Stuntmen
Dan Bradley, Kevin Scott, Scott Rogers,
and Darin Prescott (left to right) are the
guys behind GO Stunts and the Go Mobile.
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What
is the Go Mobile?
Take a 1974 Cadillac El dorado cleaved down
to a self contained two-wheel-drive module
that can be used to propel any combination
of chassis, crew, cameras, cranes, lighting
requirement, and on-camera vehicle
( or proportion of vehicle ) to which it
can be bolted. Where the actor can sit inside
and act like he is being chased while a
stunt man drives in a remote cockpit that
can be positioned virtually anywhere out
of the shot of the camera and you have the
Go Mobile.
This fine piece of movie machinery is built
to put the actors safely into the action
without even needing them to be there. |
 Shown
here in motion with one of Tri-C Engineering's
versions of the General Lee
The Go Mobile films a chase in the Dukes
of Hazard.
The rear 3/4 of the 1969 Dodge Charger replaced
the Go Mobile's platform with stock rear
axle and leaf springs supplemented by Wilwood
disc brakes and air springs to control ride
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This truck to the right was used in Cradle
to the Grave and was, in part, the inspiration
behind the construction of the Go Mobile.
To
the left is a shot of the Go Mobiles engine
a '74 Cadillac El dorado 500-cubic-inch
V-8.
Thank's to Rick Cresse - a long standing
Southern California hot-rod fabrication
shop that also builds specialty vehicles
for films the Go Mobile is a reality and
progress was swift. His first question
was, upon being asked to fabricate the
Go Mobile was, "How fast do you ant
it to  go?"
A range between 60-70 mph was established
and Tri-C came up with a truss-sliding
chassis concept. Tri-C also helped with
the fact that the stock Cadillac front
suspension used torsion bars that don't
require tall perches (although the bars
themselves were swapped out for Schroeder
aftermarket units). But the stock cadillac
recirculating-ball steering wouldn't work
with a movable cockpit, so it was replaced
with a hydraulic steering similar to that
used on buses and the shift linkage wouldn't
work so the transaxle was fitted with
an air shifter.
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