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[dascind]

The GIG can take many forms ........ !!!!!!

Like the Night Rider, he is a legend, even immortal????

[Rockoz]

Ok now something for the observant among you.

Anyone pick some significance in the street numbers?

[Collo]

Ok now something for the observant among you.

Anyone pick some significance in the street numbers?

 

The house numbers are engine sizes aren't they?

 

[wot179]

Deadlegs van is still around.

 

Its primered and on airbags.

[v6 torana]

I remember seeing the movie at Chullora Twin Drive In...............FJ'S were free entry !!

 

Just watched again on youtube, when the FJ is rear ending the black Valiant (about 5 min into movie) the FJ has it's front bumper overriders fitted, however in the next scene when they pull over to put "P" plates on the front of the FJ the front bumper overriders are gone.

[Rockoz]

slr_v8 yep thats the one

[Neils LX]

Two differnt FJs were used, one was real tidy but got primer on it to rough it up and other was yellow they just swapped plates.

[lxsstorana]

The scary thing about this movie is I was driving my torana and remember Bankstown Square and the fibro houses.

 

Those were the days, and yes I know I'm old.  

[Indy Orange]

At 12.00 that's the Freak from Prisoner! You'll never get out of here Birdsworth!

Edited by Indy Orange, 05 April 2014 - 11:00 AM.

[Collo]

The scary thing about this movie is I was driving my torana and remember Bankstown Square and the fibro houses.

 

Those were the days, and yes I know I'm old.  

 

I was born in Bankstown and grew up in Punchbowl, it's how I remember it too. Especially the square.

Edited by slr_v8, 05 April 2014 - 11:46 AM.

[gtrboyy]

Same here,that's how I remember Bankstown Square as a kid.

 

Riding on red rattler trains all you'd see is a few houses on big blocks of land spread out,just a few cars driving usually holden & archaic old blue buses.

 

Almost seemed like a country town for us when first moved into the area.

[Rockoz]

Ahhh the red rattlers.

On a rainy day I had to take a raincoat to wear inside the train.

And the smell and asbestos dust from the brakes.

Memories.

[ben23]

Kevin was pulled over by the cops at the radar trap at around 37-39 Roberts Road, Greenacre, right near Mayvic St heading south, when you see the italian bloke speaking to the cop you see a brown brick factory and a white factory next to it in the background. They are both still there, except that sometime between 1976 and now the brown brick building was built up upon and out a bit, so it doesn't have that stepped roof line anymore. If you look at the building you will see the difference in the top brick work.

 

He pulls over to put the plates on further back, then takes off again towards the intersection of Norfolk Road heading south. 

 

17 Stretham Ave Picnic Point was Anne's house

10 Ashby Ave (cnr Charlton St) Yagoona was Kev's house

Looks to be 5 Frank Street Mount Lewis, was Bob's house, now in the dead end section but was open then.

Brockman Ave Revesby Heights in the dead-end section was Wendy's house from the last party in the movie

128 Greenacre Road, Greenacre was apparently the house that Kev pulled into the driveway of to hide from the cops.

The Caltex they fill up at is on the corner of Bold Street and Parramatta Road at Granville, with the Mobil on the opposite corner now a 7-11. They head into Big Chiefs and pick up Bob and then head out to Brickies.

 

Thats all I know.....haha

 

Keen eyes will notice the white LX sedan in the driveway of the Revesby Heights house, the guys are leaning on it. There was also a red LH-X SL/R at Brickies that the cops were looking over.

[ben23]

nope hasnt been knocked down, front yard has been done up a bit I think maybe some cosmetic work to the house.

[ben23]

Also, All Model Auto Wreckers still exists, in Marigold Street, Milperra now. Not sure if it moved straight there from Canterbury Road but I'd say so.