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The Bullitt Mustang will be hitting the Mecum auction block in January. Reported to probably be the most expensive muscle car ever auctioned.
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The hero car or the stunt car? The stunt car I'd avoid. Great movie, but I mean...how much positive camber do you think it has from the shock towers being rolled inward at the top from the force of all those jumps? Its probably better than one of the Chargers from the Dukes of Hazard, but probably not by much.
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Not too far from where I grew up, there was a guy who obviously had some connection to the Dukes of Hazard tv show. We'd drive by his house and he'd always have 6 or 7 General Lees in the backyard with the front ends all smashed up from the crash landings. Never knew how he got them or what he did with them. IWould love to drive past again and see if they are still there.
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Chaplin wrote:
Not too far from where I grew up, there was a guy who obviously had some connection to the Dukes of Hazard tv show. We'd drive by his house and he'd always have 6 or 7 General Lees in the backyard with the front ends all smashed up from the crash landings. Never knew how he got them or what he did with them. IWould love to drive past again and see if they are still there.
I was on a Jr. High field trip to see the King Tut exhibit in LA in 1978. On our return trip home the bus pulls into William S. Hart Park in Newhall. There was a fenced lot near the park and within were some General Lees! Maybe 5 or 6. We could see over the fence because of the height of the bus. Forget Tut, did you guys see the General Lees?!! It was the talk of the rest of the ride home. Before that day I believed there was only ONE.
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They supposedly destroyed over a hundred Chargers during the span of the “Dukes of Hazard”. They usually had a couple of dozen around for the various types of shots. A Charger was only good for one of those giant jumps.
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TKOPerformance wrote:
The hero car or the stunt car? The stunt car I'd avoid. Great movie, but I mean...how much positive camber do you think it has from the shock towers being rolled inward at the top from the force of all those jumps? Its probably better than one of the Chargers from the Dukes of Hazard, but probably not by much.
The hero car - the one McQueen did most of the on camera driving in.
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We're all Ford guyz butt..............that Charger was bad-to-the-bone too! 'Specially that part where they are in bumper-to-bumper traffic and he nails it and................well you saw the movie!
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Ron68 wrote:
TKOPerformance wrote:
The hero car or the stunt car? The stunt car I'd avoid. Great movie, but I mean...how much positive camber do you think it has from the shock towers being rolled inward at the top from the force of all those jumps? Its probably better than one of the Chargers from the Dukes of Hazard, but probably not by much.
The hero car - the one McQueen did most of the on camera driving in.
The car has the original welded on camera mounts underneath
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I saw an interview when they were talking about making the Dukes of Hazard. Apparently they depleted the supply of Chargers in the area they were filming so badly that they resorted to leaving notes on peoples windshields offering to buy their car.
The Charger and Mustang are both so iconic, and I credit Bullit with that. They remain the go to cars for chase scenes even today. The Dukes of Hazard movie even paid homage with the final race scene between the General Lee and a Mustang. Of course the General Lee had to win that one, but that rivalry has been cemented in American culture because of the best chase scene ever filmed.
It would be awesome to own either Bullit car, but really, they should be owned by a museum and be on display to the public. Something that iconic is really too important for one person to own. It belongs to everyone whos love of cars was or is yet to be sparked by watching that chase.
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Just wait 40 years for the (second version) Eleanor to be dug up somewhere. I loved the sound of that car, but absolutely hate the goofy hood and modified Shelby front end and the hundreds of clones that came after the movie.
I remember all the posts on Mustang forums after the movie came out. WANTED, UNRESTORED or bad condition 67-68 Shelby. Will pay up to $2,000
The Bullitt Mustang was, at least, tastefully modified and kept original body lines.
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There was a lot wrong with Eleanor. First, that was the name my wife had given her old 240D Volvo, so it was tough for me to take that car being bad@$$ seriously.
Second, all the cars used had small blocks, yet it was referred to as a GT500. I'd have been less angry if they'd just called it a GT350.
Third, if it was supposed to be a Shelby, just make Shelby clones, or do very minor modifications. I agree that the over the top body kit was unwarranted and absurd.
Fourth, that jump off the wrecker basically ruined the entire movie. Has anyone ever seen a wrecked that didn't have something in the front to protect the guy in the cab from getting killed if the car on the back broke loose? Yeah, they don't exist. So the ramp was absurd. Then the car hits hard, bounces once and its fine to drive. Yeah, more like the shocks would have come through the hood, the ball joints would break, and it would be an undriveable wreck. But that's what you get when the director is Dominic Sena, who's basically a decaff version of Michael Bay. Good chase scenes stand on their own, and are good because the action is REAL! Please, please, no more CGI, no more fake stunts. That's why as Bullit gets older it just keeps getting better. Real cars, real drivers, real action. Ugh, I mean Nick, don't you have a Ferrari to go wreck in a chase with a Hummer or something?
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TKO...I agree about CGI.
The rest of it...”it was in the script.” 😁
Still a fun movie to watch too.
Now original movie had its quirks too.
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Yes, exactly my point though! Write BETTER scripts! I swear, if I hear a Medal of Honor referred to with the word "Congressional" in front of it one more time...
Thing is, with the internet there's really no excuse not to be accurate anymore.
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UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH......'suse me, butt what is CGI?
I missed that somewhere!
6s6
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6sally6 wrote:
UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH......'suse me,
butt what is CGI?
I missed that somewhere!
6s6
Computer Generated Image, Mike. And, yes, the Eleanor Mustang sucks bilge water, in my opinion.....
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CGI is like a lot of things. If used properly its great. If used improperly it ruins what might otherwise be a good movie. Case in point, episodes 1-3 of the Star Wars saga. Not that the stories were all that great, but what killed it for me is that the puppets and models they used in '77 looked more real than the CGI stuff they used in the late '90s-early '00s.
To me, there is absolutely NO reason to use CGI in a car chase scene. If they can't figure out how to make the chase dramatic enough using just cars find a better person to do the driving or coordination, a better editor, or a better director.
Oh, and if your whole movie's dramatic impact hinges on big explosions, well...as Ron White said, you can't fix stupid.
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