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In production parlance, a 'hero car' is any car that is driven by a character in a movie or show. Most of the time these cars are more or less non-discript, but sometimes they are part of the identification of the character.

Since I'm in that kind of mood, pick your favorite notorious hero car.

B.A. Barracus' A-Team Van (http://cache.jalopnik.com/cars/images/a_team_van.jpg)
How hard could it been to track down four guys in a custom van? Anyway...

Starsky & Hutch's Gran Turino (http://carpictures.carjunky.com/albums/Movie-Cars/starsky_and_hutch_gran_turino.sized.jpg).
You knew you where in for excitment when they put that little siren thing on top.

Hardcastle & McCormick's Coyote (http://members.aol.com/officerdcj/coyote1.jpg).
A race car driver and his kit car help a judge track down cases he had to let go on technicalities by further breaking procedurial rules.

Crockett's Miami Vice Daytona Spyder (http://www.miami-vice.org/pictures/cast/5.jpg)
I understand he has to look like a rich drug guy, but a half a million dollar sports car so rare there are people who know who owns every one?

The Saint's Volvo P1800 (http://www.bilnorge.no/export/bb_17026.jpeg)
Nothing snide, I like this car.

Cobra's '50 Merc (http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/filmes/stallone-cobra/stallone-cobra03.jpg).
Apparently this was one of Stallone's actual cars. Crime is the disease...

Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari 308 (http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/magnum-pi-ferrari.jpg)
This was supposed to be a Porsche 928 but Sellick couldn't fit in it. They where going to cut it into a convertable but then Porsche head Ferdinand Piech hated cabriolets and didn't want them showing a car they didn't sell.

The Fall Guy's truck (http://members.fortunecity.de/fallguy/fgcircle.jpg). Another link, if the first doesn't work for you. (http://www.us-car-history.de/filmautos/coltgmc/Truck1.jpg)
If you're going to spend your time using your stunt man skills solving crimes, why drive a fragile little show piece?

The Nash Bridge's Cuda (http://www.tvshowcentral.net/tvshows/nash/nash_show_3.jpg)
Never watched the show, but I likey 'Cudas...

and of course-
The Blues Mobile (http://members.fortunecity.com/delanay/bb70.jpg)

Now I purposefully chose cars that didn't have 'special powers' because I've already done that poll, so no Bond cars, etc. And the General Lee, for the sake of argument, had 'special powers.'

So there it is, pick your favorite.

Isn't that Missing The General Lee and KIT?:eek:

Isn't that Missing The General Lee and KIT?:eek:
Both 'special powers' cars that I already did a while ago in the 'super car' thread.

Both 'special powers' cars that I already did a while ago in the 'super car' thread.
Which is a reason why they can't be in this topic.:(
i also see you had already mentioned that the 'General Lee' had special powers so fair enough.
I'd have to say i never really watched any of those shows much.
Nash Bridges wins.

Which is a reason why they can't be in this topic.:(
i also see you had already mentioned that the 'General Lee' had special powers so fair enough.
I'd have to say i never really watched any of those shows much.
Nash Bridges wins.
I had to leave out my favorite becaues otherwise I'd spend the entire time chiding people who didn't pick it, Bullitt's '68 Mustang GT390 (http://celebritysunglasses.com/eBay/Steve%20McQueen/Bullitt%20Mustang.jpg). 'Cause McQueen rules.

The Fall Guy's truck (http://members.fortunecity.de/fallguy/fgcircle.jpg).
If you're going to spend your time using your stunt man skills solving crimes, why drive a fragile little show piece?
The Fall Guy drove around in a fortune city logo? He can win, because I just have to give credit where it's due, and trusting that funky wheel thing would take balls.

Isn't that Missing The General Lee and KIT?:eek:
definatly KITT

The Fall Guy drove around in a fortune city logo? He can win, because I just have to give credit where it's due, and trusting that funky wheel thing would take balls.
Did you not get a picture of the truck in mid-air? The link worked for me. I'll try another (http://www.us-car-history.de/filmautos/coltgmc/Truck1.jpg).

