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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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"A Woman Under the Influence" (1974), starring Gena Rowlands (seen here walking on the street) and Peter Falk; filmed in Hollywood/Los Angeles, California.
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9638 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Mid '70's Bay Window deluxe sunroof bus in "California Dreamin' " remake of The Mamas & The Papas song. YouTube video from the German-based group The New Love Generation, filmed approx. 2017. US-version bus with Berlin historic registration; colors appear to be Brilliant Orange (or Chrome Yellow?) with Pastel White.
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9638 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 5:51 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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^ ^ By a large coincidence, here's another Bay window- camper, this time- used in another remake of "California Dreamin' " also from a Berlin, Germany based group Freischwimmer, a few years ago. Video has a yellowish tint which I could not fully compensate in Photoshop.
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9638 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 5:56 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Orange Bay window camper, "Silver Streak" (1976). Scene takes place near the end of the movie as the runaway train approaches the Chicago, Illinois main train station; but the hills in background are inconsistent with that city. IMDB filming location indicates 2 locations in Canada.
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9638 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 6:18 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Some sightings in the 2019 movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". Back of a Bay window seen through windows of main character Cliff Booth's (Brad Pitt) yellow '66 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. Booth pulls over to talk to Pussycat (Margaret Qualley) whom he offers a ride.
As they are driving, there are 2 red early Bays in background- likely the very same bus, parked at different locations during the different shot sequences.
Another Bay in the parking lot, with a taped-over sunroof seam. Movie takes place in 1969 but the Super Beetle is a '73. First spotted by notchboy in 2019. The red Ferrari GT Spider is likely a replica similar to that from the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".
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creative native Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2007 Posts: 1227 Location: WNC
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 1:09 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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A Bus passing by in the Hulu series about the Sex Pistols. It appears to possibly be a '71 camper (a Dormobile, I believe), but repainted an unoriginal blue color.
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creative native Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2007 Posts: 1227 Location: WNC
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Another Bus sighting in the Hulu Sex Pistols series. It appears to be another Dormobile. _________________ "The holy land is everywhere." ~ Black Elk
1979 Westfalia P27, California FI emissions spec. 100% VW fleet: '79 Westfalia, 2013 Touareg Lux (Toffee Brown/Cornsilk Beige), 2005 Passat GLX. |
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9638 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:22 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Green Bay camper, "The Blues Brothers" (1980) during the long police car chase in Chicago.
Savannah Beige early Deluxe Bay parked, movie "Lone Wolf McQuade" (1983) with Chuck Norris playing the main character Texas Ranger hanging onto the pickup truck.
2 Bay campers parked at right background, movie "Over the Top" (1987) starring Sylvester Stallone. He is driving the red Semi truck crashing into the gold El Lobo dune buggy. In another shot of this scene, the Buses are parked at Hannig's Foreign Car Repair shop. IMDB does not specify the city.
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sodbuster Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2004 Posts: 1084 Location: wherever my baywindow takes me.
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Rome wrote: |
^ ^ By a large coincidence, here's another Bay window- camper, this time- used in another remake of "California Dreamin' " also from a Berlin, Germany based group Freischwimmer, a few years ago. Video has a yellowish tint which I could not fully compensate in Photoshop.
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I know hot chick and all that. But why is she waxing the wrong side of that surfboard with a bar of soap? |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5558 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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sodbuster wrote: |
Rome wrote: |
^ ^ By a large coincidence, here's another Bay window- camper, this time- used in another remake of "California Dreamin' " also from a Berlin, Germany based group Freischwimmer, a few years ago. Video has a yellowish tint which I could not fully compensate in Photoshop. |
I know hot chick and all that. But why is she waxing the wrong side of that surfboard with a bar of soap? |
It will slip faster through the water with the soap on the bottom. _________________ Prosit!
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creative native Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2007 Posts: 1227 Location: WNC
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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As seen in the movie "Blow." It appears to be a '78 or '79.
_________________ "The holy land is everywhere." ~ Black Elk
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creative native Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2007 Posts: 1227 Location: WNC
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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Seen in the series "Further Tales of the City." This scene takes place in Alaska. From the front (but blurry) view, it appears to be a '68-'69 Bay Window hard top camper painted black.
