10 Wild Facts About Elwood's '74 Monaco "Bluesmobile" - Blues Brothers

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    The Dodge Monaco Bluesmobile is a 1974 model sedan used by the titular characters in the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers." The car is painted in a distinctive black and white color scheme, with police-style push bars on the front and back. It has a powerful 440-cubic-inch V8 engine that allows it to reach high speeds and perform stunts such as jumping over a raised drawbridge. The car is a central element of the film's plot, as the Blues Brothers use it to evade police, perform their musical acts, and eventually save a Chicago orphanage from foreclosure. The Dodge Monaco Bluesmobile has become an iconic symbol of the film and is widely recognized in popular culture.
    -Enjoy!

Комментарии • 233

  • @onebadapple83
    @onebadapple83 Год назад +175

    Local joke around Chicago: “Last time anybody saw a cop around here were they filming The Blues Brothers”

    • @texaslegend5076
      @texaslegend5076 Год назад +3

      I work in Austin Tx Monday through Friday. I go months without seeing a police officer

    • @mrwilson7617
      @mrwilson7617 Год назад

      I'm on Long Island, NY. End of my street is a PBA building. On duty cops there all the time. I am on the road all day. Probably see cop cars 20X a day.

    • @ericdolby1622
      @ericdolby1622 Год назад +2

      That's what you all wanted I thought

    • @texaslegend5076
      @texaslegend5076 Год назад

      @@ericdolby1622 ha. Not me. I thought that was a dumbass idea. I can't stand Austin. Just work there.

    • @ericdolby1622
      @ericdolby1622 Год назад

      @@texaslegend5076 that was once a great city . Prior to comifornia libtard invasion. Spreading like a disease.

  • @jasonrackawack9369
    @jasonrackawack9369 Год назад +55

    "On the very day I get out of prison....my own brother picks me up in a police car" 🤣😂😅😉👍

    • @leebuck180
      @leebuck180 Год назад +7

      Elwood: "you don't like it!" Jake: "NO!"

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 Год назад +3

      You could always walk home!

    • @mrwilson7617
      @mrwilson7617 Год назад +6

      You traded the Blues Mobile for this ?
      No, I traded it for a microphone.
      Oh, OK...I can see that.

    • @richsackett3423
      @richsackett3423 Год назад +1

      No emojis though.

    • @chiefbobdavis99
      @chiefbobdavis99 Год назад +1

      Get the cigarette lighter fixed.

  • @jamiehope4580
    @jamiehope4580 Год назад +50

    Has to be one of the greatest movies of all time

  • @jasonlovell3934
    @jasonlovell3934 Год назад +29

    Fact number 11 The Blues Brothers is the best film ever!

    • @DjNikGnashers
      @DjNikGnashers Год назад +3

      100%

    • @lfo414
      @lfo414 Год назад +3

      and now I have to watch it again. yet again

  • @rodgerjohnson3375
    @rodgerjohnson3375 Год назад +53

    I worked a security detail for 3 weeks in Harvey IL at the mall where the classic car chase was filmed. There were about a dozen Blues mobiles many modified to perform different maneuvers. Some of the guys got exhilarating rides after filming in the huge parking lot while consuming a few beers with the stunt drivers.

    • @crlaw75
      @crlaw75 Год назад

      I've read it was the Dixie Square Mall and it had to be remodelled for the scenes, since it was sitting in a lot of dust.

    • @rodgerjohnson3375
      @rodgerjohnson3375 Год назад +8

      @@crlaw75 That's true. The local ghetto rats who lived all around it would break in to smash out the store windows so a lot of work needed to be done to make it presentable. After production wrapped up in the mall all those large windows were replaced. And promptly smashed out again by the ghetto trash. It was demolished years later and a new police station built on the property by the main road.

    • @richb.4374
      @richb.4374 Год назад +4

      I lived very close to the spot where they filmed the "Mr Man" scene where the lady runs down the steps of the old house in Cicero Illinois to hand Elwood the business card for "Murph and the Magictones" The director was very cool and let us all look at the Blues mobile they had there for that scene while the crew was on lunch. They only had the single camera car with the camera mount on the front bumper for this scene as no driving was done. It was cool seeing "Jake" and "Elwood" only a few feet away while they filmed this scene. The Blues mobile I got to see and touch was the one with the trash up on the dashboard and the crummy stereo rigged in the dash. I bet Dan Aykroyd started and shut off that old car 50 times while trying to get a good take just on that one tiny scene. It took them two 12 hour days to film it. Unfortunately, this car never survived the movie. One of the film crew guys told me the next scene they were going to film was the famous Pinto drop from a helicopter at 1500 feet near the Chicago river.

