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Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 20, 2006, 12:08:38
Milners Deuce (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ep5aBSD5BQ)

I'll qualify that statement by saying it's the 'Coolest US (produced) movie car, hence leaving the way clear for the 'Bond DB5'
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Sharpshooter on August 20, 2006, 13:20:45
No, it has to be the A Team Van.

Purely, because it could go anywhere, and you didnt know what they would bring out of the back of it next.
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: beast5680 on August 20, 2006, 13:42:29
No it has to be Mad max and the supercharged V8 Ford XB Falcon "Pursuit Special,"  it is just the coolest car
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/thumb/2/22/Special_Pursuit_Mad_Max.jpg/350px-Special_Pursuit_Mad_Max.jpg)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 20, 2006, 14:18:34
Quote from: "beast5680"
No it has to be Mad max and the supercharged V8 Ford XB Falcon "Pursuit Special,"  it is just the coolest car


That's why I stated US (United States) movies

As far as I know?
There never was an 'A-Team' movie (bar perhaps a 'made for TV')

So John Milners (played by Paul Le Mat) Deuce still carries the crown.
Unless Bob Falfas (Harrison Ford) 55 Chevvy (with its 454CI big-block) sneaks up on the outside


Possibly the best ever soundtrack as well????

(contains the worlds greatest DJ :D  :D  :D )
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: wing nut on August 20, 2006, 19:58:45
Quote from: "beast5680"
No it has to be Mad max and the supercharged V8 Ford XB Falcon "Pursuit Special,"  it is just the coolest car
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/thumb/2/22/Special_Pursuit_Mad_Max.jpg/350px-Special_Pursuit_Mad_Max.jpg)



the last of the v8 interceptors "shame to blow it up" :D
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: blade on August 20, 2006, 20:29:02
She'll possess you. Then destroy you. She's death on wheels.
How do you kill something that can't possibly be alive?
Hell hath no Fury...like Christine.
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 21, 2006, 18:38:08
'Christine' (58 Plymouth Fury??) was a standard production line car, Milners 'Deuce' was evidently a custom build & is still the coolest :D
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Grumpy on August 21, 2006, 18:57:22
The 55 Chevy from Two Lane Black Top    MEAN  :evil: 8)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: blade on August 21, 2006, 19:05:46
And the winner is
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 21, 2006, 20:35:49
Quote from: "Grumpy"
The 55 Chevy from Two Lane Black Top    MEAN  :evil: 8)


That's actually the same Chevvy as driven by Bob Falfa (Harrison Ford) used in 'American Grafitti'.
Co-incidence or what?

They had 3 cars, one had a full-race 454CI :D  :D  :D  :D

James Taylor (the singer/songwriter) & Dennis Wilson (Beach-Boys) were the driver & mechanic of the 55
Warren Oates was in the 'Goat' (Pontac GTO)


Filming background (http://www.cinetropic.com/blacktop/stone.html)
Amazon reviews (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00001ODI0/103-1229642-3253438?v=glance&n=130)

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Lane_Blacktop) (see 'Trivia' for link to 'American-Grafitti')


A few years ago, I saw a Humber Hawk primered up & 'high-ridered' in 'Two-lane' style.

Hawks look like a 2/3rd scale '55  :lol:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 21, 2006, 20:38:46
http://www.geocities.com/kippullman/

Click onthe 'wraparound wind-shield' for car information, and the cartoon Wolf for the coolest ever DJ :wink:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: beast5680 on August 21, 2006, 21:01:55
Anything Chuck drives in a movie is cool  8)
(http://topkool.free.fr/images_seriestv/walker01.jpg)
 :lol:  :lol:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: the loon on August 21, 2006, 21:18:59
will probably have been mentioned already but steve Mcqueens mustang in bullet (also the contender for best movie car chase ever)
the V8 intercepter from mad max is well deserved second (what was the make of turbo charger by the way  :?: - one for you BTM I think)
then in 3rd place the blues mobile - just for the shear character of the car