Both 'special powers' cars that I already did a while ago in the 'super car' thread.
what super powers does the general have?

definatly KITT
K.I.T.T. doesn't qualify because he's a 'supercar'.

Did you not get a picture of the truck in mid-air? The link worked for me. I'll try another (http://www.us-car-history.de/filmautos/coltgmc/Truck1.jpg).
No, fortune city are really pick about image linking, but the second image worked fine.

what super powers does the general have?
Uh...survive jumps...I don't know, it was a stretch, but I put it in the Super Car poll and it just seemed out of place with the others.

Uh...survive jumps...I don't know, it was a stretch, but I put it in the Super Car poll and it just seemed out of place with the others.
starsky and hutch seem to have similar abilities

starsky and hutch seem to have similar abilities
So does the Coyote, and that's a fragile fiberglass kit car. It was just 'too much' of the herp car, the actual hero of the show instead of an accessory. If you like think of it as a "Besides Ali, who's the greatest" kind of thing.

The Mystery Machine!:D

What about Michael Knight's KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand)?!

Barretta's "Grey Ghost"

The Wraith Interceptor... (http://www.atddm.com/Wraith1.jpg) and yes the car really exists, it was used as an Indy pace car and cost a cool mil to build. The paint job was custom work and changed colors under various / different lighting situations.

They destroyed four (IIRC) in the making of the movie, one disappeared in to Japanese ownership, another is in private hands - a family that hand crafts them one at a time for about 80k, and supposedly one is in Fla being restored.

What about Michael Knight's KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand)?!
What about reading the rest of the thread?

Has to be the A Team van. Just because it's the A Team.

Starsky & Hutch's Gran Turino (http://carpictures.carjunky.com/albums/Movie-Cars/starsky_and_hutch_gran_turino.sized.jpg).
You knew you where in for excitment when they put that little siren thing on top.
This is what I voted for. Top prize for coolness.

The Saint's Volvo P1800 (http://www.bilnorge.no/export/bb_17026.jpeg)
Nothing snide, I like this car. Close second and top prize for eye candy-ness.

The Mystery Machine!:D
Holy hell, no there's something I left out!

Even worse on me, someone down the street from me has a Mystery Machine replica, perfectly done, too. Looks like crime solving kids should be in it.

How about the Geko brothers' Plymouth Roadrunner?

Didn't get much screentime, but a nice ride.

The Wraith Interceptor... (http://www.atddm.com/Wraith1.jpg) and yes the car really exists, it was used as an Indy pace car and cost a cool mil to build. The paint job was custom work and changed colors under various / different lighting situations.

They destroyed four (IIRC) in the making of the movie, one disappeared in to Japanese ownership, another is in private hands - a family that hand crafts them one at a time for about 80k, and supposedly one is in Fla being restored.
At one point in that movie, I think when he Sheen gives it to his brother, you can see the big DODGE written on it.

But that is definetly a supercar, since it can dematerialize and had all that electricy glowee stuff when the little tech guy tried to put the kill switch on it. It was on the last poll, I believe.

Didn't think I'd remember that much about the movie, didja? The wastoids drove the same 'Cuda my dad had. (which he gave to my uncle, who gave it to his girlfriends sister instead of me *sob*, and I recently found out is abandoned near his house...oh, if I was only able to take on a new project...)

This is what I voted for. Top prize for coolness.

Close second and top prize for eye candy-ness.
I have to admit, the only reason I watched Starsky & Hutch was in the hopes that the car would be in a chase. There where suprisingly few. Huggy Bear made up for that, though...

A friends dad had a dead P1800 that I always wished I could drive. There's something about those cars...

Barretta's "Grey Ghost"
You threw me. According to TVAcres (http://www.tvacres.com/autos_police_blue.htm) it's the Blue Ghost. And good call. I didn't get to watch much Baretta or Cojack, for some reason...

