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    Image of EdinaSpano EdinaSpano
    11/29/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    The stunt driver in the Fiat is Remy Julienne. He actually was featured in Fiat 124 ads in print and on TV in about 1971, extolling the virtues of the 124 and how it was his favorite "work"vehicle.
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    Novaload promoted this comment Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet approved this comment EdinaSpano was starred EdinaSpano was unstarred
    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/29/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Run little Fiat, run! So. Much. Win. OMG.
    Thanks Stefan!
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    So this is period Dodge Dart vs. Ford Fairmont.

    I'm good with that.

    I like how, to this day, movies for US consumption show idiots slamming into each other, side-to-side, repeatedly, yet these guys have mastered the PIT maneuver quite well.

    I've gotta find some electric Eyetalian horns like that. Used to have a small air horn set, but I've never liked how the compressor is sensitive to moisture/grime/heat.

    Mercedes, and likely other Euro makes, has, over there, a dash switch for a "city" horn and a "country" horn. Hell, I just want two so I can freak people out who aren't paying attention.

    I'm gonna wire mine up with Italian-style horns on "country", and the four-tone Cadillac horns I've collected on "city".

    I really like finding gray-market cars in the junkyard. They have all kinda neat stuff...like vacuum-powered headlight aim adjustment.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Awesome--they didn't miss a trick.
    The Wreckord looks amazingly like an old Falcon but you can tell Omar wasn't really trying that hard to stop the Fiat. Which did have magic axles--you can tell after that one bad curb hit by the stadium, they did a cut away, there was a lot of odd smoke.
    And I think we now have definitive proof where Caddy got their Euro-ad with the candles blowing out.
    Great piece of video! Thanks!
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    Image of alexander_the_car_salamander alexander_the_car_salamander
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Just for the Rekord that was awesome! It was the best combined 124 horsepower I've ever seen.
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    Novaload promoted this comment alexander_the_car_salamander was starred alexander_the_car_salamander was unstarred
    Image of duurtlang duurtlang
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Great scene. And that dubbed German dialog in the end is pure genius.

    "Didn't you know there was a speed limit here?" "I'm sorry. I'm a foreigner"
    (there might be some slight nuance differences. My German is rusty. And not just the car.)
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    Novaload promoted this comment Edited by duurtlang at 11/28/09 5:46 PM duurtlang was starred duurtlang was unstarred
    Image of CraigSu CraigSu
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Wow! A chase scene with a ready-made oil slick and an innocent bystander car to cushion the blow and send you on your way. Genius indeed. Shot in Athens, Greece, but from the dialogue at the end this sounds like the West German release. Also starred the lovely Dyan Cannon as Lena.
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    Novaload promoted this comment CraigSu was starred CraigSu was unstarred
    Image of ccc40821 ccc40821
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Can't help thinking about 'Death Proof' and the long string of Chargers and Novas that were snuffed, to make sure the dents acquired along the chase matched perfectly as the scenes went on. But did they use more than one Fiat here?
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    Novaload promoted this comment ccc40821 was starred ccc40821 was unstarred
    Image of Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Anybody else notice the blonde waiting in the background with a golf club *just in case* one of these guys really wiped out?
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    Novaload promoted this comment Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans was starred Iron coffin doesn't swerve for pelicans was unstarred
    Image of TowMe TowMe
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Whoever made this was a fucking genious.
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    Image of TowMe TowMe
    11/28/09

    @TowMe: Oh, and considering what I have seen Ladas endure, I think its not too unlikely that the same car was used throughout the whole chase.
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    Novaload promoted this comment TowMe was starred TowMe was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Great chase scene. But unbelievable. No way a Rekord could possible have kept up with the 124.
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    Image of superveloce superveloce
    11/28/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Yup, no way. The Fiat was highly lauded in its time for its handling dynamics and speed.
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    Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est promoted this comment superveloce was starred superveloce was unstarred
    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/29/09

    @superveloce: I assume that Omar Sharif's unassuming Rekord had a breathed on Commodore inline-six under the hood. And some rally tricks to the suspension, at the very least.
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    Image of wkiernan wkiernan
    11/29/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Oh go on. You put Erik Carlsson in a forty-year-old SAAB 96 and me in a something fast and modern and make us race through city streets and he'll beat me every time.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment wkiernan was starred wkiernan was unstarred
    Image of superveloce superveloce
    11/30/09

    @Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: True, the Rekord was actually avaliable with a 2.6 liter six....
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Excellent! It's one of the better car chase scenes I've seen.
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    skaycog was starred skaycog was unstarred
    Image of alexander_the_car_salamander alexander_the_car_salamander
    11/28/09

    @skaycog was here: Exact;y. And way better than the CGI car chases of today, were everything is fake and green screened, and the camera wobbles like crazy. These were the good old, 100% real car chases, unlike today.
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    skaycog was here promoted this comment alexander_the_car_salamander was starred alexander_the_car_salamander was unstarred
    Image of stephdumas stephdumas
    11/28/09

    @alexander_the_car_salamander: +1 I agree, I wish to see the car chases the way it was.

    Btw, I spotted a video of the Top 10 car chases
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    Novaload promoted this comment stephdumas was starred stephdumas was unstarred
    Image of skaycog skaycog
    11/28/09

    @alexander_the_car_salamander: My all-time favorite though is Bullitt, because I love Steve McQueen and that Mustang. Did you know that Ford Motor Co. originally furnished 2 Ford Galaxies to be used in the chase, but they found the Galaxies were too heavy for the jumps, heavily damaging their suspensions. So, the Galaxies were replaced with the Chargers. The suspensions of both the Mustang and the Chargers were modified for the chase.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/28/09

    @stephdumas: That was great!
    Thanks!
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    Image of stephdumas stephdumas
    11/28/09

    @Novaload: you're welcome :-)
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    Image of JoeDunlap001 JoeDunlap001
    11/28/09

    In reply to What Could Be Better Than A Mustang vs Charger Chase? Opel Rekord vs Fiat 124!
    Outstanding! Best thing ive seen since Bullitt. But I gotta call BS. No Marelli ignition system would have survived that dash through the water
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    Novaload promoted this comment JoeDunlap001 was starred JoeDunlap001 was unstarred
    Image of Airbag Airbag
    11/26/09

    In reply to Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters

    They can be beautiful too, thank Zaha Hadid for this work of art.
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment Airbag was starred Airbag was unstarred
    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    11/26/09

    In reply to Kill The Headlights And Put It In Neutral: Why The Parking Lot Matters
    Wal-Mart parking lots are nice because you walk in the store, buy your oil, oil filter and then change your vehicles oil right there in the parking lot. If you’re really savvy you can park over a drainage grate so the mess isn’t quite so big. This also works for antifreeze change outs, rear-end lube jobs and transmission oil changes, but if it’s an automatic you’ll need to buy a transmission filter somewhere else, because Wal-Mart doesn’t sale those,....yet.
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    Image of Electro Gyrocator Electro Gyrocator
    11/26/09

    @Flathead Smith: Don't forget, you can do smokey burnouts past the RVs in the parking lot and wake up the old people camping out.
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    Flathead Smith promoted this comment Electro Gyrocator was starred Electro Gyrocator was unstarred
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