as for british film cars - bonds aston from goldfinger
not a film as such but Patrick McGoohan's caterham 7 from the prisoner series
and the pink roller from thunderbirds (the original series)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: beast5680 on August 21, 2006, 21:48:28
does it have to be a car from a movie? how about a truck 8)
(http://www.capitate.co.uk/Other%20Caps/Convoy1.jpg)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: beast5680 on August 21, 2006, 21:50:03
Quote from: "landyloony"

the V8 intercepter from mad max is well deserved second (what was the make of turbo charger by the way  :?: - one for you BTM I think)


was a supercharger  :wink:  and it was only for show it didnt work
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: the loon on August 21, 2006, 21:53:06
Quote from: "beast5680"
Quote from: "landyloony"

the V8 intercepter from mad max is well deserved second (what was the make of turbo charger by the way  :?: - one for you BTM I think)


was a supercharger  :wink:  and it was only for show it didnt work


yeah it slowed the car more than speed it up with the extra weight but who made it  :?:  
this is bugging me now
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 21, 2006, 21:53:38
Quote from: "beast5680"
Quote from: "landyloony"

the V8 intercepter from mad max is well deserved second (what was the make of turbo charger by the way  :?: - one for you BTM I think)


was a supercharger  :wink:  and it was only for show it didnt work


Beat me to it.

Quote from: "beast5680"
does it have to be a car from a movie? how about a truck

I said cars, but that Mack RS700 is cool

http://www.stlouisdumptrucks.com/
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: beast5680 on August 21, 2006, 22:02:54
just found this for you

Quote
The supercharger is made by Weiand (pronounced "why and"). They make twisted-vane, roots-style superchargers for many after market applications. The system uses a GM 6-71 case as the base, and a Scott injector hat at the top.

On the movie car, this was all faked.  The supercharger was empty and the carburettor sat inside. A small water pump was attached to the front of the supercharger to hold the drive wheel, this also moved the supercharger belt forward to clear the standard 351 water pump assembly, and the distributor has a 90 degree elbow to allow it to clear the supercharger. The supercharger belt is driven by an electric motor which is hidden by a yellow bucket in the garage scene in MM1. Weiand never had a supercharger that could be activated and deactivated. Even with huge compression it would be tough to generate 600bhp on a 351 in 1974 without rebuilding it once every couple of hundred miles.

Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 21, 2006, 22:40:55
Quote from: "landyloony"
will probably have been mentioned already but steve Mcqueens mustang in bullet (also the contender for best movie car chase ever)

That 1968 Mustang GT390 is a beautiful car & a style icon (the colour is called 'Highland Moss')

Quote from: "landyloony"
the V8 intercepter from mad max is well deserved second

Peter Nelson over at the 'Cars Of The Stars' museum in Keswick has the original car.
He's refused numerous offers to take it back to Oz to exhibit it, as he reckons it'd get impounded as a 'Cultural Icon' & not be allowed back out of the country.

He's also got (amongst many others)
FAB 1 (that is bl**dy huge!!, it's based ona Bedford 'Chinese 6' coach chassis - like the one in 'The Italian Job')
'A-Team' van
'General Lee' (genuine Warner Brothers car, not a replica)
'The Munsters' Car
'Magnums' Ferrari 308
'BatMobiles' (3 of, a TV car, the Michael Keaton & Val Kilmer movie cars)
Lots of James Bond vehicles

 

Quote from: "landyloony"
as for british film cars - bonds aston from goldfinger
not a film as such but Patrick McGoohan's caterham 7 from the prisoner series
and the pink roller from thunderbirds (the original series)

See above for FAB 1

The Prisoner car is a Lotus (they still made them at that point)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: the loon on August 21, 2006, 23:29:40
[quote="Bush Tucker ManThe Prisoner car is a Lotus (they still made them at that point)[/quote]

I'm going to have to disagree on that one BTM - have a look at this

http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/articles/09-08-06

edit
right ok I'll rephrase that then - it was a LOTUS not a CATERHAM 7 - the article title is misleading with its link from
http://www.netreach.net/~sixofone/
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 21, 2006, 23:34:30
Pasted & Copied (bold type  is my addition :wink: )

