What You Never Knew About TV's Most Iconic Cars
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Surely you'd recognize the cars on this list, but you probably have no idea what it took to get them into character, keep them running or what happened to them after filming, Here are the five most iconic cars on television and a few fun facts that will surely surprise you.
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The Dukes of Hazard 1969 Dodge Charger known as The General Lee was known for its crazy stunts and went airborne more than 150 during the span of the series! Even though sand or concrete was in the car during the jumps to prevent flipping, the cars still rarely survived the jumps and at least 300 different cars starred as the general lee. Mechanics were constantly on the set of the series to salvage and prepare what they could for filming. Some of the General Lees were actually 1968 models fixed to look like 1969. At least 75 chargers were sent to the junk yard. In 2001, two collectors found a General Lee in a Georgia junkyard. The car ended up being the original, from the first episode. The car was restored and sold for $110,000. The was so famous back in the day that at one time it received an average of 35,000 fan letters per month and countless replicas have been created since.
The red 1957 Plymouth Fury has become one of the most ominous vehicles since the 1983 production of the horror classic Christine. With a detailed description of the car throughout the novel written by Steven King, he said he chose the Fury to be Christine because it was “an oddball muscle car that had a cool, but evil look. 24 cars were purchased for the production of the film and many alterations had to be made to them. Only 2 cars survived intact and were sold after the production of the film. To get some of the scenes, one of the Furys had to be demolished using hydraulic pumps and another had a rubber front installed for some of the scenes of the Christine’s attacks. The fury used for most of the driving scenes had a button starter installed and the car noises actually used in the film were not of any of the Furys, but actually from a 1970 428 SCJ owned by the actor who played Buddy Repperton.
Co-starring David Hasselhoff in the series Knight Rider was K.I.T.T, the 1982 Customized Pontiac Transam, which stood for Knight Industries Two Thousand. The show typically ruined four to nine K.I.T.T. cars each season, but luckily GM sold the trans ams to the producers for $1 each, though even with the hefty discount, each one cost about $18,000 to modify into K.I.T.T. With four original cars still intact to date, one of them was recently purchased for $150,000 and restored by a California resident. While the car is not street legal, many of the features seen on the show still function in the car. For the remake, a 2009 Ford Shelby GT500KR was the car chosen to play K.I.T.T. Though before the production of the first series, initially K.I.T.T. was to be named tat T.A.T.T. for Trans Am Two Thousand because the design was based on the Pontiac Trans Am.
The DeLorean DMC-12 was the model used to portray the DoLorean time machine in the series Back to the Future starring Michael J. Fox .The Delorean was chosen because of its sliding doors and spacey look. But the original design of the car was considered too smooth by producers and many modifications had to be made to give it a more modest look. The speedometer also had to be replaced because of a law mandating that American models of the DMC-12 had speedometers only up to 85 miles per hour. The doors of the DoLorean would fail when cold and the crew had to use hairdryers to warm them between takes. Another goof during the production of Back to the Future II was when three of the cables holding up the DoLorean snapped and it almost fell on Michael J. Fox. After the movie, the car model became very popular and sought after, even though the company stopped producing the car 3 years before. John DeLorean even wrote a letter to Bob Gale, thanking him for using the car in the film. After sitting outside of Universal Studios for years, recently the studio fully restored the car and it is now on display.
The most expensive cars of their time, the black 1975 Daytona Spider and later the white Testarossa were what gave the series Miami Vice its popularity in the 80s. The testarossa seen in the show was introduced because Enzo Ferrarri was outraged by the producers initially using a corvette to portray the daytona spider. Though due to the extreme high cost of ferraris in 1986 during the shows production, many mock-up vehicles still had to be created using DeTamaso Panteras and testarossa body kits.
I had two 1969 Dodge Chargers. One was a green Special Edition with a 383, the other was a professionally done General Lee replica, but the doors still opened. It was an R/T, with a 440 Magnum and could exceed(barely) the 150mph on the speedo, although it was scarily unstable. I only drove it past 150 on two occasions, for that reason. Both had 727 Torque-flight automatic transmissions.
I gave the green Special Edition to my younger brother, and drove the General Lee to NAVFAC Centerville Beach, near Ferndale Ca while I was stationed there in the Navy.
