Vanishing Point producer

Postby fal308 » 05 Oct 2013 7:04

Meant to post this last month. VP producer Richard Sarafin died 9/18
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby dave-r » 05 Oct 2013 10:17

Yeah he did. It even made the BBC news! But not before Facebook of course.
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby Pat » 06 Oct 2013 17:50

Has any one of you guys made the trip to the town in Nevada were they made the town parts of the film ? Im thinking of going there next year if it is still there =)
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby dave-r » 06 Oct 2013 20:25

Me, Drew, The other Pat, Eddie and Redraven all went around lots of the places in the film a few years ago. Roland on here went with Drew just recently.

Some of us plan to go again next year. But it is questionable if me or Wayne (Redraven) can make it. Just got to suck it and see if the money needed turns up because I for one am not managing to save at all with the current economic situation and flights from the UK cost more than the pennies I have in my jeans pocket that's for sure.
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby Pat » 07 Oct 2013 16:44

OK Dave i gues it whas great to see and visit as you plan to go again !? Andybody wish to share the places to visit regarding this film ? Im planing early april if i can save up :)
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby drewcrane » 08 Oct 2013 0:18

Here is a decent pic story of one of our trips if you are in to the Bookface thingy

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vanishin ... 6414868766


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e4dCgjf ... ture=share


Yea spring is a gamble with weather , heavy thunderstorsm and hail always loom so we have always done it in the all Sept/Oct. ,may dodge a light snow storm but, it is usually nicer that time of year .

I hope to get a set date here soon , and Dave and Redraven will be here if I have to come all the way over there and get them :!:
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby Eddie » 08 Oct 2013 1:29

drewcrane wrote:Here is a decent pic story of one of our trips if you are in to the Bookface thingy

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vanishin ... 6414868766


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e4dCgjf ... ture=share


Yea spring is a gamble with weather , heavy thunderstorsm and hail always loom so we have always done it in the all Sept/Oct. ,may dodge a light snow storm but, it is usually nicer that time of year .

I hope to get a set date here soon , and Dave and Redraven will be here if I have to come all the way over there and get them :!:

No Drew,,WE go all the way over Yonder and HogTie those blokes back to Denver,,the women will be spared :lol: they get 1st class digs! :lol: Herman and Lilly Munster will help us!
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby dave-r » 08 Oct 2013 7:56

I like that interview on Youtube. Mainly because I am hardly in it. :D

But the footage is the best stuff we got. Except for that footage Wayne got of me driving Eddies Challenger. I think Wayne managed to capture the essence of some of the movie's helicopter shots of the car. Even though Wayne was in a Truck. :mrgreen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjQwD-Jsiz4
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby Pat » 08 Oct 2013 17:16

Thanks Guy´s :D You al lookt great at the Pod ! I whas there a coppel of times in 2003-4 when i work on the cloutch for the Penzoil sponcerd Top Fuel dragster :wink: I gues i got to show you a pic of that disater but this pic show me as a clean guy and i whas mostly more on the black side after doing the cloutch 3-4 times a day if i whas lucky and then i had to stand in the shower line for some time as there´only 3 or 4 showers for al the teams on the track :roll:[url][/url]

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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby dave-r » 08 Oct 2013 19:54

The facilities are slightly better there these days. But only slightly. :lol:
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby Adrian Worman » 08 Oct 2013 21:20

dave-r wrote:The facilities are slightly better there these days. But only slightly. :lol:


Hahaha yeah you're bang on there Daveman............. mind you I was so pissed at the last Euronats I slept on the back seat of me Chally and crawled out every 2 hours to have a slash up the rear tyre :mrgreen:
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby dave-r » 09 Oct 2013 7:47

Adrian Worman wrote:
dave-r wrote:The facilities are slightly better there these days. But only slightly. :lol:


Hahaha yeah you're bang on there Daveman............. mind you I was so pissed at the last Euronats I slept on the back seat of me Chally and crawled out every 2 hours to have a slash up the rear tyre :mrgreen:



You are truely disgusting Ade.

I would have pissed up someone elses tyre. :mrgreen:
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby Adrian Worman » 09 Oct 2013 11:14

Pat wrote:Thanks Guy´s :D You al lookt great at the Pod ! I whas there a coppel if times in 2003-4 when i work on the cloutch for the Penzoil sponcerd Top Fuel dragster :wink: I gues i got to show you a pic of that disater but this pic show me as a clean guy and i whas mostly more on the black side after doing the cloutch 3-4 times a day if i whas lucky and then i had to stand in the shower line for some time as there´only 3 or 4 showers for al the teams on the track :roll:[url][/url]


Thats some pretty exciting stuff Pat, I was at the Pod myself in the late '90's trying to get to help crew for John Spuffards TF funny.
Nothing came of it in the end so I just carried on with my muscle cars and bikes on RWYB days.
Dead easy for me too cos I only live about 30 minutes from the track :mrgreen:
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby Adrian Worman » 09 Oct 2013 11:15

dave-r wrote:
Adrian Worman wrote:
dave-r wrote:The facilities are slightly better there these days. But only slightly. :lol:


Hahaha yeah you're bang on there Daveman............. mind you I was so pissed at the last Euronats I slept on the back seat of me Chally and crawled out every 2 hours to have a slash up the rear tyre :mrgreen:



You are truely disgusting Ade.

I would have pissed up someone elses tyre. :mrgreen:



.................well, Philths 73 was parked next door so I probably did :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby dave-r » 09 Oct 2013 11:23

Well in a couple more years we will be doing it in our pants all the time so that will be the end of that. :lol:
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Re: Vanishing Point producer

Postby Pat » 09 Oct 2013 14:32

Adrian Worman wrote:
Pat wrote:Thanks Guy´s :D You al lookt great at the Pod ! I whas there a coppel if times in 2003-4 when i work on the cloutch for the Penzoil sponcerd Top Fuel dragster :wink: I gues i got to show you a pic of that disater but this pic show me as a clean guy and i whas mostly more on the black side after doing the cloutch 3-4 times a day if i whas lucky and then i had to stand in the shower line for some time as there´only 3 or 4 showers for al the teams on the track :roll:[url][/url]


Thats some pretty exciting stuff Pat, I was at the Pod myself in the late '90's trying to get to help crew for John Spuffards TF funny.
Nothing came of it in the end so I just carried on with my muscle cars and bikes on RWYB days.
Dead easy for me too cos I only live about 30 minutes from the track :mrgreen:


Ade it´s sad that you dident make it happen whit John Spuffards then but i can ese you mind by saying you
save a lot of time and hard work becas it is a load of work and hard times to tarvel around Europe and never know when you can be back home and work together some more money to put food on the tabel but i dont regret any of it becas i did get to know some realy nice people like Gary Page Andy Carter Smax Smith Kim Raymond Anita Mäkele and quite a few hard working mekanics and other drivers but now i only relax on the stand and go around some in the pit talking to old friends and have a nice time insted and travel some more to US and i offcorse have more time over for my Challenger :lol:
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