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Old 01-03-2013, 10:32 PM
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I was watching Emergency on Me TV on broadcast TV right after I got home from work today. A movie crew was shooting a chase scene where two guys in a 70-73 Firebird were being chased by another car.

The Firebird flipped and was laying upside down on concrete steps in front of a large building with two guys trapped inside. Some bozo tried to cut them out with a torch before the rescue squad arrived and caught the car on fire.

There was another Emergency episode with an accident scene where a 70-73 Firebird ran over a guy and trapped him under the vehicle. There are a lot of old cars on that show.

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It's one of the movie cars,I think that it's the only survivor from filming.It's a d port car not a SD.The licence plates that it had in the movie are still with it.If you watch the movie there is one shot of the car with all 4 wheels off the ground and a good view of the plate.
Here's the thread with more pictures I posted from the movie for your use:

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Old 02-11-2013, 12:29 PM
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This print shows a few of the cars being discussed here. I won it as a door prize at an all firebird show in Atlanta. Mark Haynes Art.COM
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Old 02-12-2013, 03:56 AM
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Great thread! Some pics of the red '70 T/A from the 1976 movie Cannonball.




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Another one of my favorites....Ponch's '71 Trans Am from the TV show CHIPS.






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Old 02-12-2013, 04:31 AM
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Here's the thread with more pictures I posted from the movie for your use:

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...=1#post4852154

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Fly away little birdie fly!!

Me thinks that's what happened to my '73, maybe higher because I had broken springs front & rear when I bought it

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Another one of my favorites....Ponch's '71 Trans Am from the TV show CHIPS.
Must have had one of those quickie, made for TV paint jobs - everything is brown including the door handles, locks, window trim, emblems, grills, headlight bezels & side pipes!

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Must have had one of those quickie, made for TV paint jobs - everything is brown including the door handles, locks, window trim, emblems, grills, headlight bezels & side pipes!
The studio garage had to spray over all of the black paint that was on the car when it was used for the movie Corvette Summer.




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Never mind, I just looked at Chips' car again.

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Remember when cars like this - IIRC Gran Fury Wagon(?) - were common in driveways and on the streets?

And to think of all of the mothers who were shorter than 5 feet tall piloting these 440 cid monsters around town...full of kids, grocerys, etc.
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Remember when cars like this - IIRC Gran Fury Wagon(?) - were common in driveways and on the streets?
And to think of all of the mothers who were shorter than 5 feet tall piloting these 440 cid monsters around town...full of kids, grocerys, etc.
My mom drove a '68 Fury III Sports Satellite wagon. Just had the 383 4bbl. but it would really get up and move for a big barge!

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The new Elton John movie has a mint 70-72 Lucerne Blue T/A in it.

About halfway through movie - it is parked in front of the mansion - during a big party at the mansion.
Bernie Taupin pulls into the party driving a Mustang Convertible and parks behind the T/A. So only a few seconds of glory for the T/A.

Saw it the other night on DVD

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Yes your right ...saw the movie too and forgot about this thread ...beauty looking car for the small amount of air time...
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I finally got the title for the McQ car in my name about 3 months ago.
Congrats on the title! I didn't know that had been a problem but glad fore you it's been resolved.
Still would love to have a drive over just to get to see it.

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Sorry. Just noticed that this a mostly a WAY OLD thread. pulled the trigger before I saw the dates.

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I am actually glad you brought it up. I am going to put the 76 ‘Cannonball’ stripe on my red TA clone and would be interested to see if anyone had pics of that car?

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Old 12-27-2019, 04:17 PM
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I can’t wait to put that stripe on my car!

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