    • @andrewandres148
      @andrewandres148 Год назад +1

      Wasnt it true that all the cars in the lot at the mall were new cars? Definately made for nervous minding of all those rides..... Sad thing is, no one can say anymore "the new Oldsmobiles are in early this year"

    • @crlaw75
      @crlaw75 Год назад +1

      They were all new cars.

  • @BoxerMustangLoverAndChristian
    @BoxerMustangLoverAndChristian Год назад +32

    The thing that makes The Bluesmoblie special and unique is that she’s a part of Jake and Elwood’s family. 😌

    • @richb.4374
      @richb.4374 Год назад +2

      I love when Jake asked Elwood what happened to their Cadillac and Elwwod tells him...I traded it for a microphone. LoL

    • @andrewandres148
      @andrewandres148 Год назад

      Actually there is a cut scene of where Elwood parked it at his apartment... It was in a electrical substation... Sort of supposed to be how the Bluesmobile was so tough...

  • @toddfargher2000
    @toddfargher2000 Год назад +35

    I love the fact you proclaim 10 facts and you got to the point!
    Keep it up!
    Subscribed and thumbs up!

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад +3

      Thanks and glad to have you as a subscriber; Yep, I'm a fan of conciseness for sure ;-)

  • @CommodoreFloopjack78
    @CommodoreFloopjack78 Год назад +12

    "You traded the Bluesmobile? For THIS??"
    "No, for a microphone."

  • @CaptOrbit
    @CaptOrbit 11 месяцев назад +3

    I always did like the small detail that when the Bluesmobile falls apart and Elwood removes his hat. Jake immediately turns his attention away from the car and instead looks concerned for his brother knowing what the car meant to him.

  • @BlackheartCharlie
    @BlackheartCharlie Год назад +20

    In the extended version of the film, Elwood is seen parking the Bluesmobile in an electric substation that was used to power Chicago's elevated trains. In the documentary "Stories Behind the Making of the Blues Brothers", Dan Aykroyd suggested that the scene was intended to show the Bluesmobile was getting "power" from the substation, which would help explain how it was able to do impressive stunts.
    In the original theatrical release, director John Landis had cut that scene to shorten the length of the film. According to Landis, there was no need to explain the car's powers. To him, it was simply "a magic car" and of course, they were on a mission from God. A power station was visible in the background of the film's poster. (from Wikipedia)

    • @paulbourgeois4491
      @paulbourgeois4491 Год назад

      That's a true story!

    • @busterhymen6224
      @busterhymen6224 Год назад +4

      I have the extended version. It explains a lot of things, like the cheese wiz for example.

    • @jacklarson6281
      @jacklarson6281 Год назад

      I'm glad they cut that scene, I think it would have taken some of the mystery and magic away from them getting the band back together

    • @Pauley_in_GP
      @Pauley_in_GP Год назад

      @@jacklarson6281 I can see both sides, but I enjoyed finding out afterwards just how the Bluesmobile got its powers. ;)

  • @bill392
    @bill392 Год назад +4

    Elwood: It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
    Jake: Hit it.

  • @mrwilson7617
    @mrwilson7617 Год назад +14

    I have Jake and Elwood life size figures. They were outside a thrift store. I turned around and went inside and asked the young girl working there how much for Jake and Elwood out front. She looked at me and said "Who ?" I replied "Jake....Elwood....Shit....the Blues Brothers !!! If she would have looked at me and said "The Blues Brothers....shit, they still owe you money fool" I would have dropped dead. But she had no idea who they were. After some phone calls and haggling, they were mine. Getting the band back together.

    • @Taniwha351
      @Taniwha351 Год назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😁😁🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @truthsayers8725
    @truthsayers8725 Год назад +5

    one of the best videos ive ever seen. short concise and to the point without tons of useless blathering in between facts

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад

      Thanks much friend and glad you enjoyed it! Indeed, info loaded conciseness is my aim and will remain so; despite the many folks who keep suggesting I push them out to 10 min plus to please the so called "algorithm", lol.

  • @Brandon-vs1if
    @Brandon-vs1if Год назад +6

    That was a genuine thermoquard cough when Elwood punched it to jump the bridge.

  • @SurfingWithTheMartian
    @SurfingWithTheMartian Год назад +11

    Technically it’s not the bluesmobile, it’s the “new bluesmobile.” The original bluesmobile was a Cadillac that Elwood traded for a microphone.

