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  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    My insurance agent pointed this out to me while I was in to visit with the adjuster. Be sure to have duct tape handy when you listen to prevent head explosions :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI
  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,641
    PF_Flyer said:

    My insurance agent pointed this out to me while I was in to visit with the adjuster. Be sure to have duct tape handy when you listen to prevent head explosions :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI

    Really??

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  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    edited November 2016
    Really. It doesn't surprise me. I've been at my buddy's tire shop/garage when people come in to get new tires, and he'll ask, "Do you know what size?" Most people don't know from P185/65/R15, so he'll follow up with, "What kind of car?" And more than once I've heard answers like... Blue... or It's just a regular car :o
  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,351
    edited November 2016
    PF_Flyer said:

    My insurance agent pointed this out to me while I was in to visit with the adjuster. Be sure to have duct tape handy when you listen to prevent head explosions :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI

    Pretty sure that's a spoof. Then again...

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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,641
    oldfarmer50 said:

    PF_Flyer said:

    My insurance agent pointed this out to me while I was in to visit with the adjuster. Be sure to have duct tape handy when you listen to prevent head explosions :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI

    Pretty sure that's a spoof. Then again...
    Agreed, you never know..

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    Cubs and Indians were two well matched teams and deserving franchises. Outstanding baseball from both teams. Records made and tied. What a series. I think this one will be referred to for some time!
  • jmonroejmonroe Member Posts: 8,989
    PF_Flyer said:

    My insurance agent pointed this out to me while I was in to visit with the adjuster. Be sure to have duct tape handy when you listen to prevent head explosions :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCrJleggrI

    That has to be a put-on but just in case it ain't she otta be forced to turn in her voting card. :o

    jmonroe

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Snopes always spoils the fun....
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Even if Snopes semi-debunks a letter, and even if the audio is a setup, it IS very well done and fits with a number of people I know...heh
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Oh no...It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is coming on! How can I NOT put it on to see a '62 Dodge Dart do this?


  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Next some regulator will be complaining about My Pillow ads. (Wash. Post)
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    oldfarmer50 said:

    jmonroe said:

    snakeweasel said:

    Went to get my license renewed today. Illinois has changed their licenses and now does a fraud check when they issue licenses. However the fraud check takes a little time so I walked out with my old license with a hole punched in it and a paper image of my new license that is now my temporary license until the new license comes in the mail in around 15 days. Another change is now if you're a vet you can get "Veteran" on your license which I did.

    I got my new license in July and PA now puts Veteran on new licenses but Lowes and Home Depot don't accept that as proof of being a veteran to get a 10% discount on purchases because you don't have to prove it to the state. All you have to do is say you are a veteran attesting under penalty of law that you are. That has no teeth so why do it? They can get at least some proof by asking for your DD 214 but they don't.

    There must be some benefit of getting Veteran stamped on your drivers license but I don't know what it is.

    jmonroe
    jmonroe said:

    snakeweasel said:

    Went to get my license renewed today. Illinois has changed their licenses and now does a fraud check when they issue licenses. However the fraud check takes a little time so I walked out with my old license with a hole punched in it and a paper image of my new license that is now my temporary license until the new license comes in the mail in around 15 days. Another change is now if you're a vet you can get "Veteran" on your license which I did.

    I got my new license in July and PA now puts Veteran on new licenses but Lowes and Home Depot don't accept that as proof of being a veteran to get a 10% discount on purchases because you don't have to prove it to the state. All you have to do is say you are a veteran attesting under penalty of law that you are. That has no teeth so why do it? They can get at least some proof by asking for your DD 214 but they don't.

    There must be some benefit of getting Veteran stamped on your drivers license but I don't know what it is.

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  • jmonroejmonroe Member Posts: 8,989
    stever said:

    Next some regulator will be complaining about My Pillow ads. (Wash. Post)

    The name is kinda confusing to me. Why would I buy My Pillow from some huckster when I already own it? :o

    jmonroe

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  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,351
    stever said:

    Snopes always spoils the fun....

    Yeah, but who fact-checks Snopes. Some of their checkers have a noted political bias.

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  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,351
    PF_Flyer said:

    Oh no...It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is coming on! How can I NOT put it on to see a '62 Dodge Dart do this?



    For the time period those stunts were amazing. The stunt drivers must have been insane to do that considering the suspensions of the era.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    oldfarmer50 said:

    stever said:

    Snopes always spoils the fun....