LOl Cannot, I absolutely fell in love with the Interceptor...and yeah because it could up and vanish, but also it was the 'real' thing as far as a super car goes ...

In early tests at the 7.5 mile oval circuit at Ohio's Transportation Research Center, the M4S reached a terminal velocity of 194.8 mph with the magic 200 mph mark looming on the horizon.

This is one of the few places one can find any information on the M4S (http://web.archive.org/web/20020607143708/http://www.pinnaclecda.com/ShelbyDodge/Wraith/index.htm)

The car of those superheroes in Spongebob Squarepants beats all.

LOl Cannot, I absolutely fell in love with the Interceptor...and yeah because it could up and vanish, but also it was the 'real' thing as far as a super car goes ...



This is one of the few places one can find any information on the M4S (http://web.archive.org/web/20020607143708/http://www.pinnaclecda.com/ShelbyDodge/Wraith/index.htm)
For all those reasons and more, it was on the last poll. This was more for real world/available to public cars that where used as 'hero cars' (in film production terms) in movies and tv shows. Where were you on the last poll givin' that one love? I think most people ignored it thinking I made it up. Or I halucinated adding it on the poll, but I'm pretty sure I did because I've watched that movie a disturbing number of times...

I had to leave out my favorite becaues otherwise I'd spend the entire time chiding people who didn't pick it, Bullitt's '68 Mustang GT390 (http://celebritysunglasses.com/eBay/Steve%20McQueen/Bullitt%20Mustang.jpg). 'Cause McQueen rules.

Ooh, ooh, ooh! My sister just gave me Bullitt on DVD today for my birthday (it's not my birthday today, it was a week or so ago, but I didn't catch up with her until today). I've got a couple of mates coming around next Saturday to watch it & The Cincinnati Kid (and have a few beers too)! :)

definatly KITT
Just between you and me i almost called it KISS.:eek:
Thought that doesn't sound right and changed it.



Reruns of Knightrider(I almost forgot the name) have been playing on Sundays around midday it is the first time i have gotten to see it.

Ooh, ooh, ooh! My sister just gave me Bullitt on DVD today for my birthday (it's not my birthday today, it was a week or so ago, but I didn't catch up with her until today). I've got a couple of mates coming around next Saturday to watch it & The Cincinnati Kid (and have a few beers too)! :)
Quality! Oh, and happy belated birthday. I'm giving my nephew a model of that Mustang for his birthday this year. I gave him a model of The Car from the movie The Car (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075809/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHNvdXJjZWlkPW1vemlsbGEtc2VhcmNofHE9dGhlIGNhcnxmdD0xfG14PTIw fGxtPTUwMHxjbz0xfGh0bWw9MXxubT0x;fc=1;ft=78;fm=1). He doesn't understand now, but he will...

I had to leave out my favorite becaues otherwise I'd spend the entire time chiding people who didn't pick it, Bullitt's '68 Mustang GT390 (http://celebritysunglasses.com/eBay/Steve%20McQueen/Bullitt%20Mustang.jpg). 'Cause McQueen rules.
Linky no worky

Linky no worky
You guys have picky browsers or something, it worked for me.
Try this one (http://media.outnow.ch/Movies/Images/1968/Bullitt/dvd.movie/28.jpg), which is so badass I'm adding it to my screen montage.

You guys have picky browsers or something, it worked for me.
Try this one (http://media.outnow.ch/Movies/Images/1968/Bullitt/dvd.movie/28.jpg), which is so badass I'm adding it to my screen montage.
This image is Hotlinked.
Next you're going to try a triod image aren't you?:P

This image is Hotlinked.
Next you're going to try a triod image aren't you?:P
They're all working for me. I give up, dude. Do a google image search for Bullitt (make sure it's spelled that way), you'll get a ton of images of his 'Stang.

They're all working for me. I give up, dude. Do a google image search for Bullitt (make sure it's spelled that way), you'll get a ton of images of his 'Stang.
I googled 68' Mustang
http://mustangsandmore.50megs.com/jkilroy3.jpg

real heros don't drive cars;

they teleport!