One day after being injured in a logging rodeo, I tried to drive home to the base with a severe concussion, blacked out, and drove that Charger off a 100 ft cliff. I was lucky(I landed in a mud hole) and didn't die, although I received another blow to the head. That car was tough. Although it was smashed to the windshield, it had very little deformity of the passenger compartment, just a little buckling of the roof. They were designed to go head-on with a car of equal weight at 60mph, and have zero deformity of the passenger compartment. This design quality surely helped save my life.
It was three months before things dried out enough so that the Navy could have the vehicle removed from the bottom of the cliff. That was 1983, and they still kid me about it when I visit from time to time.
If I could drive a famous car... it would be General Lee. The iconic 1969 Dodge Charger.
THE FUCKING GENERAL LEE OR KNIGHT INDUSTRIES TWO THOUSAND
Those are my favs
I think you got this list backwards. The Ferrari from Miami Vice was definitely NOT the most iconic TV car, it was the General. Hell, they didn't even bother to give the Ferrari a name! And Christine and the DeLorean are from movies.
Bullitt should be at number one!
That was a movie car too.
+Theee CandleMaker , , , yes i was wondering if it would show up in the clips, , , but no,.,.,.. there's only 5 left in the world, 4 in America and 1 on the isleofwight England which i have seen, bought by an ex drummer of the band dr feelgood, worth thousands of pounds in todays money.
They shoulda replaced the ferrari from Miami Vice with general lee and removed the ferarri, added the car from starsky and hutch
Needed a top ten list. Original Batmobile, Starsky & Hutch Gran Torino, & A-Team van are all TV iconic car requirements. Since 2 of the 5 in the video are from movies we can't leave out Smokey & The Bandit Trans AM in addition to many more.
Fall Guy Truck as well!
And the Rockford Files Gold Camaro.
There were 311 General Lee cars used in the series. 296 were used up for stunts, and jumping. the remaining were the closeup filming cars, and the show cars, that traveled around to advertise the series.
Neither the DeLorean or Christine were "TV" cars, they were "movie" cars.
Starky's Torino should be on the list
Absolutely. I used to see a few Torino's painted up like that car driving around.
Also Burt Reynolds trans am i didnt even know about the pontiac fury car
Seen a Pinto painted like one once
Had a neighbor had one painted like it, when I was a kid and the show was still on the air.
that was my red n white car you saw all the time Wilson...stop over some time & check it out...it's in my backyard now.
I really think the number one iconic car is the original Bat Mobile. There should have been mention of Herbie the Love Bug and the 67 Shelby Mustang in Gone in 60 seconds. There have been so many copies of "Eleanor" that its ridiculous! Lets not for get the Highland green 68 Bullet mustang in Bullet which just happens to be my fav car of all time! I had one back in high school.
The George Barris Lincoln from the movie "The Car" was badass! George Barris gets another nod for "The Love Machine" van from a movie called "Super Van". I know those are movies and not TV but George Barris did a lot of TV cars too like The Munsters, Batman, The Monkees and The Green Hornet.
Back To The Future. The DeLorean was chosen because of its SLIDING DOORS. I think you will find they are called Gull Wing doors that do not slid.
how about Burt Reynolds trans am
And Magnum P. I.'s Ferrari?
He had it. Sold it because he was in massive debt and needed money.
+Noah Davis thats rite he did didnt he ,didnt it sell for a rediculous low amount of money
+leahcim thgirw $181,000
except bandit was a movie and not a tv show
how can you forget the blues mobile
Herbie, number 53 beetle, or his german brother 'Dudu'...
KITT is awesome but I prefer the General Lee
Ford Falcon XB GT Coupe 1973 "V8 Interceptor"
I'm surprised smokey and the bandit isn't there
I'm not a chevy fan, but the S & B would have been much better than nightrider
I love Smokey and the bandit
Bandit is the #1 Car of Movies,,,
For one, General Lee should had been 1st, & secondly, where's the Bandits Car?
Who really has that many Miami Vice cars really!
Heyy!!! Where's Al Bundy's Dodge in the list?
1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Magnum - Vanishing point !!!!!
Goddamn man SLO down 👣 I can't read that fast 🏁
you must have went thru the "Murican edumactional system
Too many movie cars in a video about TV's iconic cars. Where is the Firebird Esprit from The Rockford Files, or the Munsters cars or Batmobile?
yea really. if the video named every single iconic car, I'd be up all night long, and I. really not that interested. lol
I did get to see the munsters car at a car show. It was huge in person.
