Saw the movie, _The Thing About My Parents_ tonight. About 30 minutes into the picture Paul Reiser and Peter Falk wind up stranded at a car repair shop in the country with an eccentric mechanic, and there prominently in the foreground of several shots is a nicely restored Bridgeport M head. I guess the director thought it would evoke a working auto shop atmosphere.
A BP in an auto repair shop is a rare thing, at least in Texas. Even a small lathe is almost unheard of.
But perhaps something you'd find in the shop of a mechanic who's eccentric and very competent.
I was surprised a few years ago to find one in a Harley Davidson motorcycle shop. They told me that is normal.
Pete Stanaitis
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Richard J K> Saw the movie, _The Thing About My Parents_ tonight. About 30 minutes into
Cool! An M head, too! Was it a round ram? That dates it roughly to pre WW-II.
Jon
Here, I made some frame captures to see:
Eccentric but competent was what the mechanic is supposed to be. He winds up selling the old man (Falk) an elegantly restored 1940 Ford convertible dream car.
Here's a link to the IMDB on this movie:
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