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The Car Chase That Made No Sense

SpudMills — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:02:06 EST

I noticed one scene where the guy who compiled the video flipped it - the channel 27 logo was backwards and on the left. That must be where it looked like a right hand drive.

One hub cap was lost by the gold Lincum, so it's a real car chase. :)

Oh, and that ending firey crash that shows an open-wheeled grand prix car or something like that - I remember that scene from an episode that featured Ricardo Montalban bringing some car to Hawaii for a hill climb. The car was a coupe of some sort, until the crash. :)

SpudMills

The Car Chase That Made No Sense

imoody — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:28:33 EST

His car still switches from left to right hand drive at 2:08. Unless he has a mirror in the dash of his car.

I suppose that's more proof that he's the bad guy. Only sinister people wear prosthetics.

imoody

The Car Chase That Made No Sense

lascauxcaveman — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:19:22 EST

imoody - its both hands (as clearly visible in a couple shots) double claw bad guy.

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The Car Chase That Made No Sense

htrodblder — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:26:21 EST

Those couldn't have been real car chases, none of the hubcaps flew off

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The Car Chase That Made No Sense

iamjames — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:33:20 EST

McGarrett drifting across the lawn at 4:55 made watching the video all worth it ;)

iamjames

The Car Chase That Made No Sense

imoody — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:23:40 EST

You can tell the guy driving the mustang is the bad guy because his hand (left? right? It switches around 2:08) is a claw.

imoody

The Car Chase That Made No Sense

Davey G. — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:17:32 EST

I can only make a comment on that final BTW, Scott: Because Jack Lord was a badass.

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The Car Chase That Made No Sense

scotte — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:28:05 EST

If only the folk(s) who put this together had the LP of original Five-O music from the show--there are several good pieces on it that would've fit perfectly. (That album was released on vinyl in '69 & was available as late as '76, when I bought it at a Philly-area Sam Goody's...AFAIK, it's never been released on CD or legally made available for downloading.)

BTW: The guy with the gripper claws who was driving the manual-shift '68 Mustang was real-life private investigator Jay J. Armes (who guest-starred as a bad guy in one episode).

Also BTW: There are two shots of McGarrett's '67 Marquis fastback in this...that car was replaced by the '68 Park Lane after the pilot (CBS must've wanted a 4-door).

Also also BTW: Other than for continuity's sake, WTF did McGarrett wear that same dark-blue suit in a tropical climate like Honolulu?

scotte