Victory Auto Wreckers - A Look Back

[locoxguy]

on one website it indicates this commercial was done in 1981.

[localj49]

@locoxguy That's nice

[All4Gristle]

yeah that has to be older than '85 - I remember it in the real early 80s as a school kid...

[localj49]

@All4Gristle According to Wikipedia "that replacement commercial, filmed on May 20, 1985, has remained on the air to this day."

[mrwoods22]

He got a hand full of 20s for that car. And the 20s have small faces. lol

[ReddFoxx1017]

Make that 2011.. LBS

[dmanaya1]

I lived in the area and was there when the video was being made. I remeber me and a bunch of other kids were watching when they made it.

[Jhaggardjr]

Great video! I'm a Chicago native, and those Victory Auto Wreckers commercials have always cracked me up when that guy opens the car door and it falls off. The way that guy quickly gets out of the way of the falling car door is a classic! And I still see these VAW commercials on TV to this day. Love that retro mix towards the end, which makes the video all the more funnier.

[localj49]

@Jhaggardjr Thanks!

[sweatintotheoldies]

This commercial has to be older than that. Like late 70's!

[localj49]

@sweatintotheoldies According to Wikipedia (that website is always accurate) the video was filmed in 1985.

[Kelski1998]

@localj49

It is 1985 I remember it when it was first run!

[MrShakyPants]

@sweatintotheoldies Actally it did start airing in 1985, this according to the Victory Auto Wreckers web site.

[khidak1]

I think Pat Foley and John Weideman would make a pair of good spokespeople for Victory Auto Wreckers.

[dcookiesz]

ive been given permission to announce that he has a facebook... you can find him on there... his name is bob zajdel... he wanted me to mention he is a truck driver now and likes to ride his harley on sundays.... (but thats not entirely true kuz uh.. its winter...)

[dcookiesz]

sept62 who are you? my dad is that "dirty hippie" and you're supposedly our neighbor... but i dont know any of our neighbors and now my dad... i mean that dirty hippie is curious... btw the dirty hippie thinks this is hilarious and still has that wristband/watch thing... and is still laughing... at this video... :P

[localj49]

I'm glad your dad likes the video, that's awesome! He is a Chicago icon.

[bogusacct]

This is the best VAW video on Youtube.

[nlpnt]

I wonder if they get calls asking if they still have that 1958 Cadillac in the yard?

[localj49]

I heard that Peter Francis Geraci drives a 1958 Cadillac. PFG is a pimp!

[sept62]

Thats my neighbor! HA HA HA!!! How crazy is that? He is not that hippie anymore!

[localj49]

That's awesome. I wonder what he did with the 60 dollars he got for his car. Hopefully he's not offended by my video, it's all in fun.

[sept62]

I dont think he is at all offended! I will ask him what he did with the 60 bucks!

He's got an awesome Harley right now!

[Nacho773]

Can you tell us more about your neighbor?

A lot of people wonder whatever happened to him

[AlteredActions]

@localj49 Whats the first song?

[localj49]

@AlteredActions It's "Cars" by Gary Numan

[jmstickels]

HAHAHAHAHA " I hope I can get about 60 bucks for it...YEAH!!"

[junaidh555]

haha

[Furball2k]

The Victory and Empire commercials have always been my favorite commercials growing up. I remember sometime in the 90s Kevin Matthews had that hippy on his show in reality he was one of their tow truck drivers when they filmed it. Such a classic commercial I look for it every time Im back in Chicago.

Love the techo remix =^_^=

[stringanime]

I am THE animator working with the company that is designing the NEW animated version of this Victory Auto Wrecking Commercial! LOL!! The Hippy and everything will be intact.

[xmadeinthe80s]

haha, this is great.

[voguevixen]

L.

O.

L!

I would *swear* it's older than 1984 though.