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Chuck Norris can kick McQueen's butt

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Warner Brothers, it's almost directly under the water tower.
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I'll go with Kevin...probably taken when McQueen was doing "Wanted Dead or Alive"?
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Was Norris really driving the RSR in that clip?

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Was Norris really driving the RSR in that clip?

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Sure he was...also, he and the babe near the end of the clip headed off to the nearest Motel for a romp...
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Warner Brothers, it's almost directly under the water tower.
Bingo. That was admittedly sort of an "inside the beltway" question but I love those old studio lots.
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Nice photo gallery here:

STEVE McQUEEN | HOLLYWOOD’S ANTI-HERO & TRUE SON OF LIBERTY « The Selvedge Yard

And story on the Bullitt chase here (they say the Charger was way faster than the Mustang):

http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/required-viewing-bullitt-the-granddaddy-of-car-chase-scenes/
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good stuff...
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Robert Mitchum was a total badass if the stories i heard were true.
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Yeah...but could Robert Mitchum do this?

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Jim, you really did not have to do that, but I really enjoyed watching it for the ten thousandth time...

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