I had forgotten how great Eugene Daniels, as the hot roddin cop lookin for a chase, is! One of the coolest characters ever! He also had the best line when Fonda tries to "powder his face". Daniels had a lot of charisma. Anybody agree?
P.S. The director of this movie can't stop praising this actor on the commentary track.
Totally agree with you on that one. Eugene Daniels nailed that part to a "T."
I have seen him in another movie directed by John Hough, and, of all things, in a driver training film when I was in high school (he probably did it before DMCL).
Wonder whatever happened to the guy, and why he got out of the business?
Eugene, if you're out there reading this, let us know!
He was hot!! Too bad he wasn't in more films!!
I love the line when he says "I'm gonna eat your lunch!"
Hilarious!
Congratulations on the Earth... Bill and I enjoy it on a daily basis.
That car was in Fact a 1972 Dodge Polara 440.. and is one of the fastest Pursuit cars ever built for police use.. 0-60 in 6.6 and 1/4 mile times of 14.3
The Fords of that era were not as fast 0-60 BUT had higher top end speeds!
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Yeah, he sure does rule. He's just incredible in that role. It's an honest shame he didn't more fully pursue an acting career, but at least he left us one truly amazing and indelible character to remember him for playing. "I'm gonna eat your lunch, you long-haired *beep*
shareI like that. But how can a top end be "unlimited"???? I thought once you hit max speed, you could not go any faster. And no car can keep accelerating forever.
If it could, it'd hit the speed of light and disintegrate.
And it's great to know the actor's name.
Theoretically, you're right... the car would reduce to a "singularity" at the speed of light, but I think the mechanic meant that he just didn't know how fast it would go... just fast!!
shareI always took that line about the unlimited top end to mean that the cop car had more top speed than any other car on the road. At least in the mechanic's mind, that's probably what he meant and the deputy just believed it. I know better, no vehicle could actually have an umlimited top end, as mentioned previously.
shareThis guy was terriffic .
"I'm gonna show you my twice pipes this time, Buddy!"
"How fast is that thing?"
"Depends on who's around."
UNLIMITED top end means just that..
The motor can go faster than what the car can handle!
ie: after you hit 145 MPH the front end will rise on those old Dodges, and the wind resistance throws you all over the road.. VERY SCARY!
http://www.zippyvideos.com/17616990...polara_pursuit/
This link works.
http://www.zippyvideos.com/176169908293355/polara_pursuit/
When you see the "Interceptor" in the Garage with the hood open.. it shows the car had a single Air Cleaner.
Anybody thats a car guy knows that the police cars of that era all had DUAL Snorkel air cleaners!
I think the rumble sound was dubbed in also
This guy was terriffic .
"I'm gonna show you my twice pipes this time, Buddy!"
Thats exactly what i thought he said too..... BUT when I put in "Closed Captions" it says he said "Ill gonna show you how to drive this time buddy"
I think he says the twice pipes line...
He was also great in "Return to Macon County"
shareFor decades, I wondered what was the line he said -- someone pointed it out to me on this board, and I'd have to agree that it sounds like he says the "twice pipes" line.
As for the air cleaner on the '72 polara, didn't the dual snorkel design change (again) that year from the '70 - '71 design? Also, the orange air cleaner is correct, but the engine block looks blue, which would be a 383. Although, I do beleive that the paint colors on the hi-po engines changed mid-year in '72, so the blue may still be a 440. Entirely too much information... so there you have it...
so you agree on the 383.. like I said above!
the sounds were obviously dubbed in (high lift cam rumble) when hes looking at the motor running
It's possible it was a 383, but all CHP cars were 440s in '72. The Polaras in DMCL were all CHP pursuit cars. I think it was likely a mid-year 440, but that air cleaner -- who knows!
sharefrom what I know they had a 360 a 400 and a 440 Polara according to ALLPAR
http://www.allpar.com/squads/engines.html
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