posted 06-14-2015 11:40 AM                  

Last weekend me and a buddy were in my LOVELY INCA GOLD Prowler (the color that ALLEGEDLY gets no respect - at least on this site), top down and trailer in the back.
We were riding down highway 55 enroute to the HOT ROD POWER TOUR in Madison, Wisconsin.

We pulled over to wait for another buddy driving a KILLER '69 Mustang Mach 1 with a 428 Super Cobra Jet. He was about 15 minutes away from us. Me and my buddy were engaged in conversation, oblivious to what was happening around us when I noticed a Minute Man Highway Patrol Tow truck fast approaching me from behind.
I jumped out the car to tell him that we weren't broken down, we were just waiting for someone. The driver then told me THAT I HAD TO MOVE THE CAR BECAUSE WE HAD TRAFFIC BACKED UP FOR ALMOST TWO MILES BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SLOWING DOWN TO LOOK AT THE PROWLER ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I looked over to see that the traffic WAS SLOWED DOWN!!
We both laughed and then I got back in and pulled off at the next exit.

After we hooked up with the KILLER STANG, we just ran all out up to Wisconsin. All along the highway, folks were snapping pics of the Prowler following the KILLER STANG!! Folks were blowing horns and waving too!!

After we got to the Power Tour Parking lot, I decided to park off to the side. YET IT DIDN'T MATTER. EVEN IN THE MIDST OF ALL THE GREAT VINTAGE MUSCLECARS, STREET RODS AND RACE CARS, THE PROWLER HELD ITS OWN.
I COULD NOT BELIEVE that about 40 - 50 folks came over to TAKE PICTURES OF MY CAR!! Gee...IF ONLY I HAD WASHED IT!!
I also saw a couple of other Prowlers there too.

Later on in a hotel parking lot (that looked like another car show) the hotel concierge (who was an attractive woman), walked over to me. I thought she was going to tell me to GET THAT PROWLER OUT OF THEIR LOT since it didn't belong there with all of the great musclecars and street rods parked there.
Instead she smiled and told me that my car was her FAVORITE car in the lot!!!

posted 06-17-2015 03:16 PM                  

The most BLATANT and recent example (that I've seen) is on "The Prowler Store" website, where it boldly states that the Inca Gold color is the LEAST POPULAR PROWLER COLOR.

posted 06-17-2015 04:10 PM                  

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Originally posted by RPL:
Be glad it was called Inca Gold. It was scheduled to be called Aztec Gold but the journalists at the long lead press ride and drive were all talking about how ugly the Pontiac Aztek was and that "butt ugly" cars would be replaced by "Aztek ugly". The name was changed the same day. A little bit of unknown and mostly forgotten history.

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