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 274 Posts Member #: 1174 Senior Member Sunny Southern California, USA |
13th Sep, 2007 at 05:18:24am
Hi everyone. I figured I would post up a few pics from a recent job I did. My Mini and I were hired as actors in a movie that is currently in production at the Universal Studios Back lot in Hollywood. The movie takes place in the early 70's in London. So they transformed the 'New York Street' section of the studio into London.
61 Austin Seven; building a 1275 'over the clutch' turbo, R5 T2'd, custom intercooled, megajolt electrified, canyon carver
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274 Posts Member #: 1174 Senior Member Sunny Southern California, USA |
13th Sep, 2007 at 05:26:54am
A few other pics....
61 Austin Seven; building a 1275 'over the clutch' turbo, R5 T2'd, custom intercooled, megajolt electrified, canyon carver
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274 Posts Member #: 1174 Senior Member Sunny Southern California, USA |
13th Sep, 2007 at 05:30:31am
The movie will be out sometime next year. It's currently titled "Frost/Nixon".
61 Austin Seven; building a 1275 'over the clutch' turbo, R5 T2'd, custom intercooled, megajolt electrified, canyon carver
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 2500 Posts Member #: 648 Post Whore Northern Ireland (ex AUS) |
13th Sep, 2007 at 08:02:45am
Wow, I know a famous person! They even got the dull weather right in the first pic. Oh and sorry we lumbered yous with those waste of spaces, the Beckhams On 7th Nov, 2008 Nic said:
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 8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
13th Sep, 2007 at 04:55:05pm
good work....how the hell did you manage that? https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel
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Site Admin  6293 Posts Member #: 1 The boring bloke who runs this place. Berkshire |
13th Sep, 2007 at 06:58:05pm
that is well cool! |
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 1913 Posts Member #: 1392 Pointless Post Whore Liverpool, North west |
13th Sep, 2007 at 08:51:23pm
Looks impressive.
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 1252 Posts Member #: 1656 Post Whore stoke-on-trent |
13th Sep, 2007 at 09:35:47pm
i was gonna protest and say it doesnt rain here all the time but fair play it does rain most of the time lol. very nice minis there - shame about the american plate on the estate On 23rd Oct, 2009 sim_ou_nao said:
eu gosto de mamas = i like boobs |
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 9812 Posts Member #: 332 Resident Cylinder Head Modifier Mitsi Evo 7, 911, Cossie. & all the chavs ...... won no problem |
13th Sep, 2007 at 09:49:03pm
super! i had a bald head in the 70s that was period correct Edited by BENROSS on 14th Sep, 2007.
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1913 Posts Member #: 1392 Pointless Post Whore Liverpool, North west |
13th Sep, 2007 at 10:53:18pm
How old were u then steve? or too personal? LOL Back once again like a renegade master |
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274 Posts Member #: 1174 Senior Member Sunny Southern California, USA |
14th Sep, 2007 at 01:21:03am
In a couple of the pics, you can see tall poles on tripods. Those things made it rain buckets at the flip of a switch! They also had curtains pulled over the streets to cut out the direct sun while shooting. When they were filming my driving shot, they had a guy with a high powered hose pipe. He kept the streets very wet and looking like the rain just ended. They also had sprayers that shot a fine mist all over the cars to keep them properly moist. 61 Austin Seven; building a 1275 'over the clutch' turbo, R5 T2'd, custom intercooled, megajolt electrified, canyon carver
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274 Posts Member #: 1174 Senior Member Sunny Southern California, USA |
14th Sep, 2007 at 01:30:32am
On 13th of Sep, 2007 at 04:55pm matty said:
good work....how the hell did you manage that? We have a few friends in the film industry that do what is called 'car wrangling'. When a studio has a need for a certain type of car, the wranglers go about finding and hiring those cars. So whenever a Mini is needed, we get phone calls. Pretty much any time you see a classic Mini in an American filmed show, that car is owned by someone in my car club. If you want to see what I mean, this is one of the companies I work with. http://www.mistervintagemachine.com/home.php 61 Austin Seven; building a 1275 'over the clutch' turbo, R5 T2'd, custom intercooled, megajolt electrified, canyon carver
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9812 Posts Member #: 332 Resident Cylinder Head Modifier Mitsi Evo 7, 911, Cossie. & all the chavs ...... won no problem |
14th Sep, 2007 at 01:35:30am
minimadj late 50s, although i look today in early 40s....
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274 Posts Member #: 1174 Senior Member Sunny Southern California, USA |
14th Sep, 2007 at 01:40:34am
On 13th of Sep, 2007 at 08:51pm minimadj said:
Still looks american though. In the scene where I was driving my Mini, they had one block of the street converted for authentic UK style left lane driving. But the blocks surrounding it were still set up in US right lane style. It was quite confusing for the cars that were passing through between shots! They were trying very hard to simulate a bustling and busy street. So they had a camera set up in an old school london black cab. They had it driving down the street set. Then they told me to pass the cab utilizing the very edge of the one lane road. At the same time I was to crowd a Vespa and a bicycle rider out of the way. This shot was called an 'establishing shot'. It will be used to establish that the following shot will take place in London. With a little luck, you'll be able to see my mug in the movie! That would rock! 61 Austin Seven; building a 1275 'over the clutch' turbo, R5 T2'd, custom intercooled, megajolt electrified, canyon carver
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274 Posts Member #: 1174 Senior Member Sunny Southern California, USA |
20th Sep, 2007 at 01:47:08am
Sounds like me and my Mini got hired for another job today. Keep your fingers crossed for me. This is a big job and if it goes well, it should finance the completion of my turbo motor... 61 Austin Seven; building a 1275 'over the clutch' turbo, R5 T2'd, custom intercooled, megajolt electrified, canyon carver
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 6752 Posts Member #: 828 Post Whore uranus |
20th Sep, 2007 at 06:15:59pm
blimey ,what a hoot Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM |
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4018 Posts Member #: 1757 Back to Fucking Tool status Swindon |
20th Sep, 2007 at 07:05:46pm
he has been in mini world for yriend hasnt he? i recognise the car. and well done to you for getting your cars in a film :) Drives
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274 Posts Member #: 1174 Senior Member Sunny Southern California, USA |
20th Sep, 2007 at 08:22:32pm
Good eye!
61 Austin Seven; building a 1275 'over the clutch' turbo, R5 T2'd, custom intercooled, megajolt electrified, canyon carver
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