  • @paulbourgeois4491
    @paulbourgeois4491 Год назад +6

    Subscribed and thumbs up! In 1984, I bought an ex Wisconsin State Patrol Fury with the 440 police interceptor engine... Mine was a '77, kind of dogged of the line, but nothing could touch it after 65 mph! I ended up trading that magnificent car for a Kawasaki 750 2 stroke, I loved the bike, but I wish I'd have kept the car! Those Dodge cop cars in the Blues Brothers were all works of MoPar Art! Thanks for posting this.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад +2

      Thanks friend and glad to have you onboard! Yep, big and powerful they be for sure 😉👍

    • @filanfyretracker
      @filanfyretracker Год назад +1

      amazing how many different PD cars used to be out there and then sometime in the 80s the Crown Vic totally took over, Being born in '80 and learning to drive in the 90s even today I still glance down at the speedo if I see a Crown Vic sitting on the side of the road. My brain just thinks "Its the fuzz", despite knowing no agency in my area still operates them.

  • @johnhughes9019
    @johnhughes9019 Год назад +17

    I saw all of the destroyed cars back in 1980 at *Universal* *Studios* *Hollywood* . They were stacked on a lot, plied-high.

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Год назад +1

      Wonder why they would take them all to Hollywood when most of them were wrecked in Chicago?

    • @johnhughes9019
      @johnhughes9019 Год назад +2

      @@CycolacFan , I'd imagine that because the film was a Universal Pictures film, the cars ended up there.

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Год назад +3

      @@johnhughes9019 I know some Bluesmobiles and police cars went there, presumably for pick up shots or promotional purposes and some were crushed along with some Knight Rider KITTs when they cleared the backlot. When you say you saw all the cars how many would you say? There were over 100 used in the movie. Did you see that many…?

    • @johnhughes9019
      @johnhughes9019 Год назад +3

      @@CycolacFan , Well, that was 43 years ago (haha). I was 10 at the time, Summer 1980.
      If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say there probably 40-50 cars stacked-up. Likewise, I recall having seen one of the surviving Bluesmobiles on display (likely, the "star car") on the property.
      All that I know is, I was upset that my parents would *not* let me watch the film due to its R rating ( ! ). It's so tame these days... probably get a 'PG' rating at best.

  • @bigdan827_8
    @bigdan827_8 Год назад +1

    Now I have to watch the movie again, for the millionth time.

  • @mooneyes2k478
    @mooneyes2k478 Год назад +9

    Not only the Bluesmobile, but in fact every car in the movie, was run through what was essentially a 24-hour, non-stop, mechanics shop to keep them rolling and usable throughout the movie. There were 60 used police cars for the various chases, bought at 400 dollars each, and even with the constant work and repair, practically all were scrap by the end of the movie.

    • @mikeforce1776
      @mikeforce1776 Год назад +3

      And most of the police cars ended up at a couple of bone yards at RT 83 and RT 171. we used to regularly go to these yards and I remember these cars stacked 4 high.

  • @WizardOfWhoopee
    @WizardOfWhoopee Год назад +1

    These old Monacos must be out there somewhere. I regularly find old Mopar muscle cars and sedans, but never any bluesmobiles. I would totally drive one as a work car.

  • @tieroneactual2228
    @tieroneactual2228 Год назад +20

    There was actually one of the surviving 1974 Dodge Monaco’s that was owned by a retired Kansas City, Mo, Patrol Officer named Jim Post. He had it in a museum he ran that was called “ The Last Precinct”.I believe the museum is not open these days so I’m not sure what became of the Monaco he had in there, or anything else for that matter.

    • @iananderson4897
      @iananderson4897 Год назад +1

      Jim sold the car several years ago, iirc it went to Belgium. There is a small feature on the car on the Blues Brothers anniversay DVD from a few years ago.

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Год назад +2

      Think that one had snow tyres on the rear didn’t it? Likely was used for skids / slides.

    • @joeacp4525
      @joeacp4525 Год назад

      Correct. The one at Volo Auto museum is actually a 1975. Can tell by the bumper and some other small details.

  • @johnbattista9519
    @johnbattista9519 Год назад +8

    My first car was a 1969 Chrysler Newport… 383 and that hauled butt. Then moved into a Grandville with a 454… both tanks but had tons of torque. Watching that movie always made me grin watching those cop cars fly.

    • @petertornabeni602
      @petertornabeni602 10 месяцев назад

      4 5 5

    • @johnbattista9519
      @johnbattista9519 10 месяцев назад

      You are correct.. it was a long time ago.. what’s 1 cubic inch between friends.. lol

  • @johnstone9396
    @johnstone9396 Год назад +2

    my first car was a 1975 royal Monaco, I loved that thing, wish I still had it

  • @johnriggle8576
    @johnriggle8576 Год назад +34

    Wonder if they fixed the cigarette lighter ?

