bear with my typing, I have a bout 1/2 a bottle of Appleton Estate in me....

POR-15 is done. Ran out, had to make a trip to Welle Auto to get more. Sampler pack is $19.99 and enough to do what I needed plus plenty for the trunk I suspect.

I also cleaned all the interior panles except the seats using my favorite SImple Green cleaner. Luckily the wife and kids are gone. I had the ironing board covered, and watched "Catch me if you carn" which is NOT the Leo DiCraprio one, but a high school car racer story based right here in the Twin Cities (references to St Cloud area are all over, though). Anyone remember raciing or being at "redrock"  aka Maxwell Ave in So St Paul will recognize some scenes. Maybe we should have a screening party for this one, not great acting, but a good cult movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097029/

I saw that movie in the threaters and enjoy it every time I watch it. Somewhere, I have it on VHS.

I have a DVD, though it's not an original.

I have that film on VHS. Never seen it on DVD anywhere if anyone knows where you can get it I would love to know. Good flick. I heard rumors that a junkyard had a couple of the cars used in the film many many years ago.

Clutch wrote:

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I have that film on VHS. Never seen it on DVD anywhere if anyone knows where you can get it I would love to know. Good flick. I heard rumors that a junkyard had a couple of the cars used in the film many many years ago.

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French Lake Auto Parts does have thier name mentioned in the credits at the end. I have always wondered how big of a roll they had with the movie.

 

Oscar was over tonight. Wanted to see how it installed. I got the passenger side done up to the front of the seat area, and ran out of material. Need to buy another 36x60 tomorrow and see how close that gets me.

bowtie wrote:

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Anyone remember raciing or being at "redrock"  aka Maxwell Ave in So St Paul will recognize some scenes. Maybe we should have a screening party for this one, not great acting, but a good cult movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097029/

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We invented that place.. this is from 1982

I think every area of town had a place like that. We used to go to Black Dog Rd right off 35W between Bloomington and Burnsville. No traffic, flat, straight, it was nice until the cops came.

Ive always heard of Red Rock road ever since I was a little kid. I never got to go there and check it out. However, back in the 1990s before any of the local weekend car shows were even a thought (No st Paul, Anoka, etc.) the hangout for EVERYONE in the twin cities that had a car would go up to Porkys. It was like walking back into 1970 on some weekends. One night I was parked in Porkys and it was getting late and people were starting to head home instead of the regulars. Which I didnt know any of them very well but they were familiar enough aquaintences to say hi, hows it going, stuff like that. Well one guy went around the lot telling everyone plans for the night are to hit red rock for some racing. An open invatation for everyone left in the lot. Nothing but Pro streets and serious drag cars and a few muscle cars with 100 plus cubes over mine and I know I wouldnt stand a chance.

Needless to say, I chickened out and went home. 

I was probably there when you were Chris. When we were 16/17, we used to go to Montgomery Wards and hang out there since Porkys was usually full. The Monkey Wards lot usually filled up too. I still think it's odd that mom and dad used to let me go to the MIdway area of St paul back then until midnight or whatever and didn't think it was unsafe. Now, I would shy away from there (except Porkys).

Tony Hoffer wrote:

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bowtie wrote:

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Anyone remember raciing or being at "redrock"  aka Maxwell Ave in So St Paul will recognize some scenes. Maybe we should have a screening party for this one, not great acting, but a good cult movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097029/

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We invented that place.. this is from 1982

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Tony, I have to ask, same car?

 

I just "google map'd" redrock... I can see why, but why?? There's only one way in (or OUT) of that stretch!

dashboard wrote:

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Tony Hoffer wrote:

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bowtie wrote:

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Anyone remember raciing or being at "redrock"  aka Maxwell Ave in So St Paul will recognize some scenes. Maybe we should have a screening party for this one, not great acting, but a good cult movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097029/

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We invented that place.. this is from 1982

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Tony, I have to ask, same car?

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And I have to ask Tony... did you beat that K5 Blazer that you were racing in the pic? 

 

It was nice because of that. Almost no traffic-you knew what went down the road came back. The downfall was that you could get blocked in by the cops who would do vechicle checks and tag cars for stuff like 67SS's license plate light being out. Look at a map going south on 35W from Bloomington. Black Dog Rd is just over the river and runs past the power plant and runs under hwy 77. Same deal, except you usually had to have someone at the far end keeping an eye out, or at minimum the left side "lane" went lights out until the arm dropped so no approaching car saw 2 cars side by side. It was more high school and lower speed cars usually, though Wilmer would bring his 70/71 Camaro down and race some big boys every so often, even a couple crotch rockets. Even my stock engine 74 Camaro made me some money down there as long as I picked the right cars.