    Yeah, but who fact-checks Snopes. Some of their checkers have a noted political bias.

    Snopes always lists their sources. They're pretty clean and are fact-checked themselves by FactCheck.org among others.
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    oldfarmer50 said:

    stever said:

    Snopes always spoils the fun....

    Yeah, but who fact-checks Snopes. Some of their checkers have a noted political bias.

    I've heard that. And it looks like they pick on deer a lot while leaving members of the Bull Moose party alone. All those moose falling in love with cows stories never get exposed in Snopes. :p
  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    PF - IIRC Jane Hathaway on the Beverly Hillbillies drove a car like that too. High school crush perhaps B)
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    oldfarmer50 said:

    PF_Flyer said:

    Oh no...It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is coming on! How can I NOT put it on to see a '62 Dodge Dart do this?



    For the time period those stunts were amazing. The stunt drivers must have been insane to do that considering the suspensions of the era.

    I'll bet that the suspension was destroyed on the first jump.
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,404
    I dunno. Chrysler used that same basic design well into the 1970s. I think even the R-bodies of 1979-81 used that same platform.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Yeah but whenever you jump a car that hasn't been prepared, it usually destroys something first time. That's why they often use multiple versions of the same car in films that require that stunt. I suppose the car could stagger around after the first jump.
  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    PF_Flyer said:

    Oh no...It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is coming on! How can I NOT put it on to see a '62 Dodge Dart do this?


    Great movie, but I like this car scene better.


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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,404
    edited November 2016
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Yeah but whenever you jump a car that hasn't been prepared, it usually destroys something first time. That's why they often use multiple versions of the same car in films that require that stunt. I suppose the car could stagger around after the first jump.

    The stunt coordinator was Carey Loftin, who probably knew what he was doing. He gives a little insight here (Milton Berle's image comes up but stay with me here):

    https://youtu.be/lYWJvbMgpsg?t=30m

    This is a really interesting documentary on the making of the film, if you choose to watch from the beginning.

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  • driver100driver100 Member Posts: 32,594
    stever said:

    Next some regulator will be complaining about My Pillow ads. (Wash. Post)

    Glad you said that....I was looking for a My Pillow at Walmart the other day, since it was so highly recommended. Looks like you saved me $50.

    One problem I find is, how do you test a pillow. You kind of hold it in the store and put your head on it and then hope it feels good when you get home.

    The My Pillow ads are great, pure Snake Oil Salesman, If you have trouble sleeping,,,,and who doesn't, this will cure all your problems.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,675
    I am very "pillow picky". And have a fairly large collection in the house of failed experiments. That we just rotate onto the guest room beds! I might try one of the My Pillows at some point (my sister has one and loves it). There is another similar one (made somehow of bamboo?) that costs less. Saw a guy demoing them at BJs one day and almost bit.

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    edited November 2016
    driver100 said:

    stever said:

    Next some regulator will be complaining about My Pillow ads. (Wash. Post)

    The My Pillow ads are great, pure Snake Oil Salesman, If you have trouble sleeping,,,,and who doesn't, this will cure all your problems.
    The thing is, they work good for some people unless all those testimonials are fake. But it's like taking a test drive, how do you know how well it's going to work for an 8 hour dream cruise?

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    ab348 said:

    Mr_Shiftright said:

    Yeah but whenever you jump a car that hasn't been prepared, it usually destroys something first time. That's why they often use multiple versions of the same car in films that require that stunt. I suppose the car could stagger around after the first jump.

    The stunt coordinator was Carey Loftin, who probably knew what he was doing. He gives a little insight here (Milton Berle's image comes up but stay with me here):

    https://youtu.be/lYWJvbMgpsg?t=30m

    This is a really interesting documentary on the making of the film, if you choose to watch from the beginning.
    That was fun to scroll through.

    I think Mythbusters did a show on "ramp-jumping" and "stunt jumping". It was a sorta of "real life vs. movies" and "don't try this at home".

    As I recall, when you try to drive off a ramp in real life, the car does not fly flat--it noses down, which is....bad...for you and the car. In the movies, they will often launch a dummy car (sometimes even gutted internally and strengthened with welded pieces in the frame so it flies flat and lands flat) and then quick cut to the actual drivers landing in, of course, a different car in a controlled drop.


  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,596
    Sylvester! Sylvester!

