Friday, July 12, 2024

Friday Open Road

 




























25 comments:

  1. I like the one with the mutt wearing it's hat backwards, and the toofy ho with the shotgun sitting in the old truck cooking 8 kinds of meats in a weber smoker in an old but highly modified powerwagon while listening to an expensive vintage audio system and a dewalt 90 volt reciprocating hammer drill-chisel in each hand.

    did i miss anything???

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    1. Yes. The 10mm socket fallen on the floor.

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    2. It staggers me anyone takes this basement troll poseur seriously.

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    3. Once again I lure out the cry babies. LOL

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    1. Me too. The snow covered tunnels is an especially cool photo.

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  3. The VW with the Safari windows is a clean bus!

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  4. Red 4runner, black bear pass heading down towards Telluride. Terrifying ride, three point turns at the switchbacks.

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  5. My favorite is the one with the dog.

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  6. #1 is a Union Pacific Challenger locomotive that could haul 4500 ton trains at 60mph on level or almost level track. When the grades got steep the 6900 hp Big Boys took over.

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  7. #1 - is that the fabulous Hudson Hornet?

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  8. I like bejeweled buns, blondes, and guns!!

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    1. And old pickup trucks to boot!

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  9. And the Ferrari from Ferris Bueler's Day Off

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    1. At first I thought that was an MG, but a frame-by-frame view of the GIF does show that the car is badged as a Ferrari, with the Illinois vanity license plate: NRVOUS. There were actually 3 Ferrari replica movie cars made for the film. The one used in the parking lot attendant's "jump" sequence sold at auction in 2020 for $369K.

      The vehicle was listed as a 1985 Modena GT Spyder California — a replica car, which is a Ford fit with a fiberglass body that resembles a Ferrari, according to Cnet. It is one of three that were made specifically for the movie, and only one of two that still exists today.

      Other cars in the movie carried vanity plates at well, as mentioned in this article about the meaning of the license plates used in the movie:
      https://www.slashfilm.com/953233/every-license-plate-in-ferris-buellers-day-off-has-meaning/

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  10. Last image looks like the Shafer Trail road in Canyonlands.

    Rotten driver harassing the moose.

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    1. Nobody is harassing the ugly meat wagon. They are just that dumb. Dangerous as all hell, but dumb.

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    2. The Schafer Trail (Switchbacks) takes you off the cliffs, and down to the White Rim Trail. This shot is further down the 100 mile long trail. An Outstanding 2-3 day Trek in Canyon Lands NP, Moab, Utah

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  11. Pegged the red Ferrari clip right away.
    Good set tournament of a road trip while stuck at home
    TGIF

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  12. Echoing John above. I like them all. I always look forward to Friday's. A great selection every time. Thank you.

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  13. I came up behind a big bull moose once in a Fiat X1/9. Too early in the year for a rack but he was big. He started into a trot and his feet came out from under him. When he got up he was PISSED and started coming toward me all red-eyed. That stupid car never went so fast in reverse! He finally gave up.

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  14. Poor Bullwinkle.

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  15. #17: Yes, I'll have one of each please.

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