Pontiac roundback in TV show Fargo

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    Was watching the TV show Fargo on FX toight, good show by the way, and billy bob thorton walks out of a supermarket and gets in someones yellow and woodgrain pontiac roundie and drives off, it was the only time the wagon was seen in the episode, but hopefully will be seen again later in the season.
     
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    Yes, very cool - looks like a 1975 or '76 Safari. Hard to tell from just the one back end view. Hope we see it again as well! Good show, too! :)


    Just did a Bing images check, and we do see it again! It's a 1976 Catalina Safari!

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    Weird! Besides the fact that those two images are taken from alternate angles, see another difference?
     
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    Yep!

    The front Minnesota front license plate which I imagine was CGI-ed in for the second shot, as the credits indicate this TV program filmed in Alberta, Canada! :dance:
     
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    I like how he is standing in the middle of a few inches of deeper snow, yet no foot steps anywhere around him. must have jumped in?:disagree:
     
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    Tune in for the next episode which is tonight at 9:00 p.m. CDT on FX! :cheers:
     
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    Known as the 'suspension of disbelief' in TV or movies! :yup:
     
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    We've yet to see the '76 Pontiac wagon reappear on the show, including tonight's episode! :confused:
     
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    now i have a reason to check the show out.
     
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    The grille is different.
    In the MOVIE, they were driving Oldsmobiles, of course.
    The killers were paid for killing the Oldsmobile dealers wife (William H Macy) with a brand new 1987 Cutlass Ciera.
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