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 Mark Towle |
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From: EQUALIZER
| Posted: 3/20/2006 10:27:54 AM
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Mark Towle Mark, I am new to this and still doing my homework. I am trying to asertain how much frame work I would need to do using a Chevy Caprice/Impala donor. If I decide to go ahead with this I am seriously considering using your body for this project and certainly would not waste your valuable time. If you would be so kind, I would like you to provide the basic measurements of the body you produce? Overall length, from tip of nose to tip of fin? Wheelbase, center of hub to hub? Front width, outside fender wall to fender wall? Rear Width, outside fender wall to fender wall? Does the Caparice/Impala donor frame need to be widened to accomidate your body? (I understand it wiill need to be lengthened) If so, to what measurements? Front and rear. Does the body you produce use the same basic measurements as the blueprints found else where on this site ? I am attempting to learn how close the blueprints are to your body and how much I should rely on them. The blueprints on this site use the following measurements. Over all length, nose to fin: 236.25 Wheelbase, center of wheel hub to hub: 139.75 inches Front Width, outside fender to fender wall: 95.25inches Rear Width, outside fender to fender wall: 92.50 inches Thank you in advance for your time and help. Peter |
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From: rusty
| Posted: 3/20/2006 5:44:59 PM
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RE: Mark Towle peter i will measure mine but i do know its 141 wb and a caprice will work it will just have to be streched |
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From: Dee
| Posted: 3/20/2006 7:59:29 PM
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No KITT Allowed
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RE: Mark Towle Hi.....EM .....Peter. This site is devoted to the building of the 89 by the guys/fan's who aspire to own an 89. The majority of the guys here have put in the time and effort to gain everyoneleses trust and respect. The fact that you jumped in here asking Mark, and only Mark, for the dimentions of his kit and the lay-out of the chassis with the hope of buying one of his kits is, to my experience, condesending to DH and the rest of the guys here. If you wanna know about the dimentions and all the other information of the 89, do what everyone else here has done and start from the start. Sláinte is táinte
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From: BATGOD
| Posted: 3/20/2006 9:02:13 PM
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It's G2B t God!
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RE: Mark Towle Hey Dee??? Actually... I'm cool with it myself. Been answering questions for years for other people's sales. I'm TOTALLY cool with someone else answering the questions for a change.    
"Where does he get those wonderful toys?" He MAKES them you idiot! www.tunergirlz.com www.codeoneauto.com |
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From: Jimmy
| Posted: 3/20/2006 9:33:51 PM
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Brokebat Mtn
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RE: Mark Towle Mark won't answer your questions anyway, he's way too cool for that... 
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From: rusty
| Posted: 3/21/2006 12:45:27 AM
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RE: Mark Towle hey peter the body that mark sells is the same as all the guys have and sell(they all have the same daddy) so any of them would know and you can look up the info on this site...and ,nitro ,jack ,kevin,nate are all building cars and are very nice and will help you if they can..and i see nothing wrong with asking a certain person a ? ..i call on jack and nitro all the time...and mark would tell you what you wanted to know too ...and i know you ask me to measure mine on another post a day or two ago so i will tommorow ..and dee's cool too he's hard on all the new guy's ..he droped a gauntlet on me several times! |
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From: rusty
| Posted: 3/21/2006 12:50:53 AM
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RE: Mark Towle
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From: Dee
| Posted: 3/21/2006 4:48:51 AM
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No KITT Allowed
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RE: Mark Towle Man you picked up that gauntlet and threw it right back. U well deserve the 89 and might I quickly add that ur doing a top notch job on it too. I can't wait to see it finished. 
Sláinte is táinte
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From: n8mobiles
| Posted: 3/21/2006 1:29:14 PM
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Where's mine?
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RE: Mark Towle I would agree with Rusty, untill Mark started saying that there were 2 sizes of cars his and all of the rest? Not sure if that was the seperation, but I do know he stated the 89 and the 92 versions were different sizes. People posted asking for some sort of proof, as the onstar car is widely recognized as the car used in both movies 89 and 92. Also on the bat disks they state that using the same batmobile saved a lot of money, even though they wanted to design a new batmobile for the 92 film. But to save money they just took it out of storage and used it again. I doubt they built a smaller similar car. 
(Boy they could have saved a lot of money and just used it for all 4, but then toys r us would lose a lot of money!) So I think that may have something to do with Peter asking for his dimensions. When you were working on the rear of your car, you mentioned that it looked shorter than the original build photos so maybe Marks are shorter than the kits that came from Jay/bobs molds? Now that you have it mounted, post the measurements and Kevin or someone with their car in the garage can post comparison measurements. I can do it but as my car isn't on the frame yet and harder for me to get to, it will just take a while before I can post accurate numbers. Detective work isn't as exciting as rippin around in the batmobile, but it solves the mysteries! 
 
Chip Foose, I am your doppleganger |
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From: Tim
| Posted: 3/21/2006 1:44:13 PM
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Anton Who?
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RE: Mark Towle I guess it's okay if Mark's is a little shorter. I'm sure it can still get the job done and many people believe that size doesn't matter anyway.
