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A; Mr Ts real name is Alvin Tussant. T was from Chicago IL. He was a Army veteran; MP 🚔. Tussant was a excellent soldier & got a service award in training from his Army cadre. B: The Orlando area car museum is the private collection of wealthy 🇮🇱 investor "Michael Dezer". Dezer bought the Artegon mall, 1.1million sq ft. I did private security off & on for around 16mo there, 2018-2021. Dezer has a huge car & prop collection. He sells a lot of 🚗 too. Dezerland is ok but the mgr there was a jerk, aggressive bully. We didn't really get along. He set up new 📹 & would constantly gripe about stupid %&=÷. But he'd "have our back" 🙄 if a guest caused a problem.

All of those TV shows and movies filmed in California back then all had the same problems, the first being that they were vehicles that had to be provided by the manufacturers with the California emissions systems which dropped HP even more, and the worst thing being is that the highly capable mechanics in the production crews weren't allowed to increase the power in them because of California's strict emissions standards, you'd think it being where all the movies and TV shows were filmed California would have cut them a break and given them some kind of waiver under the condition that they couldn't be driven on the roads unless they were filming but no, they had to leave them stock. An article I read about that had a still from a scene shot inside of one of the Starsky and Hutch Torino's, in the picture you could see an emblem that'd been mounted on the dash right by the speedometer that read "Do Not Exceed 55 MPH", the reason it was there was because of a workaround they came up with for cars they wanted to have shots of that showed them accelerating hard, since they couldn't increase the power they'd put super deep rear end gears in them to give them some "pop", as David Soul said, under hard acceleration so it'd look good on camera, the warning emblems about limiting speed was put in them so the stunt drivers would know that particular car was for hard acceleration and not to go above a certain speed or it'd over-rev the engine resulting in damage to it.

😅 whenever I hear about those respectable displacements & pathetically puny outputs, I hear Jeremy Clarkson's plaintive whinge _* HOW do they get so little power out of such a big engine?!_*

@@HM2SGT The EPA.

@@dukecraig2402 The weird thing about the state being so strict is that there were several race tracks around the L.A. area back then and people had race cars sitting in their garages and driveways. They were 'off-highway' vehicles and I do not recall ever hearing about the state cracking down on home-built racing cars. So, not sure why the film companies didn't pursue this angle considering how much the film industry brought into the state and city (Los Angeles in particular). Then again, starting in the 90s, there was a big exodus of productions leaving California and continuing to this day. Not saying it was the state's insistence on having film cars keep their very restrictive emission controls that did it, but surely that would have been yet one more regulation that made California an unfriendly place to film TV shows and films, more so shows and films that used high-performance cars as main props.

@@culcune They couldn't crack down on "off road" vehicles because of the racing industry in California, all those legendary race tracks like Laguna Seca, Riverside, Sears Point and too many others to list including all the Motorcross, Supercross and dirt flat track for motorcycle's would have all gone out of business, if they'd have put emissions standards on that sort of thing in California then every sanctioning body would have dropped every track in the state from their yearly circuits because there's no way race teams would have wanted to mess around with special engine's just for racing in California, and you can bet the collective racing industry in that state has some pull in the legislature. As far as home built racing cars in the state anytime the special California emissions equipment was messed with in regards to a production vehicle it made them ineligible to be registered for road use, Hollywood and TV production companies had no way around things because they filmed on public roads and had the cars registered to operate in the state just like any other road driven vehicle, like I said you'd think the state would have given them some kind of waiver for movie and TV cars seeing as how the entertainment business is so big in that state but hey, I guess they wouldn't which is a real shame. I think by the mid 80's when most of the vehicles from Detroit had computer controlled fuel injection they didn't need to have special California emissions systems on them because they were clean enough to meet their standards but beginning in the mid and through the late 70's and even the early 80's, which accounts for that early 80's 305 California emissions Corvette, they had those special systems and California was so strict that if an emissions tester saw a catalytic converter that wasn't the correct one for the vehicle it'd get flunked without the guy even hooking things up and starting the vehicle, it didn't matter if it worked as good or even better than what was stock if it wasn't the correct OE part then it automatically failed. I live in Pennsylvania and in the mid 80's there was a lady who lived right across the street from a garage I worked in, she had a 75, if my memory serves correctly, Mustang II with a V8 that had the special California emissions system on it, how that thing found it's way to Pennsylvania I don't know but I wished it'd died on the way and never got there, there was always something going wrong with that special system that would have us pulling our hair out trying to figure out what it was, that thing was a real nightmare on wheels and used to make me pity the mechanics in California having to deal with all those vehicles like that. Last year I was reading what some poor guy who lives in California posted on a Trans Am forum site about a 77 TA he had that because of their strict laws out there still had to pass the original California emissions standards for 77 and he was pulling his hair out going back and forth to a testing station every time he thought he had things right on it and could get it certified, his biggest nightmare was finding the correct parts so it'd pass the visual test in the first place, then when he got it to the point where the guy would actually hook it up and start it the real fun began, all because he wanted a car just like his dad had when he was a kid.

