o/t car spotting movies

the Abbott and Costello you are thinking of is Buck Privates Come Home
they have a model a racing at the end of Ride Em Cowboy
I owe my life to American Graffiti, movie changed my life that yellow deuce, and the pharaohs mercury
there is one old car in the wild bunch

the driver, 3000 miles to graceland, the car, christine

 

Greased Lightning with Richard Prior , the story of Wendel Scott had a lot of cool old cars and a bunch of Vintage racers too in fact i read that the torino Grand National car used in the movie was actually one of Scotts real race cars the time rame is from the forties up to about 72

 

If you get a chance... Check out THE GIANT GILA MONSTER movie from 1959.. a little Model A Roadster.. 3 dueces, pipes, Moons.. the movies dark but a great example.. a hokey movie but great car..

 

I just watched "The Sting" with Redford and Newman last night and remembered this thread. They did a great job with the cars in that film. Even way down the the block and on side streets. Not just cookie cutter As and Ts either. There's some really rare iron in it... and some real rust buckets too. Most of the time, in movies, the cars are all show quality... unlike the real world.


JOE