_________________ "The holy land is everywhere." ~ Black Elk
1979 Westfalia P27, California FI emissions spec. 100% VW fleet: '79 Westfalia, 2013 Touareg Lux (Toffee Brown/Cornsilk Beige), 2005 Passat GLX. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12846 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:26 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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I saw mention of it but didn’t find a pic, here’s a bus sighting from a Turo ad.
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creative native Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2007 Posts: 1227 Location: WNC
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2022 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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As seen in the miniseries "The Offer." The series takes place in mostly Hollywood/southern CA in the early 70's. There were many VWs to be seen.
_________________ "The holy land is everywhere." ~ Black Elk
1979 Westfalia P27, California FI emissions spec. 100% VW fleet: '79 Westfalia, 2013 Touareg Lux (Toffee Brown/Cornsilk Beige), 2005 Passat GLX. |
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panic_fan Samba Member
Joined: April 21, 2008 Posts: 711 Location: Mcdonough GA
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:51 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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As seen in the movie "Blow." It appears to be a '78 or '79.
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Funny, I believe that scene happened in either 69 or 70, they must have gotten a bus from the future....LOL. _________________ Rich
Brilliant Blue/Cloud White
1970 Baywindow Bus
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creative native Samba Member
Joined: October 20, 2007 Posts: 1227 Location: WNC
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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I notice this so often in movies that are supposed to be era-specific and they feature a VW that is years beyond. I believe non-VW people just see an "old" VW and automatically have a time frame in mind. When I had my '86 Vanagon Westfalia, oftentimes people would say "I love your hippie van!" and I'd respond, "In 1986, it was less flower and more power." Other times, people would just assume it was a '70's model. _________________ "The holy land is everywhere." ~ Black Elk
1979 Westfalia P27, California FI emissions spec. 100% VW fleet: '79 Westfalia, 2013 Touareg Lux (Toffee Brown/Cornsilk Beige), 2005 Passat GLX. |
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Rome Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2004 Posts: 9638 Location: Pearl River, NY
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Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2022 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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creative native wrote: |
I notice this so often in movies that are supposed to be era-specific and they feature a VW that is years beyond. I believe non-VW people just see an "old" VW and automatically have a time frame in mind. When I had my '86 Vanagon Westfalia, oftentimes people would say "I love your hippie van!" and I'd respond, "In 1986, it was less flower and more power." Other times, people would just assume it was a '70's model. |
Not just in movies, native. 20 yrs ago a new neighbor a few houses over had a New Beetle parked at the top of his driveway. I just drove onto the street in my '77 Beetle and stopped to greet him. He said something like- oh a Beetle; maybe you can give me advice on mine!". I explained that there were 20+ years and a world of technological differences between his and my Beetle, and that I "unfortunately" have no experience with the NB.
TV shows from the 1970's which are supposed to take place in Europe are another source of model confusion. They are usually filmed on Hollywood studio sets. Although they use many European car models, their side marker reflectors or lights are the telltale indicator since Euro models did not need them; in fact in some countries they were not allowed on home-market models. The lights/markers were a US car industry requirement for cars manufactured as of January 1968. |
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blue72beetle Samba Member
Joined: April 23, 2008 Posts: 846 Location: Fort Wayne, IN
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2022 5:26 am Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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German movie "Die lustigen 4 von der Tankstelle" (the four funny ones from the gas station), 1972, filmed in Austria. Blue ~'71 Bay van in background. Pretty gal in orange dress is main character, played by Uschi Glas.
Ivory double cab in background. The popular gasoline brand ARAL stands for aromatic and aliphatic.
Ivory van driving past on highway in background.
Ivory single cab work truck parked on left, with a DC at far right. |
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danfromsyr Samba Member
Joined: March 01, 2004 Posts: 15143 Location: Syracuse, NY
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:01 pm Post subject: Re: Bus movie sighting |
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does a spotting in the news count?
see the 10sec moment.. and the poor VW is never given a look by snatch & grab thieves.
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