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Bullit was almost on a par with The Italian Job as one of the best car chase movies ever. Disqualified from 1st place when you notice that the same scene featuring a VW Beetle was repeated at least three times.
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How did that get past continuity. When I first watched it years and years ago, my Dad said "Adam. See if you can spot the problem here" and straight away I noticed the Beetle near that intersection.
Pretty much like good old Mr Bond entering an alleyway on the two left wheels but exiting on the two right.
How did he manage that?!?!
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Adam
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Going way off topic, and even motoring, the blunder they ALWAYS make which curls me up:-
Giving a lethal injection, tapping and venting the syringe so as not to cause a fatal embolism!
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HJ has made the point nicely re the age issue, so that one's dealt with.
Corners? Who cares about corners? Those who remember Bullitt may equally well remember the Alan Mann Mustangs at Brands in the 60's coming round Pdddock bend with all the tyres smoking.
The new one? Yes I like it very much looks-wise, although have yet to drive one. There is one I know of in Manila, in Candy Apple Red (natch) driven by an equally gorgeous lady. She must have bribed customs heaps to get that into the country, unless she's a Congressman's daughter. It is sufficiently redolent of the original to stir the pulses but not a caricature of itself like the "new" Beetle. So my initial take is Ford have got it right. But for the money I would still go for an original: one I could put up on the lift and do my own work on (indeed re-furbed the front suspension on the 351 I've got now which Growlette hates so much). Very simple car, apart from the smog pumps which were beginning to emerge then on the West Coast nothing complicated about it. I'd chuck some hot cams in there from Mr Edelbrock, electronic ignition, upgrade the brakes and that's it.
There are a few experiences in life equal to or even better than you know what. Among them I count sitting at the lights with the loud anti-social uneven throb of that big engine rocking the front slightly, the industrial clonk of the Bendix a/c pump cutting on and off, then dropping her in "D" and nailing it. The horizon comes up effortlessly and lesser species behind shrink rapidly in the rear view mirror....... and of course it HAS to be the AM radio tuned to the oldies station.
Anyway the '69 has to go, my partner doesn't find the smell of hot oil and vinyl overlaid with Shell Premium an aphrodisiac like I do.
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Hi Adam,
I thought the Mustang might appeal to you - it's got a boot ;)
H
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And you....you......wonderful mod you.
:-)
*Think happy thoughts think happy thoughts
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Adam
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