Guest shadetree77 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) I just watched a good movie chock full of old cars and old signs. It's called "Lawless". I think it just came out today (Tuesday). It's about moonshiners and bootleggers in the 30's. It's got a lot of violence and cussing but what can you expect from a movie about bootlegging? Practically every scene is full of cars and signs. Worth checking out for sure. I just found a good little article about the "car wrangler" for the movie too. Click the link below to read it.http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/for-lawless-car-wrangler-a-potent-fidelity-to-the-ford-v-8/ Edited November 28, 2012 by shadetree77 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Nice article - but I don't recall Ford ever making a "Whippet" - Willys did ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Braverman Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Nice article - but I don't recall Ford ever making a "Whippet" - Willys did !That comment was from the "Car Specialist." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Steve, you missed my point....hence my response.....Ford Whippet?"Car Specialist"?I'm not questioning the "Picture Car Guy", as they are called in production phase...I've worked a great many movies with these professionals......but the "Car Specialist"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Steve, you missed my point....hence my response.....Ford Whippet?"Car Specialist"?I'm not questioning the "Picture Car Guy", as they are called in production phase...I've worked a great many movies with these professionals......but the "Car Specialist"?That's Chief "Car Specialist":rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karasmer Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I just saw the film, what got me was how beat up looking the Model A's were for being two years old and that radio in the the 32 Ford Roadster. Still nice to see a movie with alot of old cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Quote from article: "In addition to sourcing the cars, Mr. Duncan was responsible for preparing them for shoot ‘em up sequences, for which he used small explosives known as squibs. “We drill holes, insert explosive, cover it with Bondo and paint over it. Then everything is wired up,” he said."I was once negotiating the use of my Pierce phaeton in the movie "Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" (which bombed, by the way...). The director had seen a picture of my car and really wanted it, and the offer to use it for a month of shooting was in the 5 figures. It all fell apart, however, when one of the people I was negotiating with stated "oh, we'll have to drill some holes in the frame to mount an outboard camera stand".......If you look at the movie as made, you'll see they took a Model A roadster and put an Archer ornament on it, and refer to it in the movie as a Pierce Arrow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) The dog on the 1934-era Ford hood ornament was a greyhound, the miniature version of which is a whippet. You'll occasionally hear people refer to those cars as "Ford Whippets", probably as a reference to the Lincoln which was a much larger car with roughly the same ornament. That's especially true in Europe and South America where most Fords were still 4 cylinder cars. Edited June 30, 2013 by Dave@Moon (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Quote from article: "In addition to sourcing the cars, Mr. Duncan was responsible for preparing them for shoot ‘em up sequences, for which he used small explosives known as squibs. “We drill holes, insert explosive, cover it with Bondo and paint over it. Then everything is wired up,” he said."Pure Holleywood CRAP! A customer had a bit roll in the movie and bought a 30-31 Model A Coupe that had been shot up in the movie. The "drill" they used was a punch or maybe a rail road spike and a big hammer. This produced a hole and depression about the size of half an egg shell, charge was placed in there then a gob of Bondo and brushed paint. It was a put together car, but the body was solid. I'm sure someone is restoring or building a Hot Rod out of it now. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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