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Sun Feb 02, 2020 9:12 am

Yes, it's supposedly from the 1965 Movie Once a Thief

This movie is from 1965
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059540/
but that looks like a later Beetle to me

Sun Feb 02, 2020 10:29 am

EverettB wrote: Yes, it's supposedly from the 1965 Movie Once a Thief

This movie is from 1965
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059540/
but that looks like a later Beetle to me

Definitely a 71-72 vert beetle.

Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:35 pm

Well, that car can't possibly be from a movie shot in, or before 1965.

Sun Feb 02, 2020 1:40 pm

It's from the movie Scorpio.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070653/mediaviewer/rm4076819968

Sun Feb 02, 2020 4:59 pm

mukluk wrote: It's from the movie Scorpio.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070653/mediaviewer/rm4076819968

Nice work! I'm wondering how you figured that out?

Sun Feb 02, 2020 5:27 pm

EverettB wrote: mukluk wrote: It's from the movie Scorpio.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070653/mediaviewer/rm4076819968

Nice work! I'm wondering how you figured that out?
A Google image search turned up the ebay hit where they said it was from the movie Once a Thief, obviously wrong due to the filming date versus age of the car, but it pointed out the actor's name as Alain Delon. Pulling up a page on Mr Delon, it appeared to me that he did look like the actor wearing all black in the posted picture, so I went to his listed films and searched through the ones in English starting in '71 due to the American style appearance of the license plate on the '71/'72 Super convertible. From there it didn't take long to hit upon Scorpio and another picture (in colour) from the same scene. Took maybe ten minutes once I used the actor's name as a lead. :wink:

Mon Feb 03, 2020 10:57 am

Freeport, Maine circa 1970

Boothbay Harbor, Maine Circa 1974

South Portland, Maine Circa ?

Auburn, Maine Circa 1990

Bar Harbor, Maine Circa ?

Camden, Maine Circa ?

Limestone, Maine Circa ?

Portland, Maine Circa ?

Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:04 am

mukluk wrote: EverettB wrote: mukluk wrote: It's from the movie Scorpio.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070653/mediaviewer/rm4076819968

Nice work! I'm wondering how you figured that out?
A Google image search turned up the ebay hit where they said it was from the movie Once a Thief, obviously wrong due to the filming date versus age of the car, but it pointed out the actor's name as Alain Delon. Pulling up a page on Mr Delon, it appeared to me that he did look like the actor wearing all black in the posted picture, so I went to his listed films and searched through the ones in English starting in '71 due to the American style appearance of the license plate on the '71/'72 Super convertible. From there it didn't take long to hit upon Scorpio and another picture (in colour) from the same scene. Took maybe ten minutes once I used the actor's name as a lead. :wink:
Dang old Sherlock Holmes and whatnot.

Mon Feb 03, 2020 1:10 pm

mukluk wrote: It's from the movie Scorpio.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070653/mediaviewer/rm4076819968
Nice detective work. May as well add this version from the same movie.

Sat Feb 08, 2020 3:39 am

Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:56 am

^^ surely not enough snow there to halt a beetle in its tracks? :lol:

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Sun Feb 09, 2020 8:48 pm

stale air wrote:

Gotta park next to the Bus of course

Sun Feb 09, 2020 9:25 pm

EverettB wrote: stale air wrote:

Gotta park next to the Bus of course

I was amazed at the complete lack of any pickup trucks, at all, in a lumber yard parking lot.

EDIT: I see one under the "M" in lumber.

Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:52 pm

cdennisg wrote: EDIT: I see one under the "M" in lumber.
And a Studebaker no less, although in those days you just asked the guy behind the counter to "deliver it" and it was there later the same day for no extra charge. The truck action is all around back out of sight.

Mon Feb 10, 2020 6:45 am

cdennisg wrote: EverettB wrote: stale air wrote:

Gotta park next to the Bus of course

I was amazed at the complete lack of any pickup trucks, at all, in a lumber yard parking lot.

EDIT: I see one under the "M" in lumber.

Maybe they don't need trucks with the size of the trunks in those land yachts. I did see several station wagons as well.

Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:46 am

Trucks were for working farmers and ranchers back in those days :wink:
Not the general population like nowadays :lol: