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John's beater from Out Of Bounds. Joe Flanigan posed mostly nude?
WG and I have come to a truce on John's car in Out Of Bounds.
I thought I found John's car from Out Of Bounds.
The 1978 Chevy Caprice, which he bought in 1989, just after he graduated high school:
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wildernessguru says, "No way does John drive that. No guy would drive that land yacht."
"Okay," I asked him, "So what does he drive?"
He suggested a Dodge Dart. I told him that John's car has to have a back seat, and the Dart's back seat is way too small. I pointed out that John has had this car forever. It spends most of the story in various states of disrepair. (Mostly the heat's broken. In Canada.) He said, "Whatever, no way would John drive that."
Sigh. It's not like John can afford a muscle car or anything sporty. I kept hunting.
After an evening spent cruising cars in the Lemon-ade Guide, I showedwildernessguru the following. WG's cool with the 1980 Chevy Caprice Classic although John's obviously wouldn't be black (his is burgundy) or in mint condition like this one:
"More of a beater," he said, but he agreed with this choice.
I said, "You mean like this?"
"Yeah," he said.
We'll not tell him that's another photo of the original car, or that the only difference between the first and second car was the model year. *snickers*
Did you know about Joe Flanigan posing mostly nude for About Face? This is the first I'd heard of the project.
He looks both vulnerable, uncomfortable, and intense. Off-balance. It's a very interesting photo for more reasons than the obvious.
I thought I found John's car from Out Of Bounds.
The 1978 Chevy Caprice, which he bought in 1989, just after he graduated high school:
wildernessguru says, "No way does John drive that. No guy would drive that land yacht." "Okay," I asked him, "So what does he drive?"
He suggested a Dodge Dart. I told him that John's car has to have a back seat, and the Dart's back seat is way too small. I pointed out that John has had this car forever. It spends most of the story in various states of disrepair. (Mostly the heat's broken. In Canada.) He said, "Whatever, no way would John drive that."
Sigh. It's not like John can afford a muscle car or anything sporty. I kept hunting.
After an evening spent cruising cars in the Lemon-ade Guide, I showed
wildernessguru the following. WG's cool with the 1980 Chevy Caprice Classic although John's obviously wouldn't be black (his is burgundy) or in mint condition like this one:"More of a beater," he said, but he agreed with this choice.
I said, "You mean like this?"
"Yeah," he said.
We'll not tell him that's another photo of the original car, or that the only difference between the first and second car was the model year. *snickers*
Did you know about Joe Flanigan posing mostly nude for About Face? This is the first I'd heard of the project.
He looks both vulnerable, uncomfortable, and intense. Off-balance. It's a very interesting photo for more reasons than the obvious.
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My mom had a 1983(?) Chevy Caprice, and it was a standard family sedan with a powerful enough engine that it could be souped up into a sportscar with a little effort. My stepdad had one in the 60s that had the engine blueprinted that he used for drag racing.
It was a tough car, reasonably reliable and easy to maintain, if "slushy" in the suspension, with lousy gas mileage (fortunately Out Of Bounds is set when gas was still $1.50 a gallon). I'm betting it was probably the family car given to John (okay, sold to him for tiny amount) after he graduated. He's kept it running since.