Motorcycles and now Cars!!!

[Harvey]

http://orcaonline.org/images/pixel.gif?jy&106794.html

Is this the truth?
"H"

[SWIM JIG]

jester yay-banana USA Ok, so its morter cycle and cars , wher are the airplanes? P-38 line winder, C-47 cargo drop!,F-4-U twister! B-52 lake maker? or the Cris Craft trawler, or the Titanic bottom feeder? Or the Space maker V-86 special, ? For those of you that ever Bought a LYMAN Boat 18ft or larger inboard from Sandusky OHIO got for free, 1- 12 gallons of gas, 2 a anchor 3 a (BOX COMPAS (I kept mine when i sold the Lyman 23 years ago! Its my thoughts and I am taxing my feeble brain, that some one or company had any item they sold to have a give a-way to go with it! As for reels , why not? after all people did fish! and motercycles were a economical way to travel! its where did they carry the rod and reel combo? I have heard this tale of the Indian Reel from 1944 to now, I have never talked to a dealer of any bike Company that ever heard of this as reality , NOR Have I ever seen one at a Dealers show room or at true motercycle shows for clasic bikes! One Indian dealer at the Wellingtong Fair Grounds told us 3 years ago (he collects reels) that the Indian name was just that, INDIAN) just Like The Coal co named after a famous INDIAN! It was all a advertising Gimmic! posibly we need to Offer a rewared for a true proven actual acounting of a INDIAN REEL thats its positive was used advertising the INDIAN BIKE? Their tax record or EXpense advertising records would prove it or what company made the reel etc? This is not to say some enterprising bike store owner didnt have a very few items made to promote the bike, however whom would spend $975.00 for a bike and take in the depresion era for a $1.00 reel? Riply said it all and anyone will buy a dream? Col. M. Lorens your Ohio Conection aka SWIM JIG

[el Lawrence]

The use of the name (and image of) Indians (both the "generic" term so to speak and the names of various tribes and Indian "terms") is WIDELY used in advertising and has been from the founding of this country and the native peoples being mis-identified as "Indians"... I have doubted any connection between the motorcycles and reels from the start... about as much connection as there is to say... Indian Corn or the Indian baseball team (why not reels given at the seventh inning stretch?)

However that said MoPar lures? Don't see many MoPars that are not part of the car company... (though you DO see lots of Remington stuff on the "bay" that folks have newly made to capitalize on the name... so that is a possibility...)

Just to add interest to the topic, I have a nice very old avacado green stove made by GM. Even has the GM logo on it... so why not the odd lure?

Was a lure company here in the Texas Hill Country (that shall remain nameless) that made custom lures for companies with their logos on it...Maybe this is a similar case? (so Milt how do you get the emoticons off the "View more" page? I gotta drag them on... )

[Reel Geezer]

I guess I'll have to put in my two cents on this post. I've been waiting for someone else to comment, but here goes. There are all kinds of advertising lures available. Some are real and some are fakes. This one is not. We also have reels getting into the "advertising" business with Disney characters, Snoopy, Spiderman, etc, etc. ORCA member Rich Dickman has collected and written on advertising lures - real and fake - several times. There are articles about these lures on my web site:
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[Harvey]

Thanks Phil.

Remember, Inquiring minds want to know!
"H"

[Reel Geezer]

Inquiring minds want to know...
I just noticed that there a Tiburon reel by Penn.
My son owns a Hyundai (?) Tiburon sports car...
hmmmm!

[Harvey]

Ahhhh! I get it now! Buy a Penn reel and they give you a Japanease car! What a novel marketing idea!
yay-banana
"H"