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад +4

      LOL, good question! 😁

    • @charlesvan13
      @charlesvan13 Год назад +5

      Jake threw it out the window.

    • @tiredofit1429
      @tiredofit1429 Год назад +2

      Lol. It was an old Buick, but I threw the lighter out the window when my then fence tried to smoke in the car. Love that movie!

    • @tiredofit1429
      @tiredofit1429 Год назад +2

      @@HoneyTone-TheSearchContinues my typo. Fiance!

    • @elwoodblues9613
      @elwoodblues9613 Год назад +2

      I don't think so. The car fell apart 11 days after Jake made that demand.

  • @scottmitchell8273
    @scottmitchell8273 Год назад +1

    One of the best movies EVER !

  • @richb.4374
    @richb.4374 Год назад +6

    Many of the cars destroyed in the movie were bought from the city of Chicago. They were actual retired Chicago patrol cars. I heard they wrecked 63 of them. Universal paid $400 each for them and someone who worked for the city got in trouble for selling them so cheap.

  • @MrGGBHTD
    @MrGGBHTD Год назад +6

    ohhh mann - I have always wanted one of them cars just like that ❤

  • @busterhymen6224
    @busterhymen6224 Год назад +2

    The Blues Brothers was the greatest movie of all time.

  • @leahcimthgirw3163
    @leahcimthgirw3163 Год назад +4

    I grew up right next to the spot where Carrie Fisher blew up the propane tank it was at the Oasis at Elmhurst and 90

    • @johnbattista9519
      @johnbattista9519 Год назад +2

      Curl Up And Dye was the name of her hair salon.. in neon lights. I always remembered that.

  • @woowaptibam5253
    @woowaptibam5253 8 месяцев назад

    Good video! @2:10 the car falling apart is an awesome stunt!! Blues brothers is a classic!!

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  8 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks and indeed, a crazy expensive stunt too 😉

  • @chrisnicholson3231
    @chrisnicholson3231 Год назад +1

    The Fall Guy video was in my recommendations, so I watched it. Half an hour later I've watched several others, but the rest will have to wait. I have to work tomorrow, so it's bedtime for me. Where do I work? A car museum. I hope one of the many vehicles on your to-do list is BJ McKay's Kenworth K100 Aerodyne. It was my favorite TV/movie vehicle of that era.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад

      Awesome, glad you are enjoying the channel.
      Yep, that one is indeed already on my list to look into.
      Thanks and sounds like a great place to work!👍

  • @69Hurst442
    @69Hurst442 Год назад +2

    One of the funniest movies I’ve ever watched. Cruising through the mall, and Dan Ackroyd causally says, the new Oldsmobiles are in early this year. They’re window shopping at 70 mph with cops wrecking their cars. Priceless. Did this movie get the award for most cars wrecked, or is it the original Gone in Sixty Seconds? All I know was a lot of Detroit tin was destroyed in both movies. Have you done Gene Hackman known as Popeye Doyle in the movie ( and I can’t remember the name ) it might’ve been the French Connection, but he went way off script while chasing an el train. I think he was driving a modified Pontiac LeMans. He was driving sometimes at 120mph in conditions that weren’t optimal. He was driving, slicing and dicing his way through real people, pedestrians and those people didn’t know it. It was beyond stupid because he could have killed a lot of people. They left that scene in the movie. If I was riding along as the in car cameraman and lived, I would quit my job as soon as the car came to a stop. Then kick the crap out of Hackman.

  • @chadakoin1
    @chadakoin1 Год назад +15

    Have you done The Family Truckster yet? Personal favorite.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад +7

      Not yet, but since you mentioned it; I just added it to my rather long "to do" list since I love that movie too; Chevy Chase is hilarious in those movies! 😁

    • @chadakoin1
      @chadakoin1 Год назад +2

      @@CarStarz42 So is the Truckster!

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад +3

      @@chadakoin1 Indeed it is! Probably one of the funniest looking auto creations ever 😁

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Год назад +1

      Like most highly modified and damaged movie cars the original Family Trucksters used to film the movie were all destroyed after filming.
      The Vacation movie that came out a while back where Jason Sudakis plays Rusty and takes his family on a vacation in the rented Korean vehicle from hell that Chevy Chase and Beverly DeAngelo reprise their roles at the end has a great Family Truckster cameo at the end also and an even better backstory about how it got in the movie.
      It just so happens that a man and his wife who were superfans of the original movie spent years recreating one, coincidentally the scenes where Rusty and his family were visiting Clark and Mrs Griswold just happened to be on the same street as the people who owned the reproduction Family Truckster, when the director found out about the car he ask them if they could use it in the movie and the people happily agreed, so the script was rewritten to include Rusty and his family borrowing it from Clark to get to their final destination in the film.

