Irvine Interlude

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72Hardtop
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Re: Irvine Interlude

Post by 72Hardtop » Tue Apr 07, 2015 1:51 am

A little unknown fact by many...

During filming of that commercial the Vanagon dropped a valve seat and had to be towed away. It was filmed just east of Valencia Ca.
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Re: Irvine Interlude

Post by asiab3 » Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:37 am

72Hardtop wrote:A little unknown fact by many...

During filming of that commercial the Vanagon dropped a valve seat and had to be towed away. It was filmed just east of Valencia Ca.
It looks like it could be Castaic or the roads to Agua Dulce. Do you have any more details?
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Re: Irvine Interlude

Post by Amskeptic » Tue Apr 07, 2015 12:46 pm

72Hardtop wrote:A little unknown fact by many...

During filming of that commercial the Vanagon dropped a valve seat and had to be towed away. It was filmed just east of Valencia Ca.
Cites? Links? Which Vanagon? The water-cooled blue one?
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