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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5531 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9584 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 4:38 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Movie "Freebie and the Bean" (1974) filmed in San Francisco, California. Police detectives Freebie (actor James Caan, driving) and Bean (Alan Arkin) are in a white 1972 Ford Custom 500, chasing a blue Plymouth. Many VWs are either passed, or parked in background such as these two Deluxe Bays. |
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9584 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2021 4:42 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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In the movie "Crocodile Dundee" (1986) segment where Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) walks out of the New York City bar with his new taxi friend and encounters Simone and Karla, there is a blue '73+ Bay window in the right background. Wider rear wheels?
Their pimp walks over, Mick knocks him out after a brief argument,
and there's a graffiti-painted ~'70 Bay behind him.
IMDB lists the location as 108 Avenue B, East Village, Manhattan which is across the street from Tompkins Square Park. |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5531 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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ImAddicted Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2012 Posts: 1195 Location: Unorganized Territory, Maine
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2021 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Watching The Expendables 2 today, saw this poor bay get creamed
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78BusGA Samba Member
Joined: February 01, 2017 Posts: 315 Location: Buford, Georgia
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ImAddicted Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2012 Posts: 1195 Location: Unorganized Territory, Maine
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 8:15 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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And a 72 Westy in the Jason Mamoa movie Sweet Girl, stolen by a baddy off a used car lot. When was the last time you saw a Beetle and a Bay on a car lot??
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oscarsnapkin Samba Member
Joined: October 22, 2013 Posts: 557 Location: Bucks County, PA
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Non exactly a movie, but I saw this in show about a serial killer who murdered a bunch of young women in Florida back in the 80’s. This is a police photo of his car with a Westy in the background.
_________________ - 1977 CEI Sunroof Bus 2.0L F.I. Hydraulic Lifters
- 1973 Thing
"It’s so easy to laugh, it’s so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind." |
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:21 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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A few Bay windows parked in background of the movie "The Great Texas Dynamite Chase" (1976), many segments filmed in the Santa Clarita Valley and in Moorpark, California.
Main character Candy Morgan (Claudia Jennings) sits in her 1956 Chevy Sedan. |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5531 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:22 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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2017 American Made with Tom Cruise as Berry Seal, drug runner pilot for the CIA.
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9584 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2021 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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TV coverage of the Barrett-Jackson Auction, Houston Texas; Day 2 of the 3-day auction. Lot 483 is an attractive 1973 custom Bay window "Westfalia", though with no indication of any Westy camper equipment. Announcers mentioned 17" Fuchs-style rims, lowered suspension, wrap-around rear seats, deleted front VW emblem, and 1800 cc engine "with dual Webers". Likely 34 ICT single-throats. It sold for $46,000 to a 50-ish man. |
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crownline Samba Member
Joined: September 10, 2010 Posts: 588 Location: Northwoods of WI
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Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:18 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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That guy got ripped off. Probably full of body filler. I guess he has plenty of money to waste. _________________ 1972 Bus 1700 cc Single Carb. But not a progressive.
Barelymuvin
Wish I still had the ones I got rid of.
"It"s got some dings and dents and neither of us is going to SEMA."(Update, I went to SEMA in 2019 but the Bus stayed home)
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Russell1972 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2021 Posts: 11 Location: Ipswich, UK
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:28 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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New BBC Comedy, 'The Cleaner'. Greg Davies main character has a RHD Double cab as his work vehicle.
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fez68 Samba Member
Joined: December 12, 2015 Posts: 242 Location: massachusetts
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 5:49 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Rome wrote: |
TV coverage of the Barrett-Jackson Auction, Houston Texas; Day 2 of the 3-day auction. Lot 483 is an attractive 1973 custom Bay window "Westfalia", though with no indication of any Westy camper equipment. Announcers mentioned 17" Fuchs-style rims, lowered suspension, wrap-around rear seats, deleted front VW emblem, and 1800 cc engine "with dual Webers". Likely 34 ICT single-throats. It sold for $46,000 to a 50-ish man. |
most of the time when you see a bus on barrett jackson you can easily pick out all the shit wrong with it. this thing was hacked up. they painted the heater blower red ???? wtf . crazy shit. |
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static Samba Member
Joined: March 22, 2002 Posts: 1830 Location: The High Desert
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 1:36 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Russell1972 wrote: |
New BBC Comedy, 'The Cleaner'. Greg Davies main character has a RHD Double cab as his work vehicle. |
Is that a remake of the German show? That one was excellent! I will have to look for it. Which BBC channel is it on? |
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Russell1972 Samba Member
Joined: March 05, 2021 Posts: 11 Location: Ipswich, UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 3:41 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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static wrote: |
Russell1972 wrote: |
New BBC Comedy, 'The Cleaner'. Greg Davies main character has a RHD Double cab as his work vehicle. |
Is that a remake of the German show? That one was excellent! I will have to look for it. Which BBC channel is it on? |
Yes, it wasn't until I was paying attention to the credits of one last week, it says "Based on Der Tatortreiniger". I'll give that a look when I've finished them all.
It's on BBC One here in the UK, not sure how you can see it in the US.
There seems to be a couple of pickups in use, as in one episode, he was using a single cab that has quite identifiable markings. It was up for auction a few weeks ago :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Kb1Xow7vE&t=25s _________________ 1968 Single Cab, RHD South African Import
1970 Dormobile, RHD original UK Bus |
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9584 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 4:14 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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British TV show "Auto Masters" on National Geographic Channel. Tim and Fuzz undertake thorough restorations for deserving "hardship" customers. In season 1, episode 9 from 2020 the team redoes a 1964 Porsche 356 C Coupe. Paul, the "largest 356 parts specialist in England" has a modified bay window pickup.
Note the header, deeper dish wheels, and small side air scoop. Red car in foreground is 356 Speedster racer. |
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calvinater Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2014 Posts: 3295 Location: 802
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 4:57 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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What hardship could a 356 owner have? _________________ "Albatross"! |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22503 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:11 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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It’s amazing how fast addiction can empty an estate. _________________ .ssS! |
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oscarsnapkin Samba Member
Joined: October 22, 2013 Posts: 557 Location: Bucks County, PA
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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calvinater wrote: |
What hardship could a 356 owner have? |
I had the same thought… _________________ - 1977 CEI Sunroof Bus 2.0L F.I. Hydraulic Lifters
- 1973 Thing
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