  • @NBZW
    @NBZW Год назад +5

    I did enjoy that movie❤️

  • @PinkysBane
    @PinkysBane Год назад +6

    Ok so I was working outside a home Depot in Lebanon New Hampshire and one of the best sights ever was there. Jake and Elwood Blues(impersonators) and their replica Blues mobile complete with air raid horn. I couldn't make the show. And I'm deeply saddened by this

    • @elwoodblues9613
      @elwoodblues9613 Год назад +1

      My wife and I saw Jake, Elwood, and the Bluesmobile on Fremont Street in Las Vegas in 2006. Obviously, all were impersonators.

  • @gordonhall9871
    @gordonhall9871 Год назад +22

    440 was a strong engine had a 73 Roadrunner with a 440

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад +8

      Indeed, plenty of muscle power in a 440 for sure!👍

    • @paulbourgeois4491
      @paulbourgeois4491 Год назад +2

      M over
      O ver
      P eople
      A re
      R acing!

    • @zora_noamflannery2548
      @zora_noamflannery2548 Год назад +2

      - If you haven't been in one for a little ride, then you don't know how these geared up interceptors could do over 220 on the straights and get there quick.

  • @VengefulBatz
    @VengefulBatz 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you. Always wondered if any of the Bluesmobiles were left in existence.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  10 месяцев назад

      You're very welcome😉👍

  • @289cobra9
    @289cobra9 4 месяца назад

    I saw the Blues Brothers live in 1981 at the Long Beach Area.
    Great Concert!

  • @thomasconnolly7452
    @thomasconnolly7452 Год назад

    Saw it when it came out and has been in my top5 ever since.

  • @TheSamplebridge
    @TheSamplebridge Год назад +1

    My buddy I'm CT went frame by frame and remade a bluesmobile exactly as in the movie in 1984. He was friends with some of the WWE producers and you can see them use the car in "big shows funeral"

  • @DuckReach432
    @DuckReach432 Год назад +2

    Just bought a Blues-mobile sticker yesterday to put on my fridge. I wish I had a replica of the real car.

  • @chev500l8
    @chev500l8 Год назад +6

    “You want out of this mall parking lot?, ok,
    “ Do you have the miss piggy?” Crash!!

  • @milfordh.mercado2787
    @milfordh.mercado2787 Год назад +1

    'We are men on mission to save a orphanage' a noble choice in any heartwarming movie including family ones except this one has lots of car chases, action scenes, big musical sets and two lovable goofs characters makes BB a instant classic but also that 74 dodge monaco is icon for surviving all throughout movie until the end where it falls apart so maybe the big guy upstairs was holding this mopar together in order for our heros to deliver the money don't you agree my friend well then i got to go so see you later bye now.

  • @michaelnewjerseydiecast5535
    @michaelnewjerseydiecast5535 Год назад

    Great movie and Car Chase and I wonder what Blues brothers would have thought having a NASCAR Cup Race around the streets of Chicago because it's happening this weekend

  • @LongIslandMopars
    @LongIslandMopars Год назад +4

    I read somewhere that a lot of those cars ran 360 cubic inch engines. Not sure how many were 440s.

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Год назад +3

      Most of the Chicago police cars were 360s, the stunt Bluesmobiles ran 440s but a few were also 360 powered depending on the stunt a car was required to do.

  • @imanenigma3348
    @imanenigma3348 Год назад +2

    "it's that shitbox Dodge again!" Great movie, great music.

  • @stillanoldman
    @stillanoldman Год назад +1

    I had a 74 Monaco I purchased from the CHP in 1975. Great car for $677.00

  • @AWDiecastCollector
    @AWDiecastCollector 3 месяца назад

    Hilarious story I have. My family and I just moved to Chicago from the Philippines when they were filming this movie. I was about 7 years old at the time and we were downtown Chicago sightseeing when they filmed the whole army scene. My parents were terrified thinking omg we are in a middle of a war zone 😂. So this is why this movie is so sentimental to me now.

  • @nlpnt
    @nlpnt Год назад

    Bonus facts;
    1. The car in your intro slide is a replica made incorrectly from a 4-door hardtop. For those that don't speak "old car" that means no B pillar and a continuous side opening with the windows down :) Post sedans with full B-pillars were almost exclusively favored for police work since they were both stronger and cheaper.
    2. When the Illinois Nazis' Pinto wagon was dropped from a crane, they dropped a real car a real height despite there being a widely available 1/25 scale model kit of the 1977-78 Pinto wagon, from MPC. That company modified it into a square fronted '79 and that version of the model kit has been reissued within the past 3 years.

