Favorite Movie Cars. Non-Shelby

[terlingua11]

I thought it might be interesting to go off the reservation and see who else has a favorite move car that wasn't a Shelby. I've always been a Shelby guy with a soft spot for the Trans Am as it was my first car as a kid. Smokey and the Bandit and Hooper come to mind. But the car that has always intrigued me was the Cuda from Phantasm. That movie was crazy. I can still remember the scary tall guy stopping on the street to feel the cold air coming from the refrigeration truck or something like that.

Anyway, that Cuda has always been at the top of my list for "other" "non-shelby" cars. Who else has a favorite-

[deathsled]

70 Dodge Challenger 426 Hemi 4 speed pistol grip. Preferably white. But any color will suffice for that car.

[FL SAAC]

the 1973 trans american in thunderbolt and lightfoot

[SHELB66]

I would have to go with the white '70 Challenger 440 4spd that was in the original Vanishing Point with Barry Newman.

Craig R.

[Richstang]

As a kid, I was all about the '77-'78 Trans Am in 'Smokey and the Bandit'. I even got a Huffy (?) bicycle called the bandit in black and gold.

[Chris Thauberger]

Vanishing Point.. favorite movie as a kid.

Kowalski's 1970 Challenger

[68countrysedan]

1974 McQ with John Wayne driving a green Firebird  Trans Am. Note that it did not have the chicken hood decal.

[honker]

James Taylor, Brian Wilson and the chick    in that Chevy, from Two Lane Black Top, what a great film ! when I went to see it at

the cinema in period, I think I was just about the only person there     It only played for a couple of nights

Mike

[Side-Oilers]

It's not a movie car, but one that most anyone who watched TV in 1968-69 will remember...Mannix's Dart GTS 340 convertible, with subtle "kustom" work by Barris.

I loved it then, and it's in my garage now. Tracked it down ten years ago and bought it.

Then I got in touch with Mannix star Mike Connors and reunited him with the car for a magazine article and TV segment I did. 

That day, the inner kid in me had a lifelong dream come true.  Pretty cool feeling.

[JD]

^^^^That is Really Cool!!!

[FL SAAC]

that 55 chevy was also used in american graffiti

in the movie the yellow deuce coupe was the hero

the race the deuce won was the changing of the guard (old vs new)

in real life that 55 would have smoked the deuce coupe

it was prepped with a big block Chevy, square port heads, muncie 4 speed , 4.88 gears, full suspension and discs all around

going from memory it was a 10 second street / strip car

James Taylor, Brian Wilson and the chick    in that Chevy, from Two Lane Black Top, what a great film ! when I went to see it at

the cinema in period, I think I was just about the only person there     It only played for a couple of nights

Mike

[Richstang]

It's not a movie car, but one that most anyone who watched TV in 1968-69 will remember...Mannix's Dart GTS 340 convertible, with subtle "kustom" work by Barris.

I loved it then, and it's in my garage now. Tracked it down ten years ago and bought it.

Then I got in touch with Mannix star Mike Connors and reunited him with the car for a magazine article and TV segment I did. 

That day, the inner kid in me had a lifelong dream come true.  Pretty cool feeling.

Nice one Van!

It looks like a car Dodge could have made. Barris didn't go overboard on that one.
Neat story that you hunted and found it.
The signed photo of the reunion is a fantastic memento from that day!

[67 GT350]

Come on people, what about the Mustang II, Pinto's, and Maverak's from Charlie's Angles? (No picture needed or wanted)

[NC TRACKRAT]

The "King of Cool"'s 1970 911S he drove in the opening scenes of "LeMans": https://player.vimeo.com/video/5719430

[Side-Oilers]

It's not a movie car, but one that most anyone who watched TV in 1968-69 will remember...Mannix's Dart GTS 340 convertible, with subtle "kustom" work by Barris.

I loved it then, and it's in my garage now. Tracked it down ten years ago and bought it.

Then I got in touch with Mannix star Mike Connors and reunited him with the car for a magazine article and TV segment I did. 

That day, the inner kid in me had a lifelong dream come true.  Pretty cool feeling.

Nice one Van!

It looks like a car Dodge could have made. Barris didn't go overboard on that one.
Neat story that you hunted and found it.
The signed photo of the reunion is a fantastic memento from that day!

Thanks, Rich and JD!  Here's a YouTube link to the TV segment I did:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBOAJSF1ypA