If you are an aficionado of Sixties TV or remember it as more than just a summer of love, then the opening scene of the cult TV series ‘The Prisoner’ with Patrick McGoohan speeding through deserted London streets in his iconic Lotus Seven is firmly fixed in the mind. The Seven was chosen to fit the personality of the character as something out of the ordinary and individual that would make him stand out from the crowd; quick, agile and independent, it was a statement of freewill. And so it has remained over the 45 years of the car’s production: a unique and personal driving experience that is now set to become even better.

Caterham took over production from Lotus in 1973[/i]

Isn't it on a 'C' plate as well by the look of it??
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: the loon on August 21, 2006, 23:59:04
Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"
Pasted & Copied (bold type  is my addition :wink: )

If you are an aficionado of Sixties TV or remember it as more than just a summer of love, then the opening scene of the cult TV series ‘The Prisoner’ with Patrick McGoohan speeding through deserted London streets in his iconic Lotus Seven is firmly fixed in the mind. The Seven was chosen to fit the personality of the character as something out of the ordinary and individual that would make him stand out from the crowd; quick, agile and independent, it was a statement of freewill. And so it has remained over the 45 years of the car’s production: a unique and personal driving experience that is now set to become even better.

Caterham took over production from Lotus in 1973[/i]

Isn't it on a 'C' plate as well by the look of it??


yup its a c plate

I'll get me coat then shall I  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 22, 2006, 00:13:34
Quote from: "landyloony"
I'll get me coat then shall I  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:


We both should :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: the loon on August 22, 2006, 01:13:35
Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"
Quote from: "landyloony"
I'll get me coat then shall I  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:


We both should :lol:  :lol:  :lol:


ok come on what did we do  :?:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 22, 2006, 10:59:09
Quote from: "landyloony"
ok come on what did we do  :?:


You for looking for that Caterham takeover article to correct me, & myself for everything else in this thread :lol:  :wink:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 22, 2006, 14:15:47
'Two-Lane Blacktop'

Original trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKcIGPQST9s)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 22, 2006, 14:31:41
Quote from: "beast5680"
does it have to be a car from a movie? how about a truck


'Convoy' opening sequence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGL5iNUpy0k)

"Arizona. Noon, on the 7th of June
When they eyeballed over the pass
BullDog Mack with a 'can on the back'
and a Jag-war haulin Ass

He's 10 on the floor, stroke 'n' Bore
Seat-cover's starting to gain
Now Beaver, you're a truckin with the Rubber Duck
and I'm about to pull the plug on your drain"
:D

From memory :oops:


Useless fact, there were 3 versions  of the track
45 RPM single/McCalls album version
Soundtrack LP
Film version (extra verses)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Horness on August 22, 2006, 14:57:02
(http://www.tvnet.lv/auto/images/upload/shelby-mustang.jpg)
Eleanor  :twisted:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 22, 2006, 16:32:35
'Bullitt'

Mustang advert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZzXHq7gKN8&search=Bullitt)

'That' chase (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvMwNl2fEI&search=Bullitt)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: the loon on August 22, 2006, 20:14:08
Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"
Quote from: "landyloony"
ok come on what did we do  :?:


You for looking for that Caterham takeover article to correct me, & myself for everything else in this thread :lol:  :wink:


are you saying we need to get out more  :?:
 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 22, 2006, 21:30:36
Quote from: "landyloony"
are you saying we need to get out more  :?:
 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:


No, but everybody else might be thinking that about us :lol:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Manicminer on August 22, 2006, 22:24:16
http://www.stevecarter.com/cat7history.htm
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: beast5680 on August 22, 2006, 22:42:35
we,re all wrong this is the coolest movie car
(http://www.rockcrawler.com/features/newsshorts/01july/teaser.jpg)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on August 23, 2006, 09:54:24
Quote from: "beast5680"
we,re all wrong this is the coolest movie car