+chris smith it was a Barris car. all the 60s cars are his. the Batmobile is huge also
agree with this
always a Rockford Files Firebird fan
I thought maybe starsky's 75 ford gran torino from the series starsky and hutch would be on here.........
300 General Lee`s? Thats pritty sick haha!
Testarossa from Miami Vice is no.1??? thats not even the most iconic Ferrari - thats gotta be Magnum's 308 GTB. Every other car on that list is more memorable than the Testarossa.
The testarossa was naff the Daytona was far better looking I could never understand why they changed it
How about that Cuda from Nash Bridges?
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The Torino from "Starsky and Hutch"?
+senorkaboom Yes, That's at least as famous the "the General"! I expected to be here!
Or what about the Isetta URKEL used?? Why isn't that on the list??
Grim Reaper I'm on 'shrooms and didn't see that coming...
You screwed the pooch on this one or you are too young to remember truly iconic cars.
1) the Munster mobiles;2) the Monkeys' van;3) the Partridge family bus;4) BJ's semi-tractor-trailer;5) the Batmobile;6) Starsky & Hutch's Ford;7) Stamford and Son's truck;8) the Corvette from Route 66;9) the Adam 12 patrol car;10) Rockford's firebird;
11) Columbo's Peugot;12) the Harts' Rolls convertible; and 13) the Berverly Hillbillies' jalopy;14) the Saint's Volvo; and15) the Get Smart cars in the opening credits!
The Miami Vice cars had no personality!
How can I forget the A-Team van!
BJ's truck was the Kenworth K-100 Aerodyne Cabover.
You forgot The General Lee and Burt Reynolds trans am
If this was about iconic MOVIE cars, then Smokey's Trans Am (as well as Bandit's semi and B.T. Justice's sheriff's car) would have a place with the time traveling Delorean, Christine, Eleanor, Suzanne Summer's 57 T-bird from American Graffiti, the ex-cop car from the Blues Brothers and the Ghostbuster's ambulance. However, this is about iconic TELEVISION car.I did not forget the General Lee, it was mentioned in the video.
Don't forget that bad ass Charger from Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry !
White Challenger. Vanishing Point.
Yellow Cuda.
Nash Bridges.
Black Cuda.
Phantasm.
A TEAM van didn't get a mention :(
Because it was a clown car....
It was just plain awesome.
ffjsb When I was a kid life just wasn't complete unless you had an A Team van & a Knight Rider toy car!
I was way too old at the time, I always wanted a Monkee Mobile...
Wizard of oz
Couldn't you just narrate this instead of us having to read it? It just gets annoying after a while having to pause and read.
How about the Interceptor from Mad Max
Yea what about the mad max intercepter
Got my 1st car in 81 and was a 68, so you can say that they are special to me and have owned two of them. The first one was just a 318 car, but #2 was an RT with built 440 plus added 6 pac and was a badass Mopar. John Schneider (Bo Duke), is a friend and said that they used only 318 cars to jump with and did not smash any of the extra special one's thank God. Nowadays whenever they do any jumps, they use Crown Vics and rip all of the panels off then replace them with 69 parts from All Metal Direct. This is a vid of the outfit that does them and is really interesting, if anyone would like to check it out.. ruclips.net/video/Nk-ypusAmPk/видео.html
How about the 1970 Challenger from the movie "Vanishing Point",
"A-Team" Van, "Fall guy" truck, "Herbie", "James Bond" Lotus, "Corvette Summers", "Bandit" , "Rockford Files" Firebird
Elon Musk bought the "James Bond" Lotus and allegedly intends to make it fully functional.
Miami vice car number one? Really? That's shit right there, hell anyone knows that batman is the number one.
Dude I read quick but a few more seconds per frame would be great.
the car i would love to drive is General Lee ! Born in 79 i grew up watching Dukes of Hazard and since then i wanna seat behind that steering wheel and step on it to listen that HEMI roaring !!!! Oversteering is my main concern !!!! Okay , i loved Knight Rider as well , but General Lee ...its classic !!!
Christine was a 58 Fury, look at the headlights.
