films & television shows with classic cars content

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The California Kid

 

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Hot Rod 1979 AKA Rebel Of The Road

 

 

Return to Macon County

 

 

 

 

 

[Mike999]

plastic-mechanic wrote: "a lot of shows were sponsored by the Big Three from Detroit.  ever notice a majority of the cars are from the same manufacturer? Dragnet was notorious for it."

Yep, lots of shows and movies.  Buried deep in the end credits, we often see a line that says "Transportation Provided By..." or something similar. 

Ford provided vehicles for most of the early James Bond movies. That's why Felix Leiter and the CIA tooled around in those T-Birds; Oddjob crushed a Lincoln then (improbably) hauled it off in a Falcon Ranchero.  Etc. etc.  And who can forget the famous scene in "Diamonds Are Forever." Sean Connery enters a narrow alley with the Mach 1 up on two wheels. But when he exits the alley, it's up on the OTHER two wheels. A classic continuity goof!

Something fun I sometimes notice in movies/TV shows:  the good guys all drive cars from the Official Transportation Provider. The bad guys drive (and wreck) cars from the competition. 

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[plastic-mechanic]

[Greg Myers]

and more . . .  http://hotrodbunny.com/forgotten-hot-rods-from-the-movies/ Hot Rod Bunny

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[Greg Myers]

From Starman  

[MrObsessive]

Ha! Gotta love that "Leave it to Beaver" episode!

Must be 1961 with all those brand new shiny Mopars that everyone's driving. Funny how the car that the boys were in went from being a hardtop to having "fake" posts (don't know the reason for that), back to being a hardtop again.

Also, LOVE the sounds of those horns! Much better sounding than a lot of the wimpy sounding horns I hear on cars today!

[plastic-mechanic]

the clear lucite square steering wheel won me over.

[gtx6970]

Gone in 60 seconds (either version )

The original Vanishing point .

Fireball 500

Just ck out the back ground images/ scenes  in any old movie or TV show

[Snake45]

Tales from the Crypt, "King of the Road": '57 Chevy, '69 Chevelle SS, Warren Zevon, Brad Pitt...what's not to like?

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[Mike999]

HBO is currently re-running this 2008 documentary "Dirty Driving: The Thundercars of Indiana."

It's about the short-track amateur stock-car races in Anderson, Indiana. A former GM town that fell on very hard times when the car-related plants started closing.  Even McDonald's and Taco Bell left town.  As one resident says: "We can't build cars here anymore. But we can still race 'em and wreck 'em."

Worth a look just for the amazing Figure-8 School Bus Race. And for the awesome Alice Riall, frequent race winner and a grandma who's been tearing up the track since 1977. I even got some modeling ideas from this one -  Chrysler Kit Car...76 Dart...hmmm...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1331305/

 

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[Tom Geiger]

I'm surprised that this thread got so far without...

There are no original ideas in movies today!

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Tales from the Crypt, "King of the Road": '57 Chevy, '69 Chevelle SS, Warren Zevon, Brad Pitt...what's not to like?

Great one snake forgot all about that one.. I was a fan of the show..

[Snake45]

Great one snake forgot all about that one.. I was a fan of the show..

I'm so glad someone appreciated it. That song pretty much made me the lifelong Warren Zevon fan I am today.