Re: [Chrysler300] Mimi the car mechanic working on a 57 300C

[John Nowosacki <jsnowosacki@xxxxxxxxx>]

I found the issue with the reprint of the ad!  She was selling the trouble
light, but using it on a 57.
It's in the March 1962 issue.

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 7:37 PM, JAMES FABER <fabe7445@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  If I remember correctly, MIMI was an attractive female caricature that
> ran in Mechanix Illustrated magazine that provided automotive tips. The same
> magazine that Tom McCahill made famous.
> Jim Faber 88F in South Carolina
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> *From:* John Nowosacki <jsnowosacki@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* list server <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:26 PM
> *Subject:* [Chrysler300] Mimi the car mechanic working on a 57 300C
>
>
>    Hi list,
> This may seem a little wierd, but my local mechanic has a girlfriend who is
> an aspiring model, and they would like to do a photo shoot re-enactment of
> the car advertisement that had the pinup looking girl called "Mimi" holding
> a trouble light over the opened engine bay of a 57 Chrysler 300C.
> I can't remember the product that was being advertised, but I remember
> something like "Mimi says" in the ad and a 300C being in the picture.
> I can't remember which newletter this ad was reproduced in, and might not
> be
> able to find it anyway in my stack of newletters from 20 years of
> collecting, but if someone could send me a scan of the ad or remind me of
> the product maybe I could find it online.
> Thanks,
> John
>
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