16:08 |
Kosier
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All right, Bill. You caught me on my bad memory for names. John
Evans it is.
John Walker is on my Cadillac Forum. Oh, Well!
By the way, I got acquainted with Bob Birchmeier(sp?) at a street
rod show in
Columbus, Ohio. His GMC had all those flares and spoilers on it.
I talked him
into attending the GMCMI gathering a couple of months later.
Never saw him
after that. Too bad.
Gary Kosier
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bryant" <bryant374@earthlink.net>
To: <gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] cool images from General Motors image site
>
>
> Re: [GMCnet] cool images from General Motors image site Sat, 05
> February 2011 22:25
> Kosier
>
> Gary,
>
> If you look through the photos, you will find one picture that
> shows the
> rear spoiler and the fender flares and front spoiler. They all
> came from
> Diversified(sp?) Glass, who also made a bunch of other glass
> trim
> pieces
> for Pontiac. John Walker has the fender flares on his coach.
> As an aside, they also made the body panels for the 84 Fiero
> race car thatPontiac designed.
>
> Gary Kosier
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
> I believe there probably were two "trans am territory" GMCs
> based on the following:
>
> The one Gary mentioned has several extra trim pieces, front air
> dam, fender flares & rear spoiler. This is the same GMC that
> was restored by GM Heritage Collection. While discussing its
> restoration with Dick Balsley he mentioned they removed all the
> other pieces but not the rear spoiler because it was so well
> adheared to the body it would have caused too much damage to
> remove it and decided to leave it. The restoration is without
> question top notch, having restored it to original trans am
> territory condition would have been my choice.
>
> The GMC with the Firebirds has none of the extra trim pieces
> mentioned above. Paint/graphic details appear identical on
> both GMCs.
>
> No idea why there were differences, speculation can now begin
> :^)
>
> I don't know John Walker, but John Evans has those same fender
> flares on his 1973 GMC.
>
>
>
> --
> Bill Bryant
> 1976~PB
> 1914 Ford
> 1965 Corvette
> GMC MH History CD
> GMC Showroom Films DVD
> http://bdub.net/billbryant/
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