Vicky Butler-Croft (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTUcXj8MKXQ)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Nick666 on September 02, 2006, 19:13:25
Yum. She can drive my Landy anyday :D
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Jake on September 02, 2006, 21:29:21
There was an English film shot in the 1970's which featured a chase scene comprising of a a white 2 door Range Rover with blacked out windows chasing and generally terrorising another car (possibly a Jaguar), chasing it around the countryside, smashing through green houses and driving through rivers.
My Dad had a 2 door Rangie at the time.
I thought it was the coolest car ever!
(i dont know the name of the film but it's probebly a stinker)
Thus began my love affair with the green oval.
 8)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on September 02, 2006, 22:21:16
Quote from: "Jake"
There was an English film shot in the 1970's which featured a chase scene comprising of a a white 2 door Range Rover with blacked out windows chasing and generally terrorising another car (possibly a Jaguar)


Possilby one of the gangster ('Get Carter', etc... ) style films, or an episode of The Avengers/New Avengers??
(as they often had lots of Leyland products scattered about)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Tiki Al on September 06, 2006, 00:52:43
'49 merc sled driven by stallone in COBRA
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Moneypit on September 06, 2006, 08:55:50
Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"
Quote from: "Jake"
There was an English film shot in the 1970's which featured a chase scene comprising of a a white 2 door Range Rover with blacked out windows chasing and generally terrorising another car (possibly a Jaguar)


Possilby one of the gangster ('Get Carter', etc... ) style films, or an episode of The Avengers/New Avengers??
(as they often had lots of Leyland products scattered about)


Wasn't that Calum with Edward Woodward.  If I remember rightly he was terrorisong a bad guy by constantly driving cross country to get in front of him.

Of course nowaday they'd have four or five cars and just park them in the way!
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Jake on September 06, 2006, 18:01:30
Maybe
I'll go on the download tonight and see if i can find it.
Thanks
 :D
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Post by: Grumpy on September 06, 2006, 19:11:56
Just watched the car chase from Bullitt, I think that the "Fastest car in the movies" should go to the green Volkswagen Beetle that gets overtaken four times he must be blooming quick to get round the block before the Charger and the Mustang come round again :lol:  :lol:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on September 06, 2006, 21:29:54
Quote from: "Grumpy"
I think that the "Fastest car in the movies" should go to the green Volkswagen Beetle that gets overtaken four times:lol:  :lol:

Or the '68 FireBird that keeps cropping up as well :wink:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Toppa on December 09, 2006, 11:42:05
Ahh the weiand supercharger, 6-71 (?) of boost, great bit of kit, had one back home, but never got around to using it, some of my friends had them on their cars, and as said the engine needs to be totally rebuilt to handle them, they put massive force on the bigends, they also have a habbit of stripping the stiuds holding them on, and if you have ever seen one come loose you understand why they have straps over them to keep them from flying, i thinik it actually part of the MOT/law in NZ that you have tohave them strapped,
A friend of mine built a hot rod back home, a ford pop, and he decided to use it for pro street drag racing, he had a super charger with NOS aswell, damn did this thing fly on the street aswell as the strip, only problem was fuel consumption, when it was built, the damn thing wouldnt start, it had two 1" fuel lines with two mallory blue pumps on each line, got it into a drag racing workshop, they tinkerd and came to the conclusion that it wasnt getting enough fuel, demonstrated by pouring aviation fuel straight into the buisness end, and it started fine, he ended up with two 3 inch fuel lines and three pumps per line  :O

It ran low 11 secs on the drag strip on street tyres, last time i saw it befor i left NZ he had got a set a hozziers on it in an attempt to get better traction.

But man this thing was a rush to ride in, when the NOS kicked in, you new you were moving.. and the sound of the engine, small block V8 through straight headers........


