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he lssy cemet-flred arae is seree adsptless, apart frm the rw f siister vehicleslii e wall. Parked diaally, all catedmatte black, a Mii Cper S, a Mitsubishi Ev,tw Prsche Cayee Turbs ad a hih, wideff-rad behemth rest meacily. Each vehicle is pisedi a squat puce-ready psiti, bristli with a auraf mdificati. It is clear that all are capable f breathideeper ad striki harder tha their stck brethre. But themst ticeable mdificatis are the lare welded pstsmuted t each, sme the se ad sme the rear.Als paited matte black, these fiely eieered pstsappear idieus, almst as if they came stck, the waya lare wich lks riht at hme the frt bumper f a ld Jeep Willies r Brc. They are hwever, elabratecamera muts, the prduct f Pursuit Systems.Pursuit is a sub divisi f Shelly Ward Eterprises, whichhas bee facilitati the film idustry with all thisautmtive fr early 30 years. Frm car prep t stut wrkt trasprtati, Shelly Ward ad his cmpay have hadtheir rease-streaked hads i everythi frm Mercedesads i the ‘80s t
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.The Dr Frakestei behid these hi-tech, hih-speedcamera car msters ad their appedaes is MikeMajesky, VP f Pursuit. Fr the past eiht years, he hasbee respsible fr the desi, eieeri ad fabricatif Pursuit’s idustry-leadi camera cars ad mutisystems. A self-tauht all-arud tikerer ad fabricatr,Majesky is a car uy wh wrked i the film idustry befrefidi a hme i the immaculately clea facilities f Pursuit.Desii ad buildi mbile camera systems, he esuresthat his cars ca prvide whatever acti a directr watst capture. Frm the simple pst ad beam mut, t thematte black pait that each vehicle wears (t reduce laread prevet lihti iterferece), everythi that Pursuitdes has a purpse ad is as fuctial as it is attractive.Riveted paels that lk like they bel a A10 Warthsecure stepladders t the bdywrk f a Cayee; a custmcarb-fiber hd scp directs airflw arud the cameraad it the itercler f the Ev.While sme f their cmpetitrs utilize the MercedesML Class ad Cadillac Escalades, Pursuit have made thePrsche Cayee their mdified muscular wrkhrse. Withits muted ri, i prfile it lks like a cvertible SUV witha black rb-iraffe squatti i the back.Differet shts require differet set-ups, s the mut cabe fitted with a 12, 16 r 20-ft crae that ca revlve 360derees ad mve vertically frm 16 feet up t 6 feet belwthe rud plae. The pssible ales are further ehacedwith the ctrllable camera head muted the ed.The iterir f the crae car is as techically develped as itseterir, ledi it a military aesthetic much mre tha thatf a luury SUV. Five passeers ca be accmmdated,at times ecessary t mitr the baks f vide screes,
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BEHInD THE SCEnES WITH LA’S FILM CARS
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