Every Beatty show driver got a route slip every afternoon, well before tear-down. As CHIC notes, they were hard to read after being hammered out on a beat-up old typewriter, with carbon copies barely legible from worn out carbon pages and strike-overs. Nonetheless, they were treasures, with a charm all their own, and I have every one of mine from driving Mr. Beatty's Cadillac in 1964, to driving 86 Boss's Sleeper, in 1980's Winter Tour, and the full season of '81.
This old arrow was the simple design used exclusively in 1964. See below for the arrow changed for later seasons.
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Arrows were a whole lot easier to
follow than those silly route slips
which were often very hard to read
Metal piercing staples
hadn't been practical
Every Beatty show driver got a route slip every afternoon, well before tear-down. As CHIC notes, they were hard to read after being hammered out on a beat-up old typewriter, with carbon copies barely legible from worn out carbon pages and strike-overs. Nonetheless, they were treasures, with a charm all their own, and I have every one of mine from driving Mr. Beatty's Cadillac in 1964, to driving 86 Boss's Sleeper, in 1980's Winter Tour, and the full season of '81.
This old arrow was the simple design used exclusively in 1964. See below for the arrow changed for later seasons.
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