54 Corvette
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Melting Slicks
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Sitting here watching an old Mike Hammer movie from the 50's. First Mike Hammer was driving an early XK Jag then after that got wrecked he got a 54 (I think, you could see the 6 cyl.) Vette. It's got a passenger side mirror. Now he's sittting on the front fender. Kind of fun.
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the film is titled "Kiss Me Deadly". Ralph Meeker plays Hammer. Cloris Leachman also in the movie.
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The ONLY movie that I remember Jack portraying a halfway decent character was in the John Wayne movie RIO LOBO. He was a sort of cantankerous hermit, but not actually a vilain.
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He was a good 'ole blue collar automobile assembly line worker on Tim Allen's Tool Time for a few episodes. Jack would look into the camera with that wandering right eye and Tim would say, "...and this is the guy that aligned your headlights"....freakin' riot...
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fast forward to 6:31. i assume it's a black '54 (dual pot air cleaners; single hood release). but notice the seat divider is white. a repaint?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nfe0...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nfe0...eature=related
Melting Slicks
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fast forward to 6:31. i assume it's a black '54 (dual pot air cleaners; single hood release). but notice the seat divider is white. a repaint?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nfe0...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nfe0...eature=related