Sunday, March 18, 2018

they wrecked a lot of good cars for the movies


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  1. I am fairly sure that one is trick photography. I think Buster Keaton owned both of those Mercers. Apparently he was a very keen owner. Some discussion on the subject here. http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_209525-Mercer-Series-5-Raceabout-1920.html

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    1. Oh hey! Check out the position of his chrome bumper vs hers, and there is a big piece of lumber angled from the ground to the tree... to raise his car up instead of just pounding flat into the tree... I didn't notice those the 1st couple times I looked at this!

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