Braaivleis, Rugby, Sunny Skies and Chevrolet

[asa1973100]

Makes me wont a Chevrolet !!

[aussiedigg]

The Aussie Holden was exported and rebadged as a Chevy. They got the jingle too

[willienel1964]

Brilliant



[flowergirlinWard17]

Hahaha not quite the same as "Baseball, Hotdogs, apple pie and Chevrolet."

I didn't know they had Chevrolets in South Africa!

[bigfinau]

Braaivleis, apartheid, sunny skies & chevrolet

[kmfw72]

@bigfinau in the 1980s and 1990s it would have been braaivleis, apartheid, sunny skies and Opel, now it's braaivleis, ANC, sunny skies and Chevrolet

[wolfieinu]

@bigfinau Psh ja whatevs man. Get over yourself for a bit, hey?

[holdenhq75]

I still have a 73 Elcamino with broucher:)



[EmperorDrax]

BAHAHAHAHA! Its a HQ Holden ! "Football, Meat-pies, Kangaroos and Holden cars"

[grumpycyclist]

the male voice is english comedian and entertainer, paul andrews. he was one of the comedians on biltong and potroast (well known 70s tv show in south africa) - does anyone have any biltong and potroast footage??

[kmfw72]

@grumpycyclist Thanks for the info - accounts for why the accent didn't sound South African There isn't any any Biltong and Potroast footage on YouTube, or even on the Biltong and Potroast website.

[Jerram89]

why does it seem like this ad was recorded in Australia? or the US?

[kmfw72]

It was originally recorded in the US as 'Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet' - local versions were written for Australia and South Africa.

[Jerram89]

yeah I know but the accents of the people on the recording don't sound very south african if you know what I mean

[kmfw72]

Sure - but it was commonplace on South African radio to have 'neutral' or 'standard' English - or in this case 'mid-Atlantic'.

[trossachs2003]

Love those old chevrolets. Still my dream to get hold of a 4100 (and in the UK that's a tall dream)

[kmfw72]

@trossachs2003 These aren't 'real' Chevrolets, though - they're Aussie Holdens. South Africa got Chevrolets from Canada until the late 1960s, but switched to Holdens after GM Canada stopped right hand drive production. The Chevrolet 4100 in South Africa was an Opel Commodore - I think you'd be hard pressed to find a real 4100 in the US. :)

[trossachs2003]

Well to me they are real: I grew up SA in the seventies and these were the Chevs that were around. I know they're not US. They are part of GM whose business model was to mix and match parts to produce local variants in each market. The 2500-4100 range was indeed based on the Opel but had, I think, 60% local parts including the engine. I live in the UK but the family is still in SA and my dream is to import one.

[kmfw72]

@trossachs2003 Well, they're certainly more 'real' than the badge-engineered Daewoos that we get now. Apparently Holdens were sold in SA until the late 1960s, before they became Chevrolets. The Chevrolet Lumina in SA is the Holden Commodore - interestingly it arrived there long after the Middle East, despite it being a right hand drive market.

[holdenhq75]

I live in Australia now but born In Cape town ,I still have my 1973Chev Elcamino "kingswood HQ" there .I still have the sales brocher here with me .hoping to have it here some day.

[450hp202turbo]

yeah we exported aussie holdens to africa

[kmfw72]

The Commodore is sold in SA as a Chevrolet

[oooJETGIRLooo]

This jingle confused the hell out of me as a kid as we moved from Australia to Durban that year and had just heard the Aussie version.....travelled half way across the world to some foreign land to hear same ad...different words!! I didnt understand at the time how it was linked.

[shiteetah]

Lekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkerrrr!! I can't believe you have this .... where on earth did you find this advert? Dankie Meneer, ek het my nou 'n lekker glimlag!

[kmfw72]

Plesier.

[OuKrokodil]

Classic! Thanks for uploading!