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

["Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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