=^^=
.../\...

I googled 68' Mustang
http://mustangsandmore.50megs.com/jkilroy3.jpg
It has to be a GT390, green. Trust me, no one remembers what Bullitt is about (he's tasked to protect a witness, and a dirty cop gives up the location), it's all about the car chase. The only two images you'll get from a Bullitt search is his 'Stang and the Bullitt Edition Mustang they released a few years ago.

real heros don't drive cars;

they teleport!

=^^=
.../\...
Nightcrawler fan?

It has to be a GT390, green. Trust me, no one remembers what Bullitt is about (he's tasked to protect a witness, and a dirty cop gives up the location), it's all about the car chase. The only two images you'll get from a Bullitt search is his 'Stang and the Bullitt Edition Mustang they released a few years ago.

Yep, it's the car chase that I remember from the film. I know it's a cop movie, but I wouldn't know the plot if it bit me on the bum.

It has to be a GT390, green. Trust me, no one remembers what Bullitt is about (he's tasked to protect a witness, and a dirty cop gives up the location), it's all about the car chase. The only two images you'll get from a Bullitt search is his 'Stang and the Bullitt Edition Mustang they released a few years ago.
I remember Steve McQueen....

Welll se about that...
http://www.kollectablekaos.com.au/images/bullittcorgi.jpg
http://www.v6stang.com/bullitt/burninrubber4.jpg
http://bradbarnett.net/mustangs/timeline/67-68/68/bullitt/BU032.jpg

Nightcrawler fan?

not sure i can place that name, but if he or she teleport instead of driving a car, that's worth at least 60 hero points.

flying saucers and non-aerodynamic non-surface craft are worth 30 or 40.

silver surfer gets those. i think swat kats do to. even biker mice from mars get 15 or 20 for being on two wheels instead of four.

the mew mew's get more then that for taking public transit and another 15 or 20 just for being cute catgirls.

=^^=
.../\...

I'm only doing this to test you, CToaN--the convertible T-Bird driven by detective Dan Tanna, the only guy to always wear a sports coat in Vega$. :D

http://www.daklar.com/images/Vega$/urichtbird.jpg

I'm only doing this to test you, CToaN--the convertible T-Bird driven by detective Dan Tanna, the only guy to always wear a sports coat in Vega$. :D

http://www.daklar.com/images/Vega$/urichtbird.jpg
Nice! I had actually forgotten all about Vega$. I had a slight revival with that show a few years back when I had TV Land. Good choice.

I vote for the Popemobile

What's the point of having a car if it doesn't have special powers?

It was a toss-up between the two Ferraris for me, but I went with the 308. I somehow missed the supercar thread, but I certainly hope the gadgetmobile from the cartoon series was there. Although come to think of it Claw had a nifty rig, too.

I imagine the Batmobile is a Super Car not a Hero car?

i had a poster on my wall of the car from Cobra. it was my dream car for a looong time...

I just thought of a good one, the Mad Max Interceptor.

http://www.basehead.org/files/shots/1-madmaxwall1_copy.jpg

Where's the batmobile?

Jesus Christ's Impala.

The Last of the V8 Interceptors.

The Last of the V8 Interceptors.

XB Falcon coupe, sweet! :)

The Last of the V8 Interceptors.
That's why it couldn't be included, it's the only of its kind (granted, it was a Falcon, but in the movie it was a unique. Even in Hardcastle and McCormick the Coyote was a commonly available kit car.

What's the point of having a car if it doesn't have special powers?

It was a toss-up between the two Ferraris for me, but I went with the 308. I somehow missed the supercar thread, but I certainly hope the gadgetmobile from the cartoon series was there. Although come to think of it Claw had a nifty rig, too.
Actually, this thread occoured to me when I was trying to remember if I did the Gadget Mobile or not. It'd be sad if I didn't because I've often thought it'd be great to have a button that would transform my car from van to sports car and back again...