Christine Was a Hell Of a Movie 🍿 🎥 I Seen that as a kid gave me nightmares for years then I watched it again after I grew up and no more nightmares but still wow 😲 no wonder I had them. lol 😂
Christine And Hell House was Some Real Messed up Movies
That's true but they used 57 and 58 Plymouths in the movie. Some were Fury's. Some were Belvederes and Savoys. The 57s were modified to look like 58s.
1: Delorian, 2: The General Lee, 3: the A-Team van, 4: KITT
How exactly are Christine and Doc Brown's DeLorean "TV cars"?
Christina is awesome when I get fifth teen I'm getting a Plymouth fury
not only that Christine was a 1958 not 57
I would drive the delorean time machine and the general lee
furys are rare, even when that film was made they were rare, which is why the used Savoys as stunt cars. savoys are getting pretty rare too and neither are cheap, exspecialy to restore.
I've been told by assembly line workers who built the car and have since retired from Chrysler that it was in fact a Belvedere, and not a Fury.
Truck loads of wrecked cars were hauled every week, into an auto body, shop on the corner of Kester ave @ Oxnard st. , in Van Nuys, California. I've always found it amusing when someone thinks they've purchased "The Original General Lee"
the dukes of Hazzard can't be replaced, ya got to love the general lee
general lee is the most iconic car of all time
The Delorean Didn't have sliding doors !
i will take all those chargers off your hands.
Same
That will be 2 million dollars please!!!
oh my God a car hauler full of 1969 Dodge Chargers and late 70s big block Mopar squad cars, Dodges and Plymouths... somebody get me an oxygen tank
I think you mean early 70's Mopars.
Title should say "Hollywood's most Iconic cars", as the Fury and the Delorean are from films, not TV shows.
There was only one general lee and cooter used to fix every time it was wrecked,, i know because I seen it
He was a miracle worker!
poor cooter jr
Doubt that he could fix a general lee with a totally fucked suspention, the frame bent n all that. Warner Bros had 17 general lees after the series ended, so yeah there was not only one, there was a shitton
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+mahnarch they didn't use only 1 you silly dog
How can you NOT have the Batmobile on this list!?!
Look somewhere else.
@@LeaveTheMark_YT
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As much as I love these shows and flicks, lately I can't help but think about for instance how many Chargers were destroyed to make that show. It kinda sucks.
They were just a cheap old gas hog when the series was made and not worth a lot
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I know they were, but it still pains me to think about it. It's even worse when you see modern movies doing this (such as the Fast and Furious movies). I don't know if they use original cars or not, but I just can't watch those cars get destroyed.
I agree- modern films destroying rare old classics is not on. They don't have the excuse of it being just a cheap old car
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Fast and furious wear clones. Drive angry used older Duke boys stunt cars. And yes there is a yard full of parts cars chargers.
Those are "Gull Wing" door on the DeLorean, not sliding doors. Also, according to IMDB, Seth McFarlane purchased and owns the Delorean from back to the future and used it in his movie "A Million Ways To Die In The West".
General Lee should be number 1!
What about the 60's Batmobile that should be No 1 ????????
The show was on in the 60's. The car began as a Lincoln concept body on a mid 50's (2 passenger) Thunderbird. The car was previously seen in the Glen Ford movie "It Started With A Kiss". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Futura
then became the chasis of an Oldsmobil super 88
Adam West's Batmobile and Tom Sellick's Ferrari 308 are my faves
Christine was a 1958 Fury, not '57. No one really cares about Miami Vice anymore. Adam West's Batmobile should have been on the list and should have been #1.
Jim Schuck Totally agree with you I’m surprised it was not listed.
1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III from the move the Car
I'd like to have a General Lee, not because I liked the show, (I actually thought it was a really stupid show), but because I'd like to drive a General Lee because it would really piss off and trigger all the Social Justice Warriors...
I like how you think
@Edgar Daniels I'm 19, and yet I'm drooling.
The show was great and your an ignorant racist filthy animal
What should be obvious: No car could make those jumps and drive again. In the opening title sequence, you so the 01 jump off a pile of dirt in the middle of a residential street (Yeah, what town does that?) and Roscoe ducks, as the car lands you can see the better part of the front suspension trying to come out through the hood.
Yes, as Robot Chicken explained, the speeding ticket would be much less expensive than the damage caused by the getaway.
Eleanor from gone in 60 secs.
I think this list was backwards. General Lee is and will always be number 1!!!!
