Shelbys, Mustangs and Fords in Movies, TV or Print

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The Grand Tour, TV, 2016-2023  Ep. 4.03

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The Partridge Family

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Hollywood Knights

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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Earth Girls Are Easy

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 CHiPs TV Series, 1977-1983 Ep. 4.20

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CHiPs TV Series, 1977-1983 Ep. 4.20

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 CHiPs, TV Series, 1977-1983 Ep. 2.09

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^^ In CHiPs, is that the Madonna/Sean Penn convertible?   

If so, I worked on it, when owned by director Tom Holland (he sold it to Madonna.)  Must have been around 1984-85. Can't recall if his car was a KR or not.

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Hollywood Knights

Thats Newbomb Turk!!!    Volare!!!    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXRby61yER0

And hears CSX 3285 vs Project X 57 Chevy where Project X blows it's motor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KifZ01yTCL0

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^^ In CHiPs, is that the Madonna/Sean Penn convertible?   

If so, I worked on it, when owned by director Tom Holland (he sold it to Madonna.)  Must have been around 1984-85. Can't recall if his car was a KR or not.

We truly don't know ...... but know that I have your attention, Madonna certainly has not aged gracefully...

Your thoughts?

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Hollywood Knights

Thats Newbomb Turk!!!    Volare!!!    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXRby61yER0

And hears CSX 3285 vs Project X 57 Chevy where Project X blows is motor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KifZ01yTCL0

Love Newbomb what a great singer and boy can he toot his horn !

That 55 Chevy was bad axx !

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Hollywood Knights

Thats Newbomb Turk!!!    Volare!!!    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXRby61yER0

And hears CSX 3285 vs Project X 57 Chevy where Project X blows is motor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KifZ01yTCL0

I drove Project X a couple of times when I was on staff at PHR in the '80s.  Great in a straight line. But ,that was the only thing it was great at.  I think it had 4.56s with a spool, plus 90/10 shocks and crappy steering/brakes.  It did have a cool 1960s Tony Nancy custom interior.

The comments under the YouTube video are great. Some clueless, others spot-on.

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Hollywood Knights

Thats Newbomb Turk!!!    Volare!!!    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXRby61yER0

And hears CSX 3285 vs Project X 57 Chevy where Project X blows is motor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KifZ01yTCL0

I drove Project X a couple of times when I was on staff at PHR in the '80s.  Great in a straight line. But ,that was the only thing it was great at.  I think it had 4.56s with a spool, plus 90/10 shocks and crappy steering/brakes.  It did have a cool 1960s Tony Nancy custom interior.

The comments under the YouTube video are great. Some clueless, others spot-on.

Van,
A couple of childhood friends were in "Hollywood Knights". The band drummer was Wesley, and his sister was the blonde singer. We were in 9th grade Jr. High at the time. Wes HATED cutting his hair for the film!

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Scott, that's cool. Were you there when the engine blew up?

Did you ever meet Mike Johnson? He was PHR's (and later Hot Rod's) project car manager. Not on all projects, but on some. He was about 6'4", 325 pounds, and most of that was not fat.  His nickname was "Whale Body."

Though he was usually quiet-speaking, he was intense...and had a way of using his size to get his point across.  One time, he was overseeing the cars on a PHR photo shoot on some ocean pier...a typical sunset photo of wild project cars. Just as the photog had everything set up, two a-hole guys walked-up near the car and planted their beach chairs inches away from the front and rear bumpers. 

Apparently, that pier was a favorite location for sunset photos for advertising or whatever. And they wanted $100 each to move their chairs. After the photog and his assistant said they had a permit to be there, and to politely move (the a-holes weren't budging), Whale Body went over and (though none of our guys heard what he said) the a-holes quickly grabbed their chairs and actually RAN off.

The rest of the photo session, although there were still some gawking spectators, there were zero problems. 

I mention all that because Whale Body was in charge of watching over Project X during the Hollywood Knights shoot.  It was he to whom they insisted that Danza be allowed to drive in that scene. I wasn't there, and don't know exactly what happened after the engine grenaded, but apparently Whale Body and the Director, First A.D., Producer and Danza "had a little talk." Whatever was quickly offered-up by the producers kept Whale Body from losing his sh!t. But, he was the lone guy from PHR there, so none of us know the real story.

That's why I'm curious if you saw him that night, or ever met him later on in your career.  He wasn't easy to miss.