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phogroian
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Joined: 14 Mar 2004
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Location: Falls Church, VA
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Don't let Han Solo drive your Dodge Dart
(Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:41 pm)
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For your entertainment, here's a few frames from the Harrison Ford movie "Firewall". I'll have to limit it to 500 downloads because of bandwidth, but if I scale them down later I'll post them here. An interesting segment shows the Dart flying over a wooden bridge, but if you look at the frames closely you will see that they simply stretched the space under the car to make it look as if it went airborne.
https://www.yousendit.com/download/M3BuV285WkJvQUlsYzhUQw
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SlantSixDan
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Location: North America
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(Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:27 pm)
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Boo, hiss. Movies wherein Darts get blowed up are poopy._________________ 一期一会
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phogroian
EFI Slant 6
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Location: Falls Church, VA
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wjajr
Supercharged
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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Location: Downeast Maine
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(Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:58 pm)
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This so weird seeing a housing for the elderly top conveyance choice for the late seventies turned into a theatrical device involving walls of flame. Green mid seventy’s Darts were the un-cool province of grannies and grandpas everywhere; it does not compute for these eyes._________________ 67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.
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SlantSixDan
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(Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:09 pm)
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I do believe you're talking about the likes of Vern and Bea:
Vern and Bea are from from U R What U Drive, 1987, by Tom Couch. I bought my copy around then and still have it. Some of the humour is no longer entirely funny because most of us now know better than to laugh at racism (Chev Caprice; low rider), some is timeless (VW Beetle convertible, Ford Country Squire, high rider, custom van, Pontiac Firebird, Chev Corvette), some is very much a product of its time (BMW 3er, Mercedes SEL, Porsche 911)._________________ 一期一会
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slantzilla
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Location: Park Forest, Illinoisy
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(Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:07 pm)
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He doesn't seem to drive so well. He wadded up the '55 from '2 Lane Blacktop' in 'American Grafitti' too. 
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sandy in BC
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(Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:48 pm)
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| Quote: | | Green mid seventy’s Darts were the un-cool province of grannies and grandpas everywhere; |
Donor cars....... |
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wjajr
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Location: Downeast Maine
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(Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:53 am)
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| Quote: | | I do believe you're talking about the likes of Vern and Bea: |
BINGO.
Slide ahead into the eighties, Vern and his main squeeze can be seen in the same green colored K Car. However somewhere along the way, for good or bad, Chrysler once again lost their old crone magnetism, as midsized plain Jane Buicks are all the rage with octogenarians these days. LOL_________________ 67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.
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