[DMCForum] Re: return of the f*** chop
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[DMCForum] Re: return of the f*** chop
- From: "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:14:19 -0500
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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> >
> >
>
>
>
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