Impact '66 (Part I)

★★★★★ · Some Details · Paul Wicks · 2006-03-08

I seem to recall my father, Bob Wicks, writing the script for this picture, in 1965. It was written in the Jam Handy offices on West Grand Boulevard, in Detroit, and filmed both at the GM proving grounds, in Arizona, and in southern California. My father was from Southern California, and was able to get a trip west, by writing it into the script. Picture a somewhat over-fed man in his 40s, with male patern baldness, smoking a pipe continually, and writing the entire script in block letters on legal pads. Secretaries would the type the scripts, making both an original and a copy: bond, carbon…

★★★★ · "Man, have you got performance this year!" · Christopher · 2003-06-24

Part I introduces the new '66 Chevrolets to dealers and salesmen (sic.) Comparisons are made between Chevy and "the competition", including, strangely, cars from other GM divisions, including GTO and Olds 442. Pretty convincing - I really wanted to buy a '66 427 after watching this film, and I've never even owned an American car. Part II gets to the heart of the matter - incentives for successful sales! Note groovy, op-art graphics, juxtaposed with gray, Brooks Brothers-clad spokesman.

★★★★ · All this AND Lorne Greene too! · Spuzz · 2003-11-04

Probably one of the most gonzo Jam Handy films every made, Impact '66 is essentially 2 films. Part 1 tells of the fabulous(ly ugly) new line up of Chevrolets they've come up with for 1966.Comparison tests are shown between other competitive cars (predictable results). Also, a demolition derby is shown.. I'm not sure why. Everything takes a complete turnaround in the second half, where all of a sudden, we're treated to a incentive pitch to Chevy salespeople to SELL SELL SELL more cars! Double dividends will give you Mexican holidays1 (shown with a VERY cheap looking flyer and pictures)…

★★ · Who's that guy? · donwert · 2010-06-15

The first segment about the Chevy II is narrated by Ray Lane who, when this film was made and for several years thereafter, was Ernie Harwell's partner in the Detroit Tigers radio booth!

★ · Propaganda Extraordinaire · Ron Raygun · 2009-01-28

This video is total BS from a company that has made a lot of junk, screwed the public, and twisted facts to unbelievable ends! The '66 Chevrolet had a terrible all-coil suspension that handled like a boat on the highway, with very poor road-ability. I know, I drove one for my then employer. The Plymouth with torsion bar front, leaf spring rear suspension is far superior to the all-coil spring set-up on the Chevrolet and Ford. I know, I owned one; and it was one of the best cars that I have ever owned. The unit-body construction on the Plymouth isn't mentioned, and is safer in a crash and has…