    All time classic movie, maybe in the top 10. I never get tired of it. There's a short scene in the movie with a fintail in the background, too.
    PF_Flyer said:

    Oh no...It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is coming on! How can I NOT put it on to see a '62 Dodge Dart do this?


  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,596
    edited November 2016
    What is this, a staring contest?

    Always makes me cringe, as a car like that was a dream car for me when I was approaching driving age (early 90s). That scene and when he smashes Don Knotts's 56 Ford convertible into a parking barrier hurt.

    There's also a scene in that with a 60 Ford wagon identical to the one my dad had back in the 90s:

    image
    snakeweasel said:



    Great movie, but I like this car scene better.

  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,404
    I love Mad World too, not just for the car scenes but for the look of California back in 1962. I think it shaped how I thought California was supposed to look. There is a video online of locations then and now and many are still pretty much identical, which is cool.

    The service station destruction bit is just incredible, and any of the scenes with Dick Shawn always make me laugh. My only letdown was the ladder truck ending, which, given the special effects of the time, they just couldn't pull off.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    You Know, I saw 60 Ford wagons when I was young, but not sure I ever actually saw a two tone. Obviously there were a few out there!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,596
    My dad's was red and white like that, with a matching interior. Come to think of it, of the few others I ever saw pics of at the time, all were also single tone.

    I've seen that then-and-now site. California looks a lot greener, and in most areas, more built up. There's actually a "Plaster City" too, what appears to be a gypsum (?) plant east of San Diego. Ethel Merman cracks me up in it too. A few good one liners in there.


    berri said:

    You Know, I saw 60 Ford wagons when I was young, but not sure I ever actually saw a two tone. Obviously there were a few out there!

  • jmonroejmonroe Member Posts: 8,989
    driver100 said:

    stever said:

    Next some regulator will be complaining about My Pillow ads. (Wash. Post)

    Glad you said that....I was looking for a My Pillow at Walmart the other day, since it was so highly recommended. Looks like you saved me $50.

    One problem I find is, how do you test a pillow. You kind of hold it in the store and put your head on it and then hope it feels good when you get home.

    The My Pillow ads are great, pure Snake Oil Salesman, If you have trouble sleeping,,,,and who doesn't, this will cure all your problems.
    I don't have sleeping problems. I have staying awake problems, like right now (almost midnight here in the Burgh).

    This site is calming just before I hit the sack with my pillow. B)

    jmonroe

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  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,714
    edited November 2016
    driver100 said:

    The My Pillow ads are great, pure Snake Oil Salesman, If you have trouble sleeping,,,,and who doesn't, this will cure all your problems.

    Hadacol sold lots of tonic that a lot of people swore fixed their ills.
    Same for the Sisters' recipe in the Waltons.
    I guess the same devotion holds for automobiles that people hold despite the shortcomings; they will swear their car (tonic) is the best thing since slice bread. LOL




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  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    Another good thing about the Cubs winning the World Series my commute this morning was easy, made it in half the time (or less). They are having their victory parade this morning and it is expected to draw millions.  

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  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    imidazol97 said:
    The My Pillow ads are great, pure Snake Oil Salesman, If you have trouble sleeping,,,,and who doesn't, this will cure all your problems.
    Hadacol sold lots of tonic that a lot of people swore fixed their ills. Same for the Sisters' recipe in the Waltons. I guess the same devotion holds for automobiles that people hold despite the shortcomings; they will swear their car (tonic) is the best thing since slice bread. LOL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadacol
    When people get a vested interest in something, be it real or perceived, and because of that people will tend to exaggerate the good and down play the bad. This is the reason why self reporting surveys tend to be unreliable. 
     

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  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,351
    snakeweasel said:

    PF_Flyer said:

    Oh no...It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is coming on! How can I NOT put it on to see a '62 Dodge Dart do this?


    Great movie, but I like this car scene better.


    As I recall, didn't he end up there because he tore his oil pan out on a rock and the oil made him lose traction up a hill? He drove the car for quite a while with no oil. Must have been some Hollywood magic or else they don't build 'em like that any more.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,596
    He drove a guy to his house on an unpaved road, and a kid offered to show him the way back (for a fee). The kid walked across the small river, so Phil Silvers drove across, a little off, and sank.

