Thread: My next move with hiboy's metamorphosis

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Thanks for the input dave, I agree with all you said. The automatic tranny not a big problem because when you film you have option to show things or not, but it is hard to hide tires especially on fenderless car! So obvious and visible things need to be right, and other non prominent things can be "suggested" or plain ommited.

Luckily for me, Jim Miller, CA curator for the National Hotrod Foundation is working hand in hand with me on this movie. He is a wealth of knowledge. PLus we also have all the old timers from So CAL in the movie so they are helping as well, both with advice and real hotrod stories.

The flashback scenes are going to be most challenging especially since I do not have a budget to film with. we will have to be inventive and go about the smart way. I have access to many 50's style customized mercs and some stock ones as well, thanks to my contacts through Bill Hines. As far as the flashback hotrods go, I am only picking the ones that look very period correct, they look very plain for the most part. I beam of course. drum brakes of course. Mine is the only one around here with Buick fin drums and since I have a full hood, my current 350 will not be in the movie. Actually the hotrod is supposed to have a 48 merc flathead in it, and if I am lucky enough to locate on locally I'll film it and insert the footage in the film, so you will think you are looking under the hood of the Deuce of Spades, but it will be in fact the engine under the hood of another "doner" car - a trick that has been used in many hotrod movies.

Dan Fink made a great suggestion to me to also add some old vintage bikes to the movie and he has hooked me up with local clubs that want to contribute to the movie, so it looks like we are going to have a bike gang scene as well . Fun stuff.

In my movie I want to avoid stereotypes if possible, no need to rehash the same stuff over and over. You will not see a bunch of crazed teenagers running around beating each other up, like in "rebell without a clue" - (or was it 'without a cause'?) - i aim to portray real events in a true to life manner, and there is enough drama in life itself without having to overdo everything. This is a more "mature" kind of hotrod movie. But I promise we will have ONE good illegal race scene and my approach to filming it promises to be different from what has been done in the past... As far as I know that is...

but I guess you'll have to wait to see the movie hehehehe...