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  • Mike E.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • February 28, 1975
    • 5136

    GM dealer mini-theaters from the 70's--remember them?

    Who remembers those? They were like a precursor to VHS. Color tapes with sound. Anyone still have a working one? How about the tapes? Each dealership had one, I believe. All GM lines? I've seen Chevrolet tapes and Buick ones.
  • Terry M.
    Beyond Control Poster
    • September 30, 1980
    • 15582

    #2
    Re: GM dealer mini-theaters from the 70's--remember them?

    You mean the Jam Handy ones with the record/or slides that played on the DuKane projector? I could tell you a bunch of stories about those, but not here in "public," Mike. I will save them for when I come to see your latest 1970. There were a series of those. I think they started with the slides and record, and then as technology moved on they became slides with something like an 8-track (the slides advanced with a tone from the audio), and lastly went to a "cassette" audio and video combined.
    Terry

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    • Mike E.
      Very Frequent User
      • June 24, 2012
      • 920

      #3
      Re: GM dealer mini-theaters from the 70's--remember them?

      GM also had Laser Disk player in most, if not all dealers during the 1980's. I remember seeing this promo for the '84 Corvette on one, there are a lot of shots with the never released to the public 15" wheels. It also shows a few shots from and NCRS meet.





      Mike

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      • Steven B.
        Extremely Frequent Poster
        • June 30, 1982
        • 3981

        #4
        Re: GM dealer mini-theaters from the 70's--remember them?

        I remember them from the 70's and previous to that from the '50's & '60's. In 1981 the Chevy dealer in Brush, CO. offered me his projector, record player, records, and films (8 or 16 mm?) for $150.00. I took them for a day or two to view, especially the '57 Corvette. Unfortunately I did not buy them. Hind sight---

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        • Terry M.
          Beyond Control Poster
          • September 30, 1980
          • 15582

          #5
          Re: GM dealer mini-theaters from the 70's--remember them?

          Some photos from Ralph Spears who after years still can't post photos. Ralph don't you know an adolescent?

          16 film strips.jpg1970 Cor & Cam tape.jpg

          Believe it or not I have 45 photos from Ralph that I have posted for him.
          Terry

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          • Bruce T.
            Frequent User
            • February 1, 1978
            • 60

            #6
            Re: GM dealer mini-theaters from the 70's--remember them?

            I remember seeing that '84 Corvette video in the dealership at the time, too. (Yes, with the base wheels you described) And later I came across one of those laserdiscs at a swapmeet and bought it. The laser disc is playable on a regular Laserdisc player, which I have, though some of the functionality is apparently missing, the videos are viewable. GM also had service training laser discs that were played on the same machine. I had a couple of those also, but donated them to a local highschool auto shop.

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            • Ray G.
              Extremely Frequent Poster
              • May 31, 1986
              • 1189

              #7
              Re: GM dealer mini-theaters from the 70's--remember them?

              May need to cut & paste into your browser.

              http://www.earlycorvettes.com/jamhan...nouncement.mp4
              And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
              I hope you dance


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              • Mike E.
                Very Frequent User
                • June 24, 2012
                • 920

                #8
                Re: GM dealer mini-theaters from the 70's--remember them?

                Way newer but still the best Corvette ad ever produced.



                Mike

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                • Kenneth B.
                  Extremely Frequent Poster
                  • August 31, 1984
                  • 2087

                  #9
                  Re: GM dealer mini-theaters from the 70's--remember them?

                  Russ Uzes has a web site with most of them on there. I sent him my 1970 Corvette/Camero one & he copied it. They came in a box with short film strips & records. They played on a projector/record player. I still have mine in the origional box but sold the projector. This one is for training salesmen.
                  65 350 TI CONV 67 J56 435 CONV,67,390/AIR CONV,70 454/air CONV,
                  What A MAN WON'T SPEND TO GIVE HIS ASS A RIDE

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