Also one in the background in " Along came a spider".  It was in one of the
chase scenes..

Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Cirulnick" <techrat@vm.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 6:14 PM
Subject: More Busses in the Movies

> Two more that I thought I'd mention, having seen both of them recently.
> Don't blink or you'll miss these!
>
> #1) Any of those "Dangerous Police Chases" shows -- the now famous one
where
> a guy steals a military tank and goes on a rampage throughout southern LA.
> He's on a suburban looking street, and just before he rips through a
> motorhome, I'm pretty sure the tank goes right over and completely
flattens
> an 89 or 90 Vanagon, light blue or white in color. It's hard to tell
because
> the video is bad, and the camera angle is almost directly overhead.
Needless
> to say, the Vanagon wasn't much of a match for the tank, but then again,
> neither was a concrete highway divider.
>
> #2) James Bond 007 "Octopussy", starring Roger Moore, and one of the worst
> Bond movies ever made. Anyhow, near the end of the film, as he's trying to
> make his way to the American Military base in West Germany  to stop a
bomb,
> he steals an Audi, and the Police give chase in BMW's. There's one shot of
> him racing up towards the camera, and going in the opposite direction is a
> Bright Red Vanagon, not sure which year though.
>
> One day I'm going to grab all those clips I've seen and try and edit them
> all together into a rather interesting video.
>
> Oh, and we've got another convert -- my mechanic, who usually drives a bay
> window bus (and was jealous of my Vanagon), just got his hands on an 87
> Vanagon with an automatic tranny. His is blue as well, so we might be able
> to swap some interior and exterior parts with my 85 (hehehe)...
>
> TTYL everyone!
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