OT: Talking Cars Tuesday - Your TV/Movie Car

Submitted by JeepinBen on August 6th, 2019 at 10:39 AM

Nearing the end of OT season, this might be one of the last TCTs of the year.

So, with a new "F&F" ish movie out (Hobbes & Shaw) that doesn't really focus on cars and lots of love for the cars from "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" I've been thinking about cars from the big and small screen. Let's say you get ONE TV/Movie car to add to your dream garage. Just one. It's got all the effects/whatever that it has on screen, and it's yours, but you're using it in your real life. I think I'd really love having an Aston DB5, but I don't know that I'd ever really use the machine guns without getting arrested. Would KITT get annoying on my commute? Would you want to be a UBoat Commander and get the Risky Business 928? In Chicago am I best served with a cop motor, cop shocks, and the new Bluesmobile?

Cars are a huge part of film & TV, which one vehicle would you add to your stable?

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JFW

August 6th, 2019 at 11:49 AM ^

I find that advance interesting. 

The uber cars from my youth (every kid in Jr. High had a picture of a Testarossa or a Countach in their locker, it seemed) could now get hammered by a Camaro, Mustang, or Charger. 

The 308 and the 944 in particular look gorgeous. And it would be fun to have one. Just know that the kid in his 8 year old Civic SI next to you is going to blow your doors off. 

 

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Jon06

August 6th, 2019 at 10:54 AM ^

That's gotta be a two horse race between a Batmobile and the BttF DeLorean. Time travel or be the present's greatest badass? (Maybe there is an Iron Man vehicle of some sort that could compete? IDK.)

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JeepinBen

August 6th, 2019 at 10:56 AM ^

I really miss having a convertible, the Jeeps spoiled me, so I'm going with a bit of a deep cut, but it's been more common after the sequel trailer dropped. Give me Charlie's 356 Speedster from Top Gun.

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xtramelanin

August 6th, 2019 at 12:22 PM ^

funny.

even though we are pretty remote, especially as it relates to other rifle hunters, i still minimize my time in the fields for that 2 weeks.   candidly, i can't imagine taking my corn off that late but in any case its best just to be inside for that time.  we've never lost a cow/sheep during rifle season, so i guess that's good. we did have one goat that was colored just like a deer and we thought for sure someone would drop her but it never happened. 

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JFW

August 6th, 2019 at 11:46 AM ^

Indeedy do. I'd always known it as the 'Cobra Daytona'. The chapter in the book 'Carrol Shelby's Racing Cobra' was called 'A Katana for the Cobra' and described how they realized the 289 Cobra was drag limited and that was hurting them in both top speed and mileage. So they made the Daytona with the almost Jag front end and the camm back. 

It is, IMHO, one of the most beautiful cars ever. 

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Don

August 6th, 2019 at 11:29 AM ^

I'm looking forward to seeing the movie, but that trailer has music that makes no historical sense.

Shelby started working on the GT40 in 1964, and the apex of his team's efforts was the 1-2-3 finish at Lemans in 1966.

The trailer shows the typical montage of auto garage construction footage intended to show the Shelby team's early work on the car, with "Gimme Shelter" as the musical background.

"Gimme Shelter" was released in 1969.

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drjaws

August 6th, 2019 at 11:08 AM ^

So many to choose from.

Fastback mustang from Bullitt, Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit, drop top Plymouth from Tommy Boy, or the '58 Plymouth Fury from Christine, Eleanor from Gone in 60 Seconds, the General Lee, the shaggy dog van from Dumb and Dumber .....

I'd have to choose the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Spyder California from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.  Mostly because I could sell it, buy most of the cars I just listed, and still have enough $$$ to retire on.

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Hab

August 6th, 2019 at 11:18 AM ^

 

I never really loved Cam as much as I did when I realized just how sacrilegious it would have been to wear a Gordy Howe jersey in Chicago.  What a rebel.

Edit:  Not sure it's worth what you think it is.  You might want to check the Carfax.

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drjaws

August 6th, 2019 at 12:04 PM ^

The actual car from the movie?  No.  But most cars used on movie sets aren't "real" cars anyways because no one is gonna trash a $120,000 classic car for a movie.

But the actual real car?  Yeah they're worth as much or more than I think it they are ....... $15 million plus easily ... upwards of $30 million

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Hab

August 6th, 2019 at 11:15 AM ^

Although part of me secretly covets the General Lee for what it was when I was a child... times being what they are, it would probably turn heads for all the wrong reasons.  For the Mini Cooper fans, there's the modern and 60's editions of the Italian Job.  But for me, I only have eyes (really ears) for the old WWII Jeeps from MASH.  I can still hear them being overrevved as they were driven in.  And now that I think about it, I wonder how much of that was a simple audio track laid down any time a Jeep was driven, kind of like the Star Wars scream that you hear at least once a film.  My guilty pleasure would be the Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit.

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JFW

August 6th, 2019 at 11:33 AM ^

As a kid I loved the Dukes of Hazzard. 

I tried watching it as an adult and they Dukes reminded me too much of slacker friends I had in HS who were always 'just about' to finish work on the cars they had. 

Did the Dukes even have a job? Or was Daisy paying for everything? 

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AeroSteve

August 6th, 2019 at 11:19 AM ^

I just wanted to add Bullitt to the list. 

How about Bond's Lotus?  Especially if the passenger was included.  Though can't say I take that over the DB

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JeepinBen

August 6th, 2019 at 11:27 AM ^

Best part about it was that the stunt drivers couldn't get the mid-engined sticky car to look cool enough, so the engineer who dropped off the cars became the stunt driver!

https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Lotus_Esprit_S1_(1976)

Lotus delivered two street-legal vehicles to the production, one of which was converted to a camera car. Initially, the designated stunt driver for the chase sequence involving the Esprit was unable to achieve the level of excitement the production team desired owing to the Esprit's significant levels of grip, and they quickly became frustrated with the lack of progress. Following an unsuccessful take, the crew asked for the car to be returned to their location, and with the stunt driver absent Lotus engineer Roger Becker, who had accompanied the Esprits to the set and was familiar with the car's handling characteristics, climbed behind the wheel. His brief performance in the car was so impressive that when he slid to a halt in front of the cameras, producer Cubby Broccoli allegedly instructed him to repeat the feat immediately, and he would ensure the cameras were rolling this time. Becker was subsequently hired to do virtually all of the stunt driving for the chase sequence.

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