I vote for the Popemobile
It has Papal Powers :D

Where's the batmobile?
I should have guessed that'd I'd end up having to explain this every other post...
The Batmobile is a supercar, in that it has 'powers' and is entirely unique, this is for cars that where commonly available that became identified with a character.

That's why it couldn't be included, it's the only of its kind (granted, it was a Falcon, but in the movie it was a unique. Even in Hardcastle and McCormick the Coyote was a commonly available kit car.

Curse your black heart! (And your all too sensible logic.);)

This is the only "Hero Car" I know of:

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/4695/hummer5px.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This is the only "Hero Car" I know of:

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/4695/hummer5px.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Not a 'reader,' eh?

An interesting implication, seeing as how the military is deployed in a variety of vehicles, but only those in HHMVs are heros. Certianly damning to the soldiers of WWI, WWII, Korea, and your brothers in Vietnam, who didn't have HHMVs, but Jeeps. But the HHMV is the only hero car you know...

Curse your black heart! (And your all too sensible logic.);)
Now I'm going to have to look up the supercar thread to see what I did include, becuase I think it's in that one. Though I had the same problem with that one, by the second page people where posting pictures of Veyrons and the whole thing spun off track. (See what I did there?...) Maybe I make these things too specific...

Not a 'reader,' eh?
Probably a dead man too.

What about the Mystery Machine?

What about the Mystery Machine?
I think I already posted my lament that I forgot the Mystery Machine...especially since there is a great replica of it that is the van for the video rental place down the street-it actually looks like it was painted by crime solving teens, it's pretty cool.

Just saw an episode of Nash Bridges today so I'll have to pick the Cuda. :)

Just saw an episode of Nash Bridges so I'll have to pick the Cuda. :)
I've never watched the show but as far as I can tell it employed the bulk of the crew workers around here (SF Bay Area). I'm starting to get the impression they had a wake when it was cancelled...

I've never watched the show but as far as I can tell it employed the bulk of the crew workers around here (SF Bay Area). I'm starting to get the impression they had a wake when it was cancelled...

Main thing I remember about that show other then the car is many episodes where the plot revolves around San Francisco's gay community. His partner Domingez getting Nash to play as his partner. I really didn't find it to humerous but... hey there were plenty of stupid criminals for Nash to catch and a bunch of lowlifes seemed to continually be trying to kill him. He must be popular :D

Columbo!

1959 Peugeot 403 Grande Luxe Cabriolet (http://www.columbo-site.freeuk.com/crash.htm)

Columbo!

1959 Peugeot 403 Grande Luxe Cabriolet (http://www.columbo-site.freeuk.com/crash.htm)
Dammit, I knew Colombo had a distinct car but I convinced myself it was all in my head...now I totally remember that car in the episodes...

Good call!

Columbo!

1959 Peugeot 403 Grande Luxe Cabriolet (http://www.columbo-site.freeuk.com/crash.htm)

Cool! That's a sweet old Pug. :)

I think I already posted my lament that I forgot the Mystery Machine...especially since there is a great replica of it that is the van for the video rental place down the street-it actually looks like it was painted by crime solving teens, it's pretty cool.
What about the Sdkfz 222?
http://ww2.kulichki.ru/w/img/ger/sdkfz222.jpg
Very cool.
Or the Church Mobile from the Simpsons similar to the Mystery Machine(I cannot remember its actual name)

Uh...survive jumps...I don't know, it was a stretch, but I put it in the Super Car poll and it just seemed out of place with the others.

All that requires is custom shocks and springs, and magnafluxing all the suspension components. There's nothing super about that, just standard fare for any car that they do any kind of stunts in.

The Mystery Machine!:D

Saxnot wins, thread over. :)

Actually the Blues Mobile is at least as "super" as the General Lee, yes it does self destruct at the end of the film but the stuff it does uptil that point...


And The hummer is a too big overly heavy bit of kit, what you want is soemthign with a bit of class, like a landrover link (http://www.olive-drab.com/images/id_landrover_rapiddeploy_6in.jpg)

Bullitt's '68 Mustang GT390.
James Bond's Aston Martin in Goldfinger.

