Date:         Mon, 30 Apr 2001 18:14:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Brian Cirulnick <techrat@vm.com>
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From:         Brian Cirulnick <techrat@vm.com>
Subject:      More Busses in the Movies
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Two more that I thought I'd mention, having seen both of them recently.
Don't blink or you'll miss these!

#1) Any of those "Dangerous Police Chases" shows -- the now famous one where
a guy steals a military tank and goes on a rampage throughout southern LA.
He's on a suburban looking street, and just before he rips through a
motorhome, I'm pretty sure the tank goes right over and completely flattens
an 89 or 90 Vanagon, light blue or white in color. It's hard to tell because
the video is bad, and the camera angle is almost directly overhead. Needless
to say, the Vanagon wasn't much of a match for the tank, but then again,
neither was a concrete highway divider.

#2) James Bond 007 "Octopussy", starring Roger Moore, and one of the worst
Bond movies ever made. Anyhow, near the end of the film, as he's trying to
make his way to the American Military base in West Germany  to stop a bomb,
he steals an Audi, and the Police give chase in BMW's. There's one shot of
him racing up towards the camera, and going in the opposite direction is a
Bright Red Vanagon, not sure which year though.

One day I'm going to grab all those clips I've seen and try and edit them
all together into a rather interesting video.

Oh, and we've got another convert -- my mechanic, who usually drives a bay
window bus (and was jealous of my Vanagon), just got his hands on an 87
Vanagon with an automatic tranny. His is blue as well, so we might be able
to swap some interior and exterior parts with my 85 (hehehe)...

TTYL everyone!
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