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Vent Your Atomic Road Rage With Mad Max Reenactments

RodrigoCadimillac — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:38:44 PDT

Hey, that's me driving the Interceptor. Vernon Wells was my copilot. :) You can find associated video on YouTube, searching on my username, patrolmandark. That was one hell of an event. The organizers had been in contact with the San Antonio PD for about 6 months prior. They acted inappropriately and totally overreacted.

RodrigoCadimillac

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detritusmaximus — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:41:15 PDT

Who, exactly, wrote this? I hope it's not a 'news' type item.
As usual, some of the facts are wrong and certain comments in it are a liitle misleading. If you read it, it sounds like this is an organized 'reenactment' by a particular group of people, like "The reenactors have managed to get the exacct same model, only from 1974 instead of 1973".

Truth be known, while there is a good deal of organizing the event, it is pretty much whomever shows up and whatever shows up. The BoB is one of many (not to mention the replicas of the yellow cop cars), and was brought there by the guy that owns it, not as what sounds like a group effort to find that car and make a replica. There was a second Falcon coupe in attendance.

I know this may all sound a bit anal, but I get tired of people writing things and putting in their spin or flavoring it with their own interpretation. A local paper once wrote a blurb about a local science-fiction convention. Apparently, one of their editors decided 'freaks' read better than 'fans' in the headline.

Anyway, I was suppose to be in attendance at the SA Roadwar, but the very Road Warrior 73 Mach 1 had other ideas.

detritusmaximus

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ViperPilot — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:02:49 PDT

I'm surprised that no-one has chimed in to give the proper name for what they've called the 'BoB' in the story.

I've been in Australia for a while now, and here, it's known (with great reverence) as The Last of the Interceptors.

ViperPilot

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ginocoolowski — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:13:31 PDT

@zeppelined: Nothing is "Bigger" than robosaurus.
But this is totally amazing, as an avid Bearclaw Mohawker, I would love to see/participate. I can wear my assless chaps and hockey mask right?

ginocoolowski

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SigmundTheSeaMonster — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:00:49 PDT

Needs the Gyro captain, eh?

SigmundTheSeaMonster

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TechnoDestructo — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:47:47 PDT

@Garrison Dean:

The Miata is perfect for the post-apocalyptic wasteland because:

It is rock-solid reliable. (Because it is seriously overbuilt for how powerful it isn't)

It is fuel efficient.

It is easy to work on.

It is tough.

It is...not mind-blowingly fast, but faster than anything else that would likely to be worth keeping running.

The only downside is that living in it would be unpleasant. But there's nothing stopping you from converting it into a hatch.

It isn't authentic, but it makes SENSE.

TechnoDestructo

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Turboner — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:13:39 PDT

@Turboner: And no Lord Humongous! Blasphemers!

Turboner

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Turboner — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:13:05 PDT

I'm disappointed. No dually sandrail with nitrous.

Turboner

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Mecharine — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:38:14 PDT

Sweet, they had a gyrocopter too? Thats devotion for ya.

Mecharine

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godwhacker — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:55:43 PDT

no self respecting warrior of the wasteland would ride a v-nod

kz 1000 ftw!!!!

godwhacker

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willygc — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:58:30 PDT

I wasn't sure about the post-apocalyptic miata until I realized that they may be the only cars left on the road in 1000 years. How do you make a Miata scary, without adding power?

willygc

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Plague — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:50:06 PDT

@OldeEnglishD:
Legion of Doom reference.
Sweet.

Plague

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stjohn — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:25:05 PDT

Loves me some XB Falcon coupe. Loves. When informed that purchasing one would come with a divorce as a bonus, there was actually some agonized pondering.

stjohn

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OldeEnglishD misses Polar — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:19:35 PDT

Hawk and Animal would be so proud.......

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Kelly — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:16:14 PDT

I like the attention to detail on the Falcon's auxilluary fuel tanks.

Kelly

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Julian Bond — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:36:44 PDT

Severe shortage of motorcycles. Where are the Kawaaski Z1 streetfighters?

Julian Bond

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Citizen Kang — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:35:02 PDT

"People dress as Wez, with the trademark red mohawk..."

What about the ass-less chaps? The last thing I need to see before a con is some 40 year old dude with a paunch in ass-less chaps hanging off a rusty Kenworth. That being said, I would love to see this caravan tooling through LA county. With all the gangbangers and assorted crazies running around I have no doubt the road trip wouldn't be all that different from an actual Mad Max movie.

Citizen Kang

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Hes-Dead-Jim — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:18:34 PDT

Maybe this could be the basis for a meta-film on Road Warrior fans--kind of like that 1981 flick, "Knightriders," about a traveling troupe of motorcycle-driving jousters (starring Ed Harris, no less).

Hes-Dead-Jim

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ManchuCandidate — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:46:46 PDT

I'm surprised that no one has snapped and gone Road Warrior for realz.

The way commutes are where I live, it will be only a matter of time before I read about punked up, hockey pad and viking helmet wearing and sawed off shotgun carrying psychos driving their version of Dragula.

ManchuCandidate

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CmdrHunt — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:42:24 PDT

@OldeEnglishD: lol! So true, especially since I live in SF and this scene wouldn't be that out of the ordinary for those guys on the other side of the bay.

CmdrHunt

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Froggmann — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:38:41 PDT

This is so kick ass there is no explanation for it!

Froggmann

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Metropolis — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:38:26 PDT

Awesome.

Metropolis

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Plague — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:34:53 PDT

@Annalee Newitz:
Yes.
A 50 year old woman was shot in the head down here just last week, just drivin' along.

Plague

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Annalee Newitz — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:17:42 PDT

Reminds me of when people used to shoot each other on the freeways in Los Angeles. Do they still do that? I moved away before my old Chevy Impala could get shot a second time.

Annalee Newitz

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Ed Grabianowski — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:04:17 PDT

Very cool. I'll bet they could get someone who owns a speedway to present their chase scene as a special event. They could actually get paid to do their reenactment. If they spice it up with some pyro, it could be a huge hit. Bigger than Robosaurus!

Ed Grabianowski