All that requires is custom shocks and springs, and magnafluxing all the suspension components. There's nothing super about that, just standard fare for any car that they do any kind of stunts in.
Or, an empty shell they fling and a functional one that they use in the next cut.

But the point wasn't really that it did stunts. If you look at half the pictures of the cars they're in the air. Like I had said, it was mostly arbitrary, and that the car was almost as much of a character as the actual characters.

Actually the Blues Mobile is at least as "super" as the General Lee, yes it does self destruct at the end of the film but the stuff it does uptil that point...


And The hummer is a too big overly heavy bit of kit, what you want is soemthign with a bit of class, like a landrover link (http://www.olive-drab.com/images/id_landrover_rapiddeploy_6in.jpg)
Well, the backflip off the drawbridge is a compelling argument, but it was more about the role of the car in the show that made the decision, I explain again...

I have a soft spot for Land Rovers, my grandfather was the first dealer to sell them west of the Mississippi (granted, an overqualified 'first,' but hey...)

But you'd have to find a character in a tv show or film that was identified with driving a Land Rover.

where's the Batmobile? I want that car. :(

What about the Sdkfz 222?
http://ww2.kulichki.ru/w/img/ger/sdkfz222.jpg
Very cool.
Again, someone from a tv show or film would have to be identified with that truck. History Channel documentaries don't count.

Or the Church Mobile from the Simpsons similar to the Mystery Machine(I cannot remember its actual name)
Obscure, I like it. (though for full points you would have had to remember its name)

Bullitt's '68 Mustang GT390.
James Bond's Aston Martin in Goldfinger.[/QUOTE]
I explained I think in my second post that I couldn't include that car because I have a distinct bias towards it. I would have spent the entire thread lambasting anyone who didn't pick it.
James Bond's Aston Martin in Goldfinger.
'Super'car, other thread.

Hey, a shout out to Ecto 1, the Animal House Deathmobile and the Bluesmobile.

How has noone mentioned Veronica?!;)

How has noone mentioned Veronica?!;)

we need Peech here for that.

where's the Batmobile? I want that car. :(
I'm just going to do this now-
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10677554&postcount=3
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10677647&postcount=10
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10677866&postcount=23
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10677921&postcount=28
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10683503&postcount=54
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10683537&postcount=57

How has noone mentioned Veronica?!;)
The only movie she has been in yet she was the star, if I can't include The General Lee for that I have to not include Veronica, but soon...

I'm just going to do this now-
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10677554&postcount=3
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10677647&postcount=10
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10677866&postcount=23
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10677921&postcount=28
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10683503&postcount=54
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10683537&postcount=57

:eek: so sorry. *flees thread in shame*

Hey, a shout out to Ecto 1, the Animal House Deathmobile and the Bluesmobile.
The Ecto 1 would be borderline, the Deathmobile is a good call, and finally some love for the BluesMobile.

I knew that the A-Team van would get the most votes, but I thought that the Blues Mobile would be the close second runner (maybe it's because I accidently called it the Blues Machine in the poll). Never in a million years would I have thought that The Saint's Volvo would get so much love.

:eek: so sorry. *flees thread in shame*
It's all good, I was just running out of ways to reword that...

The only movie she has been in yet she was the star, if I can't include The General Lee for that I have to not include Veronica, but soon...
I shall wait on baited breath.

That's why it couldn't be included, it's the only of its kind (granted, it was a Falcon, but in the movie it was a unique.

Wellll.....technically (and for arguments sake) it is only referred to as the "Last V8 Interceptor" in the 2nd movie. Even then it isn't really an Interceptor but a Pursuit Special, of which there were two in the 1st movie; the one Max stole (XB Falcon) and the one the Nightrider stole (Holden Monaro). The only Interceptor in the Mad Max Trilogy was the initial yellow car he drove to take out the Nightrider, which was just a standard cop car of the MFP.

I shall wait on baited breath.
Me, too. (she gets paid more than I do to show up in a film...)

