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Once common, now rare> by andys120
Sep 22, 2008 (3:44 am)
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Re: Once common, now rare> [andys120] by stephen987
Sep 22, 2008 (4:08 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Sep 22, 2008 3:44 am)

Ford Tempo, ca. 1989-92. Rare for a reason.
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Re: Once common, now rare> [stephen987] by andys120
Sep 22, 2008 (12:28 pm)
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Yep.
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"The Streets of San Francisco" (1972-'77)> by andys120
Sep 22, 2008 (12:29 pm)
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Re: "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972-'77)> [andys120] by kyfdx HOST
Sep 22, 2008 (12:40 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Sep 22, 2008 12:29 pm)

Fiat 850
'68 Mustang
Audi 100LS? '69-'71?
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Re: "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972-'77)> [kyfdx] by andys120
Sep 22, 2008 (1:56 pm)
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Replying to: kyfdx (Sep 22, 2008 12:40 pm)

It's not the clearest shot but you need a better monitor. The Mustang is a first Gen ('65 or '66) coupe, the grille opening is too small for a '68. I think it's a '66 as it seems to lake the prominent horizontal grille bars of the '65s
 
You're right about the other two.
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Re: "The Streets of San Francisco" (1972-'77)> [andys120] by stephen987
Sep 22, 2008 (2:31 pm)
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Replying to: andys120 (Sep 22, 2008 1:56 pm)

It's a '66 Mustang. The '65 had diagonal cross-hatch mesh in the grille, while the '66 had the rectangular mesh visible here. If by "prominent horizontal bars" you mean the single horizontal light bar in the middle of the grille, that was a feature of the GT model in both '65 and '66. And I believe the Fiat is a '72 model--earlier ones, at least in the US market, had a single bar bumper rather than the loop style shown here.
 
Just my dumb luck--my folks brought me home from the neonatal ward in their then-new '65 Mustang hardtop, and my own first car was a '70 850 Sport Spider. 903 cc, rated at 58 hp, and allegedly capable of 7000 rpm with pushrods. Not for long, however.
 
The Audi is an early 100 LS or 100 GL--I think '71 was the first year they were sold in the US. They squared up the nose around '73.
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"Slither" by andre1969
Sep 22, 2008 (2:58 pm)
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Here's a shot from an old early 70's movie called "Slither":

 
Does anybody know what brand that RV is? It's evil looking. I want one.
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Re: "Slither" [andre1969] by boomchek
Sep 22, 2008 (3:34 pm)
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It looks like a one off made for the movie, but I'll guess it's based off a Dodge Ram van from the early 70s.
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Re: "Slither" [boomchek] by andre1969
Sep 22, 2008 (3:51 pm)
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Replying to: boomchek (Sep 22, 2008 3:34 pm)

Wow, the internet is an amazing thing. I did a little digging around and found this blurb. I swear I've seen one or two in real life, so I was sure they had to be real. Plus, for that movie, they actually had two of them, and they seemed to be too high-quality to be one-offs. I'd always suspected they were real motorhomes, just painted black to look more menacing.
 
About 7-8 years ago, there was a similar looking rig that showed up at a local park-and-sell lot. It was based on a Chevy platform though, rather than Dodge. Neat looking rig. It would've been a cool thing to salvage, but I guess old motorhomes are kind alike combining the problems of old houses with old cars!

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