{"id":2034,"date":"2014-12-04T14:49:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T14:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=2034"},"modified":"2014-11-14T19:24:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T19:24:13","slug":"old-ad-get-your-own-p-30-engine-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2014\/12\/04\/old-ad-get-your-own-p-30-engine-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Ad, Get Your Own P-30 engine for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you were a parent looking to fulfill your child\u2019s wishes of a model engine for Christmas, or an adult looking to spend your Christmas funds, Phantom Motors had an ad targeting you during the 1946 Christmas season.<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>
Dear Modelers:
We have built your Phantom P-30 just the way you wanted it We designed it RIGHT \u2026 we built it carefully with the very finest materials and we even have it I a box READY FOR SHIPMENT \u2026 So you see, YOUR PHANTOM P-30 is waiting for you. Only your address is missing \u2026 Fill out the coupon below and we will have it there BEFORE CHRISTMAS \u2026Phantom
Ad, Phantom Motors Distributing Co., \u201cFor a Model Christmas.\u201d Air Trails Pictorial<\/em>, December 1946, pg. 7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"This<\/a>
Mother \u2013 Dad\u2026 He has waited a long time for this. He has watched and envied the other fellows who have them. GET HIM A PHANTOM P-30 FOR CHRISTMAS and DO IT NOW! The Phantom P-30<\/em> is a sturdy, reliable, easy to operate class \u201cB\u201d engine. Make this Christmas one he will remember through endless happy hours with his PHANTOM P-30<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ad, Phantom Motors Distributing Co., \u201cAll Tied Up in Christmas Wishes.\u201d Air Trails Pictorial<\/em>, November 1946, pg. 25.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although the Phantom P-30 in the museum\u2019s collection is missing its spark plug and is rough and worn, it isn\u2019t too hard to imagine a young-at-heart someone beaming happily as the engine was unwrapped Christmas morning.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
Phantom P-30, National Model Aviation Museum Permanent Collection, donated by Rhonda Egler, 2000.29.153.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
What modeling gifts are you hoping to receive this Christmas?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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Whether you were a parent looking to fulfill your child\u2019s wishes of a model engine for Christmas, or an adult looking to spend your Christmas funds, Phantom Motors had an ad targeting you during the 1946 Christmas season.   Although the Phantom P-30 in the museum\u2019s collection is missing its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,47,155,107],"tags":[44,50,157,109],"class_list":["post-2034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engines","category-museum","category-old-advertisements","category-old-magazines","tag-engines-2","tag-museum-2","tag-old-ad","tag-old-magazines-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2034"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2045,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions\/2045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}