--- Rick Neville <healeyrick@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:08:46 -0800 (PST)
> From: Rick Neville <healeyrick@yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: whatchaget?, Now Bullitt
> To: "Malaney, David W" <DavidWMalaney@eaton.com>,
> healeys <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
>
> I agree, best chase scence ever, but you have to see
> it in the movie theatre to appreciate the stomach
> drops over the hills of SF. Saw it originally with
> a
> friend who had a Dodge R/T. What a ride home as he
> tried to re-enact all the movie scenes in his own
> car!
> Even had a white BJ8 that shows up in a couple of
> scenes. Additional trivia: the suspension of the
> Mustang was set up by Max Balchowsky of "Old Yeller"
> fame.
>
> Happy Healeydays,
>
> Rick
>
> --- "Malaney, David W" <DavidWMalaney@eaton.com>
> wrote:
>
> > A big box with several pieces of Kilmartin
> > Sheetmetal.
> >
> > Some moto related movies: , Bullitt (in my
> > opinion still the greatest film car chase
> sequence.
> > Some trivia - McQueen didn't do the driving in
> that
> > chase scene. A guy by the name of Bud Ekins did
> it.
> > He also did the motorcycle stunts for McQueen in
> > The Great Escape), and the somewhat obscure cult
> > classic - Vanishing Point (great Mopar action in
> > this one).
> >
> > Dave M.
> > 61 BN7
> >
> >
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