Cheers
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: V8MoneyPit on December 09, 2006, 12:18:17
Having just seen it again recently, the Batmobile from Batman Begins is pretty cool, if a tad implausible  :D But I wouldn't say no to one in my drive  :lol:

http://www.batmobilehistory.com/2005-batmobile.php
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on December 09, 2006, 14:43:22
Quote from: "V8MoneyPit"
Having just seen it again recently, the Batmobile from Batman Begins is pretty cool, if a tad implausible  :D But I wouldn't say no to one in my drive  :lol:


Yes, especially as the Yank special-effects/custom-manufacturers said it couldn't  be done, but the Brits sorted it out :wink:

Have you seen the 'Batman Begins' DVD with the extras showing the car being tested?
Also, the sound of the Super Swampers as they 'skitter around' on that wooden floor in the gym :D
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: V8MoneyPit on December 09, 2006, 14:58:55
Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"
Also, the sound of the Super Swampers as they 'skitter around' on that wooden floor in the gym :D

I know *exactly* what you mean..... very sad really  :lol:

Of course, Katie Holmes is a bonus in that film... especially near the end when it was obviously, err, very cold  :shock:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: ben_haynes on January 01, 2007, 22:07:17
this is a cool car  :lol:

(http://vwbuglove.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/herbie.jpg.w300h179.jpg)

 :oops: runs and hides :oops:  :lol:
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Evilgoat on January 03, 2007, 09:04:15
Sorry all wrong.

(http://www.evilgoat.org/~rich/pics/rch12d.jpg)

Although as standard its a bloody awful car :)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: rangaKoo on January 03, 2007, 18:49:00
I still reckon the V8 Interceptor was the best all time movie vehicle around...

Or perhaps you could just look at some of the other cars in the Mad Max movies.

But what do I know, I'm bias because I'm an Aussie. :D
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Post by: Timi on January 03, 2007, 19:48:26
Quote from: "Evilgoat"
Sorry all wrong.

(http://www.evilgoat.org/~rich/pics/rch12d.jpg)

Although as standard its a bloody awful car :)


It had a renault engine in probably why!

What about the Smokey and Bandit Twin Turbo Trans Am???
Or the Fall Guy's Pick Up?
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on January 03, 2007, 20:09:15
Quote from: "Timi"
What about the Smokey and Bandit Twin Turbo Trans Am???
Or the Fall Guy's Pick Up?


The 77 model in the first film was pretty cool, but the 79 in the 2nd was dire. They look awful (front) in comparison
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Evilgoat on January 03, 2007, 20:43:33
Quote from: "Timi"

It had a renault engine in probably why

What about the Smokey and Bandit Twin Turbo Trans Am???
Or the Fall Guy's Pick Up?



That particular one has a GM Ecotec 3.2 V6 installed FOC after Tower Chrysler blew the original up.

PRV 2.6 V6 is underpowered for something that weighs in about the same as a large family saloon and roumour has it that they chose 88.8Mph as on a standard one its not an acheivable speed. Handling bites, gearbox was like stirring a bucket of bricks, I could go on...

Like:
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/54e62f5666653117b7fe525b8f5e3038.jpg)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on January 04, 2007, 10:24:11
Quote from: "V8MoneyPit"
Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"
Also, the sound of the Super Swampers as they 'skitter around' on that wooden floor in the gym :D

I know *exactly* what you mean..... very sad really  :lol:


Ah, but did you know that the sequence was filmed inside one of the exhibition halls as EXCEL? ( the new home of the London motorshow)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Timi on January 04, 2007, 21:18:35
Quote from: Evilgoat
Quote from: "Timi"

It had a renault engine in probably why

What about the Smokey and Bandit Twin Turbo Trans Am???
Or the Fall Guy's Pick Up?



That particular one has a GM Ecotec 3.2 V6 installed FOC after Tower Chrysler blew the original up.

PRV 2.6 V6 is underpowered for something that weighs in about the same as a large family saloon and roumour has it that they chose 88.8Mph as on a standard one its not an acheivable speed. Handling bites, gearbox was like stirring a bucket of bricks, I could go on...

Like:
Quote


But the trans-am was still a cool car nonetheless.