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From: MARK TOWLE
| Posted: 3/21/2006 1:58:18 PM
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COORS LITE
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RE: Mark Towle NATE I THINK YOU MISSUNDERSTOOD NOT ONLY MINE BUT ALL 92S ARE SHORTER THAN 89S..I KNOW I NEED TO SHOW THE PICTS I HAVE I WILL TRY TONITE...BTW THE ONSTAR CAR WAS NOT IN BOTH MOVIES MORE ON THE HISTORY LATER...KINDA THE SAME STORY OF BARRIS AND THE #5 CAR COME TO THE MARKSIDE |
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From: Mr A
| Posted: 3/21/2006 2:48:21 PM
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Call me Rainman
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RE: Mark Towle On differences between the 89 & 92's. I think I remember (gotta watch the special features again soon) that on the Batdiscs (DVDs) they said that when the car was shipped to the USA from England they had to "strip it down & rebuild it" or adapt it, from UK to USA parts to make it more usable or something like that. I believe thats when the car 'changed' (other than the windshield wipers & clown-trippers). There are at least a few "screen used" cars around, we havn't identified. WHOLE cars, not cutaways or cockpit area only. Didn't they say 2 were made for the 89 movie & another 7 for the 92 returns. That's 9 frigging cars around someplace!!!! Are we saying that WB has them all? Then who's to say whats being (been) moulded from who's body? For example, it's strange that when I started posting that I would take pics of the car @ COTS in Edinburgh, it mysteriously dissappears into "storage". They close the whole place down. End of story. I think this might be the "turntable" car, adapted from 89 for the 92 movie (Never left England ????  ).
Any comments? Mr A
"There is no end, but the end is near"
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From: n8mobiles
| Posted: 3/21/2006 5:45:04 PM
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Where's mine?
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RE: Mark Towle So Mark, what are you doing April 15th, Sat from 9am-3pm? Next star car meet could use the Mach 5! So far we have: my 66 Batmobile, The General Lee, Starsky and Hutch Torino, the Back to the Future Delorean, and new member the Mystery Van from Scooby doo! Got maybes from KITT, Green Hornet and Ecto-Ghostbuster and a magnum 308 Ferrari (scheduling problems or mechanical) JOHN FORCE RACING CHILDRENS HOSPITAL CAR SHOW If you don't have a Mach 5, how about the mostly done Munster coach? Let me know, we are having spots saved for us up by the front and need a car count!
Last Edited by n8mobiles: 3/21/2006 5:48:10 PM
Chip Foose, I am your doppleganger |
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From: 2wylde
| Posted: 3/21/2006 6:03:29 PM
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GOTHAM MATT
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RE: Mark Towle Nate, That show looks awesome. I wish I could make it ou tthere for it. Any chance you or someone else could take pics of the movie cars in attendance? I'd love to see pics of your , as well as the delorean and the ecto-1. Anywaone else on the board going? Check ou tthe pics from last year. 
_______________________________________________ When I die, I want to die like my grandfather, who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car. |
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From: rusty
| Posted: 3/21/2006 6:41:24 PM
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RE: Mark Towle i measured mine and across the hood from wheel well to wheel well is 82 ..and the back was around 90 the car from nose to the tip of the wing was around 19.4 so the blue prints are different from mine |
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From: MARK TOWLE
| Posted: 3/21/2006 10:12:53 PM
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COORS LITE
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RE: Mark Towle I COULD BRING ON OF THE 2 MACH 5'S I HAVE IN MY SHOPPE FOR THAT COUNT ME IN COME TO THE MARKSIDE |
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From: Dee
| Posted: 3/22/2006 4:18:14 PM
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No KITT Allowed
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RE: Mark Towle Nate fair play to ya lad. That looks like a great day out. I wish I was local. We.re also gonna have our open day for a childrens charity. Not on such a grand scale but we do wot we can. Nice work my friend.
Sláinte is táinte
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From: n8mobiles
| Posted: 3/27/2006 12:28:47 PM
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Where's mine?
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RE: Mark Towle Hey Mark, Cool! I will up the car total to 6 confirmed to John Force's people. 66 Batmobile BTTF Delorean Starsky and Hutch General Lee Mach 5 Scooby Doo Van   (and various missing icons.... hint hint.)
Don't forget to send in your registration $$ goes to the kids. Last Edited by n8mobiles: 3/27/2006 1:09:55 PM
Chip Foose, I am your doppleganger |
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From: Dee
| Posted: 3/28/2006 3:28:29 PM
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No KITT Allowed
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RE: Mark Towle This is probably a daft question but is the Scooby Doo Mystery Van modeled off an actual make and model of van.
Sláinte is táinte
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From: Jack Knight1979
| Posted: 3/28/2006 3:57:10 PM
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RE: Mark Towle I know a guy that made a pretty awesome one with a 60's dodge van. It was PERFECT. The guy got hammered and decided to paint his van up since it was about to rust away. Pretty cool. I don't have a batmobile, but I have a remote R2-D2 www.c4-designs.com/ciii
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From: n8mobiles
| Posted: 3/28/2006 3:58:45 PM
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Where's mine?
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RE: Mark Towle
THe inside is great, tiki's burning, shag(gy) carpeting, beads. He went to town on it!
Chip Foose, I am your doppleganger |
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From: Dee
| Posted: 3/28/2006 5:24:11 PM
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No KITT Allowed
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RE: Mark Towle Thats mighty. Any more pics Nate. I'd love to see them. What model Dodge van is it. Thats mad.
Sláinte is táinte
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From: Dee
| Posted: 3/28/2006 5:43:58 PM
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No KITT Allowed
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RE: Mark Towle This guy went mental on his one Mystery Machine Sláinte is táinte
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