I was watching some film of cars of the day testing guard rails of the day...this was on cable tv... time after time it was a MOpar being rammed into things...a 59 Dodge run into an aluminum guardrail...a 61 Chrysler run into a jersey barrier...it was fascinating and terrible ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett" <TheBulkster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 7:21 PM Subject: [FWDLK] FWDLK cars on TV > I might have said this once before, but here we go again... > > I was watching the A-Team today...one of the best shows ever in my opinion, > and low and behold, once they got to Ecuador, the A-Team got around in what > looked to be a 56 Plymouth Savoy. I'm not sure of the year, but I know some > of the features looked similar to a 56 Dodge...like the size of the fins, > etc... I'm not positive on the model either, but it began with an S, and > was about 5 letters long, so I put 2 and 2 together.... > > IN true Hollywood fashion, Mr. T kicked one of the tires, the hubcap fell > off, and as they were pulling away, the hubcap must have miraculously jumped > back on the wheel, because it was there again. > > Just some meaningless banter...I always get a kick when I see a car such as > this on TV, because I don't usually see many. > > On ANOTHER note, in a video we watched in my college history class, I saw a > 57 and 59 Dodge. It was a movie on the civil rights movement, with footage > from "back in the day." I'm sure there were other FWDLKers in the film, but > the Dodges really jump out at me since I used to see one every day for the > two years or so I owned mine. I forgot the name of the movie, but it had > Freedom in the title. > > Garrett in Central Ohio > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Calendars are still available. Don't miss the chance to get yours now! > Details for ordering may be found at: > http://www.forwardlook.net/calendar2002/index.html -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Calendars are still available. Don't miss the chance to get yours now! Details for ordering may be found at: http://www.forwardlook.net/calendar2002/index.html
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