Funny I remember having a very similar chat with strange bloke at billings who could not get his generator to run!

And whose gazebo attempted lift off when the storm came!
Timi 8)
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Evilgoat on January 05, 2007, 08:50:33
Quote from: "Timi"


But the trans-am was still a cool car nonetheless.

Funny I remember having a very similar chat with strange bloke at billings who could not get his generator to run!

And whose gazebo attempted lift off when the storm came!
Timi 8)


You know, I had almost forgotten about that Gazebo. Bunnie still hasnt spotted that I'm reluctant to take that Gazebo camping again, that experience kinda put me off it.
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: snorkley on January 05, 2007, 18:40:10
the dodge challenger in vanishing point and the stang in the orginal gone in sixty seconds,two of my favourites anyway.
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: littlepow on January 06, 2007, 19:05:30
1970 Hemi Dodge Challenger 426

(http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/2_fast_2_furious/challenger.jpg)

From 2 fast 2 furious.

or

'67 Ford Mustang

(http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/the_fast_and_the_furious__tokyo_drift/tokyodrift_mustang.jpg)
From fast and furious Tokyo drift.
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Post by: Bush Tucker Man on January 06, 2007, 21:42:13
Quote from: "littlepow"
1970 Hemi Dodge Challenger 426
'67 Ford Mustang

From fast and furious Tokyo drift.


Those beauts look far too good to be used in a film like that!


Returning to my opening suggestion (& the film in question)

How about;
The '49 Mercury 'lead-sled used by The Pharoahs? (later owned by Brian Setzer)

Or;
The 78 FireBird in 'Hooper', & the climactic scene at the end
Where Reynolds & Jan-MIcheal Vincent jump over the gorge?
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Post by: Range Rover Blues on January 08, 2007, 16:01:46
Quote from: "Bush Tucker Man"
Pasted & Copied (bold type  is my addition :wink: )

If you are an aficionado of Sixties TV or remember it as more than just a summer of love, then the opening scene of the cult TV series ‘The Prisoner’ with Patrick McGoohan speeding through deserted London streets in his iconic Lotus Seven is firmly fixed in the mind. The Seven was chosen to fit the personality of the character as something out of the ordinary and individual that would make him stand out from the crowd; quick, agile and independent, it was a statement of freewill. And so it has remained over the 45 years of the car’s production: a unique and personal driving experience that is now set to become even better.

Caterham took over production from Lotus in 1973[/i]

Isn't it on a 'C' plate as well by the look of it??
Apparenlty MgHoohan went to Lotus himself for the car, IIRC it was featured in Dangerman? the forunner to the prisoner, don't know as I've never seen it, but anyway, Lotus offered him the Europa, or was it the thing they had in the Avangers? anyway, He saw the 7 and decided that was the car so he bought it.
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Post by: Range Rover Blues on January 08, 2007, 16:03:29
Quote from: "Jake"
There was an English film shot in the 1970's which featured a chase scene comprising of a a white 2 door Range Rover with blacked out windows chasing and generally terrorising another car (possibly a Jaguar), chasing it around the countryside, smashing through green houses and driving through rivers.
My Dad had a 2 door Rangie at the time.
I thought it was the coolest car ever!
(i dont know the name of the film but it's probebly a stinker)
Thus began my love affair with the green oval.
 8)


Film version of Callum, starring Edward Woodward.  Spin off from a TV series I think.
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Range Rover Blues on January 08, 2007, 16:09:49
What about the lead-sled in Rebel without a cause, James Deans own car though he was more famous for the thing that killed him.
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Darren on January 08, 2007, 17:15:43
How about 'The Car' driven by the Devil himself?

(http://image.allmusic.com/00/adg/cov200/drt000/t033/t03311ctwye.jpg)

Based on a 1971 Lincoln Continenal Mark III (with a 7.5l engine!) and extensively modified by George Barris, who designed both the Munsters car and the Batmobile used the in the '60's TV series :D
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: skip on January 09, 2007, 15:35:32
(http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/features/2004/ford-film-cars/03-large/ford-cars-capri2.jpg)

Anyone recognise the Number plate?
for me it's a toss up between the capri and the interceptor.
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on January 09, 2007, 20:43:37
Quote from: "skip"
for me it's a toss up between the capri and the interceptor.


