[DMCForum] Re: return of the f*** chop

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's pretty cool. It's one of my favorite movies too. I went as Jake
 Blues and a friend of mine was Elwood for our senior year Halloween
party.

We were pretty accurate especially because we were each built the same
way.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx>
wrote:
> Believe it or not, I actually saw them do it.  They dropped it out
by Navy Pier.  I also saw the big "highway pile up" scene where Elwood
said "I've gotta pull over".  The abandoned mall where they filmed the
mall scene was a few miles from my house too.  We named every wooden
go-cart we ever built "The Bluesmobile".
> 
> As if anyone cares.  =)
> 
> Nonetheless, that's one of my favorite movies ever...
> 
> -Dave
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Farrar Hudkins 
>   To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:34 PM
>   Subject: Re: [DMCForum] return of the f*** chop
> 
> 
>   This reminds me that Universal had to get their red Pinto
stationwagon 
>   certified by the FAA before they could drop it from a helicopter
to hit 
>   a mark. This was for the famous scene where Henry Gibson and his 
>   underling plummet through Chicago in "The Blues Brothers". Will
you have 
>   to get it certified with the FAA as well?
> 
>   Sorry if you already answered that question - have been off sick
for a 
>   few days and skimming through 287 e-mails. :P
> 
>   Good luck to those wind-blown Mid-Atlantic State residents!
> 
>   Farrar
> 
>   checksix3 wrote:
>   > Questions, I get questions...
>   > 
>   > 
>   >>>will you be doing it with the doors up to see if it will fly?<<
>   >>
>   > 
>   > I doubt it, it needs to go straight down for safety reasons and
there
>   > is no way to test what it will do with the doors open unless you
want 
>   > me to drop *two* of them. Besides, no way it's gonna "fly". In
spite 
>   > of what some here think, it's only a car. I suspect it would tumble 
>   > with the doors open...
>   > 
>   > 
>   >>>Oh, on a side note. Could I buy your Right Angle Drive from you 
>   >>
>   > before you destroy the car?<<
>   > 
>   > Sure. I'm not heartless, it's not gonna be in decent condition when 
>   > it goes. (It won't be a parts car though.) I strip off everything 
>   > that matters except the exteriors. No glass. The SS panels, frame, 
>   > wheels and tires will die however. The left fender will be
simulated, 
>   > it's worth too much to kill. The engine has to come out and the car 
>   > will need to be balanced. I've dropped lots of cars, the more
exotic 
>   > and unusual the more the crowd loves it. Between the tax advantages 
>   > and parts sold I always recover the costs and then some. Not to 
>   > worry, I'm sure they'll be lots of video. You can even go see it if 
>   > you live nearby.
>   > 
>   > 
>   >>>Whatever happened to those quaint old concepts of respect, 
>   >>
>   > gratitude, helpfullness, etc? Were working pretty well for me over 
>   > the weekend.<<
>   > 
>   > They're still here. I wasn't flaming the guy, just pointing out the 
>   > obvious. And help is still available for those who are wise
enough to 
>   > know the difference between knowledgable help and shadetree 
>   > mechanicing...and who ask for it off forum. Personally, I'm
becoming  
>   > swamped with more requests than I can handle. I'll leave the really 
>   > difficult questions for guys like you to answer here. ;)
>   > 
>   > 
>   >>>Checked Forum a couple of hours later and discovered people are now
>   >>
>   > dropping DeLoreans out of airplanes.<<
>   > 
>   > An incorrect assumption on your part, there are no airplanes
involved.
>   > 
>   > 
>   >>>And I'm supposed to be the nut here?<<
>   >>
>   > 
>   > Uh...is that a trick question? Or is it simply rhetorical?
>   > 
>   > 
>   >>>BTW: where do non-nutty religious people fit into this scheme?<<
>   >>
>   > 
>   > No such thing, that's an oyxmoron if I ever heard one...same as
happy 
>   > marriage or military intelligence.
>   > 
>   > At least it livens this place up, some of the other stuff I read on 
>   > here makes me wonder if moderators aren't such a bad idea after all.
>   > 
>   > 
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