I remember all the hubub over the Roadster that was in Iron Man. There's more shots of it in the second movie,but when I was watching it last night I noticed a *****in chopped Merc sitting next to the Roadster in his shop! I paused it to try to get some ideas of the details so I could mention them today. Looked like a 49 or 50....also looked like it was dark maroon,maybe purple. Anybody know who's it is?
Jon Favreau's interview with GQ... "We got some good cars in this one - the 1949 Mercury and the new Audi R8 spyder. We even stuck a fold-up airplane in his garage. That's pretty cool. It is more window-dressing than anything but we've got definitely cool, cl***ic automobiles. Tony has the definitive car of every generation. The Peterson Museum loaned us a few of their cl***ic cars but the cheapest one is mine - a 1932 Ford Flathead Roaster. It doesn't really belong in there, but it's a cl***ic and the flamed out one is the one toy I have. I'm not a collector but I do like the old-fashioned Fifties style hot-rod. That's something I got many years ago."
I just asked Robert Downey Jr, and he has no idea. Sorry Bob, was hoping I could get some info for you...
It do look sweet Bob , I'd love to see and read more about the car as well.. Come on the power of the HAMB!!
I would guess if it's maroon, and came from the Petersen museum, it's maybe Bruce Meyers Balion built car?????
i think that merc was in custom rodder years ago, the article was on that merc and a stocker that was maroon.......john
Its a movie starring Robert Downey Jr. its the sequel to Iron Man I,find it at BlockBuster if you wanna see it.Get the popcorn out,its pretty kool
I was in hopes that in the Iron man 2 he would have driven the roadster. I was wanting to hear what it sounded like and see it haul *** down the hiway.
Bruce Meyer's Bailon chopped Merc, lots of photos of it if you search Merc gathering or Sacramento Autorama
Really? I was at that Merc Gathering,and I don't remember that car. I'll have to go back and check out my pic's....
Is that the same merc that was on the tv show "Home Improvement" with Tim Allen? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T3xTAJZiNc&feature=related
From the clip, it sounds like he owned that Merc at one point. I haven't seen Iron Man II, cool to see a custom Merc in there.
I just watched Iron Man II, and the Mercury is in a number of shots... tres' cool!!! Kudos to John Favreau for getting some screen time for our hobby!
If you can find the episode of the show called "Iconoclasts" (maybe on youtube) from the Sundance channel with Jon Favreau and Tony Hawk, he spends a bit of time talking about and driving in his roadster.
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