Vintage shots from days gone by!

If you watch the special features of the movie where the Director, Richard C. Sarafian narrates Vanishing Point (1971), he says they basically wrecked all the cars in the movie with the hard abuse and that near the end of filming they were taking parts off the other cars to keep the last one running.

Another website says the same for the Vanishing Point (1971 movie) 1970 Challengers - no longer exist. Probably liability as well as the cars were on loan from Chrysler.

 

By all means, if you have the DVD, watch the European version (it has both) and watch it with the directors commentary on. The European version includes the scenes with Charlotte Rampling which were cut from the US version.

 

The Vanishing Point "Challenger" meets it's doom [The Loan Cars were probably returned to Chrysler ]

 

That looks like a Camaro.

 

It was, the Challenger miraculously transformed into a Camaro on impact!

Doc.

 

It was, even back then they had enough sense to save the Challenger, and wreck a POS Camaro instead.

 

If I had have thought for 10 seconds it's kinda obvious! DUH!

Doc.

 

Detroit River photo shoot in 1970.....

 

Riding backwards on the hydroplane bow at 147MPH.....

 

1964 Motown

 

Last Call - Prohibition in Detroit 1919

 

Detroit Parade 1932

 

Detroit 1956

 

July 1967 Detroit Riot

 

Vernor's Bottling Plant 1955 Detroit

 

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The Edsel, Henry J and the station have been gone for a long time. I remember the cars sitting there. Can't remember who used to run the Henry J though.