  • @marshallmcdowell3369
    @marshallmcdowell3369 Год назад +1

    Fact #7. I knew they didn’t bullshit that scene!!! That’s awesome

  • @seed_drill7135
    @seed_drill7135 Год назад +5

    I believe that mall was recently raised.

  • @THROTTLEPOWER
    @THROTTLEPOWER Год назад +1

    Great vid!!!!!!! 👍👍

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад

      Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. 🙂👍

  • @Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh
    @Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh Год назад +8

    Every single fast movie I’m just not buying it. That straight away at that speed was simple but completely amazing.

    • @johnhughes9019
      @johnhughes9019 Год назад +1

      There was allegedly one of the cars setup with the speedometer 'fixed' at the 118 MPH marque. The way the the CHP cars were geared *stock* would take some time to get up to that speed at that distance.

    • @Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh
      @Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh Год назад +2

      @@johnhughes9019 doesn’t matter. Running down that road under the El was so damn exciting.

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Год назад +1

      Landis added the truck and the cyclists travelling across the intersections to show the speed was genuine and the footage wasn’t simply sped up. The main danger being if any of the cars had hit the El Train supports at that speed it could have brought down part of the track.

    • @johnhughes9019
      @johnhughes9019 Год назад +1

      @@CycolacFan , Landis's statement is a half - truth. I'm sure that the cars were travelling at north of 100 MPH at certain points; however, the scenes you've mentioned - including the two cars passing through the intersection - were filmed a a very slow speed, with the camera speed slowed (more frames - per - second = sped - up).
      Watch 'Anatomy of a Car Chase : The Seven - Ups' ; Bill Hickman & company exhibit how that famous chase was filmed.
      Ne'er - the - less , the Blues Brothers El Train chase scenes are a humourous homage - a parody of - to The French Connection.

    • @CycolacFan
      @CycolacFan Год назад +2

      @@johnhughes9019 I never said what speed they were travelling at, I highly doubt it was 118mph since there would be so much camera shake and so blurry such a high speed wouldn’t be necessary.
      Yes seen the behind the scenes of both 7 Ups and French Connection. Both great films and chases. Always nice to hear that Bullitt GT390 soundtrack coming out of Roy Schneider’s small Pontiac 😉

  • @olikat8
    @olikat8 Год назад +5

    What is funny is this little factoid...the '76 A38 Dart or Valiant with the 360 was a better handling, better braking, and better power-to-weight vehicle

  • @andrewbecker3700
    @andrewbecker3700 Год назад +3

    Some of the chase scenes at the end were actually filmed in Milwaukee Wisconsin on the longtime unfinished Hoan Bridge freeway project.

    • @tbd-1
      @tbd-1 Год назад

      I hate Illinois nazis.

  • @leegoddard2618
    @leegoddard2618 Год назад +2

    At least ONE of the originals survived. 😁👍

  • @topothelineproductions3624
    @topothelineproductions3624 Год назад +5

    OMG Dan akroyd was originally born Canadian???
    I always thought he was a native Chicagoian ?
    I guess because of this movie I really always believed the backstory to be based in reality 💯. Wow Media is powerful.

    • @stevecook7551
      @stevecook7551 Год назад

      he always was and still is 100% Canadian and very proud of it.

    • @ryanmedic789
      @ryanmedic789 Год назад

      ​@@stevecook7551He's so Canadian he was born on Canada Day 🇨🇦

  • @Heike--
    @Heike-- Год назад +2

    You used to see one driving around New Orleans. It was owned by Dan Ackroyd's House of Blues.

  • @SirEpifire
    @SirEpifire Год назад

    That, "shitbox Dodge" really is the third uncredited star of the film. It's also the reason I got into big ole 70s cars.

  • @bozo57
    @bozo57 Год назад +1

    Fact no. 11.......best movie ever.

  • @dannyzuehlsdorf3697
    @dannyzuehlsdorf3697 Год назад +6

    car's got good pickup

  • @davef.2329
    @davef.2329 Год назад +9

    1974 V.I.N.= DK41U4D... , ~ 132-136 MPH. with a 2.71 diff. ratio, ~ 126-128 MPH. with a 3.23 ratio. Last year for regular gas. 1st. gear manual shift lock-outs on all of them. From ~ 50-55 MPH. thru ~ 90-95 MPH really impressive, hard acceleration for a big, heavy cars. They wouldn't hold their ft. wheel alignments very well, though.