The Car... That Lincoln with the suicide doors is badass.
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Hemicuda from Phantasm!
the vette in corvette summer
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@@tonyrokusek270 *Vetty Cool ...You Mention That Car, As It Was One Ferocious Customized Shark, And Loved The Hood And Body Panels !*
I wish to drive the real General Lee car! It's like the 'Wild Horses' - 'We'll ride them some day'))
Actually "Christine" was a 1958 Plymouth, not a 57.
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Correct.and a belvedere not a fury like reprints of the book claimed. Christine was originally a buick
My dad worked at a GM dealer in LA and use to see the trucks with the general Lee's parked on the side streets. Many years later he built a transmission for the Dukes of Hazard funny car that was in an episode that got pulled.
No Batmobile?!? I call bullshit on that. The Miami Vice car is way down the list.
PC160 i would like to drive the original Batmobile from the tv series of the 60s the Adam West Batmobile and it is not a bullshit car that car sold 3.5million dollars about 10 years ago at a auction and a women bought it and she sold it for 3.6 million dollars to a muesum in California
I had to quit watching the Dukes of Hazard. Got sick knowing how many Chargers they were ruining.
the Truck from "The Duel"
How many Chargers were destroyed during that show is heartbreaking. I seldom see any on the road now. Even in California.
The King Dodge Charger
OMG! the smart car General Lee!!!! I now have a dream smart car. LOL!!!
Christine was a 1958, not 57! This video is way short on accuracy in a lot of other areas too.
Indeed, I owned 2 of the 57 Plymouth, one Savoy 2 dr. And a 4 door Plaza, the 57 front headlight is single with a blinker light beside it, the 58 has dual headlights, also below the 57 bumper the valance has verticle slots and the 58 has a horizontal grill, the rear of the 57 the taillight is in the fin with backup light below (round), the 58 the fin is a metallic piece that fills the fin and below is the round taillight.
Plus it's in a movie. NOT on TV so it shouldn't even be on the list.
As a kid I loved the show, but now as a 43yr old lover of all Ford and Chrysler muscle cars, it makes me sick to know just how many Chargers were sacrificed.....unfuckingbelievable....
I wish to drive Magnum's Ferrari 308.
308s aren't that expensive these days 10-20k which is cheap for a ferrari.
The steering is heavy, the back tires wear out much too quickly, and at night in the rear view mirror reflections make it look like 1000 cars are following you. They overheat in stop and go traffic and the clutch is pretty stiff. The clutch and brake are offset to the right as the wheel well protrudes into the driver's foot area. The first panic stop you make you will stab the clutch in thinking its the brake. The leather Momo steering wheel is as slippery as ice when its cold outside. A 3 liter 205 horsepower V-8 behind the seats sounds great but is pretty weak as the car is heavy. The coolest thing is the engine/gear train whine. Most people can't find the door latch under the forward part of the arm rest to get out of the car. They hid the gas filler cap behind the driver's side shark gill panel and you need a key to unlock it first. But it sure looks fast even when parked!
no but the real expense is having to always have them in the shop for repairs and constant maintenance
Thanks for the replies, I think I will just stick to my old Japanese cars. LoL
I did my own work on my 308. I made the special wrenches needed to remove the transmission transfer gears and installed a new clutch disk.
It was a Borg and Beck, common name but you could only buy it through the Ferrari dealer for $235. A B&B disk for a 427 Corvette cost $27 at the time. I replaced all of the coolant hoses...must be a dozen connectors under the body...and replaced the cam belts. I drilled and tapped the rear distributor to carry both sets of points triggered off one set of cam lobes. The 308 had 2 distributors and getting the spark advance to track properly was a pain. Problem solved. I saved a ton of money doing the work myself and did a meticulous job to make sure everything was correct. I would say it was a reliable vehicle but repairs for the average person would be expensive. It would always fail emissions tests as well.
That's why I quit driving it.
The original Batmobile from the TV show belongs at the top of this list as it set a record at the Barrett-Jackson auction
this video belongs in the "stupid videos with inaccurate information" category.
It was interesting but Christine and Back to the future are theatrical movies, not TV productions.
LOL totally with you
with stupid texts you barely have time to read
yep
What? BOTH Christine & Back to the Future are FAKE??? I thought they were documentaries done by e-True Hollywood Stories??
