Why shoot a Car door?

So the question came up of “What to shoot next?” Well, a car door seemed like a logical next step.  Where do you acquire a car door?  Well, after calling around town for a bit, I was given the number of an auto salvage place in town.

Lady: “Hello?”

Me: “Hello. I’m looking to get a car door.”

Lady: “Ok, what make and model?”

Me: “Oh, I don’t care, any make and model will do…”

Lady: “Um…ok…let me get back to you…”

Needless to say, I wasn’t very hopeful that I’d get a call back. Surprisingly enough she called back in about 20 minutes, and said $20 would let me cart off any door. Well, it seemed a bit steep (considering we’re just going to shoot it), but off I went out to their place to get it.

About 30 minutes later, I pulled up to their office/garage and walked in the door.

Me: “I’m here about a car door.”

Lady: “What make and model?”

Me: “Oh, I don’t care, any will do.”

Lady: “Oh yeah, (turns to the side), here’s the guy I was talking about.”

A guy who looks like he actually works for a living comes out from the back office.

Guy: “So what are you going to do with the door?

Me: “Oh, I’m going to shoot it. With a gun.”

Guy: “Why on earth would you want to do that?”

Me: “Well, my friends and I shoot various things, video tape them, and then put them up on the Internet for people to see. A lot of people from all over the world stop by and see what various rounds do.”

Guy & Lady: “Oh…”

I walk out with the guy and we get into what looked like a beat up Gremlin, and we go speeding off through the junkyard (it was pretty large actually). After a minute or so, we arrive at section of just doors.

Guy: “So what type of door are you looking for?”

Me: “Oh, well, what would you want to see shot?”

Guy: “Well, we could go with something modern, like a Saturn, but they’re all plastic and not going to stop anything.”

Me: “Yeah, that’s probably true.”

Guy: “Ok, here how about this, let’s get a truck door. One of these (heads over to a pile). Ok, here you go. ’79 Ford, back when they made them in steel.”

Me: “Sounds good.”

Given it’s a ’79 Ford truck door and by no means compact, I started wondering how we’re going to get it back to the shack given we’re in a Gremlin (or something). But I see that we’re just going to go with the “throw it up on the roof and hold onto it with a hand out the window” approach.

On the way back, the guy mentioned that a lot of people call about complete cars, and then blow them up for movies and whatnot. So my request for a car door wasn’t the oddest thing he had heard.

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