Who remembers Uni Roy & Al

[C Body Bob]

Uniroyal tire company add from the late 70's.

 

[polara71]

Never saw it before .... late 70s you say...?

 

[amazinblue82]

I do. "Two-fer" video from 1973 (so they say) .. seems about right as I didnt have a car then.

The Uniroyal commercial showed in my area. I do not remember the Continental insurance one.

 

[C Body Bob]

Never saw it before .... late 70s you say...?

Yea like I said late 70's 1973. Way after 1972

 

[polara71]

Yea like I said late 70's 1973. Way after 1972

 

[C Body Bob]

There where several commercials with Uni Roy & Al.

 

[amazinblue82]

There where several commercials with Uni Roy & Al.

there's web reference that the two guys were guests on the Mike Douglas show in summer of 1976 ..so they must still have been "popular" well into the 1970's (via ongoing commercials or some other promotional activity).

 

[C Body Bob]

I remember a commercial where they where stunt driving.

 

[polara71]

there's web reference that the two guys were guests on the Mike Douglas show in summer of 1976 ..so they must still have been "popular" well into the 1970's (via ongoing commercials or some other promotional activity).

Wow.... we are old........er

 

[azblackhemi]

I get Roy and Al but I think Uni as a name is a stretch..

 

[commando1]

I get Roy and Al but I think Uni as a name is a stretch..

That was the early 70's way of trying to remain gender neutral.

 

[C Body Bob]

Wasent there a Unis on the Caroll Burnet show. Maybe Uni is short for Unis

 

[commando1]

Eunice...

 

[cm23uoc]

 

[polara71]

Also on "Soap"

 

[detmatt]

Wasn't the Tiger Paw a Uni Royal tire? I remember those, "7 around 2 wrapped by 1."

 

[cm23uoc]

They use that Designation still today btw.

 

[Big_John]

Back when those commercials were playing, Uniroyal didn't have a very good reputation for quality. Radials were suddenly very popular and all the new steel belted radials had tendencies for the belt to move and the tire to go out of round. Uniroyals were about the worst. I don't know as the "Uni" "Roy" and "Al" did anything to improve their reputation.... I remember a lot of guys in the car business using those names as a joke.

To this day, I would hesitate to use a Uniroyal tire.... Yea... That bad.

 

[commando1]

Goodyear Blue Streaks was the hot tire to have.

 

[pomonamissel]

had red line tigherpaw tires on my 66 sat comdo in h/s . sorry no pics of them , the stone craving broke , lol . i still have some never out of the garage goodyear blue streaks .and i have the set of tires that tommy grove used on the melrose missile car at bonnyvile saltflats , firestone sport speed specials there were on very early american racing rims from 1962 . anybody see these before ? i bought one down with me to american racing equip's 50th birthdat party at wally park's hotrod museum in pasadena , ca . the guys from american had never seen one before . this one of a pair 18x4 1/2 and the other pair are 18x6 1/2 on a 4 1/2 bc .