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[SP2153]

Hello my fellow Brothers & Sisters

Firstly, many apologies if you are already aware of this information (and as dedicated fans you will be!)..
But I hope this is of use to anyone who didn't know!

As we all know, the Bluesmobile's license plate number is Illinois BDR 529.
Here's the reason...

The letters & numbers in the license plate refer to a bike club in Dan Aykroyd's home turf of Toronto,
the "Black Diamond Riders".
The clubhouse was located at that city's 529 Jarvis Street.

Til next time....

Rob

[beacky278]

wow...never knew that! cool

[chopstix]

That's interesting.

I wonder if any other numbers or stuff in the movie stood for something.

[dixiesquare]

knew that for quite awhile i belive it was posted some where else here .

[SolomanDHBlues]

I had no idea about that. Cool info!

[bbcentral]

I think I first read it on www.bluesmobile.net

I think it also says the BB2K plate has no meaning, it's just random.

[bluesharp]

Never knew that either!!!
Interesting fact!!!

[JJBWantsCZ]

It was also an official serial # for an Oregon license plate issued in February 1970 or 1971.

~Ben

[Marty]

Nice info. Did not know that!

[Steam McQueen]

In Doctor Detroit (1983) Clifford Skridlow (Dan) drove a 1965 Buick with the license plate BDR 529.





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[Brother Zee]

Wow, thats cool, I memorized the plate#, and use it on many games that allow you to customize license plates

[Steam McQueen]

In Gunsmith Cats (1995) Irene "Rally" Vincent (Michiko Neya) drives a 1967 Shelby GT 500 with the license plate
BRD 529.



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[SP2153]

BDR 529 License Plate - Movie Connection
Hey everyone

Hope ya'll are doing well.

Nice to see this thread re-appear.

I think there was another thread listing BB movie connections with a few BDR 529 ones thrown in and seeing how some eagled eyed fans out there have spotted a few more, i thought i'd paste one of mine from that thread.

all the best

Rob

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Here's the story...

Many many years ago I saw Brian Dennehys' 1990 movie "Last Of The Finest" (also known in the UK as "Blue Heat")

I remembered seeing something in the film way back then but it wasn't until recently that I thought I'd find out if my eyes were deceiving me!

So I traced a copy of the video and lol! It's there!

At the time the movie wasn't available on DVD so I had to find & purchase a VCD from Hong Kong of the film just so I could take stills from it on the computer and put it up on this forum.. (all in the line of duty!!)

So.. here's what I found all those years ago...


This is Brian Dennehy's mid 1970's Jeep Wagoneer coming into shot in the movie...
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Here's a better view... Does the license plate look familiar??!!

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And if you needed further proof, here's the rear of the Jeep:

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Finally a couple more shots from throughout the film:

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I hope you found this very obscure Blues Brothers movie connection useful!

My work here is done!

Best Wishes

Rob

[Brother Zee]

wow, very nice SP2153

[Steam McQueen]

SP2153 said:

I hope you found this very obscure Blues Brothers movie connection useful!

Very cool, Rob. I remember your post about this many moons ago. :o I've looked through the credits to see where they might be a connection with someone from The Blues Brothers and lo and behold both movies had the same prop guy (property master), Michael Milgrom. Not to mention a bunch of the same stunt people including Blues Brothers stunt co-ordinator Gary McLarty, and Elwood's double and stunt driver extraordinaire Tommy Huff.



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[nacho108]

great!

[MightyMacTpt]

Great info, I've never known there to be a connection between Dan and the original Bluesmobile's license plate! I wonder if anyone in the state of NH has that plate... hmm if not I know what my plate is going to be in Nov.

MightyMac

[Burzmali]

I managed to get that licence plate number. yey!

[BlueAgate]

See that is why I hang in this board! I never shut it down. There are all kinds of interesting things to learn about. Very educational for our younger fans that hang with us. I'm glad to see so many young people turning to the blues and our favorite dynamic duo. I did not know the significance of the license plate.

[Steam McQueen]

BlueAgate said:

There are all kinds of interesting things to learn about.

Sue, when I became a member here I thought I had a pretty good handle on all things Blues Brothers trivia. Needless to say I was humbled immediately LOL. The amount of info contained in this site is kinda mind boggling. I love it.

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I'll just take a moment to clear this up ...

Steam McQueen said:

In Doctor Detroit (1983) Clifford Skridlow (Dan) drove a 1965 Buick with the license plate BDR 529.

Thanks to the keen eye of Bismo's young Buster (and Mr. Mer as well) we now know that the plate in question is actually BDR-528 :eek:



Thanks to the Bismonator for the screen grab!

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