Win an Expo 67X from Esso

In 1967 Esso held a contest to coincide with Canada's Centennial,giving away 4 identical custom car's built by the "King of the Kustomizers" George Barris,builder of the "Batmobile" "The Monkeemobile" from The Monkee's, The Beverly Hillbilles truck and numerous others. The plan was totally conceived by Esso with the prevailing theme of "Family Safety and Automotive Traveling. Based on an Oldsmobile Tornado the car's wheelbase was stretched 15 inches from 119 to 134 inches and overall length of 241 inches,an extension of 30 inches. The interior featured Masland Duron vinyl swivel buckets in the front, wraparound L shaped couch in the rear with English Walnut inlay. Two am/fm radio's ,two stereo tape decks and a pop-up table centering the rear and swivelled front buckets sat around. I remembered the Esso contest since I was a child but could not find anyone else who remembered it,is this car that easy to forget? One of these unique cars was won in Fort William, by Paul Sparrow and spent some time in KAM Motors showroom. Only two of the 4 cars are known to still exist,one was offered for sale on ebay in 2009 though in pretty rough condition. The seller described it as a "project car of a lifetime". Because of the car's provenance it had an appraisal value of $21,500 but failed to meet the reserve price. For more George Barris click the link below.

http://www.barris.com/