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1965 VW Bus - Delux

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Batmobile

Batmobile fake flame from a fake jet engine that was made with a fan that blew air over 100 iridescent plastic strips.  This was illuminated by a diffracted car headlight within the engine.  Although I was shooting for comical and cheesy, it looked almost convincing at night.

This Karman Ghia was probably my favorite.  This is the second of three paint jobs.

The Batmobile, Tim's Jeep, the Flower Power Bug and Ghia ready for the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Parade.  Circa 1991.  The first year I entered cars in the parade was 1989 and the Ghia, Bus, bug and Batmobile won first place in the auto division.  I think that the serious car clubs were were a bit irked that four nearly worthless beaters won.

A turbocharger from a Mitsubishi Starion fitted to my dune-buggy bug.  It worked.  The blue tube is directing air from the turbine to the carburetor.  If I had set out to design a smoke generator, however, I don't think I could have done a better job.

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12-22-06

Jumping a $50 Truck

Pictures by Sheryl Hall ~ Circa 1989

Getting up to speed...

Near The Old Seward Highway and Minnesota Bypass.

Weeeeee!

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Again

Hold on!

Turn around and do it again.

Note the loose dirt from where the leaf springs dug into the ground.

Charlie rode shotgun on one jump; it was a big one.  In spite of wearing a helmet he hurt his head on the roof; a not so well padded seat spring scraped my back.  On this jump the nose of the truck hit the ground hard enough that the bottom of the radiator smashed open.  Even worse, the moose horns broke off of the roof. 

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Sand in the carburetor killed it on this one.  Even so, this was $50 well spent.

If you like this, you will also like my Toyota and Cadillac movies which can be found at the bottom of our movie page.