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A Museum Filled With Legendary Movie Cars Closed And Is Selling Off Over 60 Cars. Check Them Out
The Autopian ^ | August 19, 2025 | Mercedes Streeter

Posted on 08/22/2025 7:38:07 AM PDT by Twotone

In a few days, car enthusiasts and film buffs will have a chance to own some incredible pieces of American cinema. After four years of existence, Colorado’s Rodz & Bodz Movie Cars & More Museum closed for a third time this month. Later this week, on Friday, August 22, more than 60 film-used and replica movie cars will cross the auction block. Along with them will be over 400 pieces of movie memorabilia and road art. It’s a sad speedbump for one of the lesser-known, but great museums in America, but these cars will get to live on with collectors. Thankfully, there’s also some additional good news.

The Rodz & Bodz Movie Cars & More Museum closed its doors on August 3, and so visiting it is no longer possible, at least for now. We’re hearing this news from the Drive, which got its story from an Englewood Herald story published back in June. Somehow, all of mainstream car news somehow missed this until it was too late. That’s a shame because it sounds like the Rodz & Bodz Movie Cars & More Museum was an underrated gem. Most car museums preserve pieces of automotive history, but the Rodz & Bodz put a creative spin on it by saving screen-used movie cars and holding onto surprisingly accurate replicas of other movie cars.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: automotive; carenthusiasts; museum; rodzandbodz
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Some pics at the site for those interested.
1 posted on 08/22/2025 7:38:07 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

Thanks. A couple pieces I wouldn’t mind having.


2 posted on 08/22/2025 7:43:32 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍! Winning currently!)
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To: Twotone

Paging Jay Leno...


3 posted on 08/22/2025 7:44:49 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Twotone

Oh my, the Starsky and Hutch car, lol.


4 posted on 08/22/2025 7:49:24 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: alancarp

Beat me to it!


5 posted on 08/22/2025 7:50:23 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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To: Twotone

Vanity, vanity. All is vanity! Fk! I want one. Three!


6 posted on 08/22/2025 7:52:12 AM PDT by know.your.why
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To: Twotone

It’s a shame breaking up this museum collection.


7 posted on 08/22/2025 7:52:48 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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I’d love that 1970 Barracuda! My brother in law had one!


8 posted on 08/22/2025 7:53:49 AM PDT by albie
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Not really a car guy but box and rectangle trucks like the 1981 GMC K2500 Sierra Grande are cool.


9 posted on 08/22/2025 7:54:46 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Twotone

The red ‘cuda -OMG!


10 posted on 08/22/2025 7:55:32 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Twotone

I want the Munstermobile but it’s not there.


11 posted on 08/22/2025 7:56:54 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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My first thought, too. If they’re classics...yes....But I don’t think he buys because they were Hollywood. We’ll see.


12 posted on 08/22/2025 8:00:06 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Twotone

The ‘Brubaker Box’ used in
‘Soylent Green’ is one I’d
Like to drive——Once.
.


13 posted on 08/22/2025 8:01:29 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: Sirius Lee

Colt Seavers favorite too.


14 posted on 08/22/2025 8:07:25 AM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: central_va

Butch Patrick tours with it to hoor festivals. I have a picture somewhere of him in Nashville last year with it.


15 posted on 08/22/2025 8:18:04 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Sirius Lee

“””Not really a car guy but box and rectangle trucks like the 1981 GMC K2500 Sierra Grande are cool.”””

I’d love to have that square body.


16 posted on 08/22/2025 8:24:15 AM PDT by shelterguy
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Too bad, it’s a very short drive from my home. I never knew that it existed.. Or I would have visited.


17 posted on 08/22/2025 8:33:48 AM PDT by sonova (No money? You're free to go.)
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Oh, boy. The Gran Torino used in the Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson “Starsky & Hutch” remake. The Cadillac hearse used in the 2016 “Ghostbusters” remake with Melissa McCarthy that everyone hated. The “Spongebob” jet boat. An AMC Pacer just like the one used in “Wayne’s World.” A replica of the ‘74 Dodge P.O.S. used in “The Blues Brothers” — it had to be a replica, because that movie set a record for the most cars destroyed while making a single movie.

Truly, a legendary collection.


18 posted on 08/22/2025 8:34:17 AM PDT by Flatus I. Maximus
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I’d love to have a Rick Simon Powerwagon.


19 posted on 08/22/2025 8:42:13 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: central_va

I think I saw ghat one on “Collecter’s Call.”It was part of an impressive collection.


20 posted on 08/22/2025 8:43:22 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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