HERTZ Sports Car Club Jacket Yellow - Medium

[6s1640]

Hi All,

Kind of expensive, not mine.  Does any know any facts or history behind these light weight jackets?

Thanks

Cory


https://www.ebay.com/itm/326047134957?itmmeta=01HRZXYXG0S85F76HR7QEYT5GB&hash=item4be9ec74ed:g:~90AAOSwHc1l7Nsy

[deathsled]

Looks like mint condition.

[propayne]

Well, Hertz had quite a lot of these branded advertising/promotional items created, with more than a few dedicated to their "Sports Car Club" program.

I know that these items were given away for marketing purposes as gifts to clients and business partners.

What I don't know is if they were also offered for sale to John Q. Public. I've never seen any sort of a catalog or price sheet. Anyone remember walking into a Hertz office back-in-the-day when the Sports Club program was active and seeing stuff for sale?

At one point I had at least four of these jackets. I sold two and kept the nicest one plus a Cougar Hertz jacket (not convinced that one is legit).

The one I have is complete and in nicer shape than this jacket plus it fits me so it is probably an XL.

- Phillip

[Vernon Estes]

I personally dont see anything about the offered jacket which leads me to believe that its anything but authentic...the price is pretty looney but the jacket itself looks legit to me.

I once found a perfect one of these in my grandpa's attic...he wasn't much of a "car guy" but i guess he must have rented something in the hertz sports car club at some point. He had passed before I had found the jacket.

Kind regards,
Vern

[propayne]

Just to clarify my statements - I don't know that the Cougar branded (white jacket, red stripes) Hertz jacket I have in my collection is legitimate.

This yellow and black Hertz Sports Car Club jacket for sale on eBay looks like the one that I have, which I know is for reals.

- Phillip

[pchmotoho]

Not implying this is the jacket by any means but wasn't one of these stolen out of someones car not to long ago while its was on display. 

[Chad]

That sucks!

[Vernon Estes]

Not implying this is the jacket by any means but wasn't one of these stolen out of someones car not to long ago while its was on display.

Wasnt it a garment bag that got stolen? Or did the garment bag have a jacket inside it?

[Coralsnake]

https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=23675.msg178221#msg178221

[pchmotoho]

https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=23675.msg178221#msg178221

Thanks. My mistake, garmet bag.

[Mikelj5S230]

Man, guys in the old days were pretty small, where are the XLs and XXLs.....

[Don Johnston]

Man, guys in the old days were pretty small, where are the XLs and XXLs.....

There were no SAAC convention banquets or buffets for them to attend back then.