    The oil pan incident happened on the same drive, I think before the house, and yes, the car kept running for some time. Reminds me of the "brick it" contests, and that a 47 Ford convertible was just a low value old used car in 1962.

    image

    IMCDB has an excellent page about the cars in the movie
    oldfarmer50 said:


    As I recall, didn't he end up there because he tore his oil pan out on a rock and the oil made him lose traction up a hill? He drove the car for quite a while with no oil. Must have been some Hollywood magic or else they don't build 'em like that any more.

  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,641
    This is one of the better car chases. I remember watching a program that showed how they prepared for this chase and how they reinforced the cars. They went thru several new '73 Grand Villes and Venturas to make this.
    The Seven-Ups, 1973. The driver of the Grand Ville also drove the black Charger in Bullitt.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vACWV5sRcY

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  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Just happened to see this and thought the group might enjoy :)


  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,675
    I'll take the vette. You can have the riviera. .

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  • graphicguygraphicguy Member Posts: 14,158
    PF_Flyer said:

    Just happened to see this and thought the group might enjoy :)


    Spock with a Riv....gotta love it, especially coming from the U.S.S. Enterprise.

    Still one of my favorite car chase scenes...with really nice cars, to boot....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxxH0lZSYgU


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  • snakeweaselsnakeweasel Member Posts: 19,592
    PF_Flyer said:
    Just happened to see this and thought the group might enjoy :)
    Nice picture but remember it was Captain Kirk that drove the standard transmission in "A Peice of the Action".

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  • roadburnerroadburner Member Posts: 18,432
    I like this shot:

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  • jmonroejmonroe Member Posts: 8,989
    stickguy said:

    I'll take the vette. You can have the riviera. .

    Me too.

    I wonder if that is a real Buick dealership or just another made up one for a Hollywood shoot?

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  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Wondered if it was a still for a dealership in exchange for some "consideration" but the photos kind of look like a back lot at a studio, what with the parking slots, high fences and the nooner trailer.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    oldfarmer50 said:

    snakeweasel said:

    PF_Flyer said:

    Oh no...It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is coming on! How can I NOT put it on to see a '62 Dodge Dart do this?


    Great movie, but I like this car scene better.


    As I recall, didn't he end up there because he tore his oil pan out on a rock and the oil made him lose traction up a hill? He drove the car for quite a while with no oil. Must have been some Hollywood magic or else they don't build 'em like that any more.

    You can actually run a car without oil for a minute or two, especially at idle. (Don't try this at home. )
  • oldfarmer50oldfarmer50 Member Posts: 24,351
    Mr_Shiftright said:

    oldfarmer50 said:

    snakeweasel said:

    PF_Flyer said:

    Oh no...It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is coming on! How can I NOT put it on to see a '62 Dodge Dart do this?


    Great movie, but I like this car scene better.


    As I recall, didn't he end up there because he tore his oil pan out on a rock and the oil made him lose traction up a hill? He drove the car for quite a while with no oil. Must have been some Hollywood magic or else they don't build 'em like that any more.

    You can actually run a car without oil for a minute or two, especially at idle. (Don't try this at home. )
    Oh don't I know it. Younger son came to me one morning and said he couldn't get his $300 1988 K car started. One turn of the key told me something was real bad. He had driven it home with NO oil pan as he had torn it off driving over God knows what.

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  • jmonroejmonroe Member Posts: 8,989
    stever said:

    Wondered if it was a still for a dealership in exchange for some "consideration" but the photos kind of look like a back lot at a studio, what with the parking slots, high fences and the nooner trailer.

    Ok, here's a little bit of the scoop. I found it on the Internet so it must be true.

    It all started back in 1966 while Nimoy was on the Desilu Studios backlot in Culver City, California for the filming of the original Star Trek series – a few photos were taken of him posing in front of his Riviera. He was in full dress and makeup of his infamous character Mr Spock. It seemed more of a perfect fit than you think, with the Riviera’s flashy and space age styling Mr Spock didn’t look out of place posing next to the Riviera (a bit of interesting trivia, the 1963 Corvette fastback to Nimoy’s right in the both pictures belongs to Captain Kirk).

    Another interesting tidbit in the pictures is the "Lauesen Buick" on the front license plate frame. Lauesen was a Buick dealership in the Westwood section of Los Angeles not more than a stone’s throw from the Culver City studio. Lauesen sold many Buicks to Hollywood celebrities before shutting its doors.


    Hey, @imidazol97, I know you'll appreciate this. You're welcome.

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    edited November 2016
    The engine will run on the oil film until heat and gravity dissipates that. Driving at speed of course is a different story.
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