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HEFFA Donating Member (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 07:51 AM
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Coolest TV/Movie Car?
I'm new and not a donor, so I can't set up a poll. Then again, I don't want to limit choices or submissions with a poll anyway, so :P


I heard this on a local radio station yesterday morning. I tried and tried to call in, but I couldn't get through. I guess there was a top ten list published somewhere that listed the best/coolest ever. I personally disagreed with several of the ones listed. Then again, I guess that my personal favorites are unconventional anyway.

To start us off, I will offer up two nominees:

The Dodge cop car from the movie "The Blues Brothers" and Mel Gibson's Boss Mustang in "The Road Warrior"

Neither one was pretty, but they both kicked ass!
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RoadRunner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:00 AM
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1. That big ugly Ford LTD in "Men in Black"
Edited on Sat Mar-13-04 08:00 AM by RoadRunner
It was chunky and ugly, but it could fly!

Welcome to DU!!!

:hi:
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:05 AM
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2. "Bullitt" -- 1968 Mustang Fastback GT...
With Steve McQueen at the wheel. Greatest Mustang "commercial" ever!
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HEFFA Donating Member (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:58 AM
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7. This was on the top 10.
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Maccagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:17 AM
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3. Starkey and Hutch's Grand Ford Torino
I loved that car!
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HEFFA Donating Member (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:58 AM
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8. This was on the top 10.
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Alpharetta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:22 AM
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4. Denzel Washington's Monte Carlo in "Training Day"
that was a nice ride
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:35 AM
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5. The General Lee, despite the confed. flag on it
I lived and breathed the Dukes of Hazzard when I was a kid.
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HEFFA Donating Member (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:59 AM
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10. This was #1 on the list.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:50 AM
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6. How About...
James Bond's car in "Goldfinger"? Just a plug for us old fuds. I think it was an Astin-Martin.
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HEFFA Donating Member (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:59 AM
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11. This was on the top 10.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 09:17 AM
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16. I liked James Bond's Lotus in "The Spy Who Loved Me".
The one that was able to turn into a submarine.

:-)

Terry
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 09:27 AM
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17. I Liked His AMC-Something In "Man With The Golden Gun"
It wasn't a Pacer... a bit larger than a Gremlin.

And then there was the flying car that Miss Goodnight was in. Remember her popping open the trunk to discover that the car was flying?

-- Allen
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 02:45 PM
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23. An AMC Hornet
Was the car James Bond (Roger Moore) stole from the AMC dealership.

And it was an AMC Matador that Christopher Lee and Herve Villachaize(sp) had that could fly.

Terry
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dbt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 08:58 AM
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9. The Batmobile in the first Batman movie!
: Drool!:

Welcome to DU, HEFFA!

:hi:
dbt

(Do you occasionally suffer from HEFFA lumps? How about Woozles?)
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HEFFA Donating Member (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 09:00 AM
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12. The original Batmobile (from TV) was on the top 10.
Thanks for the welcome. The nick evolved from Jefe (Spanish for boss).
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DarkPhenyx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 09:07 AM
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13. Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
Dude! That car could fly and every damn other thing you wanted.
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Nomad559 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 09:16 AM
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14. Mel Gibson's Boss Mustang
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HEFFA Donating Member (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 02:42 PM
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21. My error....thanks for the correction. Either way, that car was soooooooo
cool.

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ProudGerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 09:16 AM
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15. Were you listening to Charlie?
Heard about the same list yesterday morning, some insurance company did the survey. KITT didn't make the list, but neither did Mr. Beans Mini.

Mad Max's interceptor wasn't a Mustang, but a Ford Falcon XB, a car exclusive to Australia. But since they were built on the same platform, I guess the claim can be made that they are the same thing as mechanical differences would be very slight.

My favorite movie/tv car was Magnum's Ferrari 308 GTS.
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HEFFA Donating Member (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 02:43 PM
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22. Not familiar with Charlie. It was The Morning Buzz.
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 09:31 AM
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18. "You built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?"
Edited on Sat Mar-13-04 09:32 AM by Whitacre D_WI


"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 09:37 AM
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19. Gone In 60 Seconds (2000)

Shelby Mustang GT 500
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 10:00 AM
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20. Mach V


Jet propulsion and car elevation
Special tires for rough terrain
Sawblades at the front of the car for cutting through anything in his way
Bullet proof windshield
Super bright headlights
Can drive underwater, equipped with an oxygen supply and periscope
Has a robot bird that can be released as a messenger pigeon

and one guy is actually building them:



http://www.speedracer.la/

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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 02:49 PM
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24. Columbo's Peugeot
lovable piece of crap

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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-13-04 02:58 PM
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25. "Christine" 57 Plymouth
Edited on Sat Mar-13-04 03:01 PM by mitchtv
'the foward look" also Sly Stallone had a beautiful '49 Merc in some old movie Cobra? I think ; or was it a Hudson Hornet?- I confuse those two cars
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