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- From: adh@cbnews.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay)
- Newsgroups: alt.autos.antique
- Subject: Re: One more faked car wreck in movies
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.124258.2796@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 12:42:58 GMT
- References: <hhelanto.725084319@vipunen.hut.fi> <10640@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> <1992Dec23.165151.2099@mcnc.org>
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- In article <1992Dec23.165151.2099@mcnc.org> brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks) writes:
- "I remember watching a trashy movie called "Big Bad Mama" with Angie Dickinson
- "and William Shatner. Gangsters in the '30s stuff. Anyway, they rolled a
- "couple cars in one scene, including putting a Ford Model A on its side. I
- "know it was a real "A" because you could see the traverse suspension rear
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- [transverse]
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- "axle that is unique to early Fords. Really pissed me off to see a nice
- "antique trashed for the likes of that movie. But hey, they didn't ask my
- "opinion.
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- just to be picky -- ford v8s up through post-war had 'em too.
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- Andrew Hay | one step beyond the outer limits of the twilight |
- a_d_hay@att.com | zone in the darkened room at the night gallery |
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