Posted on 04/21/2012 8:47:00 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA
The Car is a good example of how restraint in the horror genre can work. It honors the tradition of real suspense movies by hinting at more than it shows, and inferring more than it explains. From the cryptic opening quote by Anton Le Vey to the ending in which the two main characters disagree on whether this is really the end, this "demon car" film keeps asking more questions than it answers. For some, this will bring frustration, for others, it makes the movie that much more fascinating. The "body count" is a total of 10 people, with no explicit scenes. And there are no "anonymous" killings. Each victim is named and acknowledged as a real human being and a loss. This is a refreshing departure from gore-fests. I'd rate it a 7 1/2.
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They did build a bunch of them.
http://www.javelinamx.com/carstars/tvcar2.htm
I still get nauseous when I think of how many Chargers were totaled for The Dukes Of Hazzard.
How would Joe Bob Briggs rate it?
I was so bummed when I found out the blower was a prop and powered by an electric motor.
/salamander has fingers in ears singing LA LA LA LA LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU
;D
[still looked wicked cool]
Back when my trike was just plain black, I wanted to put “INTERCEPTOR” on the back.
Hubby said no.
Said it ‘might give me ideas’.
[he had to cut apart and refab the whole fiberglass body and buy hard to find wheels because I wanted a “Mad Max” look]
There’s a really old stone bridge with a wicked arch to it on the back road.
He still freaks out when I stand on the foot pegs, lean down over the tank and go airborne ribbing over it.
Meh.
That’s why I have ~shocks~, isn’t it?
I make my own fun.
;]
Oh, that is SO retro badass!
Everything they build now is generic ‘happy little ovoid’ crap.
Truth be told, I would *love* to have a circa mid-50’s hearse.
[it’s very practical...I could haul my dogs around in it]
;D
What about the Challenger from”Vanishing point”. MOPAR owners cried at the end of that movie.
Mitchell was head of Art & Color at GM, and was quite the controversial one himself, and something of a partier and a rake. He was also responsible for the original Stingray, as well as this, which is gorgeous dead stock:
Is that an ambulance conversion? I’ve never seen a Chevy hearse.
Jeez you goin’ into the pimpin’ bidness?
OMG.
It looks like a Jav on steroids....;D
Beats me.
I just drool over the things...don’t know diddly squat about ‘em.
:)
Pimped that ain’t, it’s dechromed and simplified down to its essence, with the lower ride height and larger wheels with low profile tires to match the original artist sketches.
A boat tail Riviera pimpmobile would have all sorts of bling added to it beginning with portholes and ending with 22” rims, with the car raised to accomodate them, and painted in some dayglow metallic.
One is beautiful but sort of sinister, while the other looks like a caricature of a toy car. Big difference there.
That’s really cool. I don’t think I have ever seen a Chevy hearse conversion before, especially not a 57.
I went to high school (1960’s) with a guy that drove a hearse. Looked very much like that one, but had tricked out wheels and I suspect an altered engine. Sitting amongst the Ramblers and VW Bugs in the parking lot it made quite a statement. It didn't hurt that the guy that owned it was drop dead good looking.
He would take it to the “after hours, secret” drag races. I don't think he ever won, but the engine really roared and it was a blast to see him run.
I personally never saw the back, but heard it was pretty much a “love nest”. Needless to say, the other teenage boys hated him and his Motel 6 on wheels, lol.
Your post made me wonder what happened to him...but some memories are left best intact. He has probably aged like we all have and drives a Volt!
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