What Was the Name of Ted Williams’s Car?
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So what was the winning name? It's a mystery for the ages. As this blogger says, "This car was widely shown and generated considerable publicity. Surprisingly, no one at S.C. Johnson & Son seems to remember the winning name to this day. 'I attempted to find out on numerous occasions during my career with Nash and American Motors -- writing the Johnson company and perusing newspapers and trade journals of the period,' says John A. Conde. 'Unfortunately, nothing turned up.'"
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The winning name was "Ted Williams' Car."
Posted by Alex on 01/18/16 at 09:05 AM
What about the Baseball hall of fame in ah... well, ah...
Or ask that guy on Pawn Stars, if he doesn't know he can call someone from just down the street.
Or ask that guy on Pawn Stars, if he doesn't know he can call someone from just down the street.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/18/16 at 09:50 AM
Ah, yeah, Ted Williams. A real class act. Jim Bouton, a former pitcher for the New York Yankees, wrote about his experience with the team in "Ball Four" and relayed this story of Williams, then at the twilight of his career:
He'd go into the cage, wave his bat at the pitcher and start screaming at the top of his voice, "My name is Ted f#&%@*^ Williams and I'm the greatest hitter in baseball!"
He'd swing and hit a line drive.
"Jesus H. Christ himself couldn't get me out."
And he'd hit another.
He'd go into the cage, wave his bat at the pitcher and start screaming at the top of his voice, "My name is Ted f#&%@*^ Williams and I'm the greatest hitter in baseball!"
He'd swing and hit a line drive.
"Jesus H. Christ himself couldn't get me out."
And he'd hit another.
Posted by KDP on 01/18/16 at 12:39 PM
Some 2nd-page Google searching found no actual "name of Ted Williams car" but that the car produced in 1951 was called the Nash-Healey Roadster. Images shown seem to compare favorably with the one given to Ted. No Google search produced "I went to the 1951 world series, because I won the name-that-car price." Unfortunately.
Posted by Greg on 01/18/16 at 02:01 PM
Homer
Posted by Phideaux on 01/18/16 at 03:00 PM
Thanks for searching, Greg!
Posted by Paul on 01/18/16 at 03:03 PM
Following up on Greg's comment, here's a link to typewritten 1973 newsletter of a Nash Healey Car Club. There's an article on the contest on page 7 (which is page 4 of the PDF).
http://www.acmefluid.com.au/nash/nhccv4no3.pdf
http://www.acmefluid.com.au/nash/nhccv4no3.pdf
Posted by ges on 01/18/16 at 06:12 PM
Rosebud.
If he's going to ride in it when he 'wakes up' he will need a car seat retrofitted for something ball shaped.
If he's going to ride in it when he 'wakes up' he will need a car seat retrofitted for something ball shaped.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/18/16 at 07:05 PM
http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/U976470ACME/ted-williams-standing-by-his-flajole-sports
Posted by Mike on 01/20/16 at 07:23 AM
Bill Flajole was the one who designed the car. There's a very interesting presentation of Flajole and plastic bodied cars here: https://prezi.com/9vtjqhoanwen/flajole-presentation/
Posted by ges on 01/21/16 at 09:51 PM
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