Wellll.....technically (and for arguments sake) it is only referred to as the "Last V8 Interceptor" in the 2nd movie. Even then it isn't really an Interceptor but a Pursuit Special, of which there were two in the 1st movie; the one Max stole (XB Falcon) and the one the Nightrider stole (Holden Monaro). The only Interceptor in the Mad Max Trilogy was the initial yellow car he drove to take out the Nightrider, which was just a standard cop car of the MFP.
Isn't the one that Max steals a special that was used in part to entice Max to stay with the force after the person who f'd up Goose is let free? And they talk about it like it's at least going to be the last or only of its kind?

(sweet crap...I wonder how much of my life has been spent watching that movie...In my defense, they show the opening scene in film school for both Mad Max and Road Warrior in different classes...)

Me, too. (she gets paid more than I do to show up in a film...)
haha...remind me to take a picture of the van out back. You will love it.

I also nominate Aurora for hero car. That vehicle has saved me several times.

haha...remind me to take a picture of the van out back. You will love it.

I also nominate Aurora for hero car. That vehicle has saved me several times.
Different kind of hero-but if you have a distinct looking car you should keep an eye out for a chance to rent it as a picture car. Unfortunately, it's a lot of 'who you know' and luck-neither I've had much of yet...

I voted for Magnum's Ferrari 308 because Speed's Mach 5 wasn't on the list!

Different kind of hero-but if you have a distinct looking car you should keep an eye out for a chance to rent it as a picture car. Unfortunately, it's a lot of 'who you know' and luck-neither I've had much of yet...
My baby (the car, not the girl) (http://community.webshots.com/photo/211829609/1211831428061157035zvcBsQ)
yeah, not distinct enough to get into a movie, and not anywhere near where anything is ever filmed

I voted for Magnum's Ferrari 308 because Speed's Mach 5 wasn't on the list!
Magnum is gettin' more love than Crockett, I guess that makes sense...

For the Mach 5:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10701971&postcount=84

Isn't the one that Max steals a special that was used in part to entice Max to stay with the force after the person who f'd up Goose is let free? And they talk about it like it's at least going to be the last or only of its kind?

It was really just the Falcon version of the Monaro the Nightrider had been driving (both cars were Pursuit Special - Special being a higher end car I guess). But you are right in that Max was going to quit until the MFP stuck a blower onto the Falcon Pursuit Special to get him to stay (Goose is still alive at this point, just a broken leg from his encounter with the Nightrider) which does make it somewhat in a league of its own.

There are a large number of cars involved the first movie and anyone of them if not all together at least do deserve some sort of recognition as a great hero car (or set of hero cars).

My baby (the car, not the girl) (http://community.webshots.com/photo/211829609/1211831428061157035zvcBsQ)
yeah, not distinct enough to get into a movie, and not anywhere near where anything is ever filmed
Well, Grand Ams are in a lot of rental fleets...but you'd make an art director's job pretty easy with all those stickers in the right situation (and the art director has to approve all the picture car co-ordinator's choices...)

It was really just the Falcon version of the Monaro the Nightrider had been driving (both cars were Pursuit Special - Special being a higher end car I guess). But you are right in that Max was going to quit until the MFP stuck a blower onto the Falcon Pursuit Special to get him to stay (Goose is still alive at this point, just a broken leg from his encounter with the Nightrider) which does make it somewhat in a league of its own.

There are a large number of cars involved the first movie and anyone of them if not all together at least do deserve some sort of recognition as a great hero car (or set of hero cars).
The story's enough about them that I can put it in the same catagory as The General Lee.

The story's enough about them that I can put it in the same catagory as The General Lee.

Ahh, but you metioned the General Lee was not inlcuded for it's nearly indestructable...ness. Every MFP car minus the Falcon Pursuit Special and Max's own Interceptor (yellow car) is destroyed in the 1st film (3 in the first 10 minutes). When the 2nd film rolls around, that suriving car Pursuit Special (now called an Interceptor...) is blown up halfway through (not that it was in great shape to start with).

