From: Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Film stars
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 15:14:54 -0500
Joe and Nancy M wrote:
> If I remeber correctly, the beginning of "The Love Bug" (remember
Herbie!!?)
> begins with some racing scenes (figure 8?) that has lots of old Mopars.
I
> would think they should be Forward Look cars! Can anyone verify this?
I believe so -- My '58 Plymouth is an honorary '58 "Full Size" Volkswagen
with
the Three Rivers VW Club here in Pittsburgh... A couple of people
mentioned
something about that at a VW meet when my "Christine" and an original
honest-to-goodness "Herbie" were sitting side by side.
Also, for '58 Plymouth spotters, "Animal House" has a '58 parked outside
to the
right of the front walk. Mrs. Wormer runs into it later in the film.
There is a made-for-tv Christmas movie where a guy steals a '58 with a
Christmas
tree on top to get away from a bank robbery, then finds it has two kids in
the
back seat. The car goes into a river later in the story, but somehow when
it
skids off of the bridge it miraculously turns into a '57 Dodge...
The made-for-tv movie "The Temptations" (available now at Wal-Mart for
$6.44)
has my car in it in at least 3 scenes...
The old Betty White TV show "Date with the Angels" features a '58 Plymouth
convertible...
The movie "Hoffa" has a '57 Dodge Coronet 4-door..
Oh, almost forgot: "Christine", of course... And "Cat's Eye" has a quick
cameo
by Christine, and "My Science Project" has a couple of "Christine"
references...
-Dave
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