Pdf - Legacy Tobacco Documents Library

http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/gln71b00/pdf
ions ^'u :' hs 500 In 1978 . PPG initiated a cash award for the owner of the Ind y
'AA c h demonstrates the best use of color and design . the only award o f
ck Hes (t
_
d in auto racing. The annual award now amounts to S 10 .000 and since
)g on,lr!I ,iJmal1 of the starting cars at Indianapolis have worn PPG s urethane
P s 2y 'noshes ,,clust 'elm .
n la supplements its cash awards with advertising and Promotional su
list ° PPG suFP p of
, cApl poalsat to CAR T dramaaeothelquality and performance capabilities of American .
It'd l Js automobiles . PPG in cooperation with the four major U .S . automotive
am thr ~nufacturers-American Motors Corporation, Chrysler Corporation . Ford
.in slutot Company and General Motors Corporation-fields a team of speciall y
Car raices -performance pace cars to pace all of the CART-
A.9ca,t pre pared inte c
,. I One i
.
,ro seat ;anµ,e ~lieve the Indy at series provides a natural stage for PPG to emat
is so v, vita iis so l
KW ndd ;roawth and prosper ty .,n y thustry Rhue vice president-automotive and
its Ipnaj industrial products for PPG . said .
oa It is unlikely that a single automobile is produced in this country without
.s ppG having some roe in its production . since all of our major businesses
. Linee t' pant, E glass' chemicalls and fiber glass - are broadly involved in the industry .
ons hip All of the PPG pace cars are one-of-a-kind vehicles that enable " America n
manufacturers, in partnership with PPG . to demonstrate new styling and
tact: engineering ideas before hundreds of thousands of auto racing fans who
anend the Indy Car races - and millions more who view them on television .
The 1984 line-up of PPG pace cars, each wearing paint colors especially
developed by the Styling Laboratories of PPG's Automotive Finishes Group,
includes :
AMC Renault from American Motors Corporation, a turbocharged
4-cylinder Renault R-5 wearing yellow, white and black pearlescent paint .
'PG is Buick Skyhawk from Buick Division of General Motors Corporation, a
s, fiber turbocharged V-6, open-air, two-door sedan with a paint scheme of silver
Series metallic upper . white pearl mid-section and charcoal pearl lower .
Chevrolet Corvette from Chevrolet Division of General Motors Corpora-
Series tion, a fuel-injected, turbocharged V-6 with orange candy over gold base
n add- paint .
iapolis Chrysler Laser from Chrysler Division of Chrysler Corporation . a turboponso
charged 2 .2. liter Chrysler finished with a black crystal coat of paint with a
multi-colored laser stripe .
6-race Dodge Twin Turbo from Dodge Division of Chrysler Corporation, a conson
. cept car with a twin turbo 2 .2 liter Chrysler engine and 4-cylinder. 16 valve
is firm head, wearing blue-black crystal coat paint on the upper body and cold silver
.mm crystal coat paint on the lower body with bright blue accents .
Ford Mustang from Ford Division of Ford Motor Company a modified