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Title: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: ericire12 on June 22, 2010, 08:34:58 AM
They only mention it - God forbid they actually show a gun - but its still kinda cool (19 second mark, but watch the whole thing):






Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: Dakotaranger on June 22, 2010, 09:03:34 AM
I would love to be around when ms. Brady sees this for the first time.  Pretty gutsy concidering how taboo firearms have been for the last twenty years on TV...it's a positive sign.
Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: r_w on June 22, 2010, 10:53:31 AM
That is chill down the spine good.  Extremely bold ad, considering. 
Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: Johnny Bravo on June 22, 2010, 03:17:35 PM
C-O-L-T...................a four letter word on a national add. Sounds great doesn't it. I hope there is a lot more.
Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: SwoopSJ on June 22, 2010, 03:36:55 PM
I love Jeeps!  I had a Wrangler that ran dependably for over 10 years, until I totaled it in a collision with a semi.   :o  Man, I miss that thing.  I was stupid and bought a Dodge SUV when I replaced it (I know they're both Chrysler vehicles) but when this one is replaced, it will be with another Jeep.

Swoop
Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: billt on June 22, 2010, 03:37:19 PM
They act like we don't manufacture anything here anymore. We still lead the world in manufacturing. Not by a hell of a lot, but no one has beaten us yet.  Bill T.
Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: deepwater on June 22, 2010, 04:44:33 PM
firearms are not the only thing Colt built. I worked on a ship that ran on Colt Pielstick engines. and yes, they were built by Colt firearms.  ;D
Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: Fatman on June 22, 2010, 05:39:28 PM
firearms are not the only thing Colt built. I worked on a ship that ran on Colt Pielstick engines. and yes, they were built by Colt firearms.  ;D

So Samuel Colt also made all ships equal? Cool!
Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: billt on June 22, 2010, 06:12:48 PM
And then the bean counters came in three piece suits. They were "College Educated" in business. They stopped making guns that sold, and instead made ones that didn't. Colt was in fact, "modernized". And..........damn near broke.   Bill T.
Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: m25operator on June 22, 2010, 07:28:12 PM
Something little known by you gear heads, ( ok cause I R 1 2 )

 After a merger with Colt Industries in 1968, the Holley Replacement Parts Division was formed in 1979 to offer such parts as electrical and ignition components, intake manifolds, fuel pumps, and Mickey Thompson performance products, later followed by fuel-injection systems. In the early 1980s, a carburetor remanufacturing plant was opened in Springfield, Tenn.

When the Holley original-equipment division was purchased bu Borg-Warmer in 1994, Holley Replacement Parts was relocated to Bowling Green and the company name was changed to Holley Performance Products.


In May 1998, the senior management team purchased Holley from Coltec Industries Inc.; the transaction involved the acquisition of the administrative office building, manufacturing plant, distribution center, and the Springfield remanufacturing facilty. Holley enacted plans to became a larger, more aggressive company with several strategically important company buyouts that included Hirel Technologies Fuel Injections, Weiand Automotive Industries, Lunati, Hooker Headers, Flow Tech and Amass exhaust products, NOS nitrous systems, and Earl's plumbing.


If you looked on the box of a Holley Carb, it had the prancing horse logo.
Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: ericire12 on June 22, 2010, 08:42:41 PM
If you looked on the box of a Holley Carb, it had the prancing horse logo.

So does Ferrari ;)
Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: Pathfinder on June 23, 2010, 04:56:26 AM
I always thought that modern Jeeps were way overpriced and under-featured relative to their competition. This is a cool ad, so it did what it was supposed to do - put Jeep on the radar.

I don't buy new vehicles anymore, so I will definitely look at 2-4 year old Jeeps.

Nice to see them touting the "Made in America" aspect, hope it is true, without sub-assemblies "hecho en mexico".
Title: Re: Jeep gives a shout out to the Colt Revolver in new commercial
Post by: philw on June 23, 2010, 06:46:07 AM
it is still not a HiLux



So does Ferrari ;)

Lambo's have a Bull on them though  :P

(http://gallery.mac.com/philw/100147/31401_389997711386_564511386_4059044_4914667_n/web.jpg)



got to love it when cool cars rock up at work..