#39020 - 06/02/10 10:09 PM
Re: The grinning kid has it right.
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MatthewJ1
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Okay okay Dr. Aquino, I am prepared to admit that the GT 500 can possibly eat a Dodge for breakfast.
But you must concede defeat and admit that "The Mad Max Interceptor" is the king of all the movie cars! Nothing can touch it or even comes close!
It doesn’t get better than this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oawspa5EVzs
Yeah!
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#39023 - 06/03/10 12:09 AM
Tach it up!
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Michael A.Aquino
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But you must concede defeat and admit that "The Mad Max Interceptor" is the king of all the movie cars! Nothing can touch it or even comes close! It doesn’t get better than this.
Arguably it recently got just a little better ... and in action ...
I must say we've come a long way from the BM of my youth. I [along with every other hooky-playing teenager in Santa Barbara] was down at Stern's Wharf to watch the Batman movie filming there. The BM was a distinct disappointment. It was a modified Lincoln Continental, so unwieldy that it rocked and bounced at more than the slowest speeds. Whenever it was shown in the TV series or the movie, the film was usually speeded up - as is evident from the lazy, upward-drifting "jet exhaust". 
Jake and I grew up under the influence of Big Daddy Roth's Rat Fink, Mr. Gasser, et al. Doubtless it occasionally shows.
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#39027 - 06/03/10 01:23 AM
Re: Tach it up!
[Re: Michael A.Aquino]
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MatthewJ1
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I like that Batmobile Dr. Aquino. It certainly is more sci-fi than that old Mad Max Interceptor.
My love of the MM Interceptor kind of shows my age.
When I was growing up in the 1980’s every kid I knew (including myself) was into the Mad Max movies (even though many actually hadn’t seen them due to ratings) and desperately wanted to own this car, or, at the very least spout as much trivia and gibberish as possible about it in order to impress others.
We grew up out in the western suburbs of Sydney, which is a flat, harsh and horrible place during summer. There is just too much open space and very little shade or greenery. The people who live out there are (or were) blunt, unsophisticated and somehow quintessentially Australian, with this simple set of values they would almost kill others over. It was focused on traditional gender roles, mateship, grog, BBQ’s and big loud cars and listening to harsh music.
There was almost nothing to do out there when I was growing up, except getting a licence and hitting the wide open roads in powerful Ford Falcons and Fairlanes, and big Holden Commodores, and just driving and racing others and getting into fights etc.
Anyway, there is still a great deal of Australian myth still wrapped up in that MM interceptor and that movie for me.
I think the myth may have slowly passed away. I definitely think the times are gone and the attitudes have changed.
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#39047 - 06/03/10 05:16 PM
Turn it on, wind it up, blow it out!
[Re: Jake999]
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Michael A.Aquino
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LOL! It's a far cry from the Goat my brother had back in 65! I dunno why they assumed that smaller was better. Same thing happened with the LeMans. But I remember the Goat when it was GLORIOUS!
All the males of our generation remember (a) where they were when JFK was shot, (b) their first ride in a GTO, and (c) their first sexual experience. Usually in that order.
The 65 was definitely the signature year. The San Mateo BSA Executive picked me up at the airport in his white tripower 65. I said, "So what's the big deal about GTOs?" He just smiled and stomped the go-pedal, and I said  .
Lilith never understood it until a couple of years ago when I found a 65 at a local dealership, which was kind enough to allow me to drive her once around the block. When we got back a few seconds later, she was basically  and thanked me along the lines of "Are you out of your ******* mind!?"
The thing with the 2006 GTO was that it had to meet USA crash tests, not to mention that our parking spaces [at least in SF] are shrinking. 1950s land yachts won't fit here anymore. Pontiac had stopped making brutal engines, so the 06 had the 400hp LS2 borrowed from the Vette. Definitely enough to pass anything on the highway but a gas station. 
Karmann Ghias were a really beautiful redesign of the classic Bug, but I couldn't quite fit in one and also needed the extra luggage space of a Bug (my first car, also like most of the rest of our generation). I stupidly put a Judson supercharger (fueled by Pep Boys' "Marvel Mystery Oil") on it, consequently blew the cylinder heads to bits going 100mph through the Sacto desert on a hot summer's day. 
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#39074 - 06/05/10 04:13 AM
Re: Turn it on, wind it up, blow it out!
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Harvey
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Unfortunately the latest GTO concept (known as the Coupe 60 in Australia) failed reach production. It is based on the same platform as the new Camaro, so naturally its handling and performance has been substantially improved:
[url]http://www.ridelust.com/wp-content/uploads/holden-coupe-60-side.jpg]Bigger picture [/url]
Bigger picture here
Edited by Woland (08/10/10 12:57 PM)
Edit Reason: Image to large...
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#41698 - 08/10/10 08:02 AM
Re: Oh, that's just Jake ...
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Jake999
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Don't know if he still had it when you were there, but ASLV's personal road weapon of choice was his black Olds Toronado, which he considered a phallic symbol easily surpassing the XKE.
Just an update on the Toronado. The BLACK BEAST still lives. Apparently it is now owned by the artist COOP.
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