What other so called movies are you calling fake?
and the Clampet's hillbilly truck. Trucks can be iconic too.
the general and christine,both mopars
So out of the 600 Chargers used, How did they know the one they found was no. 1 of 600?
Magnum P.I.s Ferrari 308 should have made the list because unlike Miami Vice they were real not repelicas
Yep, absolutely. And what cop is going to be driving around a Lamborghini????
@@ffjsb . An Italian cop
@@MartintheTinman uh, just ONE.
@@ffjsb . A quick Google search found this as well
"Lamborghini has just donated a second Huracan to the country's Highway Patrol. Like the first, it will be used for “normal police operations”, as well as the urgent transport of blood and organs"
Google is an amazing thing.
You should try it one day
@@MartintheTinman Oh wow, TWO whole Lambo's donated as a publicity stunt...
And only a moron thinks Google is 100% reliable for getting every fact in the world. BTW idiot, the comment is three years old, so my original statement WAS correct at the time.
The most famous and most recognizable TV car was the original Batmobile and you know it. THUMBS DOWN
Christine is a 1958 Fury not a 1957
Title says what you don't know about TV's most iconic cars and then proceeds to show movie Cars?
My two fav tv vehicles are the Fall Guy GMC truck and Hardcastle & McCormack Coyote
Long ago there was an article on the FG Truck. And, they broke a lot of trucks. Was lucky enough to see them filming in the San Fernando Valley and they had ~6 trucks different years, but all painted the same. Miss the show...
My 2 Favorite Is General Lee and Starsky And hutch car
Rumor has it that when Actress Heather Thomas (CJ from Fall Guy) out of the Truck. Every actor including Lee Majors used to take time to sniff the seat for all of Heather's lovely scent.
not a fan of RUclips videos I have to read...why not narrate?
you ppl always forget about the 70 gto judge and the 55 chevy gasser in the movie 2 lane blacktop...if your a drag racing fan,you would like this movie
I think I remember this movie!...Will totally watch it!!!
Loved that movie so much I built a replica of the '55...looked just like it...two door post, fibreglass flip, 4 point roll bar, radiused rear wheel wells, LS6-454(although the TLB car actually had an L88 427), 4 speed(Doug Nash), front tube axle, 4:88's in the rear like TLB but a Dana 60 instead of the '57 Olds, primer grey of course. Nothing in my neck of the woods that could beat it. 10.80's in the quarter, one tenth faster than the TLB car.
KOOL !!!
A fave of mine - take it the replica's no longer in possession ?
someone forgot about the badass 66 Chevelle in supernatural
William Wold 66 chevel isn't iconic its just used by two extremely gay looking people in a shitty TV show
I would wish to drive the first general lee.
What about the green 1968 Mustang Bullit Steve McQueen drove on the movie "Bullit"?
I know there's been many replicas but don't know if any originals still exist
I believe there are 2 originals that still exist. One owned by Steve McQueen and one in private hands.
+KISS HOOTERS Oh really? Is that why we saw the red Plymouth fury on the MOVIE Christine and the DeLorian on the MOVIE Back to the Future??
dunno ... seen em all in front of a 'TV' ... even seen every frickin' car mentioned all thru these commebnts on a 'TV' (lol) ...
( know what u mean thou - flicks n' episodes collided here eh ) ...
As far as a #1 vehicle of either - llook at this way - IF every one of em were cruisin in a parade comin' towards u one by one - which would catch more 'eyes' ...
have to say either version of the Batmobile - most extensive changes in appearance.
They found the stunt car in a junk yard in Mexico recently .brought back to cali..did a quickie on it & sold for a big bundle at auction !
The Muststang Fastback from Spencer For Hire
Joe Dirt's Hemi Road Runner
that was a super bee not a road runner
+shtupstpd That was a Superbird in the first movie.
+Joe Blow no it was a Dodge charger to look like the Daytona one with is like the super bird just not worth as much
Now i'm hearing it was a GTX, either way it was a bad ass car.
the yellow car was a 69 Dodge Daytona.
the other car was in 1967 Plymouth Belvedere a GTX want to be.
supposably David Spade boat one of the 69 Dodge Daytona's completely restored with original motor for something like $900,000 yeah nine hundred thousand dollars no I can't see it
Mainly, I want to drive KITT.
