Victory Auto Wreckers interview Bob Zajdel behind the scenes

WGN interviews Bob Zajdel, the Scooby Doo Shaggy looking guy, and includes raw footage from director Ron Patris.

[chang-kpsp]

That is legendary commercial. It doesn't have any bells and whistles. It looked like low budget commercial but it became history.

[alexgataric]

Telling someone your car should be towed away by Victory Autowreckers was a huge insult in the day.

[ozarkmarine]

Just found out Victory is closing up, bummer.
I met Bob at a bar after work called Buds Railroad Tap, aka "the Snake Pit".
At the time I was working for Lindahl Brothers Excavating, 622 E Green St, shared a fence line with Victory.
I'll bet if old man Lindahl were alive he'd own the property today.
Great memories.

[markdanielczyk]

Classic! Aerotwinsonic lightbar and all!💪👍👍

[jeankost]

DO NOT re-do this commercial. I love it so much. Especially the junk cars from, like, the 40's and 50's

[alfx]

I would get my parts at victory. Its sad its gone now.

[Kinann]

I think this ran earlier than 1985, had a roomate that used to laugh at this, had to be late 79 or early 80s.

[xj]

They completely glossed over the part where the door hit him in the nuts, sterilizing him immediately

[krampus]

On the clock!? Give that man a motorcycle!!

[danieltaz]

I fixed my 2004 Buick with victory auto parts

[gloriatg]

Well Victory Auto Wreckers is out of business now.

[LBart]

So how much money was he given for that heap? $40? 😆

[jeopardy]

I just looked this up because I saw a commercial for Walter E. Smith that sounds similar. It says "That old furniture is worth money." I'll bet they changed it to "might be worth money" for legal reasons.

[roadtonowhere]

Thanks for sharing as well, but I missed this classic commercial, the computerized one is unreal or fake.