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This is awesome! Not only that you've done a great road trip (jealous) but sourcing out locations in the way you've done is great Love the fact that its both Covington too, never knew it was in both!
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Massive General Lee/Dukes fan here too.... As a complete surprise, my wife, for my 40th, arranged for a drive round the Holmfirth area in a General Lee Charger with 500+ bhp. I had no idea, and was grinning like a Cheshire cat for days afterwards.....
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The Millenium Volcon"Get yourself a Volvo if that's what you really want, you might be dead next year. In the meantime, you could be going sideways in a gigantic land barge."
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rude
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Huuuuge Smokey fan, awesome thread! No pressure but... bookmarked!
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1986 Haunted BMW E24 635CSi 1999 Povo spec BMW E36 1.8i Touring Work Hack 2001 Petrol annihilating Discovery V8 2000 Jaguar S Type 3.0 V6 ~NEW~
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Huuuuge Smokey fan, awesome thread! No pressure but... bookmarked! Working on it now dude
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OK Smokey fans, the next set is up; Smokey and the Bandit then and now 10 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr Smokey and the Bandit then and now 1 by Dave Campbell, on Flickr Full set here; flic.kr/s/aHskWkKGPYI found the fairgrounds that were used for the truck rodeo at the start and finish of the first film and where the roller coaster fell down in the second film but couldnt get close enough for pictures. I also found the junction where the roof comes off BTJustice's police car but we couldnt get parked close enough and when we got to the Snowmans house all the neighbours were milling about so it felt a bit wrong to park up and take pictures of a house in a quiet neighbourhood. Hope you have liked the pics. Dave.
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OH I knew you was going to do the bridge! I would pay money for a bit of that old wood in the river! I named my daughter 'Georgia' after this film. Another top film was Steven Spielberg's DUEL with Dennis Weaver but there's not too many locations in it but they did use the same stretch of road several times and then there's the cliff at the end, I wonder if there is still bits of the lorry down there.
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Last Edit: May 5, 2017 15:54:09 GMT by rude
1986 Haunted BMW E24 635CSi 1999 Povo spec BMW E36 1.8i Touring Work Hack 2001 Petrol annihilating Discovery V8 2000 Jaguar S Type 3.0 V6 ~NEW~
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Easier to explain than if you had named her Frog :-) I would have trekked along to beside the bridge but we came to a conclusion about towns in Georgia. Whether rightly or wrongly we decided that the more storage units and check cashing services in the town the greater the possibility of their being less than friendly locals. To get the pictures of the bridge I parked the hire car (and left SWMBO) beside a petrol station in front of a storage business and had to run 1/3 mile back up the highway so we werent for hanging about too long. If you like Duel you might like this video (not mine); If I get the chance I would love to do some of Convoy and try and get more from the West coast. I had a batch of location shots for San Francisco a few years ago that included Bullit but lost the SD card on my travels and had to do the ones I could remember from memory. francisco then and now by Dave Campbell, on Flickr If it wasnt for real life, jobs, bills and lack of funds I would love to do loads more of these.
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Lovely! I went here last year on my way through Chattanooga. Amazing place, I bought one of the Honest Charleys jackets from the shop next door.
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