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The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 99

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West Palm Beach, Florida
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99
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Pag Popular Chevy Show To Return A i Visitors to the Chevrolet exhibit at West Palm Beach, will have an opportunity to attend a remarkable motion picture that makes the spectator feel he Is a part of the thrilling action. The movie, "The Clnes-phere Chevy Show," Is shown In an unusual theater, the Cl-nesphere, scheduled here for Jan. 27 through Feb. 4, at j. I7 the South Florida Fair Exposition.

The film moves to many of the most exciting attractions In the country, and Is projected on a dome-shaped screen which puts the viewer right Into the center of action. Visually the spectator zooms under Utah's Rainbow bridge in a helicopter; rides a mule down into the Grand Canyon and skims through the powder snow on skils in the Rockies. The Cinesphere Is a movie theater that balloons in 10 minutes from a four-by-four foot package to a giant dome accommodating 200 people. The vinyl-coated theater Is supported entirely by Interior air pressure, maintained by automatic blowers. Inside, the Image is thrown by one projector onto a screen that completely surrounds the normal range of vision a full; 180-degree picture.

It gives the spectacular, realistic effect of putting the viewer at the hart of the activity. CHEVROLET'S CINESPHERE THEATER TP! i 5- -A 7 1 TECHNIQUE? Area volunteer firemen team to produce a comedy act with a message as part of the opening night show at the South Florida Fair. The demonstrations will include fire fighting and emergency techniques. The firemen's show has been a popular fair feature in past years. CAMARO 'HALF CAR' The "inside" story of Chevrolet's exciting new Camaro is exhibited in the special "half car" display unit pictured above.

The sporty Camaro is "cut in two" to reveal design highlights and the working of inner mechanical components. The Camaro "half car" is a centerpiece of Chevrolet's 1968 automobile road shows. NEW! a an AUTOMATIC CRANK-CONTROLLED ALUMINUM SHUTTERS ma iv V- 1 3 Chevy Jr's To Be Given Away Open or Close in Seconds From INSIDE Self Storing Locks in Any Position Sun, Rain, Wind and Burglar Protection Breathing Slits in Louvers For Ventilation Louvers White Baked Enamel Finish Anodized Extruded Aluminum Frame SEE DISPLAY AT THE FAIR-BLDC. 3 BOOTH 13 A dream car come true In miniature Is certain to be a colorful eye-catcher in the Chevrolet exhibit at the South Florida Fair Exposition, West Palm Beach. Called the Chevy Junior and built on a go-cart chassis, the vehicle carries the styling of an experimental show car.

Three of the Chevy Juniors, finished In marina blue with a white bumblebee stripe, will be given away at the show. Registration for the drawing can be made at the Chevrolet exhibit during the show. The miniature Is seven and a half feet long, three wide tttiV 9ptMrrnfl feet high. It weighs approximately 185 pounds. Powered by a rear-mounted, three and a half horsepower, one-cylinder gasoline engine with chain drive, the car Is capable of speeds up to approximately 25 miles per hour.

A one-piece fiberglass body, reminiscent in appearance of sporty International competition cars, five-Inch wheels, wide tread go-cart tires and five Inch Bendlx brakes are among specifications. Simple controls include a brake pedal for the left foot and accelerator pedal for, the SHVIghJJ 1 1 Vfff FREE ESTIMATES 683-8289 1609 SUWANEE DRIVE WEST PALM BEACH 683-8289.

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