"But what we did is, when we got it back from across the country, after spending $1,800 between gasoline and breakdowns - it gets like four miles per gallon - is, my oldest son, he's an artist, so we took stills of each side of the vehicle from the movie, and we put it back into character, exactly like it was in the film.
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"At that time, all the stuff on it in the movie was just paint," said Boston. Purchasing it sight-unseen, Boston retrieved it from nearly 2,000 miles away, and he and his wife immediately went to work "restoring" it to its silver-screen condition. And she ran into it (while searching for Christmas décor), and she demanded that I buy it," explained Boston. "My wife found it in Arizona with a guy - he had a bunch of Christmas ornaments. Currently it's in the loving possession of Atlanta-area resident Bob Boston, who will be bringing it to the 2018 Summit Racing Equipment Atlanta Motorama to put it on display and offer tours to interested fans on both days of the event, scheduled for next April 28 and 29.īoston, a fan of the movie since its release in 1989, purchased the four-wheeled monstrosity from a previous owner in the Phoenix, Arizona area on a whim 10 years ago at the behest of his wife. Straight out of the "every-family's-got-one" department, the shameless and overbearing Cousin Eddie arrives to the Griswold's family gathering unannounced and in a hideous eyesore of an RV, with his wife, three kids and rottweiler "Snots" in tow, imposing on an already chaotic situation.Īs it turns out, the RV, a character in itself which causes Chevy Chase's character, Clark Griswold, almost more grief than he can handle, is an honest-to-goodness vehicle that still exists today. And of course, no character is more beloved than the wacky-yet-lovable mooch, Cousin Eddie, played masterfully by actor Randy Quaid. Much of the movie's enduring success is derived from the relatable, if not inevitable, follies of a large family gathering during the festive holiday season. By now, well into the annual holiday season, many Americans and movie buffs across the globe have tuned-in at least once to take in all or parts of the 1989 American cult classic film "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo and Doris Roberts, among others.īetween family traditions, impromptu Christmas-movie marathons and casual channel-surfing between Thanksgiving and Christmastime, it's increasingly rare to make it through the holiday season without catching a scene or two of the zany, uber-quotable adventures of the 'Griswold's' family Christmas.
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