http://www.fiberglassics.com/library/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=G-W_Invader_HistoryG-W Invader History - Revision history2026-06-19T06:54:20ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.28.0http://www.fiberglassics.com/library/index.php?title=G-W_Invader_History&diff=13720&oldid=prevHandyAndy at 23:57, 18 February 20142014-02-18T23:57:30Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:GWInvaderpxx007.jpg|left|250px|caption]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>The company created innovative racing memberships and flyers touting young boaters to come join the G-W Invader racing team.  The flyers offered items like membership cards, team badges, sew on patches, decals, T-shirts and jackets to promote the excitement of owning a “Ten-footer”. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del>The G-W Invader News was published every two months and distributed to all the dealers. These wonderful little pamphlets offered normal insight on new models, optional equipment, dealer information, race schedules and news about the company and there was something more!  Included were stories from young owners describing the “love affair” between the boats and their young drivers. On the inside cover, an introduction letter from Arnie Gray, welcomed young readers to “tell us about a memorable experience you have had with your Invader”. It was this simple marketing brilliance by Arnie, directed at young boaters that went beyond just owning the boat and promoted the special experience you would have by being part of G-W Invader team. In a letter to prospective dealers, G-W would provide “racing team” membership cards for dealers to hand out to kids, in turn kids would fill out the card for a membership badge. These membership badges, with the dealership name on them, were very successful in bringing in the parents of these kids to buy a boat. An article in Boat & Motor Dealer October 1966, called these kids “Junior salesman” and mentions “Boat dealers must be nuts, not to register every youngster in town from 3 to 80 years old as a member of the G-W Invader boat racing drivers club”.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
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