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Post by scmods55 on Sept 22, 2018 22:51:38 GMT -5
Gentlemen,
For the first time, I watched a video of Belushi's funeral, footage at the cemetery in Martha's Vineyard. We all know Dan rode a motorcycle that day, but there was a C-Body with Illinois State Police stripes. I couldn't see if it was the Royal Monaco from the movie that Dan owned , or if it was a Monaco, Fury or Gran Fury, but it did not have the Twinsonic Lightbar that day.
Does anyone have any details about this car? Was it the one that belonged to Aykroyd?
Thank you!
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Post by scmods55 on Sept 22, 2018 23:15:43 GMT -5
t was a Royal Monaco, with New York plates, and looks like the State Police symbol was taken off the front doors. This could have been the Car 55 that was in the movie.
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Post by Steam McQueen on Sept 23, 2018 12:35:58 GMT -5
^ I've been confused about that one in the past. I thought it might have been the "brother-in-law car" but it would seem they're different cars. From TK ... - bluesmobiles.proboards.com/thread/2167/search-overSo that Royal Monaco in the funeral procession was the one Dan had in NYC and is the one he drove on his date with Betty Buckley ... Mentioned again here ... - bluesmobiles.proboards.com/thread/1521/aykroyd-owned-blumo-replicaThe actual car #55 jump car would have been stripped inside and fortified with roll bars welded in, plus the damage from the jump. It couldn't have gone on to be a date night car? But, there very easily could have been a 2nd car #55, even a 3rd one cut-away for the interior shots. The shot of #55 spinning out with the other cars, before the jump, could very well be a different car than the jump car. I'm not sure what else TK might have on the funeral car. Also adding to the confusion a bit has been the surviving models. More than one Bluesmobile model survived filming ... - bluesmobiles.proboards.com/thread/1081And we know there was at least one ISP model ... - bluesmobiles.proboards.com/thread/1088/car-55-modelWhat was the question again? lol I honestly don't know if the funeral car was ever on screen or even on set of the movie.
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Post by scmods55 on Sept 23, 2018 20:41:56 GMT -5
Thanks Steam!
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Post by flcl64 on Sept 23, 2018 21:36:06 GMT -5
I'm not quite sure that was a model. If you watch the explosion frame by frame, you can see it move around (especially the trunk and tail lights) as if it were a paper cutout set in front of the explosion! I'm not sure what is happening, but it's hollywood magic for sure. Edit: Upon closer inspection, it looks like a frame of the film was cut up and certain sections were paused while the background exploded behind it! So those probably were models. You can see debris disappear into the edge of the sidewalk...
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