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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look

    I think the pick-up is an FX Holden ute circa 1950. #madmax
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    LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard was starred LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard was unstarred
    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    @ Ben
    Summer in NSW or summer in Americaland? #madmax
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    LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard was starred LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard was unstarred
    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    Could they have possible named their station anything more cliched than Sky News 4? I wonder if they have a Chopper 4... #madmax
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    High Speed Indeed was starred High Speed Indeed was unstarred
    Image of ChiefPontiaxe ChiefPontiaxe
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    FWIW a few years ago when I took a tour of one of the Hollywood studios, I saw a display of a screen-used Holden Interceptor from "Road Warrior" and the blower was fake. #madmax
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    High Speed Indeed promoted this comment ChiefPontiaxe was starred ChiefPontiaxe was unstarred
    Image of High Speed Indeed High Speed Indeed
    10/27/09

    @ChiefPontiaxe: Of course it is. Even in the movies, it turns off and on with the push of a button. #madmax
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    High Speed Indeed was starred High Speed Indeed was unstarred
    Image of logruszed logruszed
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    Because in the future, when gas is scarce, what you really want is blowers the size of small houses. #madmax
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    logruszed was starred logruszed was unstarred
    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    10/27/09

    @logruszed: Of course blowers are needed in a dystopia, whoever gets to the nearly depleted resource first, wins. Then it’s off to the next nearly depleted resource.

    Remember too that Mad Max could shut off his blower for economical motoring. #madmax
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    Flathead Smith was starred Flathead Smith was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    The Falcon XB smacks strongly of the AMC Javelin of the same era, to me. I've sometimes wondered how many drums of Bondo it'd take to sculpt up an Interceptor for the States.

    It'd have to be one mother of a clutch to drive the supercharger.
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    Edited by Elhigh at 10/27/09 2:48 PM Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    10/27/09

    @Elhigh: If you're any good at machining, it could probably be done with the guts of a Haldex differential. #madmax
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    Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    10/27/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: So what you're saying is, I'm screwed.

    If I can do it on a lathe, maybe then... Of course, I'd want to do it in a nice walnut. #madmax
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    Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    Whoa, is that an FX Holden rat rod? Do want! #madmax
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    LTDScott was starred LTDScott was unstarred
    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    That hotrod looks ridiculous, probably some dumb-ass movie executive's idea of a "real hard core rod"... just wrong for this. #madmax
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    Franzouse was starred Franzouse was unstarred
    Image of Smells_Homeless Smells_Homeless
    10/27/09

    @Franzouse: I disagree. The cars of Mad Max are supposed to be ridiculous, pieced-together parodies. I mean, a clutched 6-71? Humongous' 6-wheeler? #madmax
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    Franzouse promoted this comment Smells_Homeless was starred Smells_Homeless was unstarred
    Image of Scoutch Scoutch
    10/27/09


    @Franzouse: That's right. Such a machine would tarnish the Mad Max series' sterling reputation for depicting automobiles as elegant, efficient, understated tools of the common man. #madmax
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    B1663R promoted this comment Scoutch was starred Scoutch was unstarred
    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    10/27/09

    @Smells_Homeless: yup, but it's the details: that truck is so low off the ground, you'd never be able to ride in the desert with it and the patina looks so Disney World...
    But then again, opinions... #madmax
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    Franzouse was starred Franzouse was unstarred
    Image of Jim-Bob Jim-Bob
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    I shudder at the screwed up details on Max's Ford. The original is gloss black, not satin, the original's headlight covers were clear, not mesh, The MFP shield is missing, and the car was destroyed in the second movie. So, even if it is a prequel, there is no way Max would have changed headlight covers two times in between the first and second movies, especially given the survivalist nature of his life between them. Plus, with the kits that are available to copy the front end treatment on the XB, there is no reason NOT to do it properly. I would also postulate that while the ute (a Holden 50-2106 from no earlier than 1951)is cool looking, it would not be practical in the dystopic futurescape that the Mad Max movies postulate.
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    snapoversteer 'bout to get told promoted this comment Edited by Jim-Bob at 10/27/09 2:08 PM Jim-Bob was starred Jim-Bob was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    10/27/09

