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February 21, 2006

1976 "Presidents and Patriots" Series

Five from a set of six marking America's Bicentennial...featuring Burger Chef & Jeff on the reverse side.

Pandpjef1  Pandpjef2  Thomas Jefferson

Franklin1  Franklin2  Benjamin Franklin

Jfk_a  Jfkb  John F. Kennedy

Lincoln_a  Lincoln_b Abraham Lincoln

Washington_a  Washington_b_1 George Washington

February 08, 2006

"King Kong Glasses" poster

King_kong_poster Measures 23"x35"

Poster advertising the 1976 King Kong collectible drinking glass set, a Burger Chef/Coca Cola promotion.  The poster reads " A Different Glass Each Week * Collect a Set."  It also features the Funburger logo in the bottom left corner and reads "You get MORE to like at Burger Chef." 

Love of Surfing Lands Hayes in Hall

Article by Hillard Grossman

Florida_today  Florida Today, January 27, 2006, Page 1D

Mary Ann Hayes was recently inducted into the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame.  She started surfing in the 1960s.  She won numerous awards and titles, including the U.S. Surfing Championship in 1978.  But her greatest achievement, by far, was gaining exclusive use of her mom's 1963 Chevy Biscayne to use as a beach buggy.  How?  She covered it (and her surfboard!) with colorful stickers from Burger Chef.  "My mom wouldn't drive it anymore with all those stickers on it," she said.

You can read the full text of this story in the Florida Today archive.

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