Michelin Tag

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Owner:
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Released:
Friday, September 12, 2014
Origin:
Arkansas, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of no1basketcase.


About this trackable:

This Michelin Man tire pressure gauge is part of Michelin’s Quest for Adventure Anniversary geocaching contest. Sharing a photo of this trackable could win you a set of tires AND a grand prize trip for two!

125 years ago, the Michelin brothers dreamed of giving people a better way to move and travel. The Michelin Man was a manifestation of that dream and he came to life ten years later to help guide people on their adventures all over the world.

Share a picture of this Michelin Man on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and use the hashtag #MichelinQuest from now until December 31, 2014.

Note: if your social media account is protected or marked “private” – we will not be able to consider you for the contest.

The TEN photos that best capture the spirit of adventure will win a set of MICHELIN® tires (a $1,000 value!). Those ten best photos will be posted to the @MichelinUSA Facebook page for you and your friends to vote on with the most likes. The most liked photo will win a GRAND PRIZE vacation of a lifetime (a $3,000 value!)

Visit http://michelin.geocaching.com for more details and contest rules.

The "Michelin Quest for Adventure" anniversary geocaching contest is solely sponsored by Michelin North America, Inc., Open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States who are 18 years and older at time of entry. Contest runs from 09/08/14 to 12/31/14. Void where prohibited. Official Contest Rules on the website: http://michelin.geocaching.com.

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Current Goal

To hit the road with a Corvair.

About This Item

1960 Corvair

The Chevrolet Corvair was a compact automobile produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 1960–1969 model years. It was the only American designed, mass-produced passenger car to feature a rear-mounted air-cooled engine.

The Corvair range included a two-door coupe, convertible, four-door sedan, and four-door station wagon body styles, as well as in passenger van, commercial van, and pickup truck derivatives. The range competed with imported cars such as the original Volkswagen Beetle, as well as the Ford Falcon, Plymouth Valiant, and Studebaker Lark, that were new entries in the compact car market segment that was established in the U.S. by the 1950 Nash Rambler, which was reintroduced in 1958 as the Rambler American.

The Corvair's legacy was affected by controversy surrounding its handling, which led to its inclusion in Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed. Subsequently, in 1972, Texas A&M University conducted a safety commission report on the Corvair for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; it found that the 1960–1963 Corvairs possessed no greater potential for loss of control than its contemporaries in extreme situations.

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Discovered It 10/28/2017 r.e.s.t.seekers discovered it   Visit Log

This was checking tire pressure at the Metro NJ event.
Discovered It 10/28/2017 ted28285 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered At the Metro Mega event. Thank you for sharing.
Discovered It 10/28/2017 eotwp discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at the 2017 Metro Gathering. Thank you for sharing.
Discovered It 10/28/2017 Team BaSkEtCaSe discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at The 2017 Metro Gathering. Thank you for sharing.
Discovered It 10/28/2017 benlorma07 discovered it   Visit Log

Saw while attending 2017 Metro Gathering ~ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (GC6X09Y)
Discovered It 10/28/2017 DaZie62 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered your trackable while attending GC6X09Y Mega-Event Cache
2017 Metro Gathering ~ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow . Thank you for sharing. 🙂HAPPY🙂TRAVELS🙂
Discovered It 10/28/2017 Tobric discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at the 2017 Metro Gathering ~ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow(GC6X09Y)! Thanks for sharing!
Discovered It 10/28/2017 monte1984 discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered at the 2017 Metro Gathering ~ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Dropped Off 10/28/2017 BikeBill placed it in 2017 Metro Gathering ~ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow New Jersey - 542.57 miles  Visit Log

Dropped off at the Metro Gathering Mega Event. Travel on!
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/12/2017 BikeBill retrieved it from The Booby Trapped Cache South Carolina   Visit Log

I don't usually grab trackables, but the Corvair model attached to the tag struck a chord with me. I came home from college in the summer of 1970 or so, and found a maroon 2-door Corvair sitting in my parents' driveway. I asked my dad about it and he said it was my summer project. He had picked it up for some bargain price because the motor was shot. My summer project, he told me, was to pull the engine out and rebuild it. So I did (Along with working a full-time job). The one I rebuilt was a turbocharged '64. The model with the geo-tag says '60 (but they looked alike until '65) so it brought back memories. Will transport back to PA.
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