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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 24, 2017 3:04:02 GMT
Films that feature a stylish set of wheels , cool cars that feature interesting gadgets... Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana , Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) A great favourite Finnish road film from Aki Kaurismäki features a mid sixties Russian Volga Station-wagon.
Valto owns the car, a coffee addict he has an on-board plug in coffee maker, however the most notable gadget of this classic car is the under-dash record machine, a 45rpm player that plays his cool collection of rockabilly vinyl...
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 24, 2017 3:21:58 GMT
Super Fly (1972) Priest's car is a 1971 customized Cadillac Eldorado. The car belonged to K.C., an actual hustler and pimp from Harlem who plays a pimp in the film. The car has modified headlight covers, goddess hood ornament (Rolls Royce/Bentley style), lake pipes and circular porthole windows. Apparently the film started an infamous fashion trend for car customization in the United States known as the Pimpmobile. Many aspiring drug dealers, gangsters, and pimps modified their cars during the 1970s as a result of watching the film Willie Dynamite (1974)
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 24, 2017 4:30:22 GMT
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) the great existential counter culture era road movie features two fast stylin' classic cars... A modified 1955 Chevrolet 150 two-door sedan driven by James Taylor (the Driver) and an Orbit Orange 1970 Pontiac GTO driven by Warren Oates (GTO)
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 24, 2017 7:35:35 GMT
It Started With A Kiss (1959) Joe (Glenn Ford) wins a raffle, a custom hand-built 1955 Ford, Lincoln Futura "concept car". The car that was used in the film was the only one ever built, originally white-pearlescent it was painted red for the film... It was was later customized and served as the Batmobile for 1960s Batman.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jun 24, 2017 15:43:30 GMT
The 1930's Cord driven by Cary Grant in Topper (1937)
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Post by teleadm on Jun 24, 2017 17:16:04 GMT
Really cool cars!!!
That was funny, I remember those 45 rpm players, I'm not sure if the worked well if streets where bumpy. It feels like it was a one summer only gadget, soon came the cassette tapes...
The Batman car, I had no idea it was based on a real car as you show from It Started with a Kiss 1959.
The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 and L'homme à la Buick / The Man in the Buick 1968 have a car brand in their titles.
The James Bond movies usually have gadget filled cars (thanks to Q), it doesn't matter what new models they uses, the icon is still Aston Martin DB5.
The absolute opposite kind of car was used in Good Bye Lenin! 2003, the Trabant 601 Universal De Luxe.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 24, 2017 20:22:43 GMT
The 1930's Cord driven by Cary Grant in Topper (1937) That was actually a 1936 Buick, custom designed by coachbuilders Bohman & Schwartz. It was sold by Hal Roach Studios in '39 to Gilmore Oil, restyled and used as a promotional vehicle (and later by Mobil). It's gone through two more restylings, including being remounted on a Chrysler chassis in the '50s, and has since been sold to collectors, most recently by Sotheby's for $132,000.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 24, 2017 22:28:11 GMT
Where the Spies Are (1966) David Niven (Dr Love) plays a doctor who is recruited as a cold war spy. A vintage sports car enthusiast his incentive for taking on the mission was the opportunity to drive a rare convertible model of the 1937 Cord Phaeton Roadster, he was promised for completing the mission a 1937 Cord LeBaron Roadster
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 25, 2017 6:19:31 GMT
Up In Smoke (1978) Cheech drives a 1964 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport ( SS) with custom chain steering wheel and velour interior trim, fully stylin' "man"
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 25, 2017 8:29:48 GMT
Really cool cars!!! The James Bond movies usually have gadget filled cars (thanks to Q), it doesn't matter what new models they uses, the icon is still Aston Martin DB5. Thanks teleadm ... NICE !!! Showcased at the 1964 New York World's Fair, the DB5 was dubbed "the most famous car in the world" The man and his car , Goldfinger (1964)
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Post by koskiewicz on Jun 26, 2017 16:03:43 GMT
...the 1967? Dodge Charger driven by the bad guys in Bullitt...
Not a car, but the early 1950's Triumph motorcycle ridden by Marlon Brando in The Wild One...
The miniaturized car driven by WC Fields in International House
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2017 17:20:33 GMT
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Post by vegalyra on Jun 27, 2017 16:20:58 GMT
Most people already know this that are into cars (especially film cars), but Bob Falfa's (Harrison Ford) '55 Chevy in American Graffiti is the same car that was in Two Lane Blacktop. Only painted black instead of primer gray. But here it is anyways:
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Post by mszanadu on Jun 27, 2017 20:42:42 GMT
Films that feature a stylish set of wheels , cool cars that feature interesting gadgets... Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana , Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994) A great favourite Finnish road film from Aki Kaurismäki features a mid sixties Russian Volga Station-wagon.
Valto owns the car, a coffee addict he has an on-board plug in coffee maker, however the most notable gadget of this classic car is the under-dash record machine, a 45rpm player that plays his cool collection of rockabilly vinyl... Although these cars didn't have any particular gadgets these ones did have a will all it's own and were quite beautiful cars as well . This car - Plymouth Fury From this film - Christine 1983 Also another car like this - Herbie From this film - Herbie: Fully Loaded 2005Also besides most of the cars in the 007 Bond films over the years with it's many gadgets ( don't know which model cars those were ) . At the moment these are the only ones I could remember here . Thanks so much manfromplanetx for your subject post .
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Post by petrolino on Jun 27, 2017 21:38:39 GMT
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Post by mszanadu on Jun 27, 2017 22:11:12 GMT
An excellent set of memorable classic automobiles there petrolino . I can't believe I actually forgot about these here too especially the one from the film - 'The Car' (1977) - 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III ( the old tank cars as I call these - very well built too ! ) . There was also another film called - Black Cadillac 2003 The car featured in it I believe was this one - 1957 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible Of course the car in this one wasn't demonic but the driver behind the wheel was quite crazy . Which reminds of another like this - Duel 1971 The automobile was an old tanker truck - Tanker truck from movie Duel Thanks petrolino for your reply .
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 27, 2017 22:20:02 GMT
...the 1967? Dodge Charger driven by the bad guys in Bullitt... Not a car, but the early 1950's Triumph motorcycle ridden by Marlon Brando in The Wild One... The miniaturized car driven by WC Fields in International House Thanks for the motorcycle mention love all those old Hollywood classics there are so many with the cops in pursuit riding , an Indian Scout or Harley Davidson.
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Post by mszanadu on Jun 27, 2017 22:26:07 GMT
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 27, 2017 22:27:40 GMT
Films that feature a stylish set of wheels , cool cars that feature interesting gadgets
Although these cars didn't have any particular gadgets these ones did have a will all it's own and were quite beautiful cars as well . This car - Plymouth Fury From this film - Christine 1983 Also another car like this - Herbie From this film - Herbie: Fully Loaded 2005 Thanks so much manfromplanetx for your subject post . Many Thanks mszanadu that is a great stylish car the Plymouth Fury !!
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 27, 2017 22:36:15 GMT
Thanks petrolino some great pics and for taking us off in this direction. Not my style but worth a mention here From Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) modified VW Bug...
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