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Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 09 Sep 2012 10:19
by RedRaven
Great link ups going on here guys.........pity
this all didnt happen back in 09 eh?? Still gonna be amazing

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 09 Sep 2012 13:46
by drewcrane
RedRaven wrote:Great link ups going on here guys.........pity
this all didnt happen back in 09 eh?? Still gonna be amazing


Yes a pity that, but with out that trip this trip probably would not have happened :wink:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 12 Sep 2012 14:58
by forzav12
dave-r wrote:
forzav12 wrote:Just spotted this thread. I own the Audioslave video Vanishing Point Challenger.


The producers for that music video contaced me for a white 70 Challenger. I put them onto Randel (Cometstorm I think was his handle) who ran the VP clone website. He put them onto you.

It's a small world isn't it? :D


small world, indeed!
The mighty white Challenger has seen much action and quite a few changes since then. Did the Edmunds shoot/story/vid(nearly a million hits at this point), met up with Richard Serafin(the VP director) at his home for an interview by a French film crew. Took Richard for a drive around Beverly Hills in the Challenger. He got pretty emotional seeing and driving the car-nice man with tons of insight about the film. The car was also featured at the Panavision studio for the release of VP on BluRay. Much of the original cast/crew/etc were there for the screening, the Q&A afterwards was also a hoot, the car again made the trip out to Goldfield and the other film sites-this time with the crew from Motor Trend. Got an insider tour of the hotel and the car ended up on the cover of the mag.
The car is currently running a 600hp Indy Cylinder Heads 440, a keisler 5-speed(with Pistol Grip, of course), Hotchkiss suspension,etc. The Challenger still looks as it appeared in the movie and runs on polyglass tires too!
It will be the only musclecar in attendance at a Wounded Warriors event next month, surrounded by Ferraris and lambos.
A lot of good times because of that car!

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 13 Sep 2012 7:39
by dave-r
You are making me miss mine so much right now. :(

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 13 Sep 2012 14:28
by drewcrane
And you got to go in the hotel how cool is that wow nice powerful awesome chally there I am sure there are a few jealous peeps here ,including me :D

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 15 Sep 2012 14:25
by drewcrane
Just a pucker test yesterday.......Had a valve cover gasket fail ,BLOW OUT ,WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD,and it puked oil all over the header,
and it only made it a block before I noticed it, a cloud billowing out of the car

,by the time I got home it was really bad, I jumped out the car and the friggin header had started a fire,yea BBQ ,

dam glad I keep a fire extinguisher in the car cause it saved the car it would have burned the car down for sure.

so just a note to those out there that dont have a fire extinguisher in their car ......get one now ,

this has happened to me before with a steering column /electrical failure with the turn signal ,

and I was ready then ,and will never go with out one I even purchased a bigger one for under the dash so now I will have 2......fair warning to all get a fire extinguisher ASAP-



I found these steel/silicone,reusable gaskets no blow out 8)

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 15 Sep 2012 16:49
by dave-r
Bloody hell Drew. :shock:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 15 Sep 2012 16:52
by drewcrane
dave-r wrote:Bloody hell Drew. :shock:



Hey I caught it just in the nick of time...dam glad I have the extinguisher , other wise I would have been calling the fire department, and insurance...........

But I got it fixed yesterday and all seems good :wink: .just a bit of a wake up call :!:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 15 Sep 2012 16:57
by drewcrane
Here is the culprit, it is very hard and has lost its seal theses were pretty good ,but due to the composition, mostly card board they were due to fail, and these new gaskets were not available 3 years ago :evil:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 15 Sep 2012 22:02
by Eddie
I have a Halon Bottle in my 70 and my 72 will have 2. (HEED DREW"S advice everyone!!!) Nice save Drew, :thumbsup: oh and synthetics arent supposed to be flammable, although Ive never tried to light it up. The rubber coated steel shim Moroso's , really are the best, no sealer needed, seals like a vault!

