Well, there’s my friend the projectionist who got an emergency call to work some grindhouse in L.A. because their projectionist had died on the job. When my friend got there, the ex-projectionist was propped up on a chair in a corner of the booth; the paramedics had pronounced him dead but the coroner hadn’t shown up…

Sorry I missed the original post again - my story about doing it with one of my Aztec buddies in my ‘76 LTD probably wasn’t that unusual, except we were in a (closed) gas station parking lot in Anaheim and there was a bar and grill across the street with two cop cars in front. (My friend had a rather spontaneous…

Opreh?

Kaiju connection: the lead Yakuza is played by Tatsuya Fuji, who played George Inoue in 1967’s Gappa, the Triphibian Monster.

Another classic buzz job here, from the 1969 film The 1000 Plane Raid (which doesn’t have much else to recommend it). There’s a bit more footage in the movie, but here’s a taste:

Good distinction. Getty Images has a lot of old Warner Bros. B-roll footage on its website - notably you can download much of the car chase from the 1968 movie Harper and make your own version.

Thankfully Irwin Allen had nothing to do with that picture - it was the folks behind the Airport movies. Which explains the presence of Charlton Heston instead of Paul Newman.

Besides, in real life GM came up with the name thusly: Corvette + Bel Air = Corvair.

(rimshot)

Still a good one:

Late, I know, but one of the more notable cars was a red ‘59 Edsel convertible - it survives today with a collector in the US.

“Dallas attorney and motorcycle buff William Smith said he’s previously met groups involved in Sunday’s shootout and insisted they’ve always been peaceful.”

“Dallas attorney and motorcycle buff William Smith said he’s previously met groups involved in Sunday’s shootout and insisted they’ve always been peaceful.”

With “The. Fuck.” in the middle.

Small town, probably. My friend grew up in Metuchen, NJ, and he told me there were only two Chinese families there - “Our family owned the restaurant and the other family owned the laundry.”

There’s already been a film about the de Jesus Gonzales sisters: Las Poquianchis from 1976.

‘64 Chevy plain old Impala (not even a 409 Super Sport) atop a very tall mesa.

1999 Camry. Bonus trivia: It’s failed smog four times since April 29th.