Do you remember the days of them using Dolomite Sprints & SD1's???
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Post by: skip on January 10, 2007, 18:38:17
I'm affraid thats a little before my time, but I have seen a few episodes that have had the BL cars featuring
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: chaosego on January 13, 2007, 16:08:40
boys how could you not remember this lil beauty?
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Post by: P.R.Howler on January 13, 2007, 17:24:28
1965 Ford thunderbird in thelma and louise, dean martin also drove one in one of his movies too.
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Post by: marsie on January 13, 2007, 22:22:11
I like this one,especially the scene where you see the engine :shock: .So has anybody else seen this film and know what it is? :wink:
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Post by: Bush Tucker Man on January 13, 2007, 22:31:46
The '34 Ford coupe in 'The California Kid' (starring Martin Sheen??)

The AC Cobra 427 in 'Gumball Rally'
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Post by: littlepow on January 13, 2007, 22:41:32
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pictures-of-cars.com/image-usa/img_000199A.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pictures-of-cars.com/Movie-Cars.htm&h=225&w=300&sz=17&hl=en&start=10&tbnid=SkuhnWwGDt6KDM:&tbnh=87&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmovie%2Bcars%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-US%26sa%3DN

Just to feed the argument/discussion.  :lol:
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Post by: Bush Tucker Man on January 13, 2007, 23:06:53
Quote from: "littlepow"
Just to feed the argument/discussion.  :lol:


Yes, & talk about going full circle, have you all noticed what the first car is on that site? :wink:  :wink:

See?, I was right all along
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Post by: Lord Shagg-Pyle on February 04, 2007, 11:22:18
Best movie cars:

Brit: The Minis in The Italian Job (The original and best version, not the pants Hollywood version)

US: The De Lorean from the Back to the Future Trilogy
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Post by: dreadnought110 on February 04, 2007, 18:12:36
Quote from: "marsie"
I like this one,especially the scene where you see the engine :shock: .So has anybody else seen this film and know what it is? :wink:
not sure on the title but is it the one where it keeps challenging peolple to race's and killing them and it's driven by a dead brother or something??? :?  :?
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Post by: Needalanny on February 24, 2007, 18:23:13
Shelby GT 500
From Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 - with Nicholas Cage)

(http://video.movies.go.com/goneinsixty/images/scenes_03.jpg)

lurvly!!!!
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Post by: Bobtail on March 18, 2007, 01:14:30
Quote from: "marsie"
I like this one,especially the scene where you see the engine :shock: .So has anybody else seen this film and know what it is? :wink:


Yes its the wraith

Martin sheen  :D
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Post by: marsie on March 25, 2007, 22:06:49
50% correct,it is wraith but it was a young Charlie sheen not martin sheen :wink:
Paul :twisted:
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Post by: 40volks on March 27, 2007, 01:25:12
Lots of nice cars mentioned,
 My vote goes to the grey primered Willies Coupe'
in the film Hot Rod.
 Gasser style on 5 spoke race mags,....Mmmmmm!!

   '' Sweep It Violet Springs''
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Post by: Hobnailkelly on March 28, 2007, 22:12:07
Quote from: "the loon"
[quote="Bush Tucker ManThe Prisoner car is a Lotus (they still made them at that point)




edit
right ok I'll rephrase that then - it was a LOTUS not a CATERHAM 7 -


 The original KAR120C was provided by Caterham Car Sales, the main Lotus distributor, and was their demonstrator. After ARRIVAL it went back to it's day job and was eventually sold. The distinctive number plate was retained by Caterham because each hand-assembled car was re-worked and re-registered to the new owner. Subsequent demonstrator vehicles were therefore probably all KAR120C. The vehicle used in FALLOUT is significantly different to the one in ARRIVAL.
As filming of THE PRISONER progressed, Caterham supplied a mock-up KAR120C each time it was required.

