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Is that a car in the barn?


My husband and I are watching Season 1, episode 4 (Home Surgery). During a scene at the end, where Matt is in a standoff with Ben Walling, there's a barn behind him, and it looks like the back door area of a 1950s hardtop vehicle is visible through the opening of the barn. We couldn't find any documentation of the goof, and just wondered if anyone else saw the same thing.

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good catch, mrs and mr Strider!

It looks to me like a wagon loaded with crates and a tarp over them.

We see it to the right of the screen... by Matt's bicp.


23 minutes and 33 seconds is the best frame. Lets see if I can produce an image..... the dark grey part.
https://imageshack.com/i/pmFSj7gUj



(wow! it worked|!!!!!!!!!!)



Smoke me a kipper. I'll be back for breakfast

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Yep, that's the shot. Thanks for the screen grab. I can accept a wagon load of crates, but my brain can't unsee the back door of an old Chevy or Buick. At least we weren't the only ones! :D

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dam it! I wont sleep until we find out!




(heh heh)



Smoke me a kipper. I'll be back for breakfast

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Thanks for the screen grab.

And despite the unidentified object, that frame he got is pretty cool looking. Almost looks like a promo shot.

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Agreed. It's a perfect shot.

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I'm a sharp shooter :)

Smoke me a kipper. I'll be back for breakfast

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Speaking of anachronisms, I saw an episode recently, one of the black-and-white ones, where the camera is looking up at Marshal Dillon's face as he's talking, and a jet plane can be seen moving across the sky in the background.

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