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@@CarStarz42 Also, not all the vans were GMC. In a number of scenes you can see a stunt van with a Chevy Bowtie on the front.

@@matts1166 Yep, I think I mentioned that at some point in the video 😉👍

Did that at universal too the van that lifted

Cool and yep😁

I always loved those wheels and wanted to get a set for my '73 Corvette. And with apologies but, there is no such thing as an early 60's Vietnam era 1911, there were no new M1911's made after WW2 ended and the government canceled all the contracts for them, after that and until they were phased out of use in the 80's the military relied on stocks of them and a constant rebuilding program that ran until all of them had been replaced with the 9mm Beretta's. There was 2 basic forms of the M1911, the original M1911 that was made from 1911 till 1925 and the far more common M1911A1 that was produced from 1926 until the end of WW2.

if your Colt .45 has a finger crescent in the frame behind the trigger assembly, you have a model 1911A1, if you don't have the notch between the trigger and side grips, you have a 1911.

@@albertgaspar627 That's how you can tell if the frame was originally an A1 or not, but when it comes to the A1 parts that were different like the grip safety, mainspring housing and even the trigger you can't go by them for sure. When I was in the Army in the 80's some of those things that had been depot rebuilt had mismatched parts all over them, and some had obviously either been done that they kept all the correct parts on them or maybe only got refinished without being stripped and having all their parts thrown in bins to be used later, I held a couple of them that looked brand new, I doubt that far along they were previously unissued pistols, I just can't see that as having happened in the mid 80's.

Saw those rims ( turbovec ? ) on a van in a Dirty Harry film ,love them .cheers from the uk.

Thanks much and glad you are enjoying it 🙂👍

@@CarStarz42 Indeed. We just found your channel. Great stuff! If it's not already on the list, would you consider episodes on Christine, the 6000SUX, the Simon and Simon truck, or the cars from Death Race 2000 Carradine film? Thanks in advance. We're looking forward to more. Cheers!

​@@machupikachu1085 Cool, yep already did the Canonball Run Lambo and the rest of those are indeed already on my list. Thanks and here's the Lambo video link... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jc-RrNOKvNnaZmw.html&t

I'll add those to the list to look into as well. Thanks

Lol, indeed, not exactly an inconspicuous ride for sure. I'll add that one to the list to look into as well as I didn't think of that one. Thanks

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Cool 😉👍

Nevermind, I guess I should have waited more than eight seconds to make that comment LOL

Yes, I knew that too; but it's a 10 facts, not 11 😉

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it 🙂👍

I remember catching them using a Ford Econoline van to stand in for BA's van, in a scene where they crash through a big wooden door (on some docks) to get away from Deckard. I remember seeing those Ford tail lights, and pointing it out to my Dad. That led down Alice's rabbit hole, about how The General Lee always managed to look so good each week. 😂

@@1oldskoolluvr you have a good eye for detail!

Yep, the toys were wrong. I had a couple that were all black with the red stripe. Even the bigger toy van that the action figures could fit in was all black with the red stripe.

I remember, Videobob Moseley was talking about it too.

Id like to see that too. Im an avid WTR watcher and it appears they either had 1 truck for everything (besides the obvious GMC to Dodge switch late season 2) or they did a damn good job getting them all to be the same. Sometime in season 8 they did get a 98+ Ram to replace the 94-97...you can tell from interior shots...with the updated dash and seats.

Remember, in the first season of Walker, they had him driving a Chevy half ton 4wheel drive, not the dodge people are used to.

Greenlight do BA's van in the correct 2 tone with red GMC badge and sunroof which I was happy with compared to the ones I had as a kid.

That's a common thing in Knight Rider too, you'll often see different variations of the front lights for example in the same episode.