    @Jim-Bob: I don't remember it being gloss. But after a humongous dust bath, maybe I can't tell the difference. #madmax
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    Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of Jim-Bob Jim-Bob
    10/27/09

    @Elhigh: If you watch the first movie, it is a very deep gloss black with a blackout stripe on the hood. It was only dirty in the second film. #madmax
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    Jim-Bob was starred Jim-Bob was unstarred
    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    Wonder who's going to play the role of "Sugart*ts?" #madmax
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    PatFromGundo was starred PatFromGundo was unstarred
    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    Mad Max Origins: The Rise of Toe Cutter

    Mad Max Begins

    Mad Maxerer: When Humongous Met Wez #madmax
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    snapoversteer 'bout to get told was starred snapoversteer 'bout to get told was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    Dupe post...
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    Edited by that ain't the way to have fun, son at 10/27/09 1:50 PM that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    I hope, if anything, it's the movie which should be in-between Mad Max and The Road Warrior. There was a large gap which I never liked.

    Plus, you can't do anything after the mess which was the Tina Turner disaster...'cept maybe detonate several hundred large nuclear weapons.

    I see the Holden now has vented headlight covers to reduce overheating issues. Being a fan of this movie and genre, I've read the wedge nose of the original car was intentionally crunched very early in the second film to prevent overheating.

    At least filming is to be in NSW. It gets damned hot out there, BTW.

    Out where the river blows
    The bloodwood and the desert oak
    Holden wrecks and boeyyels diesaaals
    Steam a 45°....

    I need to win the lottery so I can go and perform some of my own hoonery.

    The pickup depicted is little too over-the-top for my post-apocalyptic tastes. If they'd not have used the exhaust off a certain Dodge Cummins pickup pictured on Jalopnik (still can't post pics), I'd be better with it, but the desert crazies don't have much else to do with their time, so I can accept it. #madmax
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    that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons
    10/27/09

    @send lawyers, guns, and money: Tina Turner disaster? How can you say that about one of the most iconic and, dare I say, quotable movies in history? #madmax
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    send lawyers, guns, and money promoted this comment alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons was starred alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10/27/09

    @alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons:

    Beyond Thundercrap. #madmax
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    that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of ProfessorFate ProfessorFate
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    That would be an Ford XB Falcon Interceptor. #madmax
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    Ben Wojdyla promoted this comment ProfessorFate was starred ProfessorFate was unstarred
    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    10/27/09

    @ProfessorFate: Yes it would be, spare me a courtesy, I was up until 3 AM last night chopping the roof off an '88 Celica GT-S. #madmax
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    Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
    Image of PowerTryp, Starless wonder. PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
    10/27/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Ben please do tell. sounds like a great story. #madmax
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    Ben Wojdyla promoted this comment PowerTryp, Starless wonder. was starred PowerTryp, Starless wonder. was unstarred
    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    10/27/09


    @PowerTryp forever Minardi: We were sitting around the garage shooting the breeze and decided it was time for another LeMons run in the spring, so in preparation I grabbed an angle grinder and some cutting discs and lopped the roof off. Only took about 15 minutes including disc changes. After grinding down all the sharp edges I decided since I'd lightened the back, might as well do the same up front, so I took off both bashed up front fenders, ripped off the one remaining mud flap, and side skirt, started removing the dash and then decided it was time for bed.

    Behold - the #99 Celica GT-Samino! #madmax
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    Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    10/27/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Also, it's very possible more extreme weight reductions will be coming. #madmax
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    Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
    Image of PowerTryp, Starless wonder. PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
    10/27/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: Awesome. Just straight up awesome. #madmax
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    Al Navarro promoted this comment PowerTryp, Starless wonder. was starred PowerTryp, Starless wonder. was unstarred
    Image of Froggmann Froggmann
    10/27/09

    In reply to The Cars Of Mad Max 4: First Look
    Holden Interceptor? That's what the Nightrider was driving. Both of Max's interceptors were both Falcon XBs. #madmax
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    Ben Wojdyla promoted this comment Froggmann was starred Froggmann was unstarred
    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    10/27/09

    @Froggmann: Yes, major brain fart on my part. Apologies. #madmax
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    Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
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