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he lssy cemet-flred arae is seree adsptless, apart frm the rw f siister vehicleslii e wall. Parked diaally, all catedmatte black, a Mii Cper S, a Mitsubishi Ev,tw Prsche Cayee Turbs ad a hih, wideff-rad behemth rest meacily. Each vehicle is pisedi a squat puce-ready psiti, bristli with a auraf mdificati. It is clear that all are capable f breathideeper ad striki harder tha their stck brethre. But themst ticeable mdificatis are the lare welded pstsmuted t each, sme  the se ad sme  the rear.Als paited matte black, these fiely eieered pstsappear idieus, almst as if they came stck, the waya lare wich lks riht at hme  the frt bumper f a ld Jeep Willies r Brc. They are hwever, elabratecamera muts, the prduct f Pursuit Systems.Pursuit is a sub divisi f Shelly Ward Eterprises, whichhas bee facilitati the film idustry with all thisautmtive fr early 30 years. Frm car prep t stut wrkt trasprtati, Shelly Ward ad his cmpay have hadtheir rease-streaked hads i everythi frm Mercedesads i the ‘80s t
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.The Dr Frakestei behid these hi-tech, hih-speedcamera car msters ad their appedaes is MikeMajesky, VP f Pursuit. Fr the past eiht years, he hasbee respsible fr the desi, eieeri ad fabricatif Pursuit’s idustry-leadi camera cars ad mutisystems. A self-tauht all-arud tikerer ad fabricatr,Majesky is a car uy wh wrked i the film idustry befrefidi a hme i the immaculately clea facilities f Pursuit.Desii ad buildi mbile camera systems, he esuresthat his cars ca prvide whatever acti a directr watst capture. Frm the simple pst ad beam mut, t thematte black pait that each vehicle wears (t reduce laread prevet lihti iterferece), everythi that Pursuitdes has a purpse ad is as fuctial as it is attractive.Riveted paels that lk like they bel  a A10 Warthsecure stepladders t the bdywrk f a Cayee; a custmcarb-fiber hd scp directs airflw arud the cameraad it the itercler f the Ev.While sme f their cmpetitrs utilize the MercedesML Class ad Cadillac Escalades, Pursuit have made thePrsche Cayee their mdified muscular wrkhrse. Withits muted ri, i prfile it lks like a cvertible SUV witha black rb-iraffe squatti i the back.Differet shts require differet set-ups, s the mut cabe fitted with a 12, 16 r 20-ft crae that ca revlve 360derees ad mve vertically frm 16 feet up t 6 feet belwthe rud plae. The pssible ales are further ehacedwith the ctrllable camera head muted  the ed.The iterir f the crae car is as techically develped as itseterir, ledi it a military aesthetic much mre tha thatf a luury SUV. Five passeers ca be accmmdated,at times ecessary t mitr the baks f vide screes,
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lights,camera...traction!
BEHInD THE SCEnES WITH LAS FILM CARS
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