Friday, December 21, 2012

Merry Christmas Courtesy of The French Connection

Just noticed the pair of shiny Buick Electras in this chase scene — featuring Gene Hackman as a very unsavory Santa — from The French Connection.


5 comments:

  1. Gordo -- did you pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?

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  2. Hard to believe that gene Hackman was the original pick for the dad on the Brady Bunch.

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  3. My best friend got an Electra 225 Wildcat for graduation. It broke a LOT of muscle car folks' hearts. The look on their faces as that huge cruiser powered past them a half mile out is forever etched in my mind. Good times.

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  4. Still one of the great films of its era.

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  5. There are actually three Buick's in a row. Plus a 66 Chevy similar to my own at the left.

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