Shelbys, Mustangs and Fords in Movies, TV or Print

[FL SAAC]

Kinda sorta....

[SunDude]

The roofline and door cutline on this Daytona Coupe are unique to CSX2287:

Red Line 7000

On the other hand, the roofline, door cutline, tail lamps and other details of this Daytona Coupe (featured in "The Monkees Race Again") are unique to CSX2299. It took some digging to figure this out definitively, so I'm sharing it here for those who are interested in such things.

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So that makes it Phil's car.....

[SunDude]

So that makes it Phil's car.....

If you mean Phil Spector, then no. His was 2287, not 2299.

[FL SAAC]

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification

Just looked that up

After Bonneville, CSX2287 was refurbished and sold to slot car magnate Jim Russell who used it to promote his model of the car by driving it to slot car shops around the country. He drove it on the street for two years, keeping it in pristine condition to promote his models. He then sold the car to music producer Phil Spector to finance his two daughters' college education..

Spector was known to drive it on the streets of Los Angeles. Built for high-speed endurance racing, the cab became uncomfortably warm as the car's engine heated up. "It wasn't a street car; it was a race car", Shelby said. Still, Spector drove it on the streets, and legend is that Spector racked up so many speeding tickets his lawyer advised him to get rid of the car before he lost his license. This car was featured in "The Monkees" episode, "The Monkees Race Again" (aka "Leave the Driving to Us"), originally aired on February 12, 1968.

[SunDude]

...This car was featured in "The Monkees" episode, "The Monkees Race Again" (aka "Leave the Driving to Us"), originally aired on February 12, 1968.

This last item is an error. These newly found vidcap photos prove it.

[FL SAAC]

on another note, i watched the clip with the cobra attempting to keep up with the "gto".

boy was that funny....hollywood entertainment!

[SunDude]

on another note, i watched the clip with the cobra attempting to keep up with the "gto".

boy was that funny....hollywood entertainment!

indeed

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Motorama

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J Wick

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Demon on wheels

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Redline

[BGlover67]

Motorama

I always find it funny that anytime a classic Mustang is used on TV or in the movies, they have to remove the horse in the coral front grill ornament.  Is that to avoid paying licensing fees?  That's all it takes? 

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Motorama

I always find it funny that anytime a classic Mustang is used on TV or in the movies, they have to remove the horse in the coral front grill ornament.  Is that to avoid paying licensing fees?  That's all it takes?

living in sensitive times with many sensitive citizens....

[69mach351w]

The Barbara Eden photos of her 69 Mach. I noticed there's the chrome faced grille I've seen only on one other Mach in the past. Wonder if that's an option? So hers makes only two I've ever seen, and I have seen a lot of Mach's in the past 40 years.