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Todd XD
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 01:35 pm: | 
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May be a dumb question. All of my research points to no relationship between the "Camel" name and the cigarette brand. Any one know if there is a direct relation? |
Greg Davis
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 02:01 pm: |
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From what I know (and it's very little), the Camel brand was actually an apparel company, not the cigarette company. Very common mistake. |
Heath McGuire (Discoheath)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 02:20 pm: |
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very popular brand in europe. watches, boots, and clothes |
Todd XD
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 02:25 pm: |
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Thanks for the input. The reason I ask is that I keep getting comments like; "hey man, got any cigarettes for sale?" or "hey, did you win that for smoking a bunch of cigarettes?" Bummer most people have no clue what it really stands for! |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 02:59 pm: |
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Well....
Yes, there IS a tie....
Kinda like Winston Cup, but more removed....
Camel cigarettes are part of RJR-Nabisco, who sponsored it the first year. World-wide Brands Inc., a sub-company inside RJR, took over the Camel Trophy the next year.
The Camel Trophy clothing line was an outgrowth of that, kinda like selling NASCAR t-shirts. Since then, Camel Trophy Brands reorganized into Camel Active. Hence, no more Camel Trophys....
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~lloyd/tildeLand-Rover/Events/Camel/
-L |
charlie
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 03:18 pm: |
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Camel Trophy clothing is related to the cigarette brand. Just like Marlboro Classic clothing is related to Marlboro cigarette brand. Another way of advertising when no more TV ads are allowing almost anywhere in the world.
---Charlie |
Todd XD
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 05:03 pm: |
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Well that would answer my question. I will just have to keep educating people when asked why I drive a cigarette sponsored looking vehicle. |
brian kluge
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 06:52 pm: |
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But you can have a clear conscience now! LR and Camel aren't tied together anymore.
Yep, probably one of the best things Land Rover did was dumping (or being dump by) the whole Camel Trophy thing. I never understood why anyone would slap a sticker on their vehicle that promoted cancer sticks and especially since the CT was so totally retarded anyway from about '94 until it's death (don't even get me started on the $30 I wasted to buy the '98 CT video - what a joke) |
AL
| | Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 07:21 pm: |
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Where can i get the earlier videos from the begining? |
M. K. Watson (Lrover94)
| | Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:16 am: |
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regardless of who started or sponsored the race it was cool! |
Todd XD
| | Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 04:56 pm: |
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Does this mean general consensus is I should remove the two CT door stickers? |
Pvt Joker
| | Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 07:37 pm: |
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NO!!!!!!!!!! Screw PC! leave it as it is. |
John Lee
| | Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 08:38 pm: |
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Todd,
I would remove the CT door decals for another reason. I agree with Private Joker that being PC should not be the reason. The real reason should be that truck is not a genuine CT truck. A non-CT truck that is sporting those huge CT door decals looks sorta wannabe, and a wannabe truck cannot be cool. It's even worse in your case because the XD is yellow and looks even more wannabe with the CT door decals on. Know what you are and don't try to be something you're not. Be proud of yourself and your non-CT truck. |
Leslie N. Bright (Leslie)
| | Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 10:50 pm: |
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Well....
I'm torn on this, John.
I'd love to have a CT-Disco, but it ain't happenin' (legally) in the US. I've been toying w/ the idea of hunting a '94-'95 5-speed Disco w/ a bum motor down, and building a replica... not just sandglow paint, but a Tdi, a Safety Devices rollcage, with the roofrack mounted to it through the roof, the Mantec brushguard.... I mean, make it good enough that someone would about have to look up the VIN to know that it really wasn't... NOT because I'm wanting to defraud anyone in any way shape or form, but because I want a CT Disco and that would be as close to legally having one that there is...
Yeah, a replica isn't the same as the real thing... but then, it could be argued that even if I did get my hands on a CT-Disco, that "I" didn't drive in the CT, so that I'd still be a wannabe....
So, IMHO.... if you like the stickers, keep 'em.... if you don't, then take 'em off....
FWIW....
-L |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2002 - 12:25 pm: |
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cool is a state of mind john... a sticker dont mean shit.
rd |
John Lee
| | Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2002 - 10:50 pm: |
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Rob,
That's pretty funny coming from a guy who's always making fun of guys with mullet hair cuts. A sticker is little different from a mullet. |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 12:34 am: |
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just cause i say kyle has a mullet doesn't make it not cool..
rd |
Bryan
| | Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 01:21 am: |
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I say do what the hell you want to do. Put what you want on your truck. Hell, put racing numbers on the door if you like. I put a Discoweb sticker on my rear window so I would look cool. I doubt many of us bought Rovers because we want to impress others. If you can accomplish that as a side benifit of impressing yourself, then all the power to you. And especially don't take them off because some pleassre Nazi tells you that you are promoting a cancer causing product. |
Erik Olson (Jon)
| | Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 02:34 am: |
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I want a big-ass Marlin Perkins sticker on my Land Rover and zebra-stripes. Mr. Perkins is the reason I knew anything about the brand growing up. Let's go film us some wildebeasts!
e |
Erik Olson (Jon)
| | Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 02:39 am: |
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Check out these old clips with some Series trucks bopping around The Dark Continent. Oh, yeah!
http://www.wildkingdom.com/nostalgia/index.html
e |
Rob Davison (Pokerob)
| | Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 12:14 pm: |
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damn that land condor (clip 8) seemed a little brutal.. hehe
rd |
M. K. Watson (Lrover94)
| | Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 03:59 pm: |
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i remember those days of mutual of omaha!. outside of Daktari that was one of the best shows on TV. |
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