For the Mach 5:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10701971&postcount=84

Ohhhhhhhh...OK, didn't see those posts!!! Sorry bout' that!

Well, Grand Ams are in a lot of rental fleets...but you'd make an art director's job pretty easy with all those stickers in the right situation (and the art director has to approve all the picture car co-ordinator's choices...)
good to know

*talks to Aurora*
One day, you'll be a stah kid!

Ahh, but you metioned the General Lee was not inlcuded for it's nearly indestructable...ness. Every MFP car minus the Falcon Pursuit Special and Max's own Interceptor (yellow car) is destroyed in the 1st film (3 in the first 10 minutes). When the 2nd film rolls around, that suriving car Pursuit Special (now called an Interceptor...) is blown up halfway through (not that it was in great shape to start with).
I also said it was arbitrary, and eventually settled on the role of the car, even though we don't have a seperate term for cars like the Lee...

But, in the world of internet discussions this is about as important as what your favorite butter spread is, so it can be your favorite if you want-no one is forced to meet my arbitrary criteria (obviously, since half the posts are off...)-it's just why I chose some over others to be on the list.

And no way did I think that Cobra's '50 Merc would get so many votes...I kinda saw the Coyote getting snubed...

PEANUT BUTTER God Damnit!!!

Yea I see where your coming from, but still.....the Black on Black is undeniably cool.:)

PEANUT BUTTER God Damnit!!!

Yea I see where your coming from, but still.....the Black on Black is undeniably cool.:)
On the subject of movie super cars (since I can't avoid it anyway...) do you or anyone else remember Bad Moon Rising? The first time at least I ever saw the pinnacle of car chase silliness-the building to building jump.

BJ & the Bear's 18 wheeler!!!:D
The Mystery Machine!:p

BJ & the Bear's 18 wheeler!!!:D
The Mystery Machine!:p
Again, totally messed up with the Mystery Machine...

BJ & the Bear-quality. Can't go wrong with a man and his monkey.

'67 Plymouth GTX driven by Angel (spinoff from Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Now that was a nice car. A true classic muscle car.

For that matter in Forever Knight, the vampire drove a really nice ’62 Cadillac.

So, yeah I watched some shows that had vampires in them, so what?

The A-Team Van? I mean it was a van. Unless BA armour plated the thing with his handy dandy arc welding skills, it’s just a white van. It’s the kind of vehicle parents warn their children to stay away from if they see them drive by the school.

Wellll.....technically (and for arguments sake) it is only referred to as the "Last V8 Interceptor" in the 2nd movie. Even then it isn't really an Interceptor but a Pursuit Special, of which there were two in the 1st movie; the one Max stole (XB Falcon) and the one the Nightrider stole (Holden Monaro). The only Interceptor in the Mad Max Trilogy was the initial yellow car he drove to take out the Nightrider, which was just a standard cop car of the MFP.

I'm well & truly impressed by your knowledge! :)

The A-Team Van? I mean it was a van. Unless BA armour plated the thing with his handy dandy arc welding skills, it’s just a white van.

White? I thought the A-Team van was black & red!!!

White? I thought the A-Team van was black & red!!!

Oh wait you're right. Here's a pic of it:

http://www.oldbug.com/061604%20147.jpg

Oh wait you're right. Here's a pic of it:

http://www.oldbug.com/061604%20147.jpg

Hats off to the guys who did that! A+ for creativity!!! Is that a white BA manning the machine gun?

Oh wait you're right. Here's a pic of it:

http://www.oldbug.com/061604%20147.jpg
I saw this pic when I was looking for pictures for the OP, it made me laugh at the idea of using a hippie van instead of the nondescript GMC.

EDIT:
Now, no making fun of my photoshop skills, I did this during a rehearsal break when directing a play called Jabberwocky just as a lark, so it's not the cleanest...but since we're talkin' 'bout BA I thought I'd share it-
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/1853/jibberjaberwock8gu.jpg
The JibberJabberWocky