Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Grease car

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              I'm building the set for grease and need to find a easy way to do a Grease car??? 
Real, Or build it out of foam and use a cheap paint harder??
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startingout Lead Joined: 9/09/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Topic: Grease car Posted: 9/12/08 at 3:48pm
	Starting out I'm building the set for grease and need to find a easy way to do a Grease car??? Real, Or build it out of foam and use a cheap paint harder?? Help

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techdirector Walk-On Joined: 7/12/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 9/15/08 at 10:17am
	Renting a car would be much easier and you don't have to figure out what to do with it when the show is over. Check this out... Available for your production of GREASE!! The One... The Only... GREASED LIGHTNING !! For Specs and Rental Information click: http://home.comcast.net/~techdirector/PAI-1.html Three Cars available - 2 motorized - 1 push on prop. All cars are reinforced for dancing. (Out of State Delivery available - call for more information.)
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Showtime Walk-On Joined: 8/08/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 9/16/08 at 4:29pm
	We did Grease this past spring and still have the car we used. We would like to get rid of it or sell it. Where are you? We are in Wharton, TX maybe you can use ours.
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ahupke Walk-On Joined: 5/20/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 9/17/08 at 7:59pm
	We have a car we built for the Full Monty that is for sale. It could be modified to make it into Grease Lightning pretty easily. The car is located in Charlestown, WV and is available immediately (our show just closed). I can send you some pics if you are interested. ahupke@visuallink.com
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startingout Lead Joined: 9/09/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Posted: 9/18/08 at 12:22pm
	Thanks I live in Minnesota. The cost for shipping would be more than building one Thank you for your reply
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Allison1980 Walk-On Joined: 10/08/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 10/08/08 at 2:45pm
	In re: to the car in Wharton - we are doing a production of Grease in San Antonio and are looking for a car. We are willing to come pick it up under the right circumstances. Can you send me an email at Allison_Newsom@yahoo.com with pictures and details, if you still have it available? Thank you!
	Allison Newsom www.vexler.org Allison_Newsom@yahoo.com
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flyweed Walk-On Joined: 10/27/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 10/29/08 at 11:53am
	Well..do you want a car that you see the side profile, or from the front? When we did the show..we showed the front of the car and it never went profile...we got an old car from a salvage yard (free) with no motor in it, but the body was in decent shape. We took a cutting torch and cut the back end and roof off to make it a convertable..and then painted it red with firestripes. The only thing we used was from the front seats on forward..and we mounted castors at the rear so the car "piece" was very manueverable on stage, plus it was light weight with no rear end or engine in it. It worked great. Dan
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Karin Lead Joined: 12/27/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 47	Posted: 11/03/08 at 4:18pm
	Our high school had a golf cart they used for the grounds. We borrowed it and attached stiff foam cut outs to the front and sides. It took an hour to cut out and another hour to paint. The audience loved it!!!!
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startingout Lead Joined: 9/09/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 39	Posted: 11/04/08 at 8:11am
	Thank you I am building it with foam We are a week out from opening thank again to all starting out
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