[Chrysler300] Movie Car

[guyztoys@xxxxxxx]

Back in the early1980s I had the opportunity to use my 300E in a  documentary 
being filmed by the local outlet of a major network in Chicago. Cars  used 
were 1950 to 1960 models. The premise was to show how this particular  stretch 
of expressway, which was opened in 1960 had become grossly overcrowded  by the 
late 1970s.
 
Upon command, officers from the Chicago Police Department, Illinois State  
Police and Illinois Dept of Transportation would swoop down on that 3 mile  
section of road and close off all 8 lanes of north and south bound traffic and  
shut all entrance ramps. In a couple of minutes, this once crazy piece of road  
was devoid of cars. This caused major traffic problems just west of the 
downtown  area.
 
Upon another command, our old cars drove down a cleared entrance ramp on to  
the highway in a widely scattered pattern to show what the road looked like 
when  it opened. Our drive was filmed by a crew stationed on an overpass.
We got off the road on an exit ramp, looped over the highway, down an  
entrance ramp and headed  down the road in the opposite direction to again  be 
filmed by the crew on the overpass.  We exited the road and  returned to our 
original staging area. Once we were back in place, all traffic  control was released 
and the normal mayhem resumed. This was repeated for 3  cycles over the 
course of about 5 hours. A lot of planning must have gone into  this.
 
About a month later I saw my 300E on the TV as part of the traffic flow  from 
the staged 1960 event. As luck would have it, my car and the 1960 Pontiac  
driving next to me were in a newspaper  piece advertising the upcoming  TV 
special about the expressways. All was in black and white.
 
For my time I was paid $75 and fed lunch. All drivers were in complete  
control of their cars but had to pay strict attention to their spacing on the  road 
and were asked not to wave at the camera crew as you went below the  overpass.
 
All in all it was a fun experience.
 
Guy Morice


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