    • @gzuzsavz
      @gzuzsavz Год назад +1

      In extreme/police use, im sure they did knock them out of alignment more oft..but in regular use, they held alignment quite well. though i never had a blues mobile per se, i did have a '75 HP 440..in 3 different cars. 71 Satellite 2 dr, 66 Newport 4dr and a '70 Fury Gran Coupe. The engine would not die, despite hard driving, but Wisconsin salt is a car killer..that was from 84-00. cars i paid from $150 (..the Fury, it needed an engine but was a solid TX car. I still have it), $1,000 for the Newport with 58k mi and the Sat was a whole $1,500, lol. That mill..bone stock, cept a MP ecu/dist was just fabulous, indeed.
      I never touched the Thermo-Quad the whole 16 yrs, even though it was a 9 yr old carb to start with in 84! Amazing MPG (for the engine in question, aha. Mid-upper teens in the taller gear cars), pwr and reliability. Fine accel from and to any speed. The Sat had a 3.55 sg and was a rocket..the
      C bods open diff & a hwy gear, but still
      deffo quick/fast, especially over 20 through 120+ mph. The Blues Mobile era C bods weigh the same as a new Challenger, no kidding. 4,400 lbs. Earlier ones like mine around 3,800 :)

  • @brianglade848
    @brianglade848 Год назад +3

    Another interesting fact, the scene where rhey jump and knock the gumball off the squad....Ackroyd and Belyshi each put up a grand and told the stunk driver if you know the gumballs off, you get rhe money....that scene was a first take ....he did it

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад

      Yeah, I came across that info when researching for the vid; pretty cool and funny.

  • @Ravensnest-cx4rg
    @Ravensnest-cx4rg Год назад +1

    My first car was a 2 door 76 monaco with a 440

  • @Peter_Schiavo
    @Peter_Schiavo 4 месяца назад

    Among other things, this movie is a love letter to the full size cars Chrysler produced during this time period.

  • @masterbondofox8982
    @masterbondofox8982 Год назад

    One of the cars was on display in Sharon, PA at the former 3 by the River, the only existing restaurant being the once popular Quaker Steak and Lube, a repurposed Quaker State gas station.

  • @jenniferunderwood7843
    @jenniferunderwood7843 Год назад

    New subscriber here , would be awesome to see one of ur videos done on the 69 Dodge CHP polara. One of the if not the fastest production police car made. Very interesting history on them would be a interesting video , awesome work on what u do. Thanks and really enjoy watching them all

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад +1

      Welcome! Is there any specific movie or TV show that featured that car as a main vehicle for a character? Thanks

  • @Yohann67
    @Yohann67 Год назад

    New info for me, thanks!

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад

      You're welcome and glad to hear that 😀

  • @USSRDragon
    @USSRDragon Год назад +1

    I saw a monaco done up as a bluesmobile here in NH on 293 but it was going South and I was going north, and I sadly was not near an exit to flip around and chase him down in my interceptor, cause I would have loved to have gotten some photos, maybe even try to buy it.

  • @MrZappaman420
    @MrZappaman420 Год назад

    i owned a 1977 royal monaco brougham station wagon back in the day

  • @Techrat3D
    @Techrat3D Год назад

    Fun Fact.
    The manga and anime "Gunsmith Cats" takes place in Chicago. The main character, Raly Vincnet, drives a GT500 with the license plate "BRD 529", which is one transposition different from the Bluesmobile's license plate.
    I guess the creator, Kenichi Sonoda, is a fan of the Blues Brothers. 😁

  • @_BAD_MERC_
    @_BAD_MERC_ Год назад +3

    Nice video but.... did they ever fix the cigarette lighter?

  • @CplHicks-ob2hj
    @CplHicks-ob2hj Год назад

    Elwood illinois, the Pilot or Flying J truck stop there has one "Bluemobile" cars on a pole hovering just above the building. If i could post a photo here I would. Not saying its an original but love the face that it pays respect.

  • @02WIFE
    @02WIFE 8 месяцев назад

    These movie cars were ready when bought

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  8 месяцев назад

      Pretty much 😉👍

  • @stewarta5993
    @stewarta5993 10 месяцев назад

    great movie

  • @deanm4138
    @deanm4138 Год назад

    Very cool facts

  • @dave1986R
    @dave1986R 6 месяцев назад

    One of my favorite movies of all time. I bet the 1975 Monaco’s didn’t have the performance of the ‘74 models. Since 1975 was the first year the EPA mandated the use of catalytic converters.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  6 месяцев назад +1

      😉👍

    • @dave1986R
      @dave1986R 6 месяцев назад

      @@CarStarz42I found a new book about the Blues Brothers recently. Apparently Dan Aykroyd used to buy retired police cars for personal use back in the early ‘70’s when he was part of Second City Toronto. The book also said that he was briefly engaged to Carrie Fisher, but what really blew me away was that the guy playing the clerk at the Cook County tax assessors office was Steven Spielberg, 😲.

