TEXACO CAR OF THE DECADES - Contest

[ZWOLF]

Hi Guys,

Texaco is having a contest to choose a winner of each decade from 1900 on.

The Blue Oval Z is entered in of course the 1970's decade and is currently in 6th place. Figuring that the tough competition would come from the Ford, Chevy, Mopar camps solely based on their enormous size, the surprise has been the AMC guys. They have came out in support of a 1976 Pacer (and Purple no less)! I guess you have to admire the AMC camp for their support in making an AMC the car of the decade (but a Purple Pacer???).

Here a link to the BOZ page.

http://texacocarofthedecades.com/cardetails.aspx?Preview=False&CarDetailID=73&Decade=1970

At the bottom of the page is a "Rate this Ride", clicking this will allow you to score the car from 1-10, and cast your vote (login required). Also feel free to leave a comment.

Any and all help is appreciated!!

[Arne]

I'm sorry, I don't get this. How can a radically modified Z with the latest 21st century technology be the "Car of the '70s"? Not just the BOZ, but almost all of those vehicles. There's darned little '70s left in any of those. No meaning to this at all, to me.

Just my opinion, YMMV.

[260zCaliCar]

My favorite is the 1955 Porsche REPLICA!!!!!!!! It's impossible for me to remotely understand how a replica can even be considered. At least the others have some part of a body from their respective decades... But a replica?

[ZWOLF]

Thanks for the votes!

Will,

Thanks for the eloquent comment that you left!

That's something that we all believe, but have probably never tried to put into words. Well Done!

Voting is still open...and I'm still behind.

http://texacocarofthedecades.com/CarDetails.aspx?CarDetailID=73&Preview=False&Decade=1970

[ZWOLF]

The Blue Oval Z has fought it's way up to 4th place in the Texaco contest!

Votes are still needed to bring it to the front. Please take a moment to stop by and help out.

http://texacocarofthedecades.com/CarDetails.aspx?CarDetailID=73&Preview=False&Decade=1970

Also this just in"

The Blue Oval Z named CarDomain's "Showoff of the week!!"

Thanks to everyone that helped out!!

[ZWOLF]

Ready to slingshot into 3rd!!

More Power!

Check it out!

http://texacocarofthedecades.com/cardetails.aspx?Preview=False&CarDetailID=73&Decade=1970

[ZWOLF]

Apparently someone was disregarding the contest rules!

The 1st, and 2nd place cars in the 1970's decades scores were cut roughly in half by contest moderators.

Comments left in those contestants comments box indicated that the moderators would be monitoring their votes for "irregularities".

This is a great opportunity for the BOZ to do some catching up.

http://texacocarofthedecades.com/cardetails.aspx?Preview=False&CarDetailID=73&Decade=1970

[lonetreesteve]

I'm sorry, I don't get this. How can a radically modified Z with the latest 21st century technology be the "Car of the '70s"? Not just the BOZ, but almost all of those vehicles. There's darned little '70s left in any of those. No meaning to this at all, to me.

Just my opinion, YMMV.

I agree.

[ZWOLF]

I agree.

WOW!!

It apppears nothing. But according to the contest these are the cars that you have to vote on. If you want to enter a car there's always next year.

For the time being though... do you want to vote for a Dodge, an AMC Pacer, or a Datsun? Take your pick or don't vote.

I'm noy trying to shove anything down anyone's throat, under the circumstances I'm dealing the hand that was delt me. The question is " what woul bear more social significance, and have the biggest impact for the 1970's"?

[ZWOLF]

The Blue Oval Z continues to hold a solid 3rd place in the 1970's decade.

The only import in the top 3 spots for any decade.

There's still time to get your vote in and push Datsun and the Blue Oval Z into the top spot.

Thanks everyone for your support!

http://texacocarofthedecades.com/cardetails.aspx?Preview=False&CarDetailID=73&Decade=1970

[ZWOLF]

Thank YOU!!

Yes, we're in the final 7 days of voting for the contest.

Although the spread to first place looks large, each vote is worth up to 10 points. Based on today's scores we're only 84 votes, or 12 per day out of the lead. I don't think that it's unreasonable to think that we can't round up 100 ten point votes and win this thing.

I'll make this easy, cut and paste the following to an e-mail and send it to a few friends requesting their help. Let's make a "Z" Car of the Decade!

The "Blue Oval Z" is waging a war to become car of the decade in TEXACO'S "Car of The Decade" contest.

Can you help out by taking a moment to click on the link and submit a vote for the "Blue Oval Z"?

http://texacocarofthedecades.com/CarDetails.aspx?CarDetailID=73&Preview=False&Decade=1970

Thank you!!!

Please forward this to a friend. We need all of the help that we can get.

[ZWOLF]

Hi Guys,

According to voting, this is a better car to represent the 1970's than a 240Z. The "BlueOval Z is currently about 31 votes behind this car.

Any chance I can drum up enough support to resolve this injustice?

http://texacocarofthedecades.com/CarDetails.aspx?CarDetailID=73&Preview=False&Decade=1970