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 15 Sep 2012 22:19
by Adrian Worman
I always got an extinguisher in my Chally, hope I never use it :mrgreen:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 17 Sep 2012 7:41
by dave-r
I bought a pair of thick orange silicon (I think) gaskets for mine back in the mid 90s from a vendor at the EuroNats. They didn't have a steel core but they worked amazingly well. Must have removed those valve covers a thousand times and never needed to replace them.

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 17 Sep 2012 12:26
by Adrian Worman
You're only a few days away now aintcha? Bet you lot are well excited :mrgreen:
Hope it all goes to plan and you all have a blast, wish I could be doin that :wink:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 17 Sep 2012 13:45
by drewcrane
Adrian Worman wrote:You're only a few days away now aintcha? Bet you lot are well excited :mrgreen:
Hope it all goes to plan and you all have a blast, wish I could be doin that :wink:



Oh man the prep ,anticipation reminds me of when I was prepping for out ward bound,2 weeks in a car with a small trunk I almost pulled the back seat, but I dont think I need to.

and btw the small puny fire extinguishers are a one shot deal they will give you a quick burst and that is it,

you have to be dead on when you hit the fire ,

now I have a much larger one,and I might do another one somewhere

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 19 Sep 2012 4:43
by fal308
I kept two rechargeable ABC bottles in my trucks, one under each end of the seat,by the sill. That way I could quickly grab one no matter wjich side of the vehicle I was on. Only had to use one once, on a carb backfire fire.

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 19 Sep 2012 21:40
by Eddie
Roland arrived in Terre Haute about 2:00 PM today! :thumbsup:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 19 Sep 2012 21:43
by Eddie
We had a big Supper of Bar-BQ Pork Ribs and Parmesian Cheese Idaho Bakers that Betty&I had prepared for us. :)

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 19 Sep 2012 21:45
by Eddie
Roland is a super cool dude, wish we had more time to talk Challengers and visit more but he's on his way to Drew's

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 19 Sep 2012 22:21
by Adrian Worman
Is Roland 9' tall? :mrgreen:

He's got a lovely car, always liked the stance and the wheels.

Hope you guys have a wicked time............ :wink:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 19 Sep 2012 22:57
by drewcrane
Adrian Worman wrote:Is Roland 9' tall? :mrgreen:

He's got a lovely car, always liked the stance and the wheels.

Hope you guys have a wicked time............ :wink:



6ft 8 inches tall lad.................and I am anxious all hell

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 20 Sep 2012 10:10
by dave-r
Eddie is not that tall but he is hard, wirey, and mean as hell. :mrgreen:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 20 Sep 2012 17:38
by Eddie
Thanks Dave, but we should tell Ade the truth. I'm only 4 feet 6" tall Roland is normal height. :lol:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012 4:11
by fal308
Eddie, just tell them that your head is so heavy, being full of Mopar knowledge, that gravity is affecting your height. :D
BTW I still want/love your truck!

I'm beginning to think you guys have started a niche in the travel industry - VP road trips to Goldfield!
What with all these other trips reported on now.

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012 7:41
by dave-r
Well we were not the first and sure as heck we will not be the last. :D

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012 13:59
by drewcrane
dave-r wrote:Well we were not the first and sure as heck we will not be the last. :D


Yea Ed and I were already talking about a V.P. AND ROUTE 66 TOUR....EH,

some great areas along the way :D

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012 14:04
by drewcrane
I just love it when shit goes wrong.

I have a bad magnetic pick up I HOPE THE SPEED SHOP HAS ONE :x

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012 14:37
by dave-r
Theres always something with these cars isn't there? :roll:

Nearly as bad as my poxy Alpha Romeo. :s001:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012 15:35
by drewcrane
dave-r wrote:Theres always something with these cars isn't there? :roll:

Nearly as bad as my poxy Alpha Romeo. :s001:

Ya know Dave the is alot of crap to go wrong as much as we do to these cars there is always something,

I have been non stop with this car an I always get that good feeling.....everything is done...........NOT :!:

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012 17:37
by Eddie
Drew, you use a MSD distributor? If so, I have something for you!

Re: Vanishing Point Road Trip

PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012 19:22
by drewcrane
Eddie wrote:Drew, you use a MSD distributor? If so, I have something for you!

Yea I do what do you have?