1957 Chevy Movie car "Thunder in Carolina"

[MarkJ]

This model depicts the car that Rory Calhoun (Mitch Cooper) drove in the 1960 Movie "Thunder in Carolina" It was filmed during the running of the 1959 Darlington "Southern 500". I saw this movie as a kid and always wanted to build it.

[rlz58]

Man I love those old Chevies.Looks great.

[ricky12]

The car looks great so was the movie any good .

[Railfreak78]

Nice looking old schooler! Seeing builds like these make me want to build one of the old convertibles.

[tuffone20]

Wow that looks real nice!! I don't think I've ever seen that movie so I'll have to look for it and check it out.

[MarkJ]

The car looks great so was the movie any good .

Ricky, compared to the movies of today its pretty corny and it was no oscar winner by any means, but things were alot different back then. For a 9 year old boy in 1960 I was pretty impressed. It was the first I had ever seen of a stock car racer and I was hooked. If you can dig up a copy of it some where it is definitely worth a look.I don't know how old you are but if you have ever seen a rerun of "Gilligans Island" the captain of the boat was the Head mechanic for the car in the movie his name is Alan Hale. Also if you have ever seen the old tv show "Mister Ed", a show about a horse that could talk, The wife of the horses owner was the lead actress in "Thunder in Carolina" her name is Connie Hines.

[Guest old man]

THE OLD MAN REALLY LIKES THAT CAR

[MarkJ]

Thanks guys. The movie should be re-released in DVD next week according to Amazon.com so if your interested you should check it out. The copy I have was copied from an old VHS tape to a super 8 tape and back to a VHS tape so needless to say I am going to be picking up the DVD version next week if I can find it locally. Thanks again.

[John Truby]

You captured the look of the real car perfectly.

I love seeing all your stock car builds from long ago.

John

[MarkJ]

You captured the look of the real car perfectly.

I love seeing all your stock car builds from long ago.

John

Thanks John. I am currently building a 58 Chevy. Doing a lot of body mods so hopefully it will turn out ok.

[Pete L.]

Great Job...exceptional attention to details !!!

[59 Impala]

Great job on the 57. I like it. I just love the old race cars from back in those days.

Dan

P.S. I sent you an e-mail on this subject Mark. Hope ya can help.