Friendly giant inspects olde-timey American cars

Here's newsreel footage of a good-natured, improbably tall automotive inspector from America's past. I'd trust him to look over my jalopy!

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Did anyone else read as ‘Friendly giant insects’?

Just me?
- corydodt
  
  I totally did.
corydodt

It’s important to be wearing a hat and overcoat when you inspect cars in a factory.
Mickey_disqus

“I’d trust him to look over my jalopy!”
Hur hur hur.
http://twitter.com/Listener43 Listener43

I was hoping for Bob Homme, myself.
http://twitter.com/ChuangTse Chuang Tse

It’s Dr. Manhattan in disguise!
Paul Renault

The Friendly Giant inspecting your car?

Special pouch for Rusty? Check!

A sun roof for Gerome? Check!
http://www.millsworks.net/blog Robbo

Look up. Waaaaaaay up!
stygyan

He’s not so tall, it’s just that his workmates are kind of small. I mean, according to the narration he’s 73 inches tall – 1,87cm. Got friends who are 2,10.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  He’s 7′-3″. That’s 87″.
Ipo

He went to Kim Jong Il’s funeral recently.