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BADASS of New England
An automobile club for the enthusiast who enjoys the last of the big GM cars. The rear wheel drive B and D bodys. Chevrolet Impala SS, Caprice, 9C1, Buick Roadmaster, Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser, Cadillac Fleetwood
Posts : 122 Join date : 2012-02-17 Age : 46 Location : Stuttgart, Germany
Subject: Jumping the Buick Tue May 08, 2012 5:59 pm
Most of you probably know this, but it is just too good to not be brought up every now and then. Yeah, I know, these guys are highly irresponsible and they cannot spell Le Sabre properly, but still... what a testimony to the capabilitys of the old B-Body.
Ironfistdog
Posts : 2141 Join date : 2011-01-11 Age : 42 Location : Warren, MA
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Tue May 08, 2012 6:25 pm
SPCS wrote:
Most of you probably know this, but it is just too good to not be brought up every now and then. Yeah, I know, these guys are highly irresponsible and they cannot spell Le Sabre properly, but still... what a testimony to the capabilitys of the old B-Body.H-body
Fixed!
Reminds me of my teenage years in my buddy's Chrysler K, and a few other pos cars we had hahahahahaha!
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Cadet57
Posts : 4481 Join date : 2010-03-14 Age : 36 Location : Chicopee, MA
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Tue May 08, 2012 6:30 pm
I love this video. So so much.
1984twodoor
Posts : 4068 Join date : 2010-03-30 Age : 30 Location : Wilmington/Wakefield/Andover
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Tue May 08, 2012 6:44 pm
i want to own that car, right be fore they jump it though...
Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Tue May 08, 2012 10:39 pm
My favorite B-body testament
MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Wed May 09, 2012 12:42 am
Matt Trakker wrote:
My favorite B-body testament
!!!Thread jack alert!!! Soooo, why is traffic on the highway traveling on the wrong sides? Correct me if Im wrong.
Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Wed May 09, 2012 12:59 am
Because William Friedkin is out of his mind and figured the subconscious confusion created by such a sight would add to the tension of the scene, so I've heard. Pretty much every car chase that guy choreographed in his films he did without some permissions, lol. I forget what they did exactly for that one, but I do know that in just about every part of the chase, the actual actors were in the car, not dedicated stunt drivers! I think the only special effects were a part where it appears the Impala is on some kind of a swivel thing to make it appear to be fishtailing, and another part where the Malibus have special round movie-use non-glare headlights instead of actual square factory ones.
False thread jack alarm, btw...s'totally relevant to the thread subject mattah. Just like the last times people posted the Buick jump vid!
MASShole9C1
Posts : 4294 Join date : 2009-12-16
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Wed May 09, 2012 1:05 am
Matt Trakker wrote:
Because William Friedkin is out of his mind and figured the subconscious confusion created by such a sight would add to the tension of the scene, so I've heard. Pretty much every car chase that guy choreographed in his films he did without some permissions, lol. I forget what they did exactly for that one, but I do know that in just about every part of the chase, the actual actors were in the car, not dedicated stunt drivers! I think the only special effects were a part where it appears the Impala is on some kind of a swivel thing to make it appear to be fishtailing, and another part where the Malibus have special round movie-use non-glare headlights instead of actual square factory ones.
False thread jack alarm, btw...s'totally relevant to the thread subject mattah. Just like the last times people posted the Buick jump vid!
Ahh. That explains it. Makes sense. I can sleep now. I did notice the over exaggerated fish tailing and the out of place headlights. They looked like chrysler new yorkers with the headlight covers. Was the idea to make them look more ominous and to set them aside from the innocent bystanders and town folk on the roads? That is a great movie tho.
Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Wed May 09, 2012 1:45 am
People always rant and rave about Ronin, which is another movie I love, but this movie did the wrong way chase first, lol.
This shot is my favorite ones, it's like those 2 cars crash, then almost hit the camera. If you look close you can see the Dodge truck attached to the tractor trailer by a chain, I guess that's how they must have got it to jackknife across the lanes of traffic
They even made the Grand Marquis have that strange 80s Ford/Lincoln engine sound like it's supposed to... I know of a couple different movies where those fake headlights were put in to reduce glare (I guess they don't have to do it anymore with special effects and different filming techniques???)
Ok now it's threadjacked...
SPCS
Posts : 122 Join date : 2012-02-17 Age : 46 Location : Stuttgart, Germany
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Wed May 09, 2012 2:27 am
Ironfistdog wrote:
SPCS wrote:
Most of you probably know this, but it is just too good to not be brought up every now and then. Yeah, I know, these guys are highly irresponsible and they cannot spell Le Sabre properly, but still... what a testimony to the capabilitys of the old B-Body.H-body
Fixed!
I'd say that's a pre-1986 Le Sabre, which would make it a B-Body, not an H-Body. I could be wrong. I'm not too good at correctly identifying Le Sabre model years while they're jumping past me... Anybody knows for sure, tell me how!
Matt Trakker
Posts : 5093 Join date : 2009-07-30 Age : 42 Location : Reading, MA
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Wed May 09, 2012 5:13 pm
That's definitely a B-body LeSabre coupe in the original post. It's an 84-85 model.
IMPALADAKID Admin
Posts : 1525 Join date : 2009-01-17 Age : 55
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Wed May 09, 2012 5:17 pm
Matt Trakker wrote:
My favorite B-body testament
The greatest police chase ever.
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Posts : 75 Join date : 2012-04-29 Location : Johnston, RI
Subject: Re: Jumping the Buick Thu May 10, 2012 10:20 pm
That was just nuts but I love it watched it over 10 times . NICE
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