Memorabilia item

YTSupport · May 22, 2019

Kim bought me this for my collection of AC memorabilia (a birthday present). Does anyone recall what these were produced for. It's a fob for a keychain (the keychain was added on at some point since it's not the original). It appears to be a D17D or D19D and was cast in Italy. I thought possibly they were made for Europe when they were expanding sales over there, but why would it be in English. I can't imagine why some 3rd party in Italy would produce something that would not have a large market, it seemed it might be something AC had made up and dealers gave out. Any thoughts?

JoeM(GA) · May 22, 2019

very nice!

Traditional Farmer · May 23, 2019

Great Find,looks like a D17

Bob Bancroft · May 23, 2019

I can't help, other than that's an early D17 gas. Insignia is correct for the time also.

YTSupport · May 23, 2019

Thanks to you all.

It would be interesting to know what year they used that slogan.

I was just looking at it with readers and a magnifying glass. It's surprisingly detailed having the bolts on the belt pulley cover. It looks like it was based on a year that had the protective cover over the power director button, it's slightly wider at the top, yet it definitely has a diagonal cross hatching for the grill (1960 or earlier?). It doesn't seem to have power adjust wheels, but I suppose the detail for that would have been too difficult.

That's why I was wondering the year for the slogan, that might date it. I hadn't seen that slogan myself though it sounds like a double meaning they might pick as they were trying to expand globally.

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