The Prisoner: Episode Seven

Many Happy Returns

PRISONER: Whats the number of that car?
MRS BUTTERWORTH: Terribly interesting
PRISONER: KAR120C  What's the engine number?
MRS BUTTERWORTH:  Do tell me
PRISONER:  461034TZ
MRS BUTTERWORTH:  Marvellous
PRISONER:  I know every nut and bolt and cog.  I built it with my own hands.
MRS BUTTERWORTH:  Then you're just the man I want to see.  I'm having a good deal of overheating in traffic.  Perhaps you'd care to advise me.  Come in ...


Well that solves that then!

Best movie car?  The time travelling Series 1 which appears (fleetingly) in the closing scenes of Ice Cold in Alex.
Title: The Coolest Movie Car?
Post by: screwy on April 06, 2007, 14:04:56
Hi all, just caught up and a great thread!

However, I must put my vote as Christine as already suggested. And a correction if I may be so bold....

[Puts on obsessive-compulsive-disorder anorak]

Christine in the movie was billed as a '57/8 Plymouth Fury and it was not a standard car as suggested!!

Plymouth never made a Fury in red for a start, it only came in sand dune white for 57 and buckskin beige for 58. It had a gold grille and two-tone interior.

The toredor red / iceburg white paint and similar features where only available on the Belvedere's and Sport Suburbans of the 58 Plymouth range.

Christine's interior was completely custom, as was the engine, as whilst it was available for the 58 Fury and Belvedere, it was not dollied up with chrome from the factory!

IN the book and to a degree, the film, it was evident that Christine was a custom special request, specifically order with the colour spec, etc. Although I doubt at the time Plymouth would have done this service on the standard production car as filmed, but that's Hollywood licence!

[Takes off obsessive-compulsive-disorder anorak]

In answer then to the question, Christine as decpicted in film, a custom 2-door 58 Plymouth Fury in toreodor red and iceburg white with two-tone red and white interior, custom trim, 350cui V8 IS indeed the coolest film car ever, period.

Oh and the fact she is possesed and kills your enemies is even better! The scene of Moochie's death is the coolest revenge scene ever. And a final note, if you have only ever watched the movie, which incedentally contains some superb lines, then please read the book by Stephen King. The depth of the story is ten-fold and the car stuff is magic.


(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j284/screwloose_photos/Christine.jpg)
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Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 06, 2007, 14:33:47
Bad to the bone 8)
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Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 06, 2007, 14:35:31
Quote from: "skip"
(http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/features/2004/ford-film-cars/03-large/ford-cars-capri2.jpg)

Anyone recognise the Number plate?
for me it's a toss up between the capri and the interceptor.


Don't recognise the plate, should I?

I've got a MkIII for sale that just needs an engine/box and a repsray. I'd cut it up but it's too solid to scrap.

Julie prefers the MkI, so that's the keeper :wink:
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Post by: screwy on April 06, 2007, 15:35:19
I forgot to add to my Christine post (and she is still the winner of this thread!), if I had the room I would gladly chop my landrovers in for one and that's the only car you will ever hear me say that for.

Christine clones are getting more common, but I would prefer one in original form or in this paint job which I have to see is close to giving me a boner!!!! :shock:  :lol:  8)

(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j284/screwloose_photos/Belevedere.jpg)

I would sell my soul for that car! :D [/img]

Edit: Forgot to add that vehicle is a 1958 Plymouth Belvedere 2-door Sports Coupe V8 350cui in Jet Black with Sportone contrast and Iceburg white roof.
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Post by: chuggaman on April 12, 2007, 23:21:30
gotta be back to the future and the delorean !!!!!!!!!!!


it even has a very low carbon footprint

mike
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Post by: Dave_ on June 15, 2007, 12:02:46
iv always wanted!!
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/tigerhawk/big_bopper1.jpg)

It will be mine, Oh yes it will be mine!! :twisted: [/img]
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