[22], The current color scheme was selected in 1974 by then athletic director and former head coach Bobby Dodd. A 1930 Ford Model A Sports Coupe shell is kept in the Georgia Tech Hotel. [2] Field cared so much for the car that he even nicknamed it "Nellie". "[24] After each driver's term, the driver gets to keep the two pennants, too. Powered by WMT Digital. The first mechanical Wreck was a 1914 Ford Model T owned by Dean Floyd Field. The trailer just snapped and made a 90 degree turn, and I just said ‘Matt, hold on’ and we hit the ditch. 9 Jackets Cruise to Fourth-Straight Win, VIDEO: Football Student-Athletes Media Availability, VIDEO: Geoff Collins Weekly Press Conference, Tech Talks: MBB Associate Head Coach Eric Reveno, Tech's All-ACC Basketball Players of the 2000s, Tech's All-ACC Basketball Players of the 1990s, Georgia Tech Golf - All-Time Tournament Champions, Tech's All-ACC Basketball Players of the 1980s. been a lot worse. [24], The biggest structural change was a support system attached to the car's frame. [70] The December 1991 Car Collector & Car Classics featured the Wreck on the cover after the National Championship season. The transaction further solidified Reck Club's responsibilities over the car but also made the car more than simply a football mascot. This is one of the few replicas that is almost identical in make, model, and paint scheme when compared to the real Ramblin' Wreck. The most famous of the fake Wrecks is a 1931 Ford Model A Cabriolet known as the Centennial Wreck. [15], Dean of Student Affairs Jim Dull recognized a need for an official Ramblin' Wreck when he observed the student body's fascination with classic cars. He would drive over 122,000 miles (196,300 km) in all three cars during his Georgia Tech tenure of 1900–1945. The vehicle followed the Ramblin' Wreck onto the field all of the 1985 football season and was raffled for $250,000 by Pete George and Georgia Tech in 1986. [21] This shield was removed during Dodd's revitalization of the old Model A. Dodd chose an old gold paint from a Lincoln car paint catalogue as the base for the new color scheme. [22] ESPN showed old clips of the Wreck leading the football team onto the field and discussed the possibility of the Wreck not making the football opener after 45 consecutive years of never missing a game. (Primary Football Contact): Mike Flynn Office: (404) 894-5445 • Mobile: (828) 964-6406 Email: mflynn@athletics.gatech.edu • Assistant Director/Communications & P.R. These vehicles mimic the look and feel of the car, but are not the Ramblin' Wreck. The support system runs the length of the running boards and allows the increased weight of cheerleaders or Reck Club members standing on the running boards. [50] The trip to Birmingham was such a success, a trip to Jacksonville for Tech's Gator Bowl appearance against Penn State was organized, as well.
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