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  • Jensenman

    Jan. 6, 2009 4:20 p.m. Jensenman UltimaDork

    Mental wrote:

    AngryCorvair wrote:

    ...So, the answer is AMC Gremlin, and the floor is still mine.

    New question: What is the song playing in the movie when Brad whacks it while fantasizing about Linda?

    "Movin' in Stereo" by The Cars

    Although, it disturbs me you refer to it as the "Brad Whacks it..." scene, instead of its proper term; "Topless Phoebe Cates Scene"

    and while the Jensen FF was availible in AWD, only 318 of them were fitted with it. Technically Subarau and American Motors Company had versions in 1972.

    But if you really want to get obnioxus, Williys introduced AWD with the Jeep. While intended as a 4 wheel drive, it was actually truely AWD, becuase the wheels always turned.

    I'm gonna get picky here. There wre only 318 FF's (some sources say 320) made and all of them were AWD. That's the whole meaning of the FF model designation: Ferguson Formula. That was the name of the AWD system, which was one of the earliest production car (as opposed to truck) AWD systems built. It was also tried in some prototype F1 cars of the era with less than stellar results, although it worked very well in the Jensen.

    And yes I remember the Phoebe Cates scene quite well.

    Floor back to Mental.

  • racinginc215

    Jan. 6, 2009 5:53 p.m. racinginc215 New Reader

    The FF was bought challenge friendly it's pretty damn rough. it's a 70 and next to it is a 69 MK1 one of 14 built in it's color combination according to Calver.

  • maroon92

    Jan. 7, 2009 5:26 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork

    bump for Mental.

    paging Mental.

  • Mental

    Jan. 7, 2009 5:50 p.m. Mental UltraDork

    Jensenman wrote:

    I'm gonna get picky here. There wre only 318 FF's (some sources say 320) made and all of them were AWD. That's the whole meaning of the FF model designation: Ferguson Formula. That was the name of the AWD system, which was one of the earliest production car (as opposed to truck) AWD systems built. It was also tried in some prototype F1 cars of the era with less than stellar results, although it worked very well in the Jensen.

    And yes I remember the Phoebe Cates scene quite well.

    Floor back to Mental.

    Ah, the only 320 piece was something I didn't know.

    and yes, I believe every English speaking male between 30 to 45 can relate to the epic exposure of Phoebe's magnifigance. As I realted this story to a co-worker, he commented; "Did she ever do that again?" No she didn;t, so we are a lucky bunch indeed. Not as lucky as Kevin Klein, but lucky still.

    Anyway I digress, as I so often do.

    OK, trivia. Sorry this took so long.

    It is in two parts, the first part requires recognition of the question to get the answer. It is actually quite easy but;

    In addition to the The Special, Thorndyke drives three other race cars in the film (not counting the Rolls.) Name them.

  • AngryCorvair

    Jan. 7, 2009 8:32 p.m. AngryCorvair Dork

    google gave me the answer, but i consider that cheating so i'm not answering.

  • Jensenman

    Jan. 8, 2009 6:25 a.m. Jensenman UltimaDork

    racinginc215 wrote:

    The FF was bought challenge friendly it's pretty damn rough. it's a 70 and next to it is a 69 MK1 one of 14 built in it's color combination according to Calver.

    [thread hijack]

    TWO FF's? Lucky man. Do you by chance have a link to the 'ski jump' ad? I have searched high and low with no luck.

    [/thread hijack]

  • Mental

    Jan. 8, 2009 9:02 a.m. Mental UltraDork

    AngryCorvair wrote:

    google gave me the answer, but i consider that cheating so i'm not answering.

    One of the reasons I took so long is I was trying to make this one google resistant. Danggit!

    So give it today and if no one answers, post it up

  • maroon92

    Jan. 8, 2009 9:13 a.m. maroon92 SuperDork

    rules say NO GOOGLE!

  • Mental

    Jan. 9, 2009 10:05 a.m. Mental UltraDork

    OK, I don;t want this thread to die.

    Jaguar X-type Devlin Ferrari 250 (and if you notice, his coveralls always match the car.)

    New question. What kind of car did Earl buy Randy for his birthday on My Name is Earl?

  • maroon92

    Jan. 9, 2009 10:34 a.m. maroon92 SuperDork

    ooh ooh, a Ranchero.

    (they seem to have a thing for car/trucks on that show)

  • Tim Baxter

    Jan. 9, 2009 10:42 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

    Didn't he rent the Trans-am from Smokey & the Bandit?

  • Strizzo

    Jan. 9, 2009 11:52 a.m. Strizzo Dork

    maroon92 wrote:

    ooh ooh, a Ranchero.

    (they seem to have a thing for car/trucks on that show)

    i think jason lee is kindof a car guy, he was on american chopper having a bike built for the show or something recently iirc

  • maroon92

    Jan. 9, 2009 2:22 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork

    he bought randy a rancho, but it kept getting stolen because he wasn't a criminal anymore. he tried the cops, but they labled him a snitch. (don't ask me how I remember this crap)

  • Mental

    Jan. 9, 2009 5:36 p.m. Mental UltraDork

    Tim Baxter wrote:

    Didn't he rent the Trans-am from Smokey & the Bandit?

    Correct, and he let him be the Bandit by attaching a Mustache to him, but...

    maroon92 wrote:

    ooh ooh, a Ranchero.

    (they seem to have a thing for car/trucks on that show)

    You are correct, and you have the floor.

  • Tim Baxter

    Jan. 9, 2009 9:45 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

    Hmph. That's how I did at trivia tonight, too. Sucked bad.

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