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 pete wood
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| posted on December 27th, 2005 at 01:46 PM |
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Just finished watching the original
Was on 7 as the midday movie. Did anyone else see it?
60s uber cool with Steve McQueen (the legend) and Fay Dunaway. But the star of the film IMHO was the corvair powered dunebuggy. American racing wheels
with spin off hub mounts and the coolest boxer sound you ever heard.
Apparently the story goes that they approached porsche for a motor but were refused. Later when porsche found out it was steve mcqueen driving they
were falling over themselves to give them one. Unfortunately it was too late and the car got the chevy corvair motor.
I got to get the DVD of this.:thumb
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| posted on December 27th, 2005 at 02:21 PM |
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Members of the Manx Dune Buggy Club are trying to find out what happened to that buggy. It seems to have disappeared and it is now lost to legend. If
it reappears it will be one of the most valuable buggies on earth.
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| posted on December 27th, 2005 at 05:00 PM |
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yeh i switched over just as that thing was barreling round...looked like a heap of fun!
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| posted on December 27th, 2005 at 05:09 PM |
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Very nice buggy.
The film itself was beyond tedious.
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| posted on December 27th, 2005 at 07:16 PM |
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But with a Manx Buggy zooming around every now and then made it worth watching.
65 Meyers Manx
68 Country Buggy (KO 367)
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pete wood
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| posted on December 27th, 2005 at 08:39 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by modulus
Very nice buggy.
The film itself was beyond tedious.
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I disagree, I'd call it brooding.
In fact the whole movie was very Steve McQueen. Bullit has a similar feel only he's driving a 427 Mustang. That's the movie that inspired all the
car chases through San Francisco. The chase in Bullit was actually filmed in real time, ie, the cars got up to and over 100MPH during the filming.
Everything these days is done in half time and sped up.
If you want to play spot the Dub it's also the movie. I have it on DVD, again 60s uber cool.
BTW, Elvis also drove a Manx in "live a little, love a little". Or try "Spinout" where he's racing in an AC Cobra, kicking corvette butt. TAKE
THAT BIG DUMB CHEVYS!!! :thumb
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| posted on December 27th, 2005 at 09:00 PM |
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steve and fay in period 70s flick tedious - pppffff - next you'll be telling us that the remake of Gone in 60 seconds is better than the original ...
of that Grease2 isn't the mother of all sequals.....Vote Pete.
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| posted on December 27th, 2005 at 09:41 PM |
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Any one ever read the story about the guy that bought a Ghia from Steve McQueen? What a great read! I'm sure I have it somewhere...
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pete wood
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| posted on December 27th, 2005 at 10:35 PM |
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scan it and put it up Matt. :thumbs
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| posted on December 27th, 2005 at 11:13 PM |
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Now for some perfectly useless trivia (ain't it all?)
The Thomas Crown Affair.
The engine thatthey wanted was a Porsche
The engine in the buggy was a Corvair which was designed by Porsche so it half way a Porsche.
The Corvair engine to VW gearbox adapter was probably made by Crown Engineering who were the first to do it.
Ain't coincidences wonderful?
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