General Motors does not wish to promote stories of vigilante justice or dangerous driving. No matter how bad-ass.

Indeed, lol.

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Thanks, lol indeed. Funny how shows like this and Starsky & Hutch drive the most conspicuous vehicles possible in roles that should be the exact opposite of that. 😁

@CarStarz42 Well, i think that no self respect good guy wants a flashy car to use in undercover work at all, or maybe it's some sort of mind game to fool everyone that you're not law enforcement but really are bad guy rolling in nice looking car anyway thanks for the response and have great day bye now.

Much appreciated and glad you are enjoying it. I certainly would like to visit Australia one day for sure as everyone I have met online from there seem awesome🙂👍

Interesting, makes sense though with all the pitifully low HP numbers back in those days. Thanks 😉👍

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Cool and yep, that would turn any vehicle into a burnout machine 😉👍

Why auto trans lose 20 percent if drivetrain

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Yep, already on my list to look into. Thanks 🙂👍

Lol, pretty much😉

That one is on my large list to look into when doing second rounds through it at some point down the road. 😉Thanks

Indeed.

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Gator didn’t have a Galaxie 500 but a 71 Custom 500.

Tried that once and couldn't find enough info on it, but may try again at a later date, same story with Stroker Ace as well.

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@@dw8840 The attraction at Universal was a hybrid. It used to be a regular van that people could lift, and later on they painted it up to look like the A-Team van.

​@@culcuneyes, it was silver also.

Indeed, they do. 😉

Yep, will get Faceman's Vette on second rounds through my list eventually and the Stingray is already on my to do list as well. Thanks 👍

Cool 😉👍

Yep, that one is on my long to do list as well.

Thanks, glad you are enjoying it🙂👍

@@CarStarz42 you should do that rv from stripes

@@chefgromano5025 Yep, the EM-50 Assalt Vehicle is indeed already on my long list 😉 Thanks

Are they part of fast food house? In some of their videos there's an A Team van in the driveway.

Lol 😉

Indeed lots of little inconsistencies like that in pretty much all shows like that back then, 😉

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Yeah, that movie is on my list to look into; haven't seen it in so long I can't remember what vehicles are in it, lol.

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Yep, that one is already on the list as well 😉👍

Maybe

I didn't come across that info, but would make sense considering how low power and heavy they are. Sure would be a lot of effort to put into just getting a burnout though🤔

Interesting.

Lol, ok.

Sometimes the Big Three "sponsored" vehicles, sometimes they didn't.

Yeah, first season were gloss clear coat; but, then they switched to satin after they realized that the reflections off it could make the camera guys visible at times, lol.

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Yeah, that seems to happen on shows a lot too 😉👍

That one is already on my list to look into. Thanks

Lol, must have 😉

I do have that one on my very large to do list, thanks 😉👍

@@CarStarz42 Cool, no problem. That car was a sleeper.

Indeed hard to tell from watching the show for sure.

Looks like that is discussed on a forum here, maybe that'll help on that topic... www.transmission1.net/viewtopic.php?t=36676

Lol, yep.

Yeah, I may look into that one at some point too. Thanks

Yep, that one is already on the list to do when making second rounds through movies I've already done a car on already. Thanks

Hard telling for sure as I've heard a number of stories on that over the years. Couldn't find anything definite, which is why I didn't go into details on that 😉

Interesting 🤔

Yeah when I was kid, at Universal Hollywood. It was super cool, met Mr T.

@@jmudd5449 That would be wild from a kid perspective especially for sure!

Lol, that was such a wacky movie 😁

Mostly just creates a slicker surface to get the tires spinning and gets the smoke rolling faster. Most bleaches have oxidizing properties that can cause a fire to burn more intensely and spread faster 😉

@@CarStarz42 I thought they used 3 in 1 oil to make those burnout smoke.

Really?...

@@CarStarz42 no silver, the first time I saw it with silver all I could say was wtf.

@@LMT069 Oh, ok; I assumed maybe you were referring some remake show or something I hadn't seen before, lol.

@@CarStarz42 I had watched the show on night, went to my room and painted a matchbox van black and red so I could have my own. I know it sounds nuts, but it would be like seeing the General Lee in yellow, you just know it isn't right.

@@LMT069 Understandable 😉

True and the mirrors are almost always incorrect as well;.

Most assume it's "Bad Attitude", so I guess that, lol!

Indeed, so many legalities with that kind of thing back then though, so they had to improvise I suppose.