Orange County Choppers - Kilted!

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 1st November 05, 08:29 AM

Originally Posted by Owl of Oban

That's the Saltire Tartan. Saw it at a wedding earlier this year in Edinburgh. See it at www.saltiretartan.com
It is very cool.

And very d$%^&d expensive! Just checked the site and they list the Saltire 8 yard tartan kilt for £314.04, which is approx $570 US. Too rich for my blood. Maybe I will find one used one day. And I know that is in the ballpark for a traditional tank from 16oz wool, but was expecting it was not wool, and possibly not hand sewn.

**flyv65** · 1st November 05, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Owl of Oban

hehe, good point Bryan, but I think Paul Sr. would look menacing in a tutu.

Yeah, the guy is huge, monstrous big: but did you notice he was told to stretch, ignored the advice, and threw his back out on the first swing he took playing cricket? I was a tad embarrased at the way they hassled the tour guide and cooked a set of minivan tires as well: I'm not certain they did much to improve the view many overseas folks fhave of Americans in general.

Bryan...well, except for Mikey...

**bubba** · 1st November 05, 06:51 PM

The Scots got a bit of revenge though when they made Paulie drop his boxers.

**Owl of Oban** · 1st November 05, 07:33 PM

I've got to believe that the pre-production folks that came into town to arrange all the rentals and set up the shots 'paved the way' for the guys prior to their arrival. It seemed like most of the Scots and English took it all in stride. There sure wasn't a shortage of folk ready to hand over the keys to scoots, Land Rovers and bikes!

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 1st November 05, 07:44 PM

Originally Posted by flyv65

Yeah, the guy is huge, monstrous big: but did you notice he was told to stretch, ignored the advice, and threw his back out on the first swing he took playing cricket? I was a tad embarrased at the way they hassled the tour guide and cooked a set of minivan tires as well: I'm not certain they did much to improve the view many overseas folks fhave of Americans in general.

Bryan...well, except for Mikey...

Bryan, he definitely is, anybody know how he got that big? Those arms did not just show up, I would guess he might have been a weight lifter or body builder in the past?

I thought the hassling of the bus guide was a little out of line as well, but at the end they thanked him and were courteous. I tend to think that since Sr. wasn't going to be able to bawl out Jr for some infraction, they needed some kind of conflict for people to continue to watch. I do agree that they certainly did not do anything positive for the perceptions of those from the US.

**Kiltedfirepiper** · 2nd November 05, 08:00 AM

I havent had a chance to watch AC in a long time .....I DO have on demand though ...I'll have to see it soon

**Big Paul** · 3rd November 05, 07:59 AM

I agree that they didn’t do much to improve the “Ugly Americans” stigma.. Although I must say they all looked great kilted!

I too love the Solitire kilt!

It was cool to here Mikey say that he has wanted a kilt for a long time now!!!

Sr. started body building about the same time he got clean and sober.. Body building is part of his clean living life style.. I just read about his work out in the Old School Workout body building magazine.. He is very serious about his work outs!!

You might go to the OCC web site and read all their Bio’s..

**MACKAY** · 9th November 05, 01:43 PM

Just saw a re-run of the show and it was kilts galore! I thought they did a great service for all of US kilt wearers. You have to remember that they probably shot over 200 hours of film, and only 10 min or so is used in the end. Now it would be pretty boring to show the OCC crew being polite and respectful at all times as the premise of the show is the underlying tension between father and sons.

I especially like when Paul Jr was asked to step up and play a little sword fight game with a real Scotsman ... boy was Jr. intimidated!!!

Also impressed by the number of compliments that Paul Sr and Jr were making in the voice-overs about how great Scotland was, and how wonderful the people were, etc...

I think that they did a great job all in all. They also were all wearing the kilt in various casual styles, just like us here at X-Marks, and did not try to play 'dress up' and act like a Brigadoon buffoon. I give them two thumbs up for that alone!!!!

Brian Mackay