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Re: Movie Star
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2016, 10:25:47 AM »
The year was 1973 and Clint Eastwood’s “Magnum Force” is the #1 box office hit all over America. Probably the best supporting actor award should have gone to the Moto Guzzi Eldorados that all the rogue cops rode. It was great advertising for the new Eldorado line from Guzzi.

Except they weren't Eldorados! There's one shot that must have had the camera located where the right saddlebag was. It plainly showed the battery cover with "V750 Ambassador" on it.

The last photo isn't from "Magnum Force" but from "Harold and Maude" with Tom Skerritt as the police officer.

The saddlebags on the Eldorado for sale were made by Wixom (or possibly Arthur Fulmer that apparently bought the molds from Wixom). 
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Re: Movie Star
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2016, 10:40:23 AM »
and this car was owned by Jon Voight!...in any case any loop is a celebrity, no matter which scene it steals!


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Re: Movie Star
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2016, 10:46:58 AM »
 Brings to mind all of the ex Elvis Harley Davidson stories ...

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Re: Movie Star
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2016, 10:46:58 AM »

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Re: Movie Star
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2016, 02:01:10 PM »
 At least one of those Guzzis from the Maggot Farce movie was very unique.
 It was capable of morphing into a Triumph for a jump scene.
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