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 Another '89 vs '92 thread |
From: Tim
| Posted: 4/25/2006 6:47:12 PM
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Not Manson
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Another '89 vs '92 thread
Here are my '89 and my '92 GC's. I forget which is which...
...and no, these are not PhotoShopped in any way.
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From: Justin
| Posted: 4/25/2006 8:42:49 PM
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"Tumbler"
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
WOW! How did you do that???  I guess that puts us back right where we started....
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From: Jack Knight1979
| Posted: 4/25/2006 10:14:40 PM
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
Yeah that does put us back to square one. I guess if you take a photo of the car from a top angle and then straight on it changes the geometry. 
I just tried it with my Mattel model and couldn't replicate it. 
Last Edited by Jack Knight1979: 4/25/2006 10:15:53 PM
I don't have a batmobile, but I have a remote R2-D2
www.c4-designs.com/ciii
 
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From: Tim
| Posted: 4/25/2006 10:26:09 PM
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Not Manson
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
It's the same angle (roughly). One it taken up close zoomed out, the other is taken from much further away zoomed in. Actually the zoom doesn't make any difference, it's the distance at which the photo is taken. I call it "perspective distortion", but there may be a more technical term for it.
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From: Tim
| Posted: 4/25/2006 10:37:11 PM
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Not Manson
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
Basically the same thing here...
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From: Tim
| Posted: 4/25/2006 10:44:48 PM
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Not Manson
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
Now let's rock... 
(play your own music)
Last Edited by Tim: 4/26/2006 11:18:46 AM
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From: DonC
| Posted: 4/25/2006 11:29:47 PM
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
Tim...
YOU DA MAN! 
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From: Justin
| Posted: 4/26/2006 2:23:24 AM
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"Tumbler"
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
Dude - nobody I know except for Tim would ever figure that out. That is some amazing detective work. So does that settle the debate? Or is there more?
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From: Tim
| Posted: 4/26/2006 6:36:27 AM
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Not Manson
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
I think it answers the question about the fins being "pinned" or not, but I agree that the replicas do have narrower rear fenders than the movie version. Does everyone have the narrow fenders? Rusty, Jack, Kevin, Nitro, Nate, Dan? What about the Carmel car? I know Rusty's does but I haven't gone back and looked at all the others.
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From: 2wylde
| Posted: 4/26/2006 7:58:42 AM
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GOTHAM MATT
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
Crazy - just when I wirte the same thing on the old 89 V. 92' thread, another thread starts... at least Tim better explained what I said on the other thread.
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From: Jack Knight1979
| Posted: 4/26/2006 9:24:03 AM
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
Okay, but as pointed out in the other thread the the quarter panels are more narrow on the in some of the returns screen caps.
I don't have a batmobile, but I have a remote R2-D2
www.c4-designs.com/ciii
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From: christo
| Posted: 4/26/2006 11:57:32 AM
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
I think this definition best explains the phenomenon:
distortion:
1. A lens aberration that causes straight lines at the edge of an image to appear curved. 2. The changes in perspective that take place when a lens is used very close to (wide-angle distortion) or very far from (telephoto effect) a subject.
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From: Mr A
| Posted: 4/26/2006 12:14:29 PM
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Call me Rainman
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
The effect Tim shows, is due to the focal length of the lens when the picture is taken and the distance to the subject. Our eye's 'see' the equivilent of a 50mm lens (thats why most SLR cameras come with a 50mm lens as 'standard'). Small focal lengths would make the cars fins seem more swept out, while large focal lengths will make the fins appear narrower and straight back from the body.
This still does not explain differences in the rear fenders (ie : 89 is wider), as spotted by Rusty and verified in photos on this site.
I'm sorry, but I think when the car went to the USA you Americans 'changed' the 89 to suit yourselves better for maintaience or transportation or something. The original car was built in England and was wider (mabey too wide & long to transport or drive around).
I guess the only way to prove or disprove this is to find the 'lost' UK cars (Dave did say he only saw 3 cars at WB store, right?).
Mr A
"There is no end, but the end is near"
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From: vittorio
| Posted: 4/26/2006 12:35:44 PM
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
There may certainly be some differences between the two but there is definite distortion in that one screen capture.
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From: Tim
| Posted: 4/26/2006 2:03:48 PM
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Not Manson
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
What number screenshot has the narrow fenders?
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From: Jack Knight1979
| Posted: 4/26/2006 2:53:26 PM
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
see post here. I hit the wrong thread.
http://www.chickslovethecar.com/replies.asp?locked=&level=&rpage=4&page=1&splash=T&txtSearch=&strID=1473#24544
I don't have a batmobile, but I have a remote R2-D2
www.c4-designs.com/ciii
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From: MARK TOWLE
| Posted: 4/27/2006 10:18:40 PM
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COORS LITE
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
LOOK AT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE GAS CAP AND THE EDGE OF THE REAR FENDER ITS WAY LARGER ON THE 89 THAN THE 92 EVEN IN YOUR PICTS THE RELATIONSHIP WONT CHANGE WITH THE HIGHER OR LOWER SHOT ANGLE
COME TO THE MARKSIDE
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From: Tim
| Posted: 4/27/2006 10:22:22 PM
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F off you F'n F
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RE: Another '89 vs '92 thread
You mean in these two shots?
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