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**Ryan** · 12-16-2009, 10:18 AM

Jocko Johnson was done with his streamlined dragster and Dean Moon wanted it badly. It was all vanity. Dean bought the car, took out the huge Allison motor, installed a big block Chevrolet, and relabe...

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grits · 12-16-2009, 10:29 AM

That's a cool vid, I was wondering when he drops the laundry I noticed the canopy popped up, was that to enhance drag so as to slow down faster?

**zman** · 12-16-2009, 10:31 AM

cool commercial... it's funny seeing it now with all the smoking..

**JeffreyJames** · 12-16-2009, 10:37 AM

God Tom Selleck is awesome!!! Definitely a cool commercial when you look past how cheesy and obvious the product insertion is though out the scene. Where's my lighter.....

**coupe33** · 12-16-2009, 10:46 AM

I still have the poster from preordering some MOON gauges(classic) a very long time ago.

Brootal · 12-16-2009, 10:57 AM

Was that Tom's big break?

temper_mental · 12-16-2009, 11:02 AM

That video would make me stop smoking!

Strange Agent · 12-16-2009, 11:13 AM

Haha that's pretty cool. You don't see commercials like that anymore.

49ratfink · 12-16-2009, 11:21 AM

the taste (cough-cough) of success. gotta get me someof those 555 smokes so I can go to Bonneville.

**BLAKE** · 12-16-2009, 11:46 AM

Cool, but I don't get it - is Tom's character supposed to be the high-zoot owner of the car...? Why come he ain't driving it...?

'555... the cigarette for rich folks who want to pay other people do cool stuff for them'.

**Ryan** · 12-16-2009, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BLAKE

Cool, but I don't get it - is Tom's character supposed to be the high-zoot owner of the car...? Why come he ain't driving it...?

'555... the cigarette for rich folks who want to pay other people do cool stuff for them'.

I think they are building him as a character and showing the public how cool and well cultured he is... He can fly in on his leer jet, rub elbows with greasers, and appreciate speed. Of course, it also shows how versatile 555 cigarettes are - they can be appreciated by both schmucks like us and well to-do jet setters like Tom Selleck.

That would have been my pitch as an ad man anyhow...

Tman · 12-16-2009, 11:53 AM

Neat shots of the car. Screw the smokes.

**BLAKE** · 12-16-2009, 11:54 AM

AH. Thanks, Ryan... I was never good with subtlety.

Belchfire8 · 12-16-2009, 12:00 PM

I never heard of 555 cigarettes, but then again I never smoked. Did anyone else notice the drivers name on the car?

Rooney00 · 12-16-2009, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by temper_mental

That video would make me stop smoking!

Total opposite effect on me! I need a smoke and a wrench,

HotRodHabit · 12-16-2009, 12:02 PM

The Moonliner is the coolest car ever!
Love that commercial! How great would it be if Dean Moon was still around!

Rolleiflex · 12-16-2009, 12:18 PM

I love seeing the Moonliner in action and from what I've read Tom Selleck is a car guy. As far as the smoking is that a European commercial? I believe that tv cigarette ads in the US were banned in 1971.

Alex Yohnk · 12-16-2009, 12:43 PM

Tom Sellick's moustache will kick chuck norris's beard's ass.

Muttley · 12-16-2009, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffreyJames

God Tom Selleck is awesome!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan

I think they are building him as a character and showing the public how cool and well cultured he is... He can fly in on his leer jet, rub elbows with greasers, and appreciate speed.

Whatever..............he cant hold a candle to this guy.

Stay thirsty my friends.

**HEMI32** · 12-16-2009, 02:12 PM

What a "coincidink" ... Jocko dubbed his (work-in-progress) streamliner the "Triple-Nickle" in hopes that one day it would set a new wheel-driven land-speed record of 555 MPH (using his "PoweRRing 3" engine).

Cool Ad ... Ryan, thanks for posting it ... Doug (Mazooma1), Thanks for sharing it.

12-16-2009, 10:18 AM	#1
Ryan Administrator Join Date: Jan 1995 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 13,602	5... 5... 5... Jocko Johnson was done with his streamlined dragster and Dean Moon wanted it badly. It was all vanity. Dean bought the car, took out the huge Allison motor, installed a big block Chevrolet, and relabe... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

12-16-2009, 10:29 AM	#2
grits Old School HAMBer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North of Dallas Posts: 3,190	Re: 5... 5... 5... That's a cool vid, I was wondering when he drops the laundry I noticed the canopy popped up, was that to enhance drag so as to slow down faster? __________________

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BLAKE Alliance Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,348	Re: 5... 5... 5... Cool, but I don't get it - is Tom's character supposed to be the high-zoot owner of the car...? Why come he ain't driving it...? '555... the cigarette for rich folks who want to pay other people do cool stuff for them'. __________________ World's Crashest Yay-Hoo!

12-16-2009, 11:53 AM	#12
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Belchfire8 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Port Huron, Mi. Posts: 1,443	Re: 5... 5... 5... I never heard of 555 cigarettes, but then again I never smoked. Did anyone else notice the drivers name on the car?

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12-16-2009, 12:18 PM	#17
Rolleiflex Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 545	Re: 5... 5... 5... I love seeing the Moonliner in action and from what I've read Tom Selleck is a car guy. As far as the smoking is that a European commercial? I believe that tv cigarette ads in the US were banned in 1971. __________________ Email or PM me for prints www.cullipherphoto.com

12-16-2009, 12:43 PM	#18
Alex Yohnk Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Medford, WI Posts: 767	Re: 5... 5... 5... Tom Sellick's moustache will kick chuck norris's beard's ass.

12-16-2009, 02:12 PM	#20
HEMI32 Alliance Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 3,787	Re: 5... 5... 5... What a "coincidink" ... Jocko dubbed his (work-in-progress) streamliner the "Triple-Nickle" in hopes that one day it would set a new wheel-driven land-speed record of 555 MPH (using his "PoweRRing 3" engine). Cool Ad ... *Ryan, thanks for posting it ... Doug (Mazooma1*), Thanks for sharing it. __________________

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