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Old 10-09-2015, 12:13 PM
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What an awesome car.. Loved the cinematography..!!.. Great job and glad to see these cars still being driven and not trailered. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif[/img]
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Old 10-09-2015, 12:52 PM
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I watched the video. Most excellent. I love the highway run through the gears - and the vintage 1973 Chevy truck coming the other way. I lost count of how many gears you went through, it was like watching a 1970's car chase with never ending shifting sounds. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
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Old 10-09-2015, 04:11 PM
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Lots of comments on the sister thread on PY:

http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...96#post5474796
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Really neat video!
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That video made my night!
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Very cool video. It looks like this was a solo trip. Who was filming the speedo, etc while you were driving?

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Old 10-10-2015, 03:40 AM
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Hi all. Glad you're liking the video. It certainly took a while to shoot and even longer to edit, so I'm happy it's out in the world for others to enjoy.

If you click on &quot;Show More&quot; in the info box below the video you'll get a bit more background on the project. I was alone on this trip, so all the camera work was done by myself, much of it while driving (speedo, hood-horizon shots, driving shadow, reflection in windows, etc.). Yes, perhaps a bit risky, but there was lots of open, empty road along the way for much of the trip. I laid the phone on the ground pointing up for the undercarriage shot - that was done in the middle of the road in the middle of nowhere. I did have a small Gorillapod that I used to attach the iPhone to sign posts for some of the drive-by shots, and then I used it around the rear view mirror when making the &quot;Rocket Man&quot; sequence (freeing up both hands so I could steer and shift). It would've been cool to have had a suction mount for the iPhone so I could've stuck it to the car and had shots looking back at or along the car while driving. Next road trip!

I recall somewhere back in this thread that Steve mentioned you needed to photograph white cars at sunrise or sunset to get the appearance right. I got lucky one night driving out of Oatman, AZ with a fantastic sunset - those are the video shots at the start and the still photos at the end. That's how the sky really looked - no photoshop work.

The car got a bit dirty from all those miles but rest assured it received a thorough detail job from the best place in San Francisco and is, once again, pristine.

Steve, nice to meet you. Thanks for the link to the sister thread, and cool people are checking it out there, too (I've updated the video info with that link as well). Will certainly shoot you a PM to touch base.
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Old 10-10-2015, 11:26 AM
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Did you actually drive it all that way with those vintage California plates on it? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Did you actually drive it all that way with those vintage California plates on it? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] </div></div>

Yes, all ~1800 miles where done with the vintage plates on. I had no choice, really - flew to Austin from SF and the only way back was in the T/A. I've since registered the car in CA but still haven't put on the plates!
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