The Ford Barn

oldredford · 08-10-2015, 01:40 PM

One of my favorite movies. I was watching it last night and the model A's looked great. The 31 CCPU had a stone guard, who failed to notice that on the set? This is the CCPU that took a plunge in the lake with a dead body.

Patrick L. · 08-10-2015, 01:53 PM

The actual food/dish is good too !

roccaas · 08-11-2015, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Patrick L.

The actual food/dish is good too !

You might want to take a pass on the BBQ.

BILL WILLIAMSON · 08-11-2015, 08:17 PM

Did you notice that the pickup has NO MOTOR, just a wide metal panel, from frame rail, to frame rail!!!---Like, "SUMBODY PUSHED ME INTO THE MOAT"--LOL.
LOVE that MOVIE, I watch it every year on my BIRTHDAY & all 3 episodes of "BACK TO THE FUTURE"
Which reminds me, an Englishman introduced an old Pawnee Chief to the custom of drinkin' TEA. Every time they had a birthday, they each drank a cup of TEA for each year. SADLY, the OLD CHIEF passed away, on his 93'd Birthday, in his own TEEPEE.
Bill W.

Vanspeed · 08-11-2015, 08:44 PM

Hey Bill, ever notice there is an X crossmember in that truck pulled from the water? The one with the sheetmetal pan you talked about. Also it has atleast 34 wires on it and you can see the frame from the side? That is not a model A pickup pulled from the water. He drove a model A but it is a v-8 truck in the scene when it is dangling from the tow truck.

BILL WILLIAMSON · 08-11-2015, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanspeed

Hey Bill, ever notice there is an X crossmember in that truck pulled from the water? The one with the sheetmetal pan you talked about. Also it has atleast 34 wires on it and you can see the frame from the side? That is not a model A pickup pulled from the water. He drove a model A but it is a v-8 truck in the scene when it is dangling from the tow truck.

GOOD OBSERVATION, Van,
I'll look for that on December 18th, on my 80th Birthday--That is IF I can recomember HOW to PAUSE the OOOOLD VCR.--"MAYBE" I'm havin' a mid life CRISIS?? I'll be OK when I get Vermin fired & driving. I hold a record, of some type, Vermin was once MAFCAS' Car of The Day, & He wasn't even driveworthy!! His Avatar pic came from MAFCA!
Bill W.

DougVieyra · 08-11-2015, 10:51 PM

I looked very closely at that Ford pickup and observed (fenders, frame, body, radiator shell, under-carriage, etc.) that it was an amalgam of at least a 1931 Model A AND a 1932 Model 18 - there may have been a few more 'bits and pieces' of other later V-8's added into the mix.

Having seen the movie a couple of times before, this time I RECORDED it, so that I might play the lake section over and over again and again, until I felt satisfied that I had a pretty good idea of what it was I was looking at.

Drive Shaft Dave · 08-11-2015, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DougVieyra

I looked very closely at that Ford pickup and observed (fenders, frame, body, radiator shell, under-carriage, etc.) that it was an amalgam of at least a 1931 Model A AND a 1932 Model 18 - there may have been a few more 'bits and pieces' of other later V-8's added into the mix.

Having seen the movie a couple of times before, this time I RECORDED it, so that I might play the lake section over and over again and again, until I felt satisfied that I had a pretty good idea of what it was I was looking at.

I also noted that part of the movie.

Patrick L. · 08-12-2015, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by roccaas

You might want to take a pass on the BBQ.

Afraid of a little 'long pork' ?

Mitch//pa · 08-12-2015, 06:45 AM

never watched the movie nor heard of it....
Dad kept me in a closet.

BILL WILLIAMSON · 08-12-2015, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Mitch//pa

never watched the movie nor heard of it....
Dad kept me in a closet.

Heard a NOISE in the WEE HOURS, couldn't find your "Bro" Gregg. Searched & searched--He had made a bed in the closet, readin' "GO DOG GO", WITH A FLASHLIGHT !--NO WONDER I have GREY HAIR.--Should have stayed SINGLE & lived in S.F, with a DOG
ALMOST became an A & E Mechanic
Dad W.

08-10-2015, 01:40 PM	#1
oldredford Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Moncks Corner, SC Posts: 450	Fried Green Tomatoes One of my favorite movies. I was watching it last night and the model A's looked great. The 31 CCPU had a stone guard, who failed to notice that on the set? This is the CCPU that took a plunge in the lake with a dead body.

08-10-2015, 01:53 PM	#2
Patrick L. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Largo Florida Posts: 7,225	Re: Fried Green Tomatoes The actual food/dish is good too !

08-11-2015, 08:17 PM	#4
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: Fried Green Tomatoes Did you notice that the pickup has NO MOTOR, just a wide metal panel, from frame rail, to frame rail!!!---Like, "SUMBODY PUSHED ME INTO THE MOAT"--LOL. LOVE that MOVIE, I watch it every year on my BIRTHDAY & all 3 episodes of "BACK TO THE FUTURE" Which reminds me, an Englishman introduced an old Pawnee Chief to the custom of drinkin' TEA. Every time they had a birthday, they each drank a cup of TEA for each year. SADLY, the OLD CHIEF passed away, on his 93'd Birthday, in his own TEEPEE. Bill W. __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"

08-11-2015, 08:44 PM	#5
Vanspeed Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Suttons Bay, Mich. Posts: 3,443	Re: Fried Green Tomatoes Hey Bill, ever notice there is an X crossmember in that truck pulled from the water? The one with the sheetmetal pan you talked about. Also it has atleast 34 wires on it and you can see the frame from the side? That is not a model A pickup pulled from the water. He drove a model A but it is a v-8 truck in the scene when it is dangling from the tow truck. __________________ *Respecting and Resurrecting Ford Model A's.* Last edited by Vanspeed; 08-11-2015 at 09:04 PM.

08-11-2015, 10:51 PM	#7
DougVieyra Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Eureka, California Posts: 1,733	Re: Fried Green Tomatoes I looked very closely at that Ford pickup and observed (fenders, frame, body, radiator shell, under-carriage, etc.) that it was an amalgam of at least a 1931 Model A AND a 1932 Model 18 - there may have been a few more 'bits and pieces' of other later V-8's added into the mix. Having seen the movie a couple of times before, this time I RECORDED it, so that I might play the lake section over and over again and again, until I felt satisfied that I had a pretty good idea of what it was I was looking at.

08-12-2015, 06:45 AM	#10
Mitch//pa BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 11,454	Re: Fried Green Tomatoes never watched the movie nor heard of it.... Dad kept me in a closet.