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    Back to the Future, the cars

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    • Just Jeepin'
      Just Jeepin' last edited by

      As I posted last night, Netflix is losing some true classic flicks this month, including the entire Back to the Future trilogy.

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      I started watching the first one this morning, and was immediately struck by the vehicles. Obviously the well-known ones like the Toyota Hilux, but the AMC Eagle wagon was a hoot to spot now that I know about it (I really never paid attention to cars growing up), and the CJ that Marty hitches a ride on (the Ranger wasn't bad either).

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      Anyway, after catching a glimpse of an old Suburban I decided I should try to spend more time identifying what I was seeing, but then remembered I can only ID about 20 vehicles that have ever existed, so instead I searched the web.

      Presented for your edumafication, the vehicles from Back to the Future.

      https://backtothefuture.fandom.com/wiki/Motor_vehicles_in_Back_to_the_Future

      On walkabout. Back soonish.

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      • Shop-Teacher
        Shop-Teacher @Just Jeepin' last edited by

        @just-jeepin Thankfully I have these on DVD, so no need for me to panic watch them. Fun fact: I stole the DVDs from a friend's ex-husband. He lent me them, and when I found out he had been regularly driving drunk through our neighborhood, I decided he couldn't have them back.

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        • fintail
          fintail @Just Jeepin' last edited by

          @just-jeepin I assume you know about IMCDB:

          https://www.imcdb.org/m88763.html

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          • Just Jeepin'
            Just Jeepin' @fintail last edited by

            @fintail I did stumble upon it once upon a time, but had long since forgotten about it. Thanks.

            On walkabout. Back soonish.

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            • fintail
              fintail @Just Jeepin' last edited by

              @just-jeepin definitely one of the better corners of the devolving hellscape of the internet.

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              • sn4cktimes
                sn4cktimes last edited by

                We did a trivia night many moons ago and one of the questions I asked people was:
                “What car does Jenny’s Dad pick her up in?”
                A) Buick Regal
                B) AMC Eagle
                C) Ford Crown Vic
                D) Generic Sedan

                Most of my friends picked the Eagle on the basis I put it in a question. Hmmmm I might actually put up the vehicle section on a post for Oppo...

                '88 AMC Eagle, '15 Husky FE350S -Oppo Never Dies!

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                • fintail
                  fintail last edited by

                  On this subject, Doc Brown's Packard came up for auction not long ago:

                  https://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1949-packard-custom-8-victoria-convertible/

                  Definitely a premium paid for provenance, but I'd still call it well-bought. The car has a role in one of the most popular movie franchises of all time, and these bathtub Packards were remarkably sturdy and overbuilt cars, themselves. I'd love to have it.

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                  • Chariotoflove
                    Chariotoflove @Just Jeepin' last edited by

                    @just-jeepin After your post last night, I got my daughter off Youtube, and we watched War Games together. Even better movie than I remembered. She enjoyed it immensely.

                    Also, that movie is where I got the idea for how to butter corn that Iuse to this day, and my kid got to see where it comes from. Although we now use tortillas because they hold together better.

                    Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                    • Shop-Teacher
                      Shop-Teacher @fintail last edited by

                      @fintail A guy I used to teach with has a beautiful survivor '48 Packard sedan. It's magnificent.

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                      • fintail
                        fintail @Shop-Teacher last edited by

                        @shop-teacher An old timer I knew said something to the effect that those cars can pull a house off its foundation - they are almost literally tanks. They seem to have a decent survival rate, which says something 70 years later.

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                        • Rusty Vandura
                          Rusty Vandura @Shop-Teacher last edited by

                          @shop-teacher laughs

                          Master Chief Dingus

                          The entropy of my garage is always increasing.

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                          • Rusty Vandura
                            Rusty Vandura @fintail last edited by

                            @fintail You know what I don't like about you? You don't call it like you see it.

                            Master Chief Dingus

                            The entropy of my garage is always increasing.

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                            • Shop-Teacher
                              Shop-Teacher @fintail last edited by

                              @fintail These are his cars. The Packard is completely original, only some mechanical work has been done to it.

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                              • fintail
                                fintail @Shop-Teacher last edited by

                                @shop-teacher Beauties. Love the color on the Packard too. I'll take em both.

                                There's a similar Caddy in BTTF as well, the band's car where Marty is locked in the trunk.

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                                • Shop-Teacher
                                  Shop-Teacher @fintail last edited by

                                  @fintail Oh yeah!

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                                  • XJDano
                                    XJDano @Just Jeepin' last edited by

                                    @just-jeepin my wife was watching RENT earlier, and I had them rewind a section to look at a Comanche, then guessed the Range Rover, but apparently the one guy just said “Get of my Range Rover” so that may have been subliminal. I was trying to decide if it was a XJ or MJ because it hd a camper shell.

                                    https://www.imcdb.org/v073520.html

                                    This space for rent

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                                    • Just Jeepin'
                                      Just Jeepin' @XJDano last edited by

                                      @xjdano I saw what I think was my first MJ with a shell while driving around last weekend. Wish I could have gotten a photo, looked sharp.

                                      On walkabout. Back soonish.

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