    • @289cobra9
      @289cobra9 4 месяца назад

      1974.

  • @timeflysintheshop
    @timeflysintheshop Год назад

    The big question is... How many other cars of all types were wrecked in the filming of the movie??? 🤔🤔🤔

  • @DarrinR.-pq8md
    @DarrinR.-pq8md Год назад

    My 1st retired Police Car was a 91 Chevy Caprice. Use to be a Chicago PD. Paid $1500.

  • @gimpygardner3377
    @gimpygardner3377 Год назад +8

    Let me wreck the greatest movie of all times. (You've been warned)
    The premise of the movie was to get the money to pay the property taxes for the orphanage.
    The orphanage was run by the Catholic Church. The church would be tax exempt.
    There was no reason for the movie other than the great music and great comedy.

    • @gimpygardner3377
      @gimpygardner3377 Год назад +1

      @@HoneyTone-TheSearchContinues Nope, it was run by "The Penguin" as Belushi called her.

  • @kathyarmstrong649
    @kathyarmstrong649 Год назад

    Awww, so the Blues Mobile I posed by at Universal Studio's theme park in the 90's was a fake?!

  • @deplorablecovfefe9489
    @deplorablecovfefe9489 Год назад +1

    Where did they get the other 100 Plymouths?

  • @thomasglyde3104
    @thomasglyde3104 Год назад

    "They broke my watch!"

  • @KomarBrolan
    @KomarBrolan Год назад +1

    For #10, which museum was that? I couldn’t understand what you said.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад +1

      Sorry about that, it's the Volo Automotive Museum in Volo, Illinois

  • @BFSilenceDogood
    @BFSilenceDogood Год назад

    Hit it!

  • @wardogies
    @wardogies Год назад

    Could you do the blues mobile from the blues brothers 2000

  • @VOTEREPUBLICANS594
    @VOTEREPUBLICANS594 Год назад +1

    One of the best

  • @beefmalone
    @beefmalone 7 месяцев назад

    The car at Volo is not an original car used in the movie despite what their vaguely worded description might imply. 😂. It's a '75 that was done up as one.

  • @monsta3038
    @monsta3038 Год назад +1

    My first car 74monaco.440interceptor

  • @CycolacFan
    @CycolacFan Год назад

    And the 529 on the licence plate was the street address number of the motorcycle club.

  • @buckstallsmith5226
    @buckstallsmith5226 Год назад +6

    I wanted to know how the car did the back flip 180 over the Nazis.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад +8

      Lol, that's an easy one; it didn't. The car you see doing a flip in midair is just a small scale model. The landing scene in the opposite direction was one of the real cars jumping and landing however 😉👍

    • @charlesvan13
      @charlesvan13 Год назад +5

      It's funny the director wanted to actually drive it over 120 mph, because it had to be "realistic", but there were scenes of the Blues Mobile doing back flips through the air, flying off the end of a highway, jumping across an open bridge, etc.

    • @Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh
      @Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh Год назад +4

      They were on a mission from god

    • @ostrich67
      @ostrich67 Год назад +4

      ​@@Solarsystemrdffdfyyhh Gad

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 Год назад +1

      ​@@charlesvan13 It's because parking inside the substation gave the Bluesmobile mythical powers!

  • @JBuddis
    @JBuddis Год назад

    Funnily, the car shown at that museum at the end is actually a 1975 model.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад

      Indeed, as mentioned in the video; they used 1974-75 models 😉

  • @Plissken68
    @Plissken68 Год назад +2

    Either you're a low-talker or the volume is too low.....or both. I've got my speakers on full and still can barely hear you.

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Год назад +2

      Indeed, that issue has been resolved on more recent videos. Thanks for the feedback though.

  • @johnharris3362
    @johnharris3362 Год назад

    You can get a miniature made by Johnny lightening.

  • @chrissullivan5752
    @chrissullivan5752 Год назад +2

    Almost everyone in that movie is dead

  • @LordVikingLive
    @LordVikingLive Месяц назад

    How many cars did they actually destroy in this movie??

    • @CarStarz42
      @CarStarz42  Месяц назад +1

      In total, I'd say the official count would just be called A LOT! Lol

  • @Jeff-fc3tw
    @Jeff-fc3tw Год назад +1

    We got a full tank of gas, a carton of smokes and we're on a Mission from God!

  • @P46345
    @P46345 Год назад +4

    Fix the cigarette lighter.

  • @sandwichtube
    @sandwichtube Год назад +1

    You forgot that it needs a new lighter.

  • @dflf
    @dflf Год назад

    Was the cigarette lighter ever fixed?