Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 1974
- What's your name, boy?
- Lightfoot.
- You Indian?
- Nope, just American. You ain't no country preacher, preacher. I can tell ya that. Who are ya?
- Where are the license plates for that thing?
- Don't have any. I bagged it short of about five minutes before I ran into you. Almost ran into you
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- Now, the newest bank vaults have walls of reinforced concrete five feet thick, backed by six inches of steel. The vault door is stainless steel-faced. It's an inch and a half of cast steel, another 12 inches of burn-resisting steel, and another inch and a half of open-hearthed steel. A vault door has 20 bolts, each an inch in diameter. Eight on each side, eight on the other, two top and two bottom. This holds the door into a 16-inch steel jamb set in 18 inches of concrete which is crosshatched by steel bars running both vertical and horizontal. Now, this door is precision-made so you can't pour nitro in between the seam of the door and the vault. If that isn't enough, there's microphones, electric eyes, pressure-sensitive mats, vibration detectors, tear gas, and even thermostats that detect the slightest rise in temperature. You still interested in banks, kid?
- I knew you weren't a preacher.
- Preaching isn't so bad. You get used to it. Uh, you are what you do, so to speak. At times I even forgot about the money.
- What money?
- Montana Armored.
- Montana Armored? How did you get into the vault?
- Cannon with armor-piercing shells*. Wasn't too hard.
- Hey, that was on the news. That was a big deal. What did they call that guy? The Thunderbolt. That's you. You're the Thunderbolt.
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- So, who are these guys that are following us? ·· So, What happened to the money ?
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The 20 mm Brinks Heist
- What's your name, boy?
- Lightfoot.
- You Indian?
- Nope, just American. You ain't no country preacher, preacher. I can tell ya that. Who are ya?
- Where are the license plates for that thing?
- Don't have any. I bagged it short of about five minutes before I ran into you. Almost ran into you
........................................
- Now, the newest bank vaults have walls of reinforced concrete five feet thick, backed by six inches of steel. The vault door is stainless steel-faced. It's an inch and a half of cast steel, another 12 inches of burn-resisting steel, and another inch and a half of open-hearthed steel. A vault door has 20 bolts, each an inch in diameter. Eight on each side, eight on the other, two top and two bottom. This holds the door into a 16-inch steel jamb set in 18 inches of concrete which is crosshatched by steel bars running both vertical and horizontal. Now, this door is precision-made so you can't pour nitro in between the seam of the door and the vault. If that isn't enough, there's microphones, electric eyes, pressure-sensitive mats, vibration detectors, tear gas, and even thermostats that detect the slightest rise in temperature. You still interested in banks, kid?
- I knew you weren't a preacher.
- Preaching isn't so bad. You get used to it. Uh, you are what you do, so to speak. At times I even forgot about the money.
- What money?
- Montana Armored.
- Montana Armored? How did you get into the vault?
- Cannon with armor-piercing shells*. Wasn't too hard.
- Hey, that was on the news. That was a big deal. What did they call that guy? The Thunderbolt. That's you. You're the Thunderbolt.
........................................
- So, who are these guys that are following us? ·· So, What happened to the money ?
*
The 20 mm Brinks Heist

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