PRCo Advertisement Cars

[Fred W. Schneider III]

And there was my personal favorite ... the army camouflage car.  "Yes, officer I
see it now.  Yes, I understand it weighs 18 tons.  I know it can do horrific
damage.  I can see what it did to my auto.  But I didn't see it coming out of
the woods."

John Swindler wrote:

> Were there not several 1700 all-electric ad cars during late-1970s?  Not in
> the vertical paint scheme (which allowed PAT to sell advertising space yet
> only paint one-third of the car), but after PAT seemed to return to a
> horizontal livery.  One for the Army Reserve comes to mind.  Also a couple
> radio and TV stations.  And then there was 1730 which one could easily argue
> was an advertising car for marketing PAT transit services.  (I don't care
> what anyone says - I liked that paint scheme on 1730 - it had a good visual
> "impact".)
>
> John S.
>
> >From: brathke at juno.com
> >Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >Subject: Re: PRCo Advertisement Cars
> >Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 23:17:04 -0500
> >
> >I lived in Bethel Park from 1972-84, and rode the 36-Drake, and sometimes
> >the 35-Library, but never saw a "Bethel Park" ad car in that period.
> >
> >I think there had to have been a 1700 ad car sometime, but a check of my
> >photo collection tonight didn't find any such paint jobs.  There was a
> >Burger King 1700 inthe mid-70s, but it was basically a PAT red/white band
> >car with Burger King logos and words painted on it.
> >
> >Bob 4/11
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 23:57:40 -0400 (EDT) Derrick J Brashear
> ><shadow at dementia.org> writes:
> > > On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 raymond at nauticom.net wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello. Does anyone know if PRCo ever painted a 1700 series car for
> > > an
> > > > advertisement? I am talking the whole car, like ones for the
> > > county fair or
> > > > plymouth etc.
> > > > I don't have any pictures of any 1700 series being done this way.
> > >
> > > I have this lingering idea of a Bethel Park centennary car, but
> > > can't
> > > remember any details.
> > >
> > > -D
> > >
> > >
> >
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