And also I want a special die-cast collection of Film and TV Cars to be made someday. Good choices for the collection would be:
LIVE ACTION
* The De-Lorean Time Machine
* The Ghostbusters Ecto-1
* The A-Team's GMC Van
* KITT, the Knight Rider
* The Fall Guy's GMC Pickup
* H&M's Coyote-X
* Riptide Nick's Chevy Corvette
* The DH's General Lee
* S&H's Ford Grand Torino
ANIMATED
* The Flintstones Lodgemobile
* Speed Racer's MACH 5
* The Mystery Machine
* The Loud Family's Vanzilla
* The 87 TMNT's Turtle Van
No original Batmobile? No Black Beauty? I'd take the Black Beauty any day - she's an Imperial.
The original Batmobile was a 1955 Lincoln.
Quite right. But I'd take the Imperial over the Lincoln, unless talking resale value.
Munster Coach? Starsky's Torino? List is backwards if you ask me and they have Movie cars when the title says T.V. I mean hell, Bullitt's Mustang blows Christine and The Time Machine combined away for shear popularity. The General has always been the most popular and replicated car of all. Only the Batmobile from the '60s could possibly come close as far as T.V. cars are concerned. .
nobody mentioned the Beverly hillbillies car
The Green Hornet's Chrysler Imperial...
One thing you forgot to mention was the A team Van. Just like the General Lee Its, the Most replicated Van of all time.
And the Rockford Files Firebirds - the 74 and 75.
Yep '74-'78 Firebird 400's.
It was a firebird esprit, I think that's how you spell it anyway.
+SPACE TRUCKER yeah had one myself I put the olds 455 Big Block in it ,fast car I didn't pass up a lot of gas stations because of this big Edelbrock 850 dual line carburetor I was running on it ,and I'm telling you it wouldn't run worth s..t on regular unleaded, If I didn't put 93 in it that carburetor wasn't worth a lick, but now as long as I had 93 it would run like it was built to run ,with all them high performance parts put in it, I used a lot of Edelbrock Parts on that motor'' every once in awhile would even run a little racing fuel in it, but thank God back then Super unleaded was like $0.99 a gallon;; yeah everytime I see one out I miss the one that I had, ,most ones I see are the gold color but the one I had was the Pontiac blue ;;yeah the old Pontiac espirit Firebirds the only complaint I had with mine was it was so heavy yeah they went all metal on them cars, dang I would love to have that car parked in my garage take it out on the weekends, all polished up and that big block Counting those licks off now I would trade those transmission back out from a four-speed back to an automatic,,hahaha ..should have never changed it over anyways, now my knee has enough pain driving this super 10 in this Kenworth tow truck, now if I didn't need the extra pulling power I would have bought it with the automatic, but I just couldn't imagine giving up that take off and pulling power now I have some good size loads on it at times
Tony Odell Yeah I have a '75 base model Firebird, that started with a 350 Pontiac, then when I got her used in '97 had a 301 Pontiac, then I put a '77 403 Olds, then a '71 455, and now she has a '69 Buick Skylark 350 big block. I have a '67 Pontiac 400 big block I am building to put back and it will be pushing between 500-600 horsepower. With a rebuilt 400 Turbo Hydromatic Transmission. She looks more like a '77 hard top Trans Am clone. With mostly Trans Am parts on and also in her interior. Including the rare 160mph speedometer. And the aluminum faced Trans Am dashboard and gauge cluster. More work to do though. lol
What a waste of irreplaceable classic cars. A mint '69/'70 Charger can be worth over $100K today, but the really sad part is how few of them are left.
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This list says TV, vet movie cars were included. Good production value, but bad car selection. The Miami Vice Ferrari is NOT an ICONIC car of TV... ROckford's firebird was more Iconic than that! Try again!
it's frustrating to know so many beautiful chargers where destroyed during the series
Yeah, it is...😮😢
during the making of initial d the movie 30 ae86 were wrecked
Christine is a 58 Fury, not a 57
I would like to drive the 69 charger of all the cars listed!!!!
me too its a badass car
do you have the balls to run with the confederate flag and not apologize for it
***** Yes I do!!! IDC
Born and bred Southener, so, HELL YEAH!!!!!
I would drive the AMC Pacer from Wayne's World.
complete with Liquorice dispenser and dash board mounted cd player