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John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« on: January 08, 2009 - 10:36:10 AM »
Hey y'all,
In case you didn't know, in the Supercar era of the late '60's, up here in Canada, there was a deal much the same as the Sox and Martin/Dick Landy clinics of yore.
Petrie was different in the fact that he represented both Plymouth and Dodge!  AND: He drove E bodies!!!!

There is one well known picture of this effort that can easily be Googled (pictured).
I'm wondering if anybody else has pictures of these events? I haven't seen anything else anywhere....although lots of people attended these clinics!




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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2009 - 04:32:42 PM »
A couple more pics for inspiration!

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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2009 - 04:34:07 PM »
And a few Challenger pics to balance it out!

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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2009 - 04:37:47 PM »
 :naughty:  great pics, thanks for posting  :2thumbs:
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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2009 - 05:38:30 PM »
Very nice indeed!!! :2thumbs:
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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2009 - 07:37:00 PM »
Man, I love that era.
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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2009 - 08:13:53 PM »
Very cool pics!  I never heard of Super Car Clinic!  Looks like I've got some reading to do!

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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2009 - 08:25:41 PM »
Very cool. thanks  :2thumbs:

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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2009 - 02:46:56 AM »
 :iagree: thanks from me as well :bigsmile:
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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2009 - 02:55:36 AM »
  :burnout: :2thumbs:

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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2009 - 09:43:25 AM »
Cool pics, thats the kind of clinic I wouldnt mind visiting. 

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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2009 - 09:45:48 AM »
Super cool. :smokin:
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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2014 - 08:13:30 PM »
Cool link!  Thanks!
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Re: John Petrie Supercar Clinics - pics wanted!
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2014 - 08:31:13 PM »
I attended the super car clinic when it came at Laurentian Motors in Sudbury Ontario. I won the door prize which was a John Petrie jacket. In the showroom at the time was a brand new yellow 4 speed HEMI Superbird. At the time we had no way of knowing that this was the only hemi Superbird exported to Canada.  List price was an astonishing $7,200. Big money back then.