So my job for the morning was to take this pretty young thing out into the forest and teach her how to drive a pinz in the dirt and rocks, monumental task you say, no not really she did fairly well with the seat moved up close and a foam block behind her backside, she did have to stretch her right foot out to reach the gas pedal though but she did good on the flats and minor inclines with lots of mud and rocks, so anyway we spent about an hour in the forest before I had to take the truck down to where date #1 was so I could get it rigged with cameras, Vince will appreciates this (2 icecube cams on suction cups inside on the windshield and a mini DVX mounted to the gunnel looking forward out the windshield, we also had another pinz with a 2 icecubes 1 under the front bumper looking forward and one on the side looking back and down at the left front wheel).
So we rigged and had lunch then on to Gold Mountain Jeep Trail over looking Baldwin Lake (most So. Cal. guys should know it) and a bit of set up and filming infront of the truck (Pictures below) and then on to the trails, We solved the gas pedal issue by taping a couple of wood wedge blocks to the gas pedal to help with her reach, she did a little driving but she could not keep it going much so I subituted on about 80% of the driving, the director actually put me in a jacket the same color as hers and a black winter scarf over my head to simulate her black hair and I did all the drive by shots and we swapped her in for in car shots and conversation,
Not sure how much will actually make it to air but we drove about 2 miles and climbed over 2000 feet and ended at the rock garden entrance which I drove into and turned around and back out, we finnished on the top and back down for finalizing the "date" where some crew had set up a pinic like setting for hot chocolate and conversation, good thing we were almost done as it was 4:30 pm and temps were down around 20 degrees, sorry I didnt get action shots as I was driving and I only got a few shots of filming action and crew, I will let you know when it will air on MTV though, untill then enjoy a few pics.
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BTW Vince I wish I had got the heater installed before this as it was darn cold, I finally got some of the last parts in from ESPAR last month and just haven't had time to get with Jim L. to hook it up.