Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: GM Ads

[Robert Hodge <rjhodge@xxxxxxx>]

Well, at least not in my book- for the time being- although I find my
ideology tested severly more often than not.

A Stalwart Curmudgeon Forever ! 

By the way, the Henry Ford Museum is not dedicated strictly to
automobiles.

 Check out their websight !

Bob Hodge

>>> insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx 6/13/2006 5:53 PM >>>
Sure, but money speaks louder than words, especially in big business.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Hodge" <rjhodge@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: GM Ads


> Don't equate the Henry Ford Museum with the Ford Motor Company.
> Although Ford Motor Company does provide funding which I'm sure is
> vital to their existence.
> The Ford Museum has nothing to do with what Ford manufactures.
> 
> IMNSHO,
> 
> Bob Hodge
> 
> 
> 
>>>> insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx 6/12/2006 4:40 PM >>>
> Ford.  That's funny.  Insult on injury.  At least Ford can build a
car
> I 
> want, the Mustang.  On the other hand, that new Camaro looks pretty
> cool. 
> I've always been too big for a 'vette (6'3", 300lbs won't fit).
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "steven c" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 2:46 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Fw: GM Ads
> 
> 
>> Down at the end of this post is an e-mail I personally received
from
> Ford
>> concerning the mention of the GM commercials...so SOMEONE wants
> them!
>> ...stevenc
>> http://users.interlinks.net/stevenc/ 
>> ===============================
>>
>>>  This was the response I got,a number of years ago,from Ford,and
>> Chevy,when I offered them some old Lps from the 50s.1953 radio
>> commercials,aindustrial musicals,and such.Not copies,but the actual
> LPs.
>>  Roger Kulp
>> ========================
>>   ---- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Tom Fine" I ping'd GM's investor
>>> relations and offered to GIVE them a digi-copy for their archives.
> They
>>> replied there IS NO ARCHIVES. What could be more valuable to a
> company
>>> that makes its bread from advertising a somewhat generic product
--
> where
>>> the main point of difference is marketing -- than an archive of
> marketing
>>> so today's attention-challenged marketers might learn from past
> successes
>>> and mistakes? But, alas, very few companies have any corporate
> archives.
>>> One big exception is Coca-Cola, BTW, which has a paid corporate 
>>> historian.
>>> If GM does have an archive or a historian and the investor
> relations
>>> people -- to whom most random e-mails are funneled -- do not know
> about
>>> it, then that's totally dysfunctional.
>> ================================
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Terry Hoover" <TerryH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 9:42 AM
>> Subject: GM Ads
>>
>>
>> Hi Steven, My name is Terry Hoover and I'm the archivist at The
> Henry
>> Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan. A fellow archivist sent me your
> post
>> regarding the GM material. Since we have a large collection of
>> automotive material we would be interested in providing a good home
> for
>> your commercials. We have some later video GM commercials but
nothing
> as
>> early as the ones you have discovered so they would be a nice
> addition
>> for our researchers. Let me know if you haven't placed them yet.
>>
>>
>>
>> Have a good day.
>>
>> 
> 
>