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Rome
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| ... I also watched The Love Bug not long ago and noticed both a white Panel parked on the street in one scene and a Velvet Green hardtop Westy by the racetrack in another. |
Here's the white Panel van in this 1969 movie; Herbie has just zoomed past the hotrod in the street drag race.
There are two sightings of a velvet green Splittie- Here at the Riverside race, with Peter Thorndyke holding back Jim Douglas in Herbie with his Jaguar XKE Coupe:
And at Herbie's first race at Jackrabbit Springs (filmed at Willow Springs north of Lancaster, California), coming up on an Austin Healey 3000 and a Triumph Spitfire-
Also a distant but distinct sighting from the race announcer tower just before the start of the Riverside race. |
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Rome
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:06 am Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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From "The Running Man" (1963) filmed in the country of Gibraltar. Main character Rex is actor Laurence Harvey (well known for "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962)). Scenes are at the border crossing from Spain into Gibraltar, with Rex driving a white Lincoln Continental convertible.
Likely the very same bus parked in town moments later-
And a red Deluxe Splittie parked at far right; same movie:
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2023 11:47 am Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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| Rome wrote: |
From "The Running Man" (1963) filmed in the country of Gibraltar.
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He's a brave man taking a car that big in to Gib.
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Rome
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| Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 7:57 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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Abandoned '62 (?) standard, movie "Eyewitness" (1981). Filmed in New York City. The red car is a late-model Squareback, which I posted in the "movies" thread in the Type 3 Forum.
Red panel van, German movie "Kein Mann zum heiraten" (1959). Translated No man to marry.
Airport panel van, German movie "Der gruene Bogenschuetze" (1961) translated "The green archer". |
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There is a movie out in theaters in the moment called "Wild" where the main character goes hiking for some odd 100 days or so. There are various times where she goes to camp grounds and there are bay windows and vanagons. When she goes to a main city there are a few split window buses and bays as well.
I cant find a screen grab since the movie is still in theaters. |
Rees Witherspoon hikes the PCT.
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Rome
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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| Lovely Splittie Samba Deluxe, German movie "Immer die Maedchen" (1959). Translated Always the girls. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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That ^^^ looks interesting.
Switching channels I saw A Warm December with Sidney Poitier about 15 minutes in a logo blue Panel goes by. I would bet there are a lot of Buses in it as it is on location in England.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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Chris Fish check this out. Using this guy's post:
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| there is an Internet Movie Car Database with lots of movies for any make an model of car. |
I found this:
1963 Volkswagen in Killer Fish, Movie, 1979
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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| BarryL wrote: |
Chris Fish check this out. Using this guy's post:
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| there is an Internet Movie Car Database with lots of movies for any make an model of car. |
I found this:
1963 Volkswagen in Killer Fish, Movie, 1979
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My first bus was a 1963 panel. 😳
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:11 am Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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^ Some shots of this bus from my gallery:
DadaCheese also has a composite shot in his gallery. |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:28 am Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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| Rome wrote: |
^ Some shots of this bus from my gallery:
DadaCheese also has a composite shot in his gallery. |
Rear cargo hatch is from a 23 window bus.
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 5:34 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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"Dragstrip Riot" (1958)-
TV Mystery Movie McCloud, "This must be the Alamo" takes place in New York City. Season 4 episode 5 (1974)-
Green standard Splittie parked in race course crowded infield, movie "A Dandy in Aspic" (1968). This is at the AVUS circuit in West Berlin, Germany. |
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| Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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| Posted: Sat May 27, 2023 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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Ivory early Splittie Kombi airport support bus, German movie "Isola Bella" (1961). Stationed at Munich's old Riem airport which was on the eastern side of the city.
"Halls of Anger" (1970).
"A Force of One" (1979). |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2023 5:05 am Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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Movie "Holiday for Lovers" (1959).
TV NBC Mystery Movie "McMillan & Wife- Once upon a dead man" season 1, 1971. San Francisco, California Police Commissioner Stewart McMillan (Rock Hudson) is stuck in traffic on street; getting out of the Lincoln Town Car.
TV movie "The blue knight" (1973), filmed in downtown Los Angeles, California. Starring William Holden as veteran policeman Bumper Morgan nearing retirement.
Movie "Murder once removed" (1971). |
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| Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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Pete 'n Tillie (1972). Main character played by Carol Burnett.
Blue Splittie Deluxe on freeway slower lane, movie "Heatwave" (1974).
Beyond the Door (1974), on San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2023 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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| Lovely Splittie Samba Deluxe, German movie "Immer die Maedchen" (1959). Translated Always the girls. |
What type of rear reflectors are those?
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:48 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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| What type of rear reflectors are those? |
I don't know; I'm not a splittie bus specialist. Could they be factory installed, linked to semaphores on European models which did not appear on US models? Might be a clue if you check and compare Euro vs US new car brochures in the Archives section.
Here are a few more splitties from "Beyond the door" 1974 movie:
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| Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: Old movies with Split busses. |
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Was binging on Columbo yesterday…
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