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I think the Saab 900 has actually been exploding in popularity, what with a super low-mile 900 Turbo cabrio like the one pictured being sold on Bring a Trailer for more money than it was originally retailed for, or perhaps the red coupe that starred in the recent film "Drive My Car." However, for films, we have to go back to the 2004 film "Sideways," which is about Paul Giamatti and Thomas H. Church cruising California wine country in search of wine, sex and existential meaningfulness. The "Sideways" Saab is something of it's own character, being a visual representation in many ways of its owner Miles (Giamatti). It's beaten, a bit worked over, and takes some hits throughout the course of the film (including a deleted scene with a dog), much like Miles. It's the car that probably sparked my lust for red convertibles and probably indirectly led to my Audi cabrio purchase. I may never get it to California, but maybe if I can get it working I can take it through Wisconsin wine country.
Jurassic Park has given us many great, recognizable film cars. The Jeep and the Ford Explorer from the first film need no introduction, and the The Lost World began to a long lived relationship with Mercedes-Benz product placement, not to mention some memorable scenes involving the earliest forms of civilian sold Humvees. Yet one car always gets overlooked despite playing a big role in a big scene, although admittedly, it's the scene that many consider to have really jumped the shark. I'm of course talking about another red convertible, which was Dr. Malcolm's (Jeff Goldblum) 1969 Pontiac LeMans Custom from the San Diego scenes in "The Lost World: Jurassic Park." Given that Malcolm is a very opiniated math mathematician who hates fashion and sports, I was always fairly amused that he apparently owns such an eye-catching classic car, though it arguably fits his description from the novel as being something of a self-absorbed (if always correct) rock star. More amusing, it seems to be his only personal car, as why else would Malcolm use it to go to the docks for Ludlow's presentation which he fully expects to be a disaster? More intriguing, and rather thankfully, there's no cheap thrills of destruction with the LeMans, as the T-Rex spares it after Malcolm and Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore) ditch the car to get the infant Rex back to the boat. Any other film would have spitefully destroyed the car. But I guess the Rexes did wreck the awesome (and also oft-forgotten) Mercs earlier, so maybe this was an apology of sorts for that. With that said, I'm still waiting for my Jurassic Park Pontiac LeMans diecast.
"Hobo With a Shotgun" is a bizarre, violent film that serves itself up as a blood soaked love letter to exploitation and grind-house cinema. Hobo was originally a fake trailer that was a part of the Quintin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez double-feature "Grindhouse," made up of the films "Death Proof" and "Planet Terror." Out of several fake trailers, it was Hobo and one called "Machete" that turned into full length films, and out of all the grind-house send ups, I've always felt that Hobo actually hit the closest to feeling like an actual exploitation film from the '70s, from the acting, to the sets, to the way it was shot, and so on and so forth. It felt legitimate, whereas "Planet Terror" just felt kind of gimmicky. And then of course Hobo just had to bring the car, a 1975 Bricklin SV-1 in white and black, matching the color motifs of its owners, Slick and Ivan (Gregory Smith and Nick Bateman, respectively). The Bricklin was a lot like the DeLorean in many ways: shaped like a wedge, gull-wing doors, Canadian, and fueled by cocaine. However, the Bricklin was built form the ground up as a "safe" sports car for the northren-midwest climate, featuring tougher bumpers and a fiberglass body and better rust proofing on the metal parts. And unlike the DeLorean, the Bricklin actually had some power (by '70s standards) with a pair of V8s (choice of AMC or Ford, iirc). The moment the Bricklin burst onto the film during the execution of one of the trailer park boys (Robb Wells), I was hooked. It was beautiful, and it's since been my opinion that all wedge shaped sports cars from the '70s and '80s look best in white. My Fiero was white, so it tracks.
Wanna take a break from my photos and reposts and quickly bring up a little something on a couple of Movie Cars that have long been favorites, and seemingly never get any recognition, including two of my absolute favorite film cars. See Alt Texts.
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Some more photos from the #AtlanticNationals2025 in #DowntownMoncton
#Cars #Vintage #Photography #CarPhotos #OldSchool #Bricklin #Atlantic #Nationals #CarPhotography #AtlanticNationals
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This #scarce 1984 #LargeFormat #softcover #book uses old #newspapers to tell about #SaintJohn 's #history. $20. #Booksky #LimitedEdition #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NewBrunswick #GreatFire #Bricklin #StreetRailwayStrike
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Quote sobre la primera hoja de cálculo de la historia (leído en Los Innovadores by Walter Isaacson) #Bricklin #Engelbart #HojaDeCalculo #VisiCalc emeshing.blogspot.com/2025/04/quot... via @emeshing.bsky.social
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Bring back #Bricklin!
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The Bricklin SV-1 was a precursor to the DeLorean in some ways (poor production, less built than they wanted too, quality control issues, wedge shape, gullwing doors, cocaine maybe), and was seen as the first real competition for the Corvette. Unfortunately, this competition came during the era of heavy emissions controls and engineers not yet being able to figure out efficiency and power balances properly yet. Featuring an AMC V8 or a Ford Windsor V8, neither proved to be super powerful, even with favorable reviews against the Corvette.
SV-1 stood for "Safety Vehicle 1," as the car was meant to highlight new safety features to ostensibly make it a safer option than the Corvette and likely the small 2-seater roadsters that were available at the time. Safety options included bright colors (like this Safety Orange) and heavy duty bumpers with large shock absorbers (something available on this car sometime before most other cars began adopting larger, safer bumpers). The body was also made of resin (like the Corvette), although there was difficulty in making the resin body as good as GM's approach.
Interiors were adorned with a mix of plastic, vinyl, wood, and leather, with there being a large number of material mixes and choices. Out of 3000 cars produced, only 1700 are thought to remain by 2012, and even less now. Some combos have likely been lost forever. This car has a three speed automatic, an option in lieu of a 4-speed stick on AMC V8 powered cars, and the only trans available on the Windsor powered cars.
Forget the DeLorean. The Bricklin SV-1 was the real McCoy.
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We have a #scarce 1977 #hardcover #book about the #Bricklin! $40. www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1735... #NewBrunswick #automobile
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Car meeting for the 50th anniversary of the Bricklin in Saint John, NB, Canada last August.
Camera: Canon 5D MKII
Lens: Vintage Cosina Cosinon Auto MC f=135mm F=2.8
#bricklin #sportscar #car #cars #gullwing #saintjohnnb #newbrunswick #cosinon #canon
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1974 Bricklin SV-1 (Safety Vehicle One). New Brunswick's finest.
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#Northvolt, au #Québec, en 2024, semble s’annoncer être le #